C.S. Lewis
I admit, this book has been on my "should read" list for probably decades, but I found myself postponing it due to a fear of finding it "preachy" due to the Christian based themes. Instead, I found this delightful in it's satire, although a bit of it definitely needs to be taken with a sense of the time period in which it was written (especially some of the bits about "women's place").
The narrative itself is in the form of a series of instructional letters from a devil named Wormwood to his nephew Screwtape. Much as many believe each person has their own guardian angel, this book posits the opposite; a devil is assigned to corrupt a human in order to bring them into the "kingdom below". We see Screwtape being counseled, chastised, and even threatened through his mission to corrupt the human he has been assigned to. Even if none of this falls in your personal theological area, the letters are immensely entertaining, as are the frustrations and occasional victories of the minions of the devil himself. I think this is one I can say deserves it's reputation as a good and entertaining read.
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