Which 1956 novel did C.S. Lewis describe as his favorite among his own books?

Till We Have Faces was the 1956 novel C.S. Lewis described as his favorite among his own books.

The novel retells the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche from the perspective of Orual, a queen in the fictional kingdom of Glome. Lewis published it in 1956, making it his final novel. Its subtitle, A Myth Retold, signals that it is a literary transformation rather than a straightforward translation of the classical story.

The book differs in tone from the children’s Narnia novels and from Lewis’s explicitly apologetic works. It examines love, jealousy, self-knowledge, and the difficulty of seeing the truth about oneself.

Lewis’s preference for the novel is often noted because it received less immediate public attention than Narnia. Its demanding narrative voice and classical foundation have nevertheless made it an important part of his literary legacy.