Wednesday, December 29, 2010

2010 Booklist

At the beginning of the year, I wrote a blog about reading more books.  You can read that post here.  So one of my goals this past year was to increase my book reading.  I settled on 25.  I have never kept a list of books I have read so I wasn't sure what to expect.  Below you will find my list.  I finished 20 and have 7 more started by not yet finished.  I will list my books below and finish with my top 10.

Books not yet finished!
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
The Naked Anabaptist
Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision
The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
Surprised by Hope
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt
The Hobbit


Finished Books
Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are
The Air I Breathe: Worship as a Way of Life
A Brief History of Christian Worship
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Five Secrets Great Dads Know
Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey
Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship (Shapevine)
Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile
Fathered by God: Learning What Your Dad Could Never Teach You

So, my top 10 books that I read in 2010

Honorable Mention - Seven: The Deadly Sins - by Jeff Cook
 10 - Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us - by Seth Godin
   9 - The War of Art - by Steven Pressfield
   8 - Samson and the Pirate Monk - by Nate Larkin
   7 - The Tangible Kingdom - by Hugh Halter & Matt Smay
   6 - Food Rules: An Eater's Manual - by Michael Pollan
   5 - The Orthodox Heretic: And Other Impossible Tales - by Peter Rollins
   4 - Angels and Ages - by Adam Gopnik
   3 - A Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson
   2 - Following Jesus - by N.T. Wright
   1 - The Challenge of Jesus - by N.T. Wright

To keep this from being a super long post, I will refrain from commenting on each of the books, but if you would like a comment on a particular book, ask in the comments and I see what I can do!

1 comment:

Beav said...

Dude, you tore it up this year. A couple of those look really interesting that I think I want to check out. But I loved The Challenge of Jesus too. I'm weighing whether I should do Wright's Jesus and the Victory of God which he references a lot in there. It's 700+ so I'm afraid of it right now.