The Shack

· Hachette UK
176 reviews
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256
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#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.

#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 youn...

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176 reviews
Nilo Lima
May 8, 2017
Great read. It started all totally random for me, kind of very religious and politically correct story, but then it became one of the best stories I could have read to inspire me to enjoy life even more.
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Lutendo Gqomfa
March 9, 2014
Good content, perfect for those deeply rooted in Christ and those still on the boarder line in terms of their Christianity. Give the book a chance, it is literally life changing
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Elizabeth Mavuso
March 30, 2015
It made me realize that God is love and he loves us to bits. All of us, sinner, saints all of us the same way. I love the part were it says God is especially fond of you
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About the author

Wm. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the "wastefulness of grace" with his family in the Pacific Northwest. He is also the author of The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve.
Wm. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the "wastefulness of grace" with his family in the Pacific Northwest. He is also the author of Th...

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