| C.S.Lewis | The Problem of Pain, chapters 8 and 10. Available in C.S.Lewis Selected Books, 1999 Harper Collins
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| "The Weight of Glory" published originally in Transposition and Other Addresses which is now republished under the titled The Weight of Glory or in the omnibus edition which is better value titled Selected Essays, 1999, Harper Collins
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| The Screwtape Letters also published in Selected Books, 1999 Harper Collins
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| The Great Divorce also published in Selected Books 1999, Harper Collins |
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| Peter Kreeft | The Shadow-lands of C.S.Lewis, Ignatius Press, 1994, an anthology of Lewis' writings as they relate to the Shadowlands.
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| Everything that you wanted to know about Heaven but never dreamed of asking, Ignatius Press, 1990
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| Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing, Ignatius 1980 |
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| John Gilmore | Probing Heaven - Key Questions on the Hereafter, Baker 1989. |
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| David Lawrence | Heaven..it's not the end of the world!, Scripture Union, 1995 |
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| Jeffrey Burton Russell | A History of Heaven, Princeton University Press, 1997 pricey but scholarly and readable (a rare combination) |
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| Richard Baxter | The Saint's Everlasting Rest, Hodder,1994. This classic written by Baxter when he thought he was dying became a mammoth volume (he did not die quickly). This is the abridged edition - the full edition is in print again from Mentor Press. |
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| Anthony A. Hoekema | The Bible and the Future, 1979, Eerdmans. For my mind the best introduction to the doctrine of the last things (eschatology). See chapter 20 in particular for heaven. |
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| William Hendricksen | The Bible on the Life Hereafter, 1959, Baker. Still in print and presented in a useful question and answer format. Also include discussion questions. |
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| Eryl Davies | Heaven is a far better place - what the Bible teaches about Heaven, Evangelical Press, 1999 |