Nature: 99 Cent Paul Faber, Surgeon ( surgeon, sawbones, skeptical, skeptic, atheistic, atheistical, sceptic, sceptical )

I love MacDonald, so I may be slightly biased! I found Paul Faber, Surgeon to be a very nice quasi-sequel to Thomas Wingfold, Curate. You don't have to read Wingfold first, but it certainly does help with background information and knowing what the setting for this book is.

One of the primary reasons I like this book (and Wingfold) is that it is a book that makes you think. Being a Christian, I am impressed with the way MacDonald handles some very hard and pressing questions by Paul Faber, an atheistic naturalist.