During Lent, many people adopt a discipline of reading, selecting a book or books that either explore spirituality or deepen their understanding of the Bible or the Christian tradition. Among my favorite choices during Lent are classical Anglican authors like John Donne, George Herbert, or Jeremy Taylor. There are several good anthologies of Anglican spirituality available. I would also draw your attention to the following titles: 

Borg, Marcus and Dominic Crossan. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem. Harper One. ISBN 0060872608 Available here. Borg and Crossan are two of the leading scholars of the New Testament and have collaborated closely over the years. This book is their reconstruction of the last week of Jesus’ life, from Palm Sunday to Easter, based on the Gospel of Mark. There is a great deal here of historical interest, but the authors also engage questions of contemporary faith and life.

Crafton, Barbara Cawthorne. Living Lent: Meditations for these Forty Days. Church Publishing. ISBN 0819217565 Available here: Crafton. Crafton, who visited St. James last year, wrote this book as a Lenten devotional, drawing on the Church’s hymnody. 

Kugel, James. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture Then and Now. Available here. I’m reading this wonderful book right now. James Kugel, an Orthodox Jew and Harvard professor writes here on two very different ways of interpreting scripture, especially the Hebrew Bible—the first is that of ancient readers, both Jewish and Christian, the second is that of contemporary scholarship. He lays out each approach to particular texts and demonstrates that both are interesting and instructive.

Williams, Rowan. Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0664232132 Available here. This book is drawn from a series of sermons the Archbishop of Canterbury gave during Holy Week 2005 and are based on the ancient creeds.

If your Lenten discipline includes financial restraint, at least the Borg/Crossan and Kugel volumes are available from the Greenville County Libraries, which is how I gained access to them.