List of Books Reviewed and Reading Challenges

Reading Lists

• Books I Recommend
• A Spiritual Memoir Every Month to Expand Your Inner World

Quotes from Favorite Books

• Book Quotes
• 31 Quotes of Grace

List of Favorites

• 2023: My Top 10 Favorite Books
• 2022 Top 10 Fiction + 10 Nonfiction Books
• 2021 Top 10 Books
• 2020 Top 10 Books
• 2019 Top 25 Books
• 2018 Top 10 Books
• 2017 Top 10 Books
• 2016 Top 10 Books
• Top 10 Life-Changing Books
• 2015 Top 10 Books
• 2014 10 Favorite Books
• 2014 Reading Challenges
• 2013 Top 10 Books
• 2012 Favorite 12 Books
• 2012 Fall Reading List
• 2012 Spring Reading List—10 winning books
• 2011 Top 11 Books of the Year
• 2011 Fall Reading List—Favorites
• 2011 Spring Reading List—Why you should read these
• 2010 Top 10 Books of the Year
• 2010 Fall Reading List—Wrap-up
• 2010 Spring Reading List—Best Books
• 2009 Top 9 Books of the Year
• 2009 Fall Reading List—Wrap-up
• 2009 Spring Reading List—Winners
• 2008 Top 8 (or so) Books of the Year

Chapter by Chapter

• Bruised Reed, The. Richard Sibbes.
• Charity and Its Fruits. Jonathan Edwards
• Cross He Bore, The: Meditations on the Sufferings of the Redeemer. Frederick S. Leahy.
• Cross of Christ, The. John R. W. Stott.
• Discipline of Grace, The. Jerry Bridges.
• Holiness of God, The. R. C. Sproul.
• Knowing God. J. I. Packer.
• Mere Christianity. C. S. Lewis.
• Mindfulness. Ellen J. Langer.
• Place for Weakness, A. Michael S. Horton.
• Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, The. Jeremiah Burroughs.
• Real Christianity: Discerning True Faith from False Beliefs. William Wilberforce.
• Spectacular Sins: and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ. John Piper.
• Spiritual Mothering. Susan Hunt. Post 1. Post 2.
• Spurgeon: A New Biography. Arnold Dallimore.

BOOK REVIEWS BY CATEGORY

Alzheimer’s Disease

• I’m Still Here. John Zeisel, Ph.D.
• Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s. Joanne Koenig Coste.
• New Hope for People with Alzheimer’s and Their Caregivers. Porter Shimer.
• The 36-Hour Day. Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.

Bible

• 66 Love Letters. Larry Crabb. Post 1. Post 2.
• Focused 15. Katie Orr.
• His Word in My Heart: Memorizing Scripture for a Closer Walk with God. Janet Pope.
• How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News. Peter Enns.
• How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4. Post 5.
• Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again. Rachel Held Evans.
• Jesus: A Theography. Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola.
• New Testament: The [expanded] Bible. Thomas Nelson Publishers.
• Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus: How a Jewish Perspective Can Transform Your Understanding. Lois Tverberg.
• Savoring Living Water. Katie Orr, Lara Williams.
• Stones of Remembrance: Healing Scriptures for Your Mind, Body, and Soul. Dr. Daniel G. Amen.
• Unveiling the Kings of Israel. David Down.
• Women’s Bible Commentary. Carol A. Newsom, Sharon. H. Ringe.
• Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation. Leland Ryken.

Biography/Memoir

• 50 Women Every Christian Should Know. Michelle DeRusha.
• Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People. Nadia Bolz-Weber.
• Acedia & Me. Kathleen Norris.
• All In. Gene Chizik.
• Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2.
• Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The. Benjamin Franklin.
• Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates.
• By Faith, Not By Sight. Scott MacIntyre.
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Eric Metaxas.
• Bring Me a Vision: A Story of Redeeming Hope. Pam Ecrement with Becky Moreland.
• Cloistered: My Years as a Nun. Catherine Coldstream.
• Diary of a Jackwagon. Tim Hawkins.
• Does Jesus Really Love Me? Jeff Chu.
• Evidence Not Seen. Darlene Diebler Rose.
• Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet. Frank Schaeffer.
• Finding Spiritual Whitespace. Bonnie Gray.
• Grace Behind Bars: An Unexpected Path to True Freedom. Bo and Geri Mitchell.
• Heaven Is for Real. Todd Burpo.
• Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints. Daneen Akers.
• How I Know God Answers Prayer. Rosalind Goforth.
• I Am Second. Doug Bender, Dave Sterrett.
• I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America. Tyler Merritt.
• I Will Carry You. Angie Smith.
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Austin Channing Brown.
• Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. Ian Morgan Cron.
• Just Mercy. Bryan Stevenson.
• Kabul24. Henry O. Arnold and Ben Pearson.
• Letters by a Modern Mystic. Frank Laubach.
• No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Kate Bowler.
• Nobody Needs to Know. Pidgeon Pagonis.
• One Thousand Gifts. Ann Voskamp.
• Pastrix. Nadia Bolz-Weber.
• Pride: The Story of the First Openly Gay SEAL. Brett Jones.
• Pujols: More than the Game. Lamb, Scott and Tim Ellsworth.
• Reborn Again: Crucifying Christendom & Resurrecting a Radical. Christopher VanHall.
• Same Kind of Different as Me. Ron Hall, Denver Moore.
• Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story. Brian “Head” Welch.
• Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy. Donald Miller.
• Severe Mercy, A. Sheldon Vanauken.
• Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle. Danté Stewart.
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory. Caitlin Doughty.
• Spiritual Misfit. Michelle DeRusha.
• Stalling for Time. Gary Noesner.
• Stay: Discovering Grace, Freedom, and Wholeness Where You Never Imagined Looking. Anjuli Paschall.
• Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St.Thérèse of Lisieux.Thérèse of Lisieux.
• Strength to Love. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• tuesdays with Morrie. Mitch Albom.
• Two Fish: Discovering the God of Immeasurably More. Adam Walker.
• Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards, The. Steven J. Lawson.
• Unusual Suspect, The: My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith. Stephen Baldwin.
• What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics. Rachael Denhollander.
• Where the Light Fell: A Memoir. Philip Yancey.
• Writing My Wrongs. Shaka Senghor.
• Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns: A Pardoned Man’s Escape from the School-to-Prison Pipeline and What We Can Do to Dismantle It. Michael Phillips
• You Gotta Keep Dancin’. Tim Hansel. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4.

Children’s Books

• Day I Met Walt, The. Alessa St. Julian.
• Dinner for Dinos: Gulf, Guzzle, Chomp, Chew. Ben Whitehouse.
• God Bless My School. Hannah C. Hall.
• Gracie’s Garden. Lara Casey.
• Great and Small Prayers for Babies. Pamela Kennedy.
• Great Farmapalooza, The. Jill Roman Lord.
• Silent Noisy Night, The. Jill Roman Lord.
• When God Made You. Matthew Paul Turner.
• You Are: Speaking God’s Word Over Your Children. Emily Assell.
• You’re My Little Sweet Pea. Zondervan.
• Which Shape Should I Be?. Helli Conger.

Christian Life/Spiritual Growth

• 42 Seconds: The Jesus Model for Everyday Interactions. Carl Medearis.
• 52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday. Steve McVey.
• After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity. David Gushee.
• Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far from Home. Barbara Brown. Taylor.
• Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do. Paul David Tripp.
• Blessed Are the Misfits. Brant Hansen.
• Blessed Broken Given: How Your Story Becomes Sacred in the Hands of Jesus. Glenn Packiam.
• Blessing of Humility, The. Jerry Bridges.
• Bloodlines. John Piper.
• Blue like Jazz. Donald Miller.
• Bound & Determined. Jeanene Reese.
• Breaking Busy. Alli Worthington.
• Broken-Down House. Paul David Tripp.
• By Grace Alone. Sinclair B. Ferguson.
• Call to Die, A. David Nasser.
• Christian Survival Guide, A. Ed Cyzewski.
• Coffee Shop Conversations. Dale and Jonalyn Fincher.
• Come to the Table. John Mark Hicks.
• Counterfeit Gods. Timothy Keller.
• Crazy Busy. Kevin DeYoung.
• Cross He Bore, The. Frederick S. Leahy.
• Dancing toward the Dawn. Tim Hansel. Post 1. Post 2.
• Daniel Dilemma, The: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise. Chris Hodges.
• Dirty Faith: Bringing the Love of Christ to the Least of These. David Z. Nowell.
• Divided We Unite. Ed Cyzewski.
• Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned. Brian McLaren.
• Doubters’ Club, The: Good-Faith Conversations with Skeptics, Atheists, and the Spiritually Wounded. Preston Ulmer.
• Enemies of the Heart. Andy Stanley.
• Eternity Is Now in Session: A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught about Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place. John Ortberg.
• Every Day Deserves a Chance. Max Lucado.
• Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People. Bob Goff.
• Explicit Gospel, The. Matt Chandler.
• Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It. Brian D. McLaren.
• Faith of Leap, The. Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch.
• Fearing Bravely: Risking Love for Our Neighbors, Strangers, and Enemies. Catherine McNiel.
• Fearless. Max Lucado.
• Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You. Jen Hatmaker.
• Finally Alive. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2.
• Forgotten God. Francis Chan.
• Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Diana Butler Bass.
• Fresh Air. Chris Hodges.
• Girl, Wash Your Face. Rachel Hollis.
• Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack. Alia Joy.
• Glory in the Ordinary: Why Your Work in the Home Matters to God. Courtney Reissig.
• God of Tomorrow: How to Overcome the Fears of Today and Renew Your Hope for the Future. Caleb Kaltenbach.
• God’s Joyful Surprise. Sue Monk Kidd. Post 1. Post 2.
• Going Deep. Gordon MacDonald.
• Gospel of Yes, The. Mike Glenn.
• Gospel for Real Life, The. Jerry Bridges.
• Grace. Max Lucado.
• Grace of God, The. Andy Stanley. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Great Evangelical Retreat, The: Finding Hope in Surrender. Ed Cyzewski.
• Great Spiritual Migration, The: How the World’s Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian. McLaren, Brian D. McLaren.
• Greener Grass Conspiracy, The. Stephen Altrogge.
• Habits of Grace. David Mathis.
• Happiness Dare, The. Jennifer Dukes Lee.
• Hazardous. Ed Cyzewski and Derek Cooper.
• Holy Helps for a Godly Life. Richard Rogers. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Holy Sweat. Tim Hansel. Post 1. Post 2.
• How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living. The Babylon Bee.
• How to Listen So People Will Talk. Becky Harling.
• Human(Kind): How Reclaiming Human Worth and Embracing Radical Kindness Will Bring Us Back Together. Ashlee Eiland.
• Humble Orthodoxy. Joshua Harris.
• Humility. Andrew Murray.
• Hunger for God, A. John Piper.
• If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans. John Pavlovitz.
• In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. Mark Batterson. Post 1. Post 2.
• In Visible Fellowship. Jon Walker.
• I’ve Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon’s Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know. W. Lee Warren, MD.
• Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue. Richard Foster.
• Let’s All Be Brave. Annie F. Downs.
• Living Jesus. Randy Harris.
• Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus. Jared Byas.
• Made for Goodness. Desmond Tutu.
• Margin. Richard Swenson.
• Max on Life. Max Lucado.
• Mere Christianity. C. S. Lewis.
• Mere Hope: Life in an Age of Cynicism. Jason G. Duesing.
• Ministry of Ordinary Places, The: Waking Up to God’s Goodness Around You. Shannan Martin.
• More Christlike Word, A: Reading Scripture the Emmaus Way. Bradley Jersak.
• More of Less, The. Joshua Becker.
• New Kind of Love, The. E. W. Kenyon.
• Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl. N. D. Wilson.
• Occupy Spirituality. Adam Bucko, Matthew Fox.
• Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Delight. Jen Hatmaker.
• One Thousand Gifts. Ann Voskamp.
• Outlive Your Life. Max Lucado.
• People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue. Preston Sprinkle.
• Place for Weakness, A. Michael S. Horton.
• Plan B. Pete Wilson.
• Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything. Mark Batterson.
• Practice of the Presence of God. The. Brother Lawrence.
• Precipice, The. TC Avey.
• Primal. Mark Batterson. Post 1. Post 2.
• Pursuing Health in an Anxious Age. Bob Cutillo MD.
• One in a Million. Priscilla Shirer. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Orthodoxy. G. K. Chesterton.
• Practicing the Power: Welcoming the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Your Life. Sam Storms.
• Quit Going to Church. Bob Hostetler.
• Radical. David Platt.
• Radical Together. David Platt.
• Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up. Kathy Khang.
• Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, The. Jeremiah Burroughs. Post 1. Post 2.
• Reading Your Life’s Story. Keith R. Anderson.
• Reframing the Soul: How Words Transform Our Faith. Gregory Spencer.
• Reimagining Church. Frank Viola.
• Remember Death:The Surprising Path to Living Hope. Matthew McCullough.
• Resignation of Eve, The. Jim Henderson.
• Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality. Erin Wathen.
• Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, The: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World. John Mark Comer.
• Sacred Pathways. Gary Thomas.
• Savoring Living Water. Katie Orr, Lara Williams.
• Searching for Certainty: Finding God int he Disruptions of Life. Shelly Miller.
• Searching for God Knows What. Donald Miller.
• Searching for Sunday. Rachel Held Evans.
• Shelter in the Time of Storm, A. Paul David Tripp. Post 1. Post 2.
• Simply Jesus. Joseph M. Stowell.
• Simply Open: A Guide to Experiencing God in the Everyday. Greg Paul.
• Soulprint. Mark Batterson.
• Spirit Rising. Jim Cymbala.
• Still Evangelical? Edited by Mark Labberton.
• Surrender All: Your Answer to Living with Peace, Power and Purpose. Joni Lamb.
• Think. John Piper.
• This Beautiful Mess. Rick McKinley.
• Time Is Now, The: A Call to Uncommon Courage. Joan Chittister.
• Transforming Your Thought Life: Christian Meditation in Focus. Sarah Geringer.
• True Worshipers: Seeking What Matters to God. Bob Kauflin.
• Trusting God. Jerry Bridges.
• Truth about Grace, The. John MacArthur.
• Truth About Us, The: The Very Good News About How Very Bad We Are. Brant Hansen.
• Turquoise Table, The: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard. Kristin Schell.
• Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy. Bob Goff.
• Unfollowers. Ed Cyzewski and Derek Cooper.
• Unoffendable. Brant Hansen. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Unstuffed. Ruth Soukup.
• Walking with God. John Eldredge.
• Way with Words, A: Using Our Online Conversations for Good. Daniel Darling.
• What If God Wrote Your Shopping List: 52 Ways to Find Freedom from Stuff. Jay Payleitner.
• What’s Next? H. Norman Wright.
• When Everything’s on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes. Brian Zahnd.
• Why Men Hate Church. David Murrow.
• Wild Goose Chase. Mark Batterson.
• Worship Matters. Bob Kauflin. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4.
• Year of Biblical Womanhood, A. Rachel Held Evans.
• You Can Be Everything God Wants You to Be. Max Lucado.
• Your Right to Rest. Denise George.
• You’ll Get through This. Max Lucado.
• You’re a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass): Embracing the Emotions, Habits, and Mystery That Make You You. Mike McHargue.
• You’re Stronger than You Think. Les Parrott.

Daily Readings/Devotionals

• 40 Days of Grace. Paul David Tripp.
• 40 Days with the Holy Spirit. Jack Levison.
• 7 Days of Soul Care: A Guide to Letting God Do the Extraordinary with Your Ordinary. Dolly M. Lee.
• Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional. Paul David Tripp.
• Cross He Bore, The: Meditations on the Sufferings of the Redeemer. Frederick S. Leahy.
• Dwell on These Things: A Thirty-One-Day Challenge to Talk to Yourself Like God Talks to You. John Stange.
• God Is My Refuge. Kathy Howard.
• God’s Love Letters to You. Larry Crabb.
• Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie.
• Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens. Kate Bowler
• I Exalt You, O God. Jerry Bridges.
• Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional. Paul David Tripp.
• Live in Grace, Walk in Love. Bob Goff.
• Live Second: 365 Ways to Make Jesus First. Doug Bender.
• On This Day in Christian History. Robert J. Morgan. 
  
• One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge, The. Tony Dungy.
• Ordering Our Affections: Advent. Melissa McCrory Hatcher.
• Seeking the Light of God’s Comforter: When Challenges Dim Our View. Lynn L. Severance.
• Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People. Dr. Judith Orloff.
• Way of Abundance, The: A 60-Day Journey into a Deeply Meaningful Life. Ann Voskamp.

Enneagram

• Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence, The: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success. Scott Allender.
• Enneagram for Spiritual Formation, The: How Knowing Ourselves Can Make Us More Like Jesus. A. J. Sherrill.
• Path Between Us, The: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships. Suzanne Stabile.
• Road Back to You, The. Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile.
• Sacred Enneagram, The: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth. Christopher Heuertz.
• Story of You, The: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self. Ian Morgan Cron.

Fiction

• Blue Castle, The. L. M. Montgomery.
• Brothers Karamazov, The. Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
• Dreams in the Medina. Kati Woronka.
• Elephant Run. Roland Smith.
• Final Summit, The. Andy Andrews.
• Five People You Meet in Heaven, The. Mitch Albom.
• Healer’s Apprentice, The. Melanie Dickerson.
• Heart Mender, The. Andy Andrews.
• Help, The. Kathryn Stockett.
• Les Misérables. Victor Hugo.
• Life of Pi. Yann Martel.
• My Man Jeeves. P. G. Wodehouse.
• River, The. Michael Neale.
• Ruby. Cynthia Bond.
• Secret Life of Bees, The. Sue Monk Kidd. Post 1. Post 2.
• Sins of the Tribe. Mark Salter.
• Storied Life, A. Leigh Kramer.
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The. C. S. Lewis.
• When Mockingbirds Sing. Billy Coffey.

Grace

• 52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday. Steve McVey.
• Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2.  
• By Grace Alone. Sinclair B. Ferguson.
• Discipline of Grace, The. Jerry Bridges.
• Future Grace. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4.
• Grace. Max Lucado.
• Grace of God, The. Andy Stanley. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Truth about Grace, The. John MacArthur.
• Vanishing Grace. Philip Yancey.

  Motivational/Inspirational

• Church of 80% Sincerity, The. David Roche. Post 1. Post 2.
• Daring Greatly. Brené Brown.
• Just Do Something. Kevin DeYoung. Post 1. Post 2.
• Love Every Day: 365 Relational Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow, and Thrive. Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon.
• Noticer, The. Andy Andrews.
• Perseverance. Carolyn Rubenstein.
• Spark Joy. Marie Kondo.
• Switch. Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
• Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. Karen Armstrong.
• War of Art, The. Steven Pressfield.
• What Now? Ann Patchett. Post 1. Post 2.
• When Organizing Isn’t Enough: SHED Your Stuff. Julie Morgenstern.
• You Can Be Everything God Wants You to Be. Max Lucado.

Prayer

• Couples who Pray Together. Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt.
• Draw the Circle. Mark Batterson.
• Flee, Be Silent, Pray: An Anxious Evangelical Finds Peace with God through Contemplative Prayer. Ed Cyzewski.
• Happiness Prayer, The: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today. Evan Moffic.
• Help, Thanks, Wow. Anne Lamott.
• Intercession, Thrilling and Fulfilling. Post 1. Post 2.
• Mercy Prayer, The. Robert Gelinas.
• Pray, Write, Grow. Ed Cyzewski.
• Prayer: Forty Days of Practice. Justin McRoberts.
• Praying in the Reign. Bruce Green.

Philosophy/Psychology/Politics/Social Issues/Climate

• American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church. Andrew L. Whitehead.
• Being Mortal. Atul Gawande.
• Being Wrong. Kathryn Schulz.
• Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Gretchen Rubin.
• Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work. Tania Israel.
• Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. Ethan Kross.
• Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul. Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
• Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Celeste Headlee.
• Expectation Effect, The: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World. David Robson.
• Falling Down and Getting Up: Discovering Your Inner Resilience and Strength. Mark Nepo.
• Four Tendencies, The: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too). Gretchen Rubin.
• Grieving Brain, The: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss. Mary-Frances O’Connor.
• Happiness Effect, The. Donna Freitas.
• I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations. Sarah Holland and Beth Silvers.
• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Nir Eyal.
• Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The. Marie Kondo.
• Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most. Dr. Daniel G. Amen.
• Mindful Body, The: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health. Ellen J. Langer.
• Mindfulness: Adventures in the Margin of Error. Ellen J. Langer.
• Mindless Eating. Brian Wansink.
• Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. Hannah Ritchie.
• Path Between Us, The: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships. Suzanne Stabile.
• Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong. Eric Barker.
• Poverty, by America. Matthew Desmond.
• Power of Moments, The: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact. Chip and Dan Heath. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. Susan Cain.
• Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything. Anne Bogel.
• Rising Strong: The Rumble. The Reckoning. The Revolution. Brené Brown
• Road Back to You, The. Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile.
• Sacred Enneagram, The: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth. Christopher Heuertz.
• Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds. Eleanor Gordon-Smith.
• Time Paradox, The. Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd. Post 1. Post 2.
• Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don’t Want to Know. Cass R. Sunstein.
• When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion. Laura E. Anderson.

Racial Inequity

• All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep: Hope—and Hard Pills to Swallow—About Fighting for Black Lives. Andre Henry.
• Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation. LaTasha Morrison.
• Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates.
• Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul. Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
• Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book. W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz.
• How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice. Jemar Tisby.
• Human(Kind): How Reclaiming Human Worth and Embracing Radical Kindness Will Bring Us Back Together. Ashlee Eiland.
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Austin Channing Brown.
• Just Mercy. Bryan Stevenson.
• Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up. Kathy Khang.
• Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle. Danté Stewart.
• Strength to Love. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Sum of Us, The: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. Heather McGhee.

Relationships/Family/Marriage

• Age of Opportunity. Paul David Tripp. Post 1. Post 2.
• Cleaning Flood, The: A Poetic Memoir of the Grief Journey. Melissa McCrory Hatcher.
• Couples who Pray Together. Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt.
• DNA of Relationships, The. Gary Smalley.
• Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut & the Welcome Mat Out. Jim Burns.
• Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection. Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD and John Gottman, PhD.
• Great Sex Rescue, The: The Lies You’ve Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended. Sheila Wray Gregoire.
• Heart of Anger, The. Lou Priolo.
• Language of Love and Respect. Emerson Eggerichs.
• Long-Distance Grandparenting: Nurturing the Faith of Your Grandchildren When You Can’t Be There in Person. Wayne Rice.
• Love Dare, The. Stephen and Alex Kendrick. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4. Post 5.
• Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti. Bill and Pam Farrel.
• She Still Calls Me Daddy. Robert Wolgemuth.
• Sheet Music. Kevin Leman.
• Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. Charles Duhigg.
• This Momentary Marriage. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Your Family in Pictures. Me Ra Koh.

Spirituality

• Divine Conspiracy, The. Dallas Willard.
• Ethics for the New Millennium. Dalai Lama.
• Exvangelicals, The: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. Sarah McCammon.
• Future Grace. John Piper. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4.
• Glimpse of Jesus, A. Brennan Manning. Post 1. Post 2.
• Guide to the Present Moment, A. Noah Elkrief.
• How We Live Is How We Die. Pema Chödrön.
• Life After Doom: A Journey of Hope Amid Climate Chaos. Brian McLaren.
• Power of Now, The. Eckhart Tolle.
• Practices for Embodied Living: Experiencing the Wisdom of Your Body. Hillary McBride, PhD.
• Soul of a Pilgrim, The. Christine Valters Paintner.
• Total Meditation: Practices in Living the Awakened Life. Deepak Chopra.
• Wisdom of Your Body, The: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living. Hillary L. McBride, PhD.
• Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. Oren Jay Sofer.

Technology/Media

• 10-Minute Digital Declutter: The Simple Habit to Eliminate Technology Overload. S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport.
• 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You. Tony Reinke.
• Age of the Image, The. Stephen Apkon.
• Click. Bill Tancer.
• Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
• iBrain. Dr. Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan.
• Next Story, The. Tim Challies.
• Shallows, The. Nicholas Carr.
• Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. Neil Postman. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Understanding Exposure. Bryan Peterson.

Theology

• Cross He Bore, The: Meditations on the Sufferings of the Redeemer. Frederick S. Leahy.
• Hell: A Final Word. Edward Fudge.
• Real Christianity: Discerning True Faith from False Beliefs. William Wilberforce.
• Recalling the Hope of Glory. Allen P. Ross.
• Redemption Accomplished and Applied. John Murray.
• Spectacular Sins: and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ. John Piper.
• Surprised by Hope. N. T. Wright. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.

Women’s Issues

• Beautiful Ache, The. Leigh McLeroy. Post 1. Post 2.
• Bound & Determined. Jeanene Reese.
• Christian View of Hospitality, A. Michele Hershberger. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3. Post 4.
• Falling in Love with Jesus. Dee Brestin, Kathy Trocoli. Post 1. Post 2.
• Find Your Strongest Life. Marcus Buckingham.
• Firstlight. Sue Monk Kidd. Post 1. Post 2. Post 3.
• Jesus Feminist. Sarah Bessey.
• Making of Biblical Womanhood, The: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. Beth Allison Barr.
• Resignation of Eve, The. Jim Henderson.
• Seven Transforming Gifts of Menopause: An Unexpected Spiritual Journey. Cheryl Bridges Johns.
• Spiritual Mothering. Susan Hunt.
• Women’s Bible Commentary. Carol A. Newsom, Sharon. H. Ringe.

Writing/Reading/Productivity/Business/Economics/Misc.

• Art of Mindful Reading, The: Embracing the Wisdom of Words. Ella Berthoud.
• Attention! The Power of Simple Decisions in a Distracted World. Rob Hatch.
• Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Gretchen Rubin.
• Big Moo, The. Seth Godin.
• Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life. Heather Cass White.
• Born to Blog. Mark Schaefer and Stanford Smith.
• Checklist Manifesto, The. Atul Gawande.
• Contemplative Writer, The: Loving God through Christian Spirituality, Meditation, Daily Prayer, and Writing. Ed Cyzewski.
• Creating Space. Ed Cyzewski.
• Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. Chip and Dan Heath.
• Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. Greg McKeown.
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Greg McKeown.
• Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You. Ali Abdaal.
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Oliver Burkeman.
• Getting Things Done. David Allen.
• How to Tell Stories to Children. Silke Rose West and Joseph Sarosy.
• How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Alan Jacobs.
• Independent Publishing for Christian Authors: A Guide to the Why, When, and How for Writers. Ed Cyzewski.
• Language Power: 100 Things You Need to Know to Make Language Work for You. Norbert Schmitt.
• Lazy Genius Way, The: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn’t, and Get Stuff Done. Kendra Adachi.
• Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got me Out of My Head and Into the World. Gretchen Rubin.
• Make a Difference. Dr. Larry Little, Melissa Jackson, David Rupert.
• Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers. Chip Heath and Karla Starr.
• Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. Joshua Foer.
• Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer. Barbara Ehrenreich.
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Stephen King.
• Planet Google: One Company’s Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know. Randall Stross. Post 1. Post 2.
• Pray, Write, Grow. Ed Cyzewski.
• Predictably Irrational. Dan Ariely. Post 1. Post 2.
• Rework. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
• Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Amy Edmondson.
• Tribes. Seth Godin.
• Unbusy: How to Leverage the Physics of Flow to Accomplish More of What Truly Matters and Feel Less Busy at the Same Time. Andy Dragt.
• Uncommon Carriers. John McPhee.

as of 6/27/24