most insightfully compelling? I'm going with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ... 42 always seems to make more sense then anything else
other than the Bible, here are a few of my favorites:
gilead by marilynne robinson
evensong by gail godwin
do lord remember me by julius lester
the rapture of canaan by sherri reynolds
golfing with god by rolland merullo
the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver
My entire family including my race believe and have read one book, the old testament. We are Christians, but we come from the Eastern side of the world, and our religious mind set is a bit different from the Mormons, Jehovah's and whatever other group claiming to be right and true Christians..