Looking at this list of books, you can probably deduce that I believe reading is very, very important. Yet not just any kind of reading – it is key that we be filling our minds with wholesome and helpful material.
This page is a work in progress. Lord willing, as I go through topics I will be adding relevant reading material to this page.
Books are listed alphabetically, in no certain order of importance…
Biographies, Autobiographies & History
Bonheoffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxes
The Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
The Early Church by Henry Chadwick
If I Perish by Esther Ann Kim
Jack: The Life of C.S. Lewis by George Sayer
The Life and Narrative of an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness
Unbroken: A World War II Story by Laura Hillenbrand
1776 by David McCullough
Dating and Purity
I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris
Its (Not That) Complicated by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin
Passion for Purity by Elizabeth Elliot
Uncompromising by Hannah Farver
Devotions
A Blossom in the Dessert: Reflections on the Art and Writings of Lilias Trotter
How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth by Gordon Fee & Douglass Stewart
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young
Living By the Book by Howard Hendricks
My Utmost for His Highest
Read the Word: The Bible Was Written for You by Matt Tague
The Dialogs of Fenelon
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
School
How to Win at College by Cal Newport
Accelerated Distance Learning by Brad Voeller
The Way I See the World
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell*
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
Escape from Reason by Francis Schaeffer
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Gagging of God by D.A. Carson
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell*
Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey
*Gladwell’s books are not from a Christian perspective, but they are a thought provoking general analysis of social and cultural phenomenons.
Hello Marli,
I just have to say first that I love your site! I will encourage girls I work with to be sure and check it out! Blessings on your efforts to reach out to your peers and encourage them!
Also…I just have to add that I’m reading a devotional that I just love! So, I thought I may suggest it for your list. It’s called, Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young.
Blessings and Joy,
Alesia
Thank you Mrs. Clark! I love that devotional, and am also going through it :) I just added it!
This is an excellent list of books. Have you ever read Up From Slavery? It is an autobiography by Booker Washington. If not, I highly recommend it. :) Also, Neil Postman wrote a great speech called “Informing Ourselves to Death.” You should check it out. :)
Ah, thank you so much for the recommendations! I have Up From Slavery, but have not read it yet – I’ll put it on the must read’s for this year :) Trying to find Postman’s speech online now!