In my post on New Year’s Resolutions this past Monday, I included a section on reading. A resolution is really unnecessary as I love to read, but I have it nonetheless. I would like to read more, and this gives me something to aim at.
The following list represents the books that I’ve tentatively put before me to read this year. This list isn’t set in concrete, and I have no problem adjusting as the year goes on. In fact, I’m currently enrolled in seminary, and I’ll be adding books from classes this year (there’s a section for that at the bottom).
I usually try to read a book on marriage each year, conspicuously missing below. However, I’m planning on taking a Biblical Counseling class on Marriage and Parenting this Spring semester, including such materials.
One final note, the lists in each category are arranged roughly in priority order. For example, the books I’m currently reading (marked as in-progress) are at the top. Following these are the books I would like to read next. If you would like to follow me on GoodReads you can come along on this journey with me!
Without further ado, the list!
Fiction
- Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (in-progress)
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickenson
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
- Something by P.G. Wodehouse
- Something by Doug Wilson
- Wool by Hugh Howey
- Something by Steven R. Lawhead
- The Green Ember by S.D. Smith (If you go to the S.D. Smith website and signup for the email newsletter, you get the audiobook of The Green Ember for FREE!)
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
- Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard (just don’t get your theology or worldview from this guy)
- A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Interestingly, I didn’t know this work was part of a trilogy. AND it’s the second book. Oof! I’m going to just stick to this one, and if I love it then I can go back and read the other two, even if out of order.)
- Spine of the Dragon by Kevin J. Anderson
- The Reality Thief by Paul Anlee
Non-Fiction
- The Bible – LSB (Legacy Standard Bible) (throughout the year)
- Fault Lines by Voddie T. Baucham (in-progress)
- Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
- Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher (in-progress)
- Objectivism in One Lesson by Andrew Bernstein
- Holiness by J.C. Ryle
- Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan (FREE PDF download)
- Something by Peter J. Leithart
- Something by Edward T. Welch
- Something by Douglas Wilson
- Something by Uri Brito
- Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections by Mollie Hemingway
- ProBlogger by Darren Rowse
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Strength and Beauty by Author Wade(it has come to light that this author was engaged in some serious sin, and even promotes it in this book – it is no longer on the read list. REDACTED on 04/04/2022). - The 5 Day Novel by Scott King
- The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left by Dinesh D’Souza
- Book Craft by Derek Murphy
- Radicalism: When Reform Become Revolution by Richard Hooker
- Divine Law and Human Nature by Richard Hooker
- The Word of God and the Words of Man by Richard Hooker
- Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung
- Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson
- Actions and Goals by Marshall Dotson
- What is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission by Kevin DeYoung
- Time for Every Thing?: How to Be Busy Without Feeling Burdened by Matt Fuller
- The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell
- The Whole Church Sings by Robin A. Leaver
- The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World by David Murray
- Karate Science: Dynamic Movement by J.D. Swanson
- The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe by Douglas Axe, William M. Briggs, and Jay W. Richards
- Cynical Theories by James A. Lindsay
- God Owns It All by Ron Blue
Seminary
- The History of Apologetics by Alister E. McGrath (finish)
- Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell (finish)
- Preaching in the New Testament by Jonathan Griffiths
- He is Not Silent by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
- The Preacher’s Catechism by Lewis Allen
- Expository Exultation by John Piper
- C.H. Spurgeon’s Forgotten Early Sermons by Charles H. Spurgeon
- Pictures From Pilgrim’s Progress by Charles H. Spurgeon
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