A list of the 39 books I read this year, starting with my top five. The rest are in no particular order.
1. Surprised by Hope : N.T. Wright. A genuine gift from God at a time when I really needed to know God cared. One of the first books I read this year and none of the rest even came close.
2. The Wheel of Time, books 1-12 : Robert Jordan. Loved, loved, loved this series.
3. Daily Life in Ancient Rome : Florence Dupont. FASCINATING account of the Romans before Augustus.
4. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years : Donald Miller. Perhaps better than Blue Like Jazz. And that should say it all.
5. I and Thou : Martin Buber. Required reading for Interpersonal Foundations at Mars Hill. But still great.
The Brothers Karamazov : Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The Count of Monte Cristo : Alexandre Dumas.
Home : Marilynne Robinson. Nothing happens in this book. Super boring.
The Hitler of History : John Lukacs.
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor : Anthony Everitt.
Resident Aliens : Stanley Hauerwas
To Be Told : Dan Allender. Mars Hill required reading. But very good.
Jewish Spirituality : Rabbi Kushner. I read this in disgust. It was just....dumb. I threw it away after I was done. WORST book of the year.
How to Win Friends and Influence People : Dale Carnegie.
Advanced Backpacking : Karen Berger.
GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn : Carl Raschke. Liked the first half of the book, hated the last half.
Through Painted Deserts : Donald Miller.
The Stand : Stephen King.
Philosophy: The Classics : Nigel Warburton.
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo : Socrates.
A Confession : Leo Tolstoy.
The Earth is Enough : Harry Middleton.
The Subtle Knife : Phillip Pullman. The best in the His Dark Materials series. But that isn't saying much.
The Amber Spyglass : Phillip Pullman. Pullman is not a good writer. I don't know why he is so popular.
Meditation with Meister Eckhart : Matthew Fox.
Martin Buber's I and Thou : Kenneth Paul Kramer.
Dawn : Elie Wiesel.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay : Michael Chabon.
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