Editors Reads

Best Philosophical Fiction Books

Browse our collection of expert-reviewed philosophical fiction books, rated and recommended by the Editors Reads team.

2 expert-reviewed books

The Last Temptation of Christ book cover

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis

4.2

A radical reimagining of the life of Christ — depicting Jesus as a man torn between the flesh and the spirit, tempted on the cross by a vision of the ordinary human life he might have lived.

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The Greek Passion book cover

The Greek Passion

by Nikos Kazantzakis

4.1

In a Greek village under Turkish occupation, villagers chosen to play Christ and the apostles in a Passion play find themselves transformed by their roles — as a group of real refugees arrives seeking help and the village is forced to choose.

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