2018 Reading List

This was a great year for reading books for me. I think I may have been the most disciplined in my reading and may have gotten through the most books.

My goal was to read at least 52 books and made it to 59, so am grateful for that. Some of the books were much shorter and others much longer. Some I listened to and my reading was mostly physical books but I did read a good number of e-books as well. Some of the books I skimmed chunks of, though most I tried to read all the way through.

2018 books

1. “God is the Gospel” by John Piper
2. “12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You” Tony Reinke (audio)
3. “Hobbit” Tolkien (repeat)
4. “God in the Dock” C.S. Lewis (first half of book [150 pages])
5. “Knowledge and Christian Belief” by Alvin Plantinga 
6. “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” by C.S. Lewis (repeat)
7. “Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan  (repeat)
8. “Death by Living” ND Wilson
9. “All Things for Good” by Thomas Watson (repeat)
10. “Manalive” by G.K. Chesterton (repeat)
11. “A Lifelong Love” by Gary Thomas (audio)
12. “Francis Schaeffer: An Authentic Life” by Colin Duriez
13. “Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter (repeat)
14. “The Messiah Comes to Middle Earth” by Phil Ryken
15. “The Compelling Community: Where God’s Power Makes A Church Attractive” by Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop
16. “Pensees” by Blaises Pascal (first 200 pages) (repeat)
17. “The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology” by Pascal Denault
18. “I Was A Stranger” by General Sir John Hackett
19. “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle (repeat)
20. “Knowing God” by J.I. Packer (repeat)
21. “A Wind in the Door” by Madeleine L’Engle 
22. “The Holiness of God” by R.C. Sproul 
23. “The Man Who Was Thursday” by G.K. Chesterton (repeat)
24. “The Good God: Enjoying the Father, Son, and Spirit” by Michael Reeves
25. “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God” by Tim Keller
26. “Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson” by D.A. Carson 
27. “The Life of God in the Soul of Man” by Henry Scougal (repeat)
28. “Jonathan Edwards” Trailblazer Series by Christian Timothy George (audio)
29. “Reset” by David Murray (audio)
30. “The Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis (audio) (repeat)
31. “The Letters of Francis Schaeffer” by Lane Dennis
32. “The Princess and the Goblin” by George MacDonald
33. “Inside Out” by Larry Crabb
34. “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners” by John Bunyan
35. “Reasons of the Heart” by William Edgar
36. “Dune” by Frank Herbert
37. “3-2-1: The Story of God, the World, and You” by Glen Scrivener (audio) (repeat)
38. “The Princess and Curdie” by George MacDonald
39. “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson
40. “Tactics” by Gregory Koukl (reread)
41. “Why Should I Believe Christianity? By James N. Anderson
42. “Autobiography of George Muller” by George Muller
43. “The Holy Bible” by God
44. “7 Days That Divide The World” by John C. Lennox
45. “Phantastes” by George MacDonald
46. “What’s Your Worldview” by James N. Anderson
47. “Comfort for Christians” by A.W. Pink
48. “George Whitefield” by Thomas S. Kidd
49. “The Whole Christ” by Sinclair Ferguson (audio)
50. “At the Back of the North Wind” by George MacDonald
51. “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn 
52. “How to Battle Depression and Suicidal Thoughts” by Ray Comfort (audio)
53. “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson
54. “The Light Princess” by George MacDonald
55. “Systematic Theology” by John Frame (two years to finish this)
56. “Christmas Playlist” by Alistair Begg
57. “Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why it Matters What Christians Believe” Edited by Ben Quash and Michael Ward 
58. “Otherworld: A Novel” by Jared C. Wilson
59. “Gospel Primer” by Milton Vincent (reread)

Apart from the Bible….My favorite book was “The Good God” by Reeves.

Most helped by “Christian Knowledge” by Plantinga and Frame’s systematic. Most enjoyed George MacDonald fantasy books.