What is the best Narnia book?

What is your favorite of the Chronicles?

  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

    Votes: 25 34.7%

  • Prince Caspian

    Votes: 7 9.7%

  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    Votes: 7 9.7%

  • The Silver Chair

    Votes: 6 8.3%

  • The Horse and His Boy

    Votes: 10 13.9%

  • The Magician’s Nephew

    Votes: 5 6.9%

  • The Last Battle

    Votes: 12 16.7%
  • Total voters
    72
Charn_Tim said:
So it wasn't like the White Witch was re-incarnated or anything, it was just that she was related to her in some way.
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Not to mention that the same actress, Barbara Kellerman, played both roles in the BBC series. That would seem to imply that the adapter felt there was an important connection between the two...or it could just mean they were lazy in casting. ;)

Its hard to say which Narnia book is my favourite, as I enjoy them for different reasons. The Last Battle is fascinating because its so blatantly religious, the last chapters in particular almost reading like a sermon rather than a children's fantasy novel. However, its certainly not one which has a place in my heart, merely a book that engages my mind. :)

If I was being sentimental, then I'd plump for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, as that has the most associations for me due to the 1979 animation and 1988 BBC film (the new film is obviously a bit too recent to get nostalgia kudos), along with being the first one I read (I think; can't be completely certain, it may have been The Magicians Nephew if I got them in a box set, but I seem to remember buying them individually).

However, as an adult, it would be a toss-up between The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair, because my favourite protagonist (in fact, the only human in all the books that interests me) is Eustace. He is probably the closest Lewis gets to a secular character, though he heavily criticises 'Experiment House' due to its lack of religious teaching. While The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair have some religious aspects, unlike The Last Battle, the interpretative possibilities are much broader, so it doesn't feel like the author is shoving Christianity down your throat.
 
If I HAVE to vote for only one, I'm gonna go with Magician's Nephew - because I've read the book over and over, and have practically worn out my BBC audio tape version. :p

My other 2 top favorites are Horse and His Boy, and Last Battle.

...And I agree with Son Of Aslan: Horse and His Boy is definitely my favorite to listen to of the Focus on the Family radio theatre...

I get goosebumps every time that it's the part where Aslan (the Large Voice) and Shasta are talking in the mist of the mountain pass, and Aslan says one of my most favorite lines of all the books:

"I was the lion. I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the Horses the new strength of fear for the last mile so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I..was...the lion...you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you."
 
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GoatyLegs said:
I have no idea if this has been asked but mine is LWW,SC,PC,VDT,MN,LB then the least fave is the Horse and his boy
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I'm reading the Horse and his Boy right now, it is definetly my least favorite, and out of the other two, my favorite is LWW!!
 
slideyfoot said:
Not to mention that the same actress, Barbara Kellerman, played both roles in the BBC series. That would seem to imply that the adapter felt there was an important connection between the two...or it could just mean they were lazy in casting. ;)
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I think the main thing that people overlook so often is that the witch depicts a demon of some sort or even satin himself. My point is that in the LWW Aslan doses not necessarily “kill" the witch but he defeats her as Jesus did on the cross. She is not reincarnated or raised form the dead but she takes on many different forms throughout the Narnia series depicting the evil that is inevitably there

My fav would have to be LB and MN in that order. However I would have to agree with The Large Voice that the radio drama of HHB is the best.
 
Really there isnt a best one lol ;) just yer fave as this thread is about:) My fave is LWW ive know it practically all my life i love it so much its so sentimental.My least maybe HHB or MN between those two.
 
narniafreak216 said:
Prince Caspian and LWW are hard to choose between. The books with the Penvensies in them are the best ones. :)
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Yup i have to agree, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian are the best!
I can't wait for the Prince Caspian movie to come out, but my vote goes to The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe
 
I haven't any idea about silver chair and the last battle.Because I haven't read it yet.But from the othes,I prefer Horse and His Boy.It's funny
 
there is no book in the world better than the VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER!

it is amazing. out of all the books it is probably the most adult-type book. the imagery the plot and the adventure are phenomenal;

i also LOVE THE HORSE AND HIS BOY because it has this whole exotic- arabian nights theme which i love. also i love the whole calormene culture and how they are always quoting 'the poets'.
 
my favortie ones are LWW and PC! i love the ones with the pevensies in them. I read the books just before the movie came out for like the 2 time. Then after i saw the movie i had to go back and read the books just to read about peter! lol! my least favorite book is MN i think it is kinda boring
 
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