The best books ever written may be those you’ve never heard of

A dusty bookshelf in a 19th-century attic

Harry Potter is one of the best book series ever written and one of my all-time favorites, if not No. 1 on the list. World of the Gateway by EE Holmes, before she brought the series back following Gift of Darkness, clocks in as a close second, and it may even surpass J.K. Rowling’s classic. 

Other contenders, like Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, and Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games, each clock in with unforgettable books. Then, there are the classics, like George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, the list goes on and on.

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We can go back centuries and debate the best book ever written, but these are merely books we know about. The more proper phrase would be, best book(s) ever written that we know about. Because there are hundreds of thousands that have never and may never, see the light of day. 

I’ll bet you’ve never heard of…

Between August 2011 and September 2012, two things happened. One, I got my first real job at age twenty—sad, I know, but true. Secondly, I transformed from being a strong advocate for far-left politics into something in the libertarian sphere, even if I didn’t become a fully-fledged libertarian until roughly 2021, when I decided to buckle down and gain a better grip on the philosophy or whatever you want to call it.

Anyway, the latter isn’t relevant at this point but the former is, which explains why I’m bringing up this little history lesson. The grocery store that I worked in also happened to employ a former engineer who also wrote a few books. 

I’ll give up the name here since you can find Roger Thibault’s work (sometimes) on Amazon, or at least two books - In the Wake of Michael and Rebuking the New World Order. The books are what I would classify as dystopian Catholic fiction, and yes, the content may be discomforting to some who don’t follow the Catholic faith since it resides in the camp of trying to convert those back to the church.

Now, I’m no Catholic, nor do I have much interest in pursuing the faith, and you can describe my religious views as open, take that how you will. It’s not uncommon for me to deck myself out in relics of multiple faiths, and that won’t change any time soon. But the point I’m making is this: In the Wake of Michael was one of the best books I’d ever read, regardless of my own religious views.

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