GOOD BOOKS
100 BOOKS TO READ
Start with the ESV Study Bible
Theology
Simply Christian, N.T. Wright
The Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms with Proof Texts
Basic Christianity, John R. W. Stott
Knowing God, J.I. Packer
Being Human, Ranald Macaulay & Jerram Barrs
Salvation Belongs to the Lord, John M. Frame
Calvin’s Institutes
Church and Mission
Chameleon Christianity, Dick Keyes
Total Church, Tim Chester and Steve Timmis
Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer
Ministries of Mercy, Timothy J. Keller
Compassion, Henri J.M. Nouwen
Generous Justice, Timothy Keller
The Heart of Evangelism, Jerram Barrs
History and Biography
The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark
The Rise of Christianity, Rodney Stark
St. Francis of Assisi, G.K. Chesterton
The Narnian , Alan Jacobs
Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis
Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis
Miracles –A Preliminary Study, C.S. Lewis
A Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis
The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis
Family
Brave New Family, G.K. Chesterton (Edited by Alvaro de Silva)
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson
The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
How Children Raise Parents, Dan B. Allender
Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Ted Tripp
Spirituality
The Valley of Vision, Edited by Arthur Bennett
Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther
All Things for Good, Thomas Watson
Holiness by Grace, Bryan Chapell
The Silence of Adam, Larry Crabb
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Communion with God, John Owen
Counterfeit Gods, Timothy Keller
In the Name of Jesus, Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Wounded Heart, Dan B. Allender
The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller
A Praying Life, Paul E. Miller
Biblical Theology
Eat This Book, Eugene H. Peterson
A House for My Name, Peter J. Leithart
Far As The Curse Is Found, Michael D. Williams
Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be, Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
The Challenge of Jesus, N.T. Wright
The Cry of the Soul, Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright
Christian World View
Lectures on Calvinism, Abraham Kuyper
Angels in the Architecture, Douglas Jones and Douglas Wilson
The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins
Engaging God’s World, Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
What Are People For?, Wendell Berry
Exclusion & Embrace, Miraslav Volf
Creation Regained, Albert M. Wolters
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Mark Noll
Apologetics
Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
Pensees, Blaise Pascal
The Recovery of Mission, Vinoth Ramachancra
Proper Confidence, Lesslie Newbigin
The New Testament Documents, F.F. Bruce
The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton
Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, N.D. Wilson
The Reason for God, Timothy Keller
Orthodoxy, Gilbert K. Chesterton
Solomon Among the Postmoderns, Peter J. Leithart
Fiction
Perelandra, C.S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Collected Works of Flannery O'Connor
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Gilead, Marilynn Robinson
Hannah Coulter, Wendell Berry
Children’s Books
Jesus Storybook Bible
ESV Seek and Find Bible
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
The Princess and the Goblin, George MacDonald
The Dragon and the Garden, N.D. Wilson
In the Time of Noah, N.D. Wilson
Wise Words, Peter Leithart
Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress, Oliver Hunkin