And no not the Bible lol
Trying to see if anyone has played with the concept of the afterlife or starting a book from heaven. Prefer fantasy but open to all genres. I also enjoy books that question religion or make you think deeply about it
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Marriage between Heaven and Hell by William Blake, The Book of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
Paradise Lost
*Sum: Forty Tales of the Afterlives* by David Eagleman
Dante’s Divine Comedy.
His Dark Materials (series by Philip Pullman) comments pretty strongly on religion, if you want something lighter than these other recs.
*The Five People You Meet in Heaven* by Mitch Albom
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson. A pretty interesting movie was made based off of it as well.
Lewis’s The Great Divorce; Screwtape Letters