2009 Books

How many books did you read this year? What was most helpful? Which did you enjoy best?

As much for my own reference, here's a list of the books I've read this year (and the links to the reviews on the blog).

1. The Shack - William Paul Brown
2. The Reason for God - Tim Keller
3. The "Fifty Nine" Revival - Ian Paisley
4. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
5. Cast of Characters - Max Lucado
6. Death by Love - Mark Driscoll
7. The Essence of Darwinism - Kirsten Birkett
8. The Appeal - John Grisham
9. The Cross of Christ - John Stott
10. The Horse and His Boy - CS Lewis

11. Christ in the Passover - Rosen
12. A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
13. Living the Resurrection - Eugene Petersen
14. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
15. The Challenge of Islam - Patrick Sookhdeo
16. Digging Ditches - Helen Roseveare
17. Prince Caspian - CS Lewis
18. Inside Prince Caspian - Devin Brown
19. Jesus Among Other Gods - Ravi Zacharias
20. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson

21. Beyond Greed - Brian Rosner
22. The Work of the Pastor - William Still
23. The Deliberate Church - Mark Dever
24. Drumcree - John Pickering
25. Sign of the Cross - Chris Kuzneski
26. God's Undertaker - John Lennox
27. The Prodigal God - Tim Keller
28. Miracles - CS Lewis
29. The Sound of Laughter - Peter Kay
30. Jesus Wants to Save Christians - Rob Bell

31. Out of the Storm - Christopher Ash
32. The Year of Living Biblically AJ Jacobs
33. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
34. Preach The Word - Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson (eds.)
35. Fern-seed and Elephants - CS Lewis
36. The Gospel and Personal Evangelism - Mark Dever
37. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
38. Our Father - Richard Coekin
39. Joy to the World: Preaching the Christmas Story - Paul Beasley-Murray
40. Can Reindeer Fly? The Science of Christmas - Roger Highfield
41. The Associate - John Grisham

Incidentally, this is the only list of books in which The Shack would sit on number one for me - it wasn't a great read at all.

My top five for this year have to be:
1. Jesus Among Other Gods
2. The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
3. The Hobbit
4. The Kite Runner
5. The Cross of Christ

For previous reading lists, see my 2008 reading, and 2007 reading. Sadly there's no corresponding posting for my reading from 2006 or 2005...