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title: "Weight of Glory by CS Lewis"
description: "Takeaway: Lots of classic Lewis here. I went through a period when I was reading a ton of CS Lewis (either by or about). I looked today and if I counted correctly I have finished 19 of Lewis' books, m..."
url: https://bookwi.se/weight-of-glory/
date: 2018-11-28
modified: 2026-07-16
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Book Reviews"]
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lang: en
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# Weight of Glory by CS Lewis

![Weight of Glory by CS Lewis](https://bookwi.se/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cover-56469.jpg)**Takeaway: Lots of classic Lewis here.**

I went through a period when I was reading a ton of CS Lewis (either by or about). I looked today and if I counted correctly I have finished 19 of Lewis’ books, many of them multiple times and started but did not finish another 4. But it has been a little while since I read Lewis. Unless I missed something the last books I read about Lewis was the joint [biography of the Inklings](https://bookwi.se/the-fellowship/) in Feb 2017. And the last books I read by Lewis was Screwtape Letters in Nov 2016.

I picked up the audiobook of Weight of Glory because it was super cheap and I needed something “˜light’ to off set a lot of other heavy things I have been reading/listening to. That is to say I was probably not as engaged as I should have been. Weight of Glory is the favorite Lewis book of several people I know. It is not that for me. Not because it is bad, but because it is near the end of Lewis’ library for me.

Walter Hooper, Lewis’ literary executor and for a short point, his personal secretary at the end of Lewis’ life has a very interesting introduction. I enjoyed the introduction probably as much as anything else (again not that the rest is bad, but because I had not read a similar introduction from Hooper previously). Hooper says that you can see many of ideas of later books in early form here and that is certainly true.

Lewis had a way with words. He cut can to the chase and was very quotable. Weight of Glory is no different. I probably would have been better reading this in print than listening to it. But part of why I listened to it was that I have not gotten around to reading the print, even though I have owned it for almost four years.

In the end, even thought there was some good lines and as I was listening I kept thinking about how “˜this’ was like where he said “˜that’ somewhere else, it was mostly a forgettable book for me.

**Weight of Glory by CS Lewis Purchase Links: [Paperback](https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Glory-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060653205/r), [Kindle Edition](https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Glory-C-S-Lewis-ebook/dp/B002BY77D6/), [Audible.com Audiobook](https://www.amazon.com/Unknown-The-Weight-of-Glory/dp/B0046A01KY/) **