I doubt that its best practice to start off 2018 with a 2017 list, but time ran out on me in 2017 (and I honestly didn’t think about it until a couple of days ago) My reading choices this year were not as robust due to a ministry transition and a move. I’ve included everything that I read for the first time or for the first time in a while and all of these books have been read all the way through. There is no particular order to this list, other than a general descending order from December to January. One of my goals for 2018 is to read more fiction, including some classics. Let me know what you think, I’m always up for coffee and conversation. Happy Reading in 2018.
End Game by David Baldicci
The Art of Loading Brush by Wendell Berry
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Stanley McChrystal
Origins by Dan Brown
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferris
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kendo
Beartown by Fredrick Backman
The Call by Adam Hamilton
Questions Preachers Ask: Essays in Honor of Thomas G. Long
Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
Pre-Post- Racial America by Sandhya Jha
More Than Words by Erin Wathen
Night School by Lee Child
42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry
The Myth of Persecution by Candida Moss
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
What is the Bible? by Rob Bell
How to Survive a Shipwreck by Jonathan Martin
The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear by William Barber
Ally by Michael D. Oren
The Road to Character by David Brooks
Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle
The One Thing by Gary Keller
For the Love by Jen Hatmaker
The Whistler by John Grisham
Option B: Sheryl Sandberg
The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the New Companies of Silicon Valley are Changing the World by Brad Stone
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Love Lives Here by Maria Goff
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Life’s Too Short to Pretend You’re Not Religious by David Dark
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Wow! You are an exhaustive reader. I particularly appreciate that you have included my favorite poet-prophet Wendell Berry on your list.
I see in your bio, you are passionate about clergy health. I am a former pastor who has bipolar disorder. I have started a ministry called “Delight in Disorder.” I would greatly appreciate if you would visit my blog sometime and offer your input.