Novels That Make You Question What You Know

The Da Vinci Code - A fast-paced mystery thriller following Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon after a curator is murdered inside the Louvre. A trail of cryptic symbols and clues hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's works leads Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu into a mystery involving secret societies, religious history and a centuries-old secret. First published in 2003, it became a worldwide bestseller and is part of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series. #ad

The Firm - A legal thriller about Mitch McDeere, a talented young lawyer who accepts an unusually lucrative position with a prestigious Memphis law firm. The money and lifestyle seem almost too good to be true—and eventually he discovers why. As questions about the firm begin piling up, Mitch finds himself caught between powerful people, the FBI and secrets that could put his life in danger. #ad

The first Jason Bourne novel begins when a badly wounded man is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea with no memory of who he is. The few clues he carries lead him toward the name Jason Bourne—and into a dangerous search for his own identity involving assassins, international intrigue and people who seem determined to stop him from discovering the truth. #ad

Shutter Island - A psychological mystery set in 1954, following U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels as he travels to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Ashecliffe Hospital, an isolated institution for the criminally insane. A missing woman, an approaching hurricane and increasingly disturbing discoveries turn what begins as an investigation into a much darker mystery about the island itself. #ad

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo - A dark mystery thriller that brings together journalist Mikael Blomkvist and gifted but unconventional investigator Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist is hired to investigate the decades-old disappearance of a young woman from a wealthy Swedish family, but the deeper they dig, the more disturbing the family's buried secrets become. #ad

The Silent Patient - A psychological thriller about Alicia Berenson, a successful painter whose seemingly ordinary life changes when she shoots her husband and then stops speaking completely. Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber becomes fascinated by her silence and determined to discover what happened that night—and why Alicia refuses to explain herself. #ad

And Then There Were None - ten strangers are invited to an isolated island under different pretenses, only to discover that their mysterious host is nowhere to be found. Each guest has a secret in their past, and when members of the group begin dying one by one, the survivors realize the killer must be among them. Agatha Christie's classic mystery turns an isolated setting and a shrinking group of suspects into an increasingly tense puzzle. #ad

A supernatural suspense novel set in the small town of Ashton, where a newspaper editor and a pastor begin uncovering disturbing events affecting their community. Alongside the human story, readers are shown an unseen spiritual battle involving angels and demonic forces. The novel combines mystery, conspiracy, prayer and spiritual warfare while exploring the idea that events in the visible world may have an unseen dimension. #ad

Piercing the Darkness: A Novel (This Present Darkness Book 2) The follow-up to This Present Darkness returns to Frank Peretti's world of supernatural suspense and spiritual warfare. The story centers on a legal battle involving a Christian school, while events surrounding the case reveal a much larger struggle involving faith, prayer, deception and unseen spiritual forces. Like the first novel, the human story unfolds alongside a portrayal of conflict between angels and demonic powers. #ad

The Left Behind Collection - a bestselling Christian fiction series imagining a world following the sudden disappearance of millions of people and the events that follow. The story follows those left behind as they try to understand what happened while facing political upheaval, global crisis and the rise of a powerful world leader. Drawing heavily from the authors' interpretation of biblical end-times prophecy, the series combines suspense, faith, international events and apocalyptic fiction. #ad

The Last Christian: a near-future Christian thriller set in a world transformed by technology, where Christianity has nearly disappeared from American life. When missionary Abigail Caldwell returns from a remote jungle community, she becomes caught up in developments involving artificial intelligence, medical technology and questions about what it means to be human. The story blends science, faith and suspense while exploring whether technological progress can provide answers to questions once addressed by religion. #ad

The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future. A prophetic narrative built around a series of ancient mysteries and biblical patterns that are presented as having parallels in modern America. The story unfolds through conversations and clues as the central character tries to understand a series of signs and their possible connection to the future. Part fiction, part biblical interpretation and part prophetic argument, The Harbinger deliberately blurs the boundaries between story and the author's larger message. #ad

The Visitation - a supernatural mystery centered on a small town where unusual events begin occurring and a mysterious stranger appears to be connected to apparent signs and miracles. Former pastor Travis Jordan becomes increasingly suspicious and begins looking beyond the excitement surrounding the events. The story combines suspense, faith, supernatural claims and questions about how people distinguish genuine belief from deception. #ad

Prophet - a suspense novel centered on television news anchor John Barrett, whose comfortable career is disrupted when a personal tragedy forces him to look more closely at a controversial story his newsroom would rather handle differently. As he investigates, Barrett finds himself confronting powerful interests, uncomfortable evidence and questions about whether telling the truth is worth the personal and professional cost. #ad

THE FREQUENCY GLITCH: The Frequency Series, Book One. The first novel in The Frequency Series, a near-future mystery thriller in which unexplained events begin appearing in the skies above Toronto. An investigative journalist and an environmental scientist follow seemingly separate pieces of evidence that begin pointing toward something much larger. The story brings together unexplained phenomena, technology, investigation and biblical prophetic imagery drawn from books such as Ezekiel, Daniel and Revelation. #ad

The Christ Clone Trilogy - Book One: IN HIS IMAGE (Revised & Expanded) The opening novel in The Christ Clone Trilogy combines science, politics, religion and biblical prophecy in an end-times thriller built around an extraordinary premise: what might happen if modern science obtained genetic material believed to belong to Jesus Christ and used it to create a clone? From that provocative beginning, the story explores the consequences as scientific achievement, religious expectations and world events begin to collide. #ad

The Book Of Strange New Things - A thought-provoking work of speculative fiction about Peter, a Christian missionary chosen for an extraordinary assignment far from Earth. He travels to a distant world to minister to an alien population that is surprisingly interested in the Bible—what they call The Book of Strange New Things. Meanwhile, Peter's wife remains on Earth, where troubling events begin placing increasing strain on their relationship. The novel explores faith, marriage, isolation, missionary work and what happens to belief when familiar surroundings are stripped away. #ad

1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) — George Orwell's classic dystopian novel imagines a society where government surveillance reaches into everyday life, history can be rewritten, language is manipulated and even independent thought can become dangerous. Through Winston Smith's growing doubts about the world around him, the novel explores power, propaganda, censorship, truth and what can happen when institutions gain control over not only what people do, but what they're permitted to believe. #ad

BRAVE NEW WORLD: Aldous Huxley imagines a future society where human beings are engineered and conditioned for predetermined roles, consumerism keeps society moving, and uncomfortable emotions are managed rather than confronted. Individuality, family and personal freedom have largely been exchanged for stability and manufactured happiness—but not everyone fits comfortably into this carefully controlled world. #ad

Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel imagines a future society where books are forbidden and “firemen” are employed to burn them rather than extinguish fires. Guy Montag has spent his career destroying books until a series of encounters begins making him question his work and the society around him. The story explores censorship, conformity, mass entertainment, independent thought and what can happen when people gradually lose their desire to engage with difficult ideas. #ad

The Handmaid’s Tale & The Testaments — Margaret Atwood This box set brings together Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and its sequel, The Testaments. The novels explore the fictional Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian society in which religious language and political power are used to impose rigid social roles and severely restrict individual freedom. Together, the books examine authoritarianism, resistance, identity, power and what can happen when institutions gain extraordinary control over private life. #ad

The Circle — Dave Eggers A near-future novel about Mae Holland, who lands a coveted job at the Circle, an enormously powerful technology company that has brought social media, commerce, communication and personal information together within a single digital ecosystem. What initially appears to be an exciting vision of openness and connection gradually raises much larger questions about surveillance, privacy, corporate power and whether complete transparency is really something society should want. #ad

The Giver — Lois Lowry’s award-winning dystopian novel follows Jonas, a boy growing up in a seemingly ideal community where conflict, suffering and difficult choices have largely been eliminated. As Jonas is selected for a special role and begins receiving memories that others in his society no longer possess, he gradually discovers the troubling price that has been paid for safety, order and sameness. #ad

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip K. Dick's science-fiction novel— the inspiration for Blade Runner —takes place in a damaged future where bounty hunter Rick Deckard is assigned to track down highly sophisticated androids that are almost indistinguishable from human beings. Beneath the pursuit is a much larger exploration of empathy, identity, artificial life and how we decide what makes someone genuinely human. #ad

The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick An alternative-history dystopian novel imagining a very different America after World War II. In Philip K. Dick's fictional world, Germany and Japan won the war and the former United States has been divided between the victorious powers. Against this unsettling backdrop, ordinary people navigate life under occupation while questions about history, power, truth and even the nature of reality begin to emerge. #ad

To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee Harper Lee’s classic novel is told largely through the eyes of young Scout Finch as she grows up in a small Alabama town during the 1930s. When her father, attorney Atticus Finch, defends a Black man falsely accused of a serious crime, Scout and her brother are confronted with prejudice, injustice and the sometimes painful difference between what a community believes and what is actually right. #ad

The Old Man and the Sea — Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella follows Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who has gone a long time without catching a fish. Refusing to give up, he ventures far out into the Gulf Stream and hooks an enormous marlin, beginning an exhausting struggle that tests his strength, endurance and determination. It is a simple story on the surface, but underneath it explores dignity, aging, perseverance, pride and what it means to continue when success is far from guaranteed. #ad

Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck’s classic novella follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant workers moving from job to job during the Great Depression while holding onto a shared dream of someday owning a small piece of land of their own. Their friendship provides companionship and hope in a difficult world, but Lennie’s limitations and enormous physical strength eventually lead to circumstances neither man can escape. The story explores friendship, loneliness, poverty, dreams and heartbreaking moral choices. #ad

The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel follows the mysterious and enormously wealthy Jay Gatsby, whose extravagant parties and carefully constructed life conceal an intense desire to reclaim something from his past. Seen through the eyes of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy Buchanan becomes a story about wealth, status, ambition, love and the promises—and illusions—of the American Dream. #ad

A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens's enduring Christmas classic follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy but miserly businessman whose life revolves around money and little else. On Christmas Eve, a series of supernatural visitors forces him to confront his past, see the lives of people around him more clearly and consider where his present choices are leading. Beneath the Christmas setting is a story about generosity, regret, compassion, relationships and the possibility of genuine change. #ad

The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde’s classic novel follows the young and strikingly handsome Dorian Gray, whose portrait mysteriously begins to bear the physical consequences of his choices while Dorian himself remains outwardly young and untouched. As he pursues pleasure and increasingly ignores the moral consequences of his actions, the portrait becomes a disturbing reflection of the person hidden beneath his appearance. The novel explores vanity, temptation, influence, conscience and the price of living as though our choices have no consequences. #ad

The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck’s classic novel follows the Joad family as drought, poverty and economic hardship force them from their Oklahoma farm during the Great Depression. Hoping to find work and a better future, they travel west to California only to encounter exploitation, desperate competition for jobs and families struggling simply to survive. The novel explores poverty, dignity, family, labor, inequality and what people are capable of enduring when circumstances strip almost everything else away. #ad

Les Misérables — Victor Hugo’s sweeping classic follows Jean Valjean, a former prisoner trying to rebuild his life after years of punishment for stealing bread. His path repeatedly crosses that of Inspector Javert, a man convinced that the law must be obeyed regardless of circumstance. Against the backdrop of poverty and political unrest in 19th-century France, the novel explores justice, mercy, sacrifice, love, forgiveness and whether a person can truly change. #ad

Contact — Carl Sagan's science-fiction novel follows astronomer Ellie Arroway as humanity receives what appears to be an intelligent signal from beyond Earth. As scientists attempt to understand the message and what it may contain, the discovery draws in governments, religious leaders and people around the world. The novel explores extraterrestrial intelligence, scientific evidence, faith and humanity's place in an unimaginably large universe. #ad

The Three-Body Problem — Cixin Liu The first book in Cixin Liu's acclaimed science-fiction trilogy begins amid China's Cultural Revolution before expanding into a mystery involving scientists, strange experimental results and humanity's first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. As seemingly unrelated events begin connecting, the story raises enormous questions about science, civilization, human nature and how humanity might respond to discovering that we are not alone. #ad

Sophie’s World, Vol. 1: A Graphic History of Philosophy — Jostein Gaarder A graphic adaptation of Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World, introducing major ideas and thinkers from the history of philosophy through the experiences of a young girl named Sophie. This first volume travels from the ancient Greek philosophers through figures including Socrates and Galileo, combining an unfolding story with questions about existence, knowledge, reality and how human beings have tried to understand the world. #ad

The Midnight Library — Matt Haig’s novel imagines a mysterious library containing books that represent the different lives a person might have lived had they made different choices. Nora Seed is given the opportunity to explore some of those alternate paths and discover what her life might have become. Through that unusual premise, the story examines choices, regret, possibility, fulfillment and the question of what makes a life worth living. #ad

The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield A spiritual adventure novel following a man who travels to Peru after learning about an ancient manuscript said to contain a series of insights about human consciousness and spiritual development. His search becomes a journey involving mysterious encounters, danger and ideas about coincidence, relationships, energy and humanity's spiritual evolution. #ad

The Shack — William P. Young A novel about Mackenzie Allen Phillips, a man carrying profound grief after a devastating family tragedy. An unexpected invitation draws him back to the remote shack connected with that loss, where he encounters unusual representations of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Through those encounters, the story explores suffering, forgiveness, grief, judgment, love and the difficult question of where God is when terrible things happen. #ad

The Assumption — R.G. Abbott The first book in The Firmament Inquiry follows an investigation that begins with a deceptively simple idea: what if some of the things we've been taught to accept about the world deserve another look? The story uses fiction to explore questions surrounding the nature of the world, the heavens, biblical descriptions, accepted explanations and what can happen when someone begins following questions beyond comfortable assumptions. #ad

Novels That Make You Question What You Know

Mystery, Suspense & Hidden Truths

Faith, Prophecy & the Unexplained

Dystopian & Near-Future Fiction

Classic & Thought-Provoking Fiction

Reality, Belief & the Big Questions