18 of my favorite books I read in 2018
Here are my 18 favorite* books I read in 2018 (in no particular order**):
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- John Frame, The Doctrine of the Christian Life
- Nancy Pearcey, Love Thy Body
- Zach Eswine, The Imperfect Pastor
- Darren Hardy, The Compound Effect
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
- Tony Dungy, The Mentor Leader
- D.A. Carson, Worship by the Book
- Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
- Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics
- Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God
- James D. Bradley, Flags of our Fathers
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
- Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
- Jeff Christopherson, Kingdom First
- Debby Irving, Waking Up White
- Jonathan Grant, Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age
- Soong-Chan Rah, The Next Evangelicalism
And here are a few runner-ups…
- Glynn Harrison, A Better Story
- Clint Clifton, Church Planting Thresholds
- Stephen Mansfield, The Search for God and Guinness
- John C. Maxwell, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
- Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire
- Ernest Cline, Ready Player One
- Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth
- Will Mancini, Church Unique
- Gregory Thornbury, Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock
- David Murray, Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture
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*By “favorite” I mean roughly it was insightful, helpful, or very entertaining. It was difficult to choose my favorite books especially between genres.
**Because it would be crushing to try to determine what order to put them in.
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