As a pretty avid reader, I read frequently. Sometimes in spurts, but mostly fairly regularly in the time allotted with 5 children clamoring for attention!
Each year, Tim Challies publishes an exceptional plan called the Christian Reading Challenge. Divided into sections, based on reading appetite, it’s a great tool to help motivate reading in an organized and purposeful
You can check it out as a PDF here. Here’s my list:
- Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World by Eric Metaxas
- Some Pastors and Teachers by Sinclair Ferguson
- The Gospel According to God: Rediscovering the Most Remarkable Chapter in the Old Testament by John MacArthur
- The Fatal Tree by Stephen Lawhead
- Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjian
- The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston
- Mothers of the Wise and Good by Jabez Burns
- Life Together by Dietrich Boenhoffer
- Future Grace by John Piper
- Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by Shea Serrano
- Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture by John Piper
- The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd
- Christ and Culture: Revisited by D.A. Carson
- On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil of Caesarea
- Baptism in the Early Church by H.F. Stander, J.P. Louw
- Shaken by Tim Tebow
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas
- The Art of Prophesying by William Perkins
- Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry by John Piper
- The Pleasures of God by John Piper
- Revelation by Douglas F. Kelly
- Repentance: The First Word of the Gospel by Richard Owen Roberts
- Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp
- The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ by Ray Ortlund
- A History of Western Philosophy and Theology by John Frame