In 2025, I read 106 books. While some of those books deserve much attention and hoopla, some deserve no mention at all. With that in mind, I’m sharing my list of those I actually recommend…
Fiction
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
- How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Tenant by Freida McFadden
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
- Son by Lois Lowry
- My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Ministry
- Church for Everyone: Building a Multi-Inclusive Community for Emerging Generations by Dan Kreiss and Efrem Smith
- Insider Outsider: My Journey as a Stranger in White Evangelicalism and My Hope for Us All by Bryan Loritts
- In Church As It Is In Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture by Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones
- Ethnic Blends: Mixing Diversity into Your Local Church by Mark DeYmaz and Harry Li.
- Story Shaped Worship: Following Patterns from the Bible and History by Robbie F. Castleman
- The Color of Church: A Biblical and Practical Paradigm for Multiracial Churches by Rodney M. Woo
Spiritual
- One Year Bible
- Get Your Life Back by John Eldridge
- The Hour that Changes the World: A Practical Plan for Personal Prayer by Dick Eastman
- New Morning Mercies by David Paul Tripp
Leadership/Growth
- Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life by Donald Miller
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcom Gladwell
- Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guildara
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
Biography
- When Life Gives You Pears: the Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan
Travel
- Five Finger Feast: Two Years in Kazakhstan by Tim Suchsland.
- On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves
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