A few years ago I started the practice of recording books as I read them and it’s always fun to start my year off remembering all the books I’ve read and reflecting on my favorites. After years of always being asked what books I read and titles floating away from my brain the second I needed to answer, it’s also quite handy to have a note in my phone to refer to. If you’re goal oriented like me, perhaps you also get joy seeing the reading list number grow as you mark of your accomplishments. When I started recording I had to remind myself it wasn’t the number I read and racing through to be done, but instead enjoying the content and reflecting on what was read. Sometimes I even throw in a fiction book, just to mix things up a little bit and not have a book feel like a challenge. Here’s the complete 2019 list of books I read, some I’d read again, some never again, and some of my favorites are pictured. As you look through, books are in order read during the year, with January starting at the top of the list.
- Holy Hustle by Crystal Stone
- Quiet Girls Can Run the World by Rebecca Holman
- Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of Who We are in Christ by Trilla Newbell, Hannah Anderson, Jen Wilken
- Here Goes Nothing by Kendra Broekhuis
- Multiply, Disciples Making Disciples by Francis Chan
- Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- People of Second Chances by Mike Foster
- Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream by Brian Fikkert & Kelly Kapic
- Death in the City by Francis Schaeffer
- Emotionally Healthy Leader by Peter Scazzero
- The Holiness of God by RC Sproul
- Grace Defined and Defended by Kevin DeYoung
- Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everything by Jeremy Treat
- What is the Mission of the Church? Making sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert
- The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systemic Theology by Jeremy Treat
- How Then Should We Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis Schaeffer
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
- The Peacemaking Church by Curtis Heffelfinger
- Vegangelical by Sarah Withrow King
- Above All: the Gospel is the Source of The Church’s Renewal by JD Greear
- The Secretary by Renee Knight
- In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World by Jake Meador
- The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross by Patrick Schreiner
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Visioneering by Andy Stanley
- Speak like Churchill / Stand like Lincoln by James C Humes
- What’s Next by Chris Hodges
- Autopsy of a Deceased Church by Thom Rainer
- Even Better than Eden: 9 ways the Bible’s Story Changes Everything about Your Story by Nancy Guthrie
- A field guide to Becoming Whole, Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries by Brian Fikkert & Kelly Kapic
- Transformational Church by Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer
- Jesus Revolution by Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn
- Theology of Biblical Counseling by Heath Lambert
- Liquid Church, 6 powerful current to saturate your city for Christ by Tim Lucas
- Developing Female Leaders: Navigate the Minefields and Release the Potential of Women in your Church by Kadi Cole
- Jesus the King by Tim Keller
- I Will, 9 traits of an outwardly focused Christian by Thom Rainer
- Advocating for Justice: an Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structures by Stephen Offutt, F David Bronkema, Krisanne Vaillencourt Murphy, Bobb Davis, and Gregg Okkesson
- The Bible: God’s Word for Today by John Stott with Tim Chester
- The Road Back to You: an Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Chrone and Susanne Stable
- How to Lead in a World of Distraction by Clay Scroggins
- In His Image: 10 ways God Calls us to Reflect His Character by Jen Wilkin
- The Jesus Who Surprises: Opening our Eyes to His presence in all of Life and Scripture by Dee Brestin
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky