The Shack - Wm. Paul Young

The Shack

By Wm. Paul Young

  • Release Date: 2008-06-20
  • Genre: Religious Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,042 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A timeless story of finding hope through unthinkable loss, The Shack is one of the most powerful and beloved stories of our age.

Contains bonus sneak-peek content from the forthcoming sequel, Return to the Shack, coming October 6, 2026.

Mackenzie “Mack” Philips’s youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. 

Four years later, in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What Mack finds there will change his world forever.

With over 25 million copies sold around the world, The Shack wrestles with one of humanity’s greatest questions: "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack finds in the shack will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as they did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book.

Reviews

  • Powerful

    5
    By Ffigggggfh
    This book found me. It was the perfect book at the perfect time. I hope it finds you too.
  • 4th time I’ve read it and it’s different every time.

    5
    By mermmmy
    My mind has begged to read this book when life gets tough. It still amazes me how much more alive I feel when I’m done.
  • Amazing

    5
    By Ninja-B-Rob
    What a book!
  • Your faith will be renewed along with Mack!

    5
    By AlIcia529
    While reading this book, I found that my faith was being renewed a long with Mack. Question i aHave had were answered and explained so elegantly. I recommend this beautiful story.
  • Awestruck

    5
    By EvelynLorajne
    Amazing
  • One of the best books I’ve ever read.

    5
    By Kira0711
    Incredible and moving read.
  • Wow!

    5
    By Jcmaidens
    My mom made me read this book years before her passing. I went through a lot of the same emotions that Mack did as well. Six years after her passing I stumbled onto the book and it was so comforting
  • Amazing

    5
    By readerlf
    Great story for anyone who is struggling to have faith or who already does! Beautiful! Keep an open mind and enjoy.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By RaydioChick
    I love this message of God‘s gracious love which is poured out throughout this novel ; of his everlasting care for us in all life’s situations. The reading of this book has changed my mindset and views, when it comes to my relationship with The Lord, my family and people; I meet day to day. May this profound book enlighten and inspire every reader to live daily within the grace of Christ Jesus! 😇🙏🙏
  • The Shack

    5
    By mcgyver2010
    The guy that said do not read the book.... is...... full of it. The book stands alone.... He is combining book and movie and the movie was butcher. To the person who gave the book a poor rating. Don’t go to Walmart and rate Target.... I’m trying to be nice.... that person is an idiot!!! It’s a fictional book.... Read it. Enjoy it or not.... but you are judging it based on your on bias ...... that is wrong!!!