>>13825136if you have not read any of the texts recovered from the Nag Hammadi Library I would give them my recommendation. Even if you have no faith in gnosis they add depth and understanding to Christianity as a whole and expand on the stories of many Characters in the New testament in ways not included in almost all version of the Modern Bible. If you want a shorter one to start out with start out with the Gospel of Judas and then the Apocryphon of John. Both are great reads if nothing else.