Books I Recommend (Updated 2023)
If you are like me, one of my biggest frustrations is finding and figuring out what books are worth reading. In 2021 I begin tracking each book I read and would note all of the ones I particularly enjoyed. Below is a list of all the books I have enjoyed since then and would recommend broken up into categories.
PERSONAL GROWTH
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Deep Work by Cal Newport
A World Without Email by Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran
The Coaching Habit by Michael Stanier
The Power To Change by Craig Groeschel
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin Kruse
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Do You Talk Funny by David Nahill
Lead Like A Shepherd by Larry Osborne
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
The Case For Keto by Gary Taubes
When Harry Met Sally by Ryan T. Anderson
MONEY/FINANCE
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
CHRISTIANITY
The Reason For God by Timothy Keller
Prayer by Timothy Keller
Making Sense of God by Timothy Keller
Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
A Burning In My Bones (biography of Eugene Peterson) by Winn Collier
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
The Hiding Place by Carrie Ten Boom
Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen
All My Knotted Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Luara Hillenbrand
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace by Jonathan Aitken
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
MINISTRY
Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell
Replicate by Robert Gallaty
Letters To A Young Pastor by Eric Peterson
Preaching That Moves People by Yancey Arrington
Preaching: Communicating Faith In An Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Sticky Church by Larry Osborne
Sticky Teams by Larry Osborne
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
The Coddling Of The American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Principles For Dealing With The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman
