Book Queue
I love to read. Here are the Books on my “To Read” list, in no particular order. Have one to recommend? Leave it in the comments.
The List
The Man in the Mirror : Solving the 24 Problems Men Face by Patrick Morley
The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict
Over the Edge: How the Pursuit of Youth by Marketers and the Media Has Changed American Culture
Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
Say the Magic Words: How to Get What You Want from the People Who Have What You Need
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell
The Bridge Over the River Kwai: A Novel by Pierre Boulle
The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel
Dinosaur Brains: Dealing with All THOSE Impossible People at Work by Albert J. Bernstein
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fredrick P. Brooks
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Complete Tightwad Gazette ( finish it )
Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God
George Mueller of Bristol
Absolute Surrender (Andrew Murray)
The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer
CH Spurgeon on Spiritual LEadership (Steve Miller)
Madrigal’s Magic Key To Spanish
Losing Moses on the Freeway : The 10 Commandments in America
Daring to Draw Near: People in Prayer by John white
The unquenchable worshipper : coming back to the heart of worship by Matt Redmond
The Deliberate Church
Wasting Time With God (Klaus Iuler)
The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis
So, You Want To Be Like Christ?
Offshore : the dark side of the global economy
What every American should know about who’s really running the world : the people, corporations, and organizations that control our future
Conquering complexity in your business : how Wal-Mart, Toyota, and other top companies are breaking through the ceiling on profits and growth
Adoption journeys : parents tell their stories / Carole S. Turner.
When I don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy–Piper
Christian in Complete Armor–Gurnall
A Body of Divinity–Thomas Watson
All of Grace–Spurgeon
Pilgrim’s Progress–Bunyan
The Precious Things of God, by Octavius Winslow
The Everlasting Righteousness, by Horatius Bonar.
The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer
George Whitefield, 2 vols., by Arnold Dallimore. Notes from a review: this is my favorite biography ever. Very readable. This set of books will inflame a desire to be extinguished for Christ.
The New Park Street Pulpit (1855-1860), 6 vols., by C.H. Spurgeon. The early sermons of the greatest preacher in church history. All of his books and sermons are recommended but these volumes are especially precious. There is a youthful zeal to the early sermons.
The Works of John Bunyan, 3 vols., by John Bunyan. Bunyan was an uneducated man who was imprisoned for his non-conformist preaching of the gospel. Few have plumbed the depths of the human heart deeper than him. He remains one of the greatest preachers and maybe the most famous writer (The Pilgrims Progress) in church history. These three volumes contain all of his works and require diligence and patience. To the patient these volumes contain a lifetime of treasures!
The Letters of Samuel Rutherford, by Samuel Rutherford. Notes from a reviewer: Rutherford, in my opinion, is one of the most overlooked Puritan authors. He wrote so many beautiful books and preached so many Christ-exalting sermons yet few are in print. This collection of beautiful letters was written with great spiritual insight. The Banner of Truth just released an unabridged version unavailable for many years. It will be of great use for pastors wondering how to address the Cross to specific pastoral situations.
Spurgeon by Arnold Dallimore. Notes from a reviewer: my favorite biographer (Dallimore) + my Christian “hero” (Spurgeon) = a classic! Spurgeon focused on preaching, caring for widows and orphans, training pastors for the future, etc. A man who extinguished himself for the gospel!
The Doctrines That Divide – Lutzer
Abe Lincoln Books
How to Interpret the Bible by Richard Mayhue
How to Get the Most from your Bible by John F. MacArthur
A Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
1984
Never Eat Alone
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The sermons of Jonathan Edwards : a reader
7 solutions for burned out parents
Pain free: an evolutionary method for stopping chronic pain by Peter Egoscue
Pain free at your PC by Peter Egoscue
Instant Relief: Tell me where it hurts and I’ll tell you what to do by Peggy W. Brill
The detox diet
internal cleansing
The medical Consequences of Lonliness
The 100 simple secrets of healthy people
The okinawa program (long life)
Having our say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 years
On being 100
Centenarians
How to Organize (Just About) Everything: More Than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System (Hardcover)
“Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages”
“Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design” by Michael Bierut
The Well-Educated Mind
Desert Solitaire
When hell was in session / by Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., with Ed. Brandt.
How to Bring Your Children to Christ..& Keep Them There: Avoiding the Tragedy of False Conversion
The screwtape letters
How to get the most from God’s word – MacArthur, John
The Wal-Mart way : the inside story – Soderquist, Don
The Jesus machine : how James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and evangelical America are winning the culture war
5 essentials for lifelong intimacy
Marriage under fire : why we must win this war
The Body by Chuck Colson
On Writing Well
Loving Your Child Too Much
The Five Languages of Apology
Children at Risk: Dr. James Dobson
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (Paperback)
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
Made to Stick
A Random Walk Down Wall Street – Burton Malkiel
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Rule the Web by Mark Frauenfelder
Digital Ground by Malcolm McCullough (Nate’s reccomendation)
The rest of the Giver Trilogy by LOIS LOWRY
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The self-sufficency handbook A Complete Guide to Greener Living Alan and Gill Bridgewater
blink
God’s Harvard
A History Of Christianity by Kenneth Scott Latourette
A History Of The Christian Church by Williston Walker
The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back
The World’s Healthiest Foods
The year of living biblically : one man’s humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible
Deceptively delicious : simple secrets to get your kids eating good food / by Jessica Seinfeld
The ultimate cheapskate’s road map to true riches : a practical (and fun) guide to enjoying life mor
Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System (Hardcover)
All the Shaah’s men
Bo – by Bo S and Mitch Albom
American Cultural Baggage: How to Recognise And Deal With It (Paperback)
All My Life for Sale
bean cookbook
Antioxidant power : 366 delicious recipes for great health and long life
Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges
“The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli
“The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White
“How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff (W.W. Norton, 1954)
“The Complete ‘Yes Minister’” by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay (BBC Worldwide Americas, 1989)
What Angels Wish They Knew: The Basics of True Christianity, Moody Publishers (1999)
Preaching for God’s Glory (2000)
Pathway to Freedom: How God’s Laws Guide Our Lives, Crossway Books (2000)
The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances, Moody Publishers (2001)
Made for His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith, Moody Publishers (2005)
The Gospel for real life by Jerry Bridges
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern world Piper
Don’t know much about history [sound recording] : everything you need to know about American history
The End: Dobson
Born to Buy
“Who’s Money is it Anyway” – MacArthur
The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
The Black Swan
DVD – America’s historic trails with Tom Bodett.
Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate – Jerry Bridges
Great speeches of the 20th century. Volume one, Presidential addresses [sound recording].
D-Day, 50th anniversary [sound recording]
The decline and fall of the Roman empire Gibbon, Edward
The Ultimate Dividend Playbook
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver
The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics) by Alexander Hamilton
The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash
God And Man At Yale: 50Th Anniversary Edition by Jr., William F. Buckley
The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
Stand: A Call for the endurance of the saints by John Piper
Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong: A Biblical Response to ’s Most Controversial Issues – MacArthur
Courage: The Backbone of Leadership
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… And Others Don’t
The Transparency Edge: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business
Integrity Works: Strategies for Becoming a Trusted, Respected and Admired Leader
Moral Intelligence: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success
The Integrity Advantage: How Taking the High Road Creates a Competitive Advantage in Business
Personal Accountability - This book presents a practical approach to eliminating blame, victim thinking, and procrastination from one’s organization and one’s life. By walking the high road—the path to personal accountability—one can achieve greater levels of excellence and leadership in life, both at work and at home. The ideas presented in this book are meant to be pragmatic and easy to apply. John G. Miller – Denver Press, 2003
When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan
Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
The Strength of Character: 7 Essential Traits of a Remarkable Life
Winning Ways: Four Secrets for Getting Great Results by Working Well with People
The Passion and the Paycheck
Disciplines of a Godly Man
Nudge
And when I run out, some lists of books:
- National Book Award Winners
- 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
- College Bound Reading List
- Great Books Lists
- National Review’s List of the top 100 books of the century
Some I’ve recently completed:
Hard to believe : the high cost and infinite value of following Jesus by John MacArthur
FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics
Autism’s False Prophets
A Mormon in the White House? : 10 things every American should know about Mitt Romney
Head First Design Patterns by Elisabeth Freeman
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Kenneth H. Blanchard
If You Want It Done Right, You Don’t Have to Do It Yourself!: The Power of Effective Delegation
