There is not a time that I can remember that I have not had a stack of books within reach, a volume slipped inside my purse, a few library books stashed in my car, or as a child, hidden under my bed.
One of my most powerful memories as a young girl was when I carefully printed my name on a single line in front of a kind-looking lady whom I recognized as the keeper of the books. I had practiced writing those letters over and over again to get my first public library card.
My extrovert musician mother who loved performing with her violin before crowds of people did not know what to do with a shy reader of books. She utilized every available moment to practice. And I read.
Mom threatened me that I was going to ruin my eyes. Indeed, I often hid under the covers to finish yet another chapter, running down the batteries in my big brother's Cub Scout flashlight, until I was caught red-handed one night.
A good story can still keep me up late.
2015 was a year of books that I always wanted to read (The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy), books that I plowed through (once was enough), and ahhh, the favorites I embraced like old friends (Danny, Champion of the World).
Again this year, I took the sage advice of C. S. Lewis who encouraged readers that for every newly-published book consumed, read an old one.
I hope this list encourages you.
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (2000)
Radical by David Platt (2010)
3
Things As They Are: Mission Work in Southern India by Amy
Carmichael (1905)
4
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by
Timothy Keller (2012)
5
Mimosa by Amy Carmichael (1924)
Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
(1895)
7
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
(1971)
8
Economic Shalom: A Reformed Primer on Faith, Work, and Human
Flourishing by John Bolt (2013)
9
A Christian’s Response to Islam by William
M. Miller (1976)
1
The Rider by Tim Krabbe’ (1978)
1
Humility:
The Journey Toward Holiness by Andrew Murray (1828-1917)
1
God Guides by Mary Geegh (missionary to
India 1924-1962)
1
Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Not-Evangelism
by Carl Medearis
1
God’s Joyful Runner by Russell W. Ramsey (1987)
1
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (1937)
1
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee (written
1957, published 2015)
1
Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to
Finding God’s Will by Kevin DeYoung (2009)
1
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R.
Tolkien (1954)
1
Whitefoot:
A Story from the Center of the World by Wendell Berry (2009)
2
The Attentive Life: Discerning God’s Presence in All Things
by Leighton Ford (2008)
2
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954)
2
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J. R. R.
Tolkien (1955)
2
To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain by Matt
Chandler (2014))
2
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton (1908)
2
Danny, Champion of the World by Roald
Dahl (1975)
2
What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said
Follow Me? By David Platt (2013)
2
Be Resolute: Determining to go God’s
Direction (book of Daniel) by Warren Wiersbe (2008)
2
The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
(1943)
My Final Word: Holding Tight to the Issues
that Matter Most by Charles Colson (2015)
With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew
Murray (1828-1917)
Hearing God: Developing a Conversational
Relationship with God by Dallas Willard (1984)
3
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence (1691)
The Colson Way: Loving Your Neighbor and
Living with Faith in a Hostile World by Owen Strachan (2015)
3
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction:
Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson (1980)
3
The Bible
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