Apologetics

1. African Christian Ethics – Kunhiyop
2. African Christian Theology – Kunhiyop; a simplified systematic theology applied to contemporary African life
3. Blessed – Bowler; a superb historical account of the prosperity gospel in the US
4. The Bondage of the Will – Luther
5. Calvin and the Biblical Languages – Currid
6. Christ’s Prophetic Plans – ed. MacArthur, Mayhue
7. Darwin on Trial – Johnson
8. Delighting in the Trinity – Reeves
9. The Doctrine of Repentance – Watson
10. An Essential Guide to Speaking in Tongues – Phillips
11. Five Points of Calvinism – Steele, Thomas, Quinn
12. The Gospel for Muslims – Anyabwile
13. Neither Poverty Nor Riches – Blomberg
14. Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament – Davidson
15. For the Glory of God – Block; a biblical theology of worship from an author both biblical and eclectic.
16. God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel – Hinn; an autobiography of Benny Hinn’s nephew and how he finally left the prosperity gospel and found Christ.
17. God Wants You Well – Wommack 
18. The Reason for God – Keller
19. The Scripture Cannot Be Broken – ed. MacArthur
20. The Serrated Edge – Wilson; Satire and ridicule are valid weapons for Christians to use in guarding truth and fighting error, as exemplified by Jesus and the Reformers.
21. Slave – MacArthur; everyone is a slave, either to sin or to Christ.
22. Theonomy in Christian Ethics – Bahnsen
23. The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage – Lutzer
24. Turning to God – Wells
25. What’s Your Worldview? – Anderson; an interactive storyline designed to help the reader identify and clarify their worldview and its implications.

Biblical

1. Coming to Grips With Genesis
2. Ephesians Commentary – Hoehner
3. Finally Alive – Piper
4. Parables – MacArthur; Parables make hard truths understandable to the tender-hearted but hide truths to the hard-hearted.
5. Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Cor 12-14 – Carson

Christian Living

1. Crazy Busy – DeYoung
2. Do More Better – Challies; a brief, contemporary, biblical, and practical guide to productivity
3. Flags Out Front – Wilson; a satirical novel mocking the worst of evangelicalism to show all things rest beneath Christ’s feet
4. A Gospel Primer for Christians – Vincent
5. The Grace of Shame – Bayly; a PCA pastor argues that the shame of homosexuality is a grace because it ought to push one to repentance.
6. The Great Gain of Godliness – Watson
7. Hole in our Holiness – DeYoung
8. How to Speak How to Listen – Adler
9. Ordering Your Private World – MacDonald
10. Praying the Savior’s Way – Thomas
11. Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices – Brooks
12. Purity Principle – Alcorn
13. Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment – Burroughs
14. Resisting Gossip – Mitchell
15. Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World – Mahaney

Historical

1. Amy Carmichael – Murray; one of the great Christian biographers pens a brief overview of the life, victories and flaws of the celebrated woman missionary to India.
2. Cry, the Beloved Country – Paton
3. Friends of Calvin – van den Berg; Twenty-four biographical sketches of Calvin’s closest friendships
4. Hunting Eichmann – Bascom
5. I Write What I Like – Biko
6. Jan Christian Smuts: A Biography – Smuts
7. John Adams – McCullough
8. John G. Paton – Paton; a quotable, missionary classic of courage and evangelism among the cannibals of the South Seas.
9. Reformation – Trueman; the Reformers can help the contemporary church fix many of their problems.

Family

1. A Case for Classical Christian Education – Wilson; Because all education is religious and incapable of being morally neutral, classical Christian education is the solution.
2. Boyhood and Beyond – Schultz; a biblical, old school primer on manly character traits written by a carpenter to aspiring men.
3. Manly Dominion – Chanski
4. Marriage as Covenant – Hugenberger; Malachi 2:10-16 teaches conclusively that marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman.
5. Reforming Marriage – Wilson
6. She Calls Me Daddy – Wulgemuth; a Christian perspective on how fathers are to raise their daughters. Light, practical, and humorous.
7. Strengthening Your Marriage – Mack
8. Swiss Family Robinson – Wyss
9. Withhold Not Correction – Ray

Missions

1. A Company of Heroes – Keesee; poetic journal entries of known and unknown missionaries and their stories
2. When Helping Hurts (Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) – Corbett and Fickert
3. Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours – Allen
4. Paul the Missionary – Schnabel
5. Silence – Endo

Pastoral

1. Addictions – Welch
2. The Conviction to Lead – Mohler; leadership is not management; it is the combo of competence and character. Book has added weight due to Mohler’s credentials.
3. Deep Preaching – Edwards
4. The Forgotten Spurgeon – Murray
5. How to Help People Change – Adams
6. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage – Adams
7. Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor – Carson
8. The Ministry – Brown; a small paperback first delivered to seminary students on the nature of ministry. The closing sections on visitation and Communion are the best.
9. The New Pastor’s Handbook – Helopoulos; forty-eight brief chapters of warning and encouragement for new pastors
10. Only a Prayer Meeting – Spurgeon; a collection of small sermons on prayer. Surgeon, who says ‘only’ is a wicked word, urges churches not to let the prayer meeting die.
11. Paul’s Theology of Preaching – Litfin; an exegesis and application of 1 Co. 1-4. Preachers are proclaimers not orators, their duty attention/explanation, not yielding.
12. The Power of Speaking God’s Word – Ellsworth
13. Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simple Preaching – Motyer; Sermons are bad because they are confusing. Preachers improve when they learn to be plain & unmistakable.
14. Preaching Pure and Simple – Ollyott
15. Pulpit Aflame – eds. Beeke and Benge; a steady guide to good expositional preaching by some of the best Reformed preachers today.
16. The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – Trueman; the real scandal is no Evangel, not no mind. The term “evangelical” has virtually no meaning today.
17. Saving Eutychus – Millar, Campbell
18. The Trellis and the Vine – Marshall, Payne
19. What is the Mission of the Church – DeYoung, Gilbert; the mission of the church is the Great Commission, not social justice.
20. Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns – Gordon; a unique book on style in music. Johnny can’t sing hymns because he is addicted to pop culture.

Worldly

1. Culture Counts – Scruton; a book of tools to judge the virtues of culture
2. The Devil’s Dictionary – Bierce; a dictionary of satire
3. Heart of Darkness – Conrad; a brief novel about a man who goes to deep, dark Africa and discovers the deep, dark wickedness of the human heart.
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Stevenson; a classic novel on total depravity, showing how the best attempts to control our own sin are useless.
5. The New Well-Tempered Sentence – Gordon; a creative book on punctuation designed to make the reader gasp, guffaw, and giggle.
6. Unstuck – Perman; it’s not enough to protect your time. You must protect your focus.
7. Wordsmithy – Wilson; seven tips for better writing that are witty, quotable, and humorous.