These are some of the books I’ve read by year. Hyperlinked books I fully reviewed elsewhere. Book of the Year gets ** or red font. Surprise Book of the Year gets ! or green font.
2020
| Books | Details | Rating | Best Line |
| 1. 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power (V.1)
Thesis: A simplified but robust history of the church from Polycarp to Gregory the Great |
Needham
1997 400 pp |
The perfect balance
★★★★ |
“As I finished the sentence, the light of faith flooded into my heart, and all the darkness vanished.” |
| 2. 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power (V.2)
Thesis: A simplified but robust history of the church from Islam’s rise to John Huss |
Needham
2000 456 pp |
The perfect balance
★★★ |
“Bernard did more than any other man of his time to popularize the adoration of the Virgin Mary.” |
| 3. 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power (V.3)
Thesis: A simplified but robust history of the church from the Renaissance to Trent |
Needham
2004 624 pp |
See above
★★★★ |
Calvin to Melanchthon: “I reverence Luther, but I am ashamed of him.” |
| 4. Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals
Thesis: Brief but meaty bios of hundreds of great Christians over the past 400 years |
Larson ed.
2003 789 pp |
Good book on C. history
★★★★ |
“[McCheyne’s] usual daily pattern was to rise at 06:30 and spend two hours in private prayer.” |
| 5. Building a Godly Home
Thesis: A Puritan treatment of Eph 5:21-6:4 in how to have a holy vision for family life |
Gouge
2013 192 pp |
Warm; insightful
★★★★ |
“What wrong then do such parents do to their children, who keep them even after they are married.” |
| 6. Calvin and Commerce
Thesis: The case for Reformed capitalism, which has the power to transform market economies |
Hall/Burton
2009 225 pp |
Outstanding; surprising
★★★★ |
“God has not decreed a classless society. The rich and the poor alike are here to stay.” |
| 7. Courage
Thesis: the fear of man is a deadly sin |
Mack
2002 300 pp |
Good
★★★ |
“If you are going to overcome the fear of man, you must refuse to hide it.” |
| 8. Divorce and Remarriage
Thesis: Four pastors arguing the one-flesh union in marriage is permanent until death |
Wingerd etc. 2009
158 pp |
Tried hard but failed
★★★ |
“If our view is wrong…we will have prevented some marriages…that should have been permitted.” |
| 9. Education: Does God have an Opinion?
Thesis: Homeschooling is a biblical mandate; it is the parent’s job to teach their kids, not Uncle Sam |
Wayne
2017 238 pp |
Pretty good
★★★ |
“When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ [Hitler] said, ‘‘Your child belongs to us already…’” |
| 10. Financial Peace Revisited
Thesis: 37 “peace puppies” that will help you get out of debt, save money and have financial freedom |
Ramsey
2003 326 pp |
A must for young people
★★★ |
“50 years of inflation has averaged 4+%/year; if you don’t save long term at a faster rate, you’ll retire with money that won’t buy much.” |
| 11. Five English Reformers
Thesis: The convictions and words behind five great Marian martyrs of the Reformation |
Ryle,
1890 221 pp |
Heroic
★★★★ |
“Of all the stupid and suicidal mistakes [of the RCC], none was greater than burning Reformers.” |
| 12. Flags Out Front
Thesis: A novel about the courage of men standing against the tide of popular opinion |
Wilson
2017 |
Fun; good read-aloud
★★★★ |
“If your left tackle is a weenie, they are going to…run their plays there all night long.” |
| 13. Fortunes of Africa
Thesis: an indispensible guide to 5,000 years of African history by an “unaWoken” author |
Meredith
2014 745 pp |
Brilliant
★★★★★ |
“The [historic African slave trade] depended on the collaboration of African rulers and middlemen.” |
| 14. Foxe’s Christian Martyrs
Thesis: a more brief and readable version of Foxe’s Christian martyrs, mostly Marian martyrs |
Foxe, 1998
409 pp |
Moving
★★★★ |
King to Lambert: “Thou shalt be condemned even by Christ’s own words, ‘This is my body.’” |
| 15. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
Thesis: Over one hundred excellent bios on great missionaries of old |
Tucker
1983 526 pp |
Excellent for kids, adults
★★★★ |
“I’ve wondered…if there is any other field…that has been peopled by such a ‘crazy’ lot [as missionaries].” |
| 16. Gridiron Genius
Thesis: an insider look at the highly competitive, cutthroat, and all-consuming world of NFL football. |
Lombardi
2018 276 pp |
Fun
★★ |
“Coaches are first and foremost great leaders.” |
| 17. Habits of Grace
Thesis: Enjoying Jesus through spiritual disciples like Scripture, prayer, service and fellowship |
Mathis
2016 238pp |
Ch.18 on rebuke handy
★★★ |
“Good listening asks perceptive, open-ended questions that don’t just tee up yes-no answers.” |
| 18. Held in Honor
Thesis: Using great voices of the past to give wisdom to your marriage |
Plummer
2015 132 pp |
Great idea; practical
★★★ |
“It is [a pastor’s] wife’s duty to see that he is not uncomfortable at home.” Charles Spurgeon |
| 19. Herman Bavinck
Thesis: Lengthy biography on the Dutch pastor, churchman, statesman, and theologian |
Gleason
2010 511 pp |
Way too long; disappointing
★★ |
Upon graduating from a liberal school, he was told to preach on Mt 5:14 (“They are blind guides”) |
| 20. J.C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone
Thesis: Rich history of providence leading an Anglican pastor that fought his denomination daily |
Murray, 2016
273 pp |
Many Murray bios better
★★★ |
“We have thousands of ‘jellyfish’ sermons…without an edge, or a point…smooth as billiard balls.” |
| 21. John Elias: Life, Letters and Essays
Thesis: There was no Welsh preacher greater than Elias, even superior to Whitefield as a divine. |
Morgan,
1973 417 pp |
Good, too long
★★★ |
“‘I heard him preach hundreds of times.’ ‘No…you heard Mr Elias—you never heard John Elias!’” |
| 22. Life Under Compulsion
Thesis: Exploring ten ways contemporary culture (e.g. feminism, video games) can destroy the humanity of your child |
Esolen
2015 224 pp |
Fabulous; will read it again
★★★★★ |
“It isn’t true that children like best to play with other children. They like best to play with old people so long as old people are children, too |
| 23. Manalive
Thesis: a humorous story about Innocent Smith that during over the boring lives of his friends |
Chesterton
2012 123 pp |
Witty;
Unclear ★★ |
“It is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.” |
| 24. Manly Dominion
Thesis: Tough guy Reformed pastor teaching men to be active in leading their wives and children |
Chanski
2014 245 pp |
Better 2ndtime around
★★★★ |
“Unemployment…shakes a man to his foundations. A Man w/out work [is] like water without current.’ |
| 25. Mathematics: Is God Silent?
Thesis: There is a biblical view of mathematics and the notion of “neutrality” is mythological |
Nickel
1990 409 pp |
Philosophy over math
★★★★ |
“No geometrical error has had such profound consequences in human history [as Strabo’s earth]” |
| 26. Narrow Gate, Narrow Way
Thesis: Mt. 7 says true Christians will live radically changed lives’ |
Washer | Very good
★★★ |
“I want…my son…placing the gospel banner on a hill where no one has ever placed the banner.” |
| 27. Price of Panic
Thesis: Fourteen reasons not to fear Covid or the “pandemic” |
Axe etc.
2020 287 pp |
Excellent;
★★★★ |
“As historic pandemics go [corona] was unremarkable. What was remarkable is how we reacted.” |
| 28. Race and Economics
Thesis: The free market is in the best interests of minorities and the poor |
Williams
2011 174 pp |
Very good
★★★ |
“Policy intentions and policy effects often bear no relationship to one another.” |
| 29. Same-Sex Mirage
Thesis: A punchy defense of biblical marriage that ridicules the modern sexual revolution. |
Wilson
2016 |
Fun, insightful
★★★★ |
“[Feminism turns] first-rate women into third-rate men.” |
| 30. Samuel Rutherford and his Friends
Thesis: Rutherford was a genius as friend and counselor. Many of his friends suffered greatly |
Cook
1992 183 pp |
Meh
★★ |
“Ten thousand thousand floods of tears cannot extinguish these flames, or purchase to you one hour’s release from that pain.” |
| 31. Seven Laws of Teaching
Thesis: An excellent guide to the laws of skilled teaching (and preaching) |
Gregory
1886 118 pp |
Excellent; read often
★★★★★ |
“The shock of a new thought has sometimes had the power to change the entire course of life.” |
| 32. Socialism is Evil
Thesis: Socialism is an inherently evil system, both democratic and Marxist flavors |
Haskins
2018 99 pp |
Pretty good; short
★★★ |
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up [thus]: Abolition of private property.” |
| 33. Some of the Great Preachers of Wales
Thesis: Insight into the supernatural and eccentric preaching styles of seven great Welsh preachers |
Jones,
1995 530 pp |
Superb
★★★★★ |
“The greatest factor in the sermon is the man himself: his spirit, his soul, his body, his face. |
| 34. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
Thesis: Overcoming the trends of contemporary culture in parenting and education |
Esolen, 2010,
256 pp |
Superb
★★★★ |
“Everything that can be said against the inconvenience of books can be said about the inconvenience of children.” |
| 35. Battle for the Biblical Family
Thesis: How to build a godly family from the Scriptures and the best of Western culture |
Scipione,
2018, 284 pp |
Good
★★★ |
“Soul winning and pietistic cultural monasticism aren’t enough to salvage Western culture & save the family.” |
| 36. Case for Classical Christian Education
Thesis: Parents should remove their kids from public schools. Classical Christian education is best |
Wilson
2003 256 pp |
Superb
★★★★ |
“This desire to fit in or be thought cool is not a new phenomenon. The Bible calls it worldliness.” |
| 37. Faith of Christopher Hitchens
Thesis: A Christian and atheist form a friendship and debate and take road trips along the way |
Taunton
2016 201 pp |
Hard to write; succeeded
★★★ |
“People are attracted to those who speak with certainty on matters where they are uncertain.” |
| 38. Household & the War for the Cosmos
Thesis: Recover the productive household because as the household goes, so goes society. |
Wiley | Astute
★★★★ |
“When people believe in the future, they tend to fill it with little copies of themselves.” |
| 39. Preacher’s Catechism
Thesis: 43 catechism questions about Christ, preaching, conviction and the Word |
Allen, 2018 216 pp | Probing, edifying
★★★★ |
“Tragically, all too few preachers have the same sacrificial zeal they had when they first set out.” |
| 40. Puritans Day by Day
Thesis: the best Puritan quotes attached to hundreds of topics |
ed. Horn
1928 |
Good
★★★★ |
“The Lord has two heavens to dwell in, and the holy heart is one of them.” Thomas Watson |
| 41. William Carey
Thesis: One of the greatest biographies ever on one of the greatest missionaries ever |
Carey
1923, 419 pp |
Peerless
★★★★★ |
Carey, in a letter to his son living in danger: “Mount your horse and be out on God’s work.” |
2019
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. What’s Your Worldview? | Anderson | Pretty good | January |
| 2. The Family at Church | Beeke | Good | January |
| 3. The Heart of the Bible | MacArthur | Fair | January |
| 4. Leadership | MacArthur | Very good | February |
| 5. George Whitefield, V.1 | Dallimore | Outstanding | February |
| 6. The Boys in the Boat | Brown | Fun | February |
| 7. Alive | Read | Good | March |
| 8. The Doctrine of Repentance | Watson | Always good | March |
| 9. Why Africa is Poor | Mbetwa | Good, bad | March |
| 10. Flags Out Front | Wilson | Very good | March |
| 11. How to Get Unstuck | Perman | Very good | March |
| 12. The Case for Classical Christian Education | Wilson | Excellent | April |
| 13. Susie | Rhodes | Good | April |
| 14. A Company of Heroes | Keesee | Good | May |
| 15. African Christian Theology | Kunhiyop | Pretty good | May |
| 16. Daddy Tried | Bayly | Excellent | July |
| 17. Marriage as Covenant | Hugenberger | Excellent | November |
| 18. God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel | Hinn | Good | October |
| 19. Passions of the Heart ! | Street | Bravo | October |
| 20. Father of Faith Missions ** | Dann | Excellent | October |
| 21. Friends of Calvin | Van den Berg | Okay | November |
| 22. Apostolic Church Planting | Payne | Very good | November |
| 23. Do More Better | Challies | Helpful | November |
| 24. The New Pastor’s Handbook | Helopoulos | Good | December |
| 25. Swiss Family Robinson | Wyss | Fun | December |
| 26. Budgeting for a Healthy Church | Dunlop | Good | December |
| 27. The Man in the Dark | Wilson | Fun | December |
| 28. Fit to Burst | Jancovich | Good | December |
| 29. Christian Love | Binning | Disappointing | December |
| 30. Beauty | Miravelle | Good, bad | December |
2018
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. The Heart is the Target | Cahill | Excellent | January |
| 2. The Pastor Theologian | Heistand | Pretty good | January |
| 3. Magnifying God in Christ | Schreiner | Good | January |
| 4. From Heaven He Came and Sought Her | Gibson | Very good | February |
| 5. Has the Church Replaced Israel? | Vlach | Good | February |
| 6. Shepherding God’s Flock | Adams | Excellent | February |
| 7. From Eden to New Jerusalem | Desmond | Good | March |
| 8. Thomas Manton | Cooper | Decent | March |
| 9. The Holy Trinity | Letham | Excellent | March |
| 10. The Essential Trinity | Crowe/Trueman | OK | April |
| 11. Heart of Darkness | Conrad | Good | April |
| 12. Fate of Africa | Meredith | Bravo | May |
| 13. Devoted to God | Ferguson | Very good | May |
| 14. Father, Son and Holy Spirit | Ware | Good | June |
| 15. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture | Goldsworthy | Good | June |
| 16. What is Biblical Theology | Hamilton | Pretty good | July |
| 17. Blessed ** | Bowler | Bravo | August |
| 18. The Golden Treasury | Thomas | Excellent | August |
| 19. Only a Prayer Meeting | Spurgeon | Very good | September |
| 20. The Grace of Shame ! | Bayly | Excellent | September |
| 21. Puritan Evangelism | Beeke | Good | October |
| 22. Boyhood and Beyond | Schultz | Very good | December |
2017
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. The Serrated Edge | Wilson | Very good | January |
| 2. Histories and Fallacies | Trueman | Gag | January |
| 3. The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind | Trueman | Good | January |
| 4. Reformation | Trueman | Fair | January |
| 5. The Conviction to Lead | Mohler | Pretty good | January |
| 6. Paul’s Theology of Preaching | Litfin | Very Good | January |
| 7. For the Glory of God | Block | Good | January |
| 8. The Homiletical Plot | Lowry | Poor | January |
| 9. Wordsmithy | Wilson | Great | February |
| 10. She Calls Me Daddy | Wolgemuth | OK | February |
| 11. Biblical Interpretation | Bray | Very good | February |
| 12. Pulpit Aflame | Beeke ed. | Good | February |
| 13. This Horrid Practice ! | Moon | Interesting | February |
| 14. Courage to Be Protestant ** | Wells | Bravo | March |
| 15. The Company of Preachers | Lischer | Pretty good | March |
| 16. Amy Carmichael | Murray | Good | March |
| 17. The Ministry | Brown | Pretty good | March |
| 18. The History of Preaching | Dargan | Pretty good | April |
| 19. Preaching to a Post-Everything World | Eswine | Pretty good | April |
| 20. The Homespun Gospel | Brenneman | Very good | May |
| 21. Reforming Fundamentalism | Marsden | Outstanding | May |
| 22. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons | Broadus | Excellent | June |
| 23. The Art of Prophesying | Perkins | Excellent | June |
| 24. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament | Greidanus | Excellent | July |
| 25. Preaching and Teaching from the OT | Kaiser | Very good | July |
| 26. Ruth | McKeown | Very good | July |
| 27. The Priority of Preaching | Ash | Good | August |
| 28. A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery | Fasol | No mas | August |
| 29. Jewish Background of the NT | Scott | Ok at best | August |
| 30. Slave | MacArthur | Very good | September |
| 31. Invitation to Biblical Interpretation | Köstenberger | Not bad | September |
| 32. John G. Paton | Paton | Unmatched | September |
| 33. Strange Fire | MacArthur | Excellent | October |
| 34. Expositional Preaching | Helm | Good | October |
| 35. Engaging Exposition | Akin | OK | October |
| 36. 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible | Plummer | Very good | October |
| 37. The Supremacy of God in Preaching | Piper | Excellent | October |
| 38. The Scripture Cannot Be Broken | MacArthur ed. | Good | November |
| 39. Basic Bible Interpretation | Zuck | Outstanding | November |
| 40. Between Two Worlds | Stott | Excellent | December |
| 41. Eisenhower | Ambrose | Decent | December |
2016
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. Darwin on Trial | Johnson | Very good | January |
| 2. Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns | Gordon | Very good | January |
| 3. The Hole in Our Holiness | DeYoung | Really good | January |
| 4. The Five Points of Calvinism | Steele | Very good | January |
| 5. Ordering Your Private World | MacDonald | Very good | January |
| 6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Stevenson | Excellent | January |
| 7. Silence | Endo | Good | February |
| 8. Some of the Great Preahers of Wales ! | Jones | Fantastic | February |
| 9. The Christian’s Pocket Guide to Islam | Sookhdeo | Good | February |
| 10. The Covenant | Michener | Very good | February |
| 11. Praying the Savior’s Way | Thomas | Pretty good | March |
| 12. The Bondage of the Will | Luther | Excellent | March |
| 13. The New Well-Tempered Sentence | Gordon | Fun | June |
| 14. Finally Alive | Piper | Very good | June |
| 15. Family Driven Faith | Baucham | Fair | July |
| 16. Revelation 20 and the Millennial Debate | Waymeyer | Good | July |
| 17. Because the Time is Near | MacArthur | Good | July |
| 18. New Testament Exegesis | Fee | Ok | July |
| 19. Sin and Syntax | Hale | Good | August |
| 20. Preaching | MacArthur ed. | Very good | August |
| 21. St. Andrew’s Seven | Piggen/Roxborough | Always great | August |
| 22. Christ and Culture Revisited | Carson | Pretty good | August |
| 23. The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text | Greidanus | Bravo | September |
| 24. The Power of Speaking God’s Word | Ellsworth | Pretty good | October |
| 25. Preaching with Variety | Arthurs | Ok | October |
| 26. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era | Jeffers | Very good | October |
| 27. Biblical Preaching | Robinson | Very good | October |
| 28. Exegetical Fallacies | Carson | Excellent | October |
| 29. Preaching that Gets Through | Olyott | Very good | October |
| 30. The Gospel for Muslims | Anyabwile | Good | October |
| 31. The Imperative of Preaching | Carrick | Very good | November |
| 32. Connected Christianity | Azurdia | Swing miss | November |
| 33. Christ-Centered Preaching | Chapell | Outstanding | November |
| 34. Paul the Missionary ** | Schnabel | Bravo | December |
| 35. The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching | Robinson/Larson | Pretty good | December |
| 36. Parables | MacArthur | Good | December |
| 37. Preaching? | Motyer | Pretty good | December |
2015
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. Ephesians ** | Hoehner | Bravo | January |
| 2. Addictions | Welch | Helpful | February |
| 3. Culture Counts | Scruton | Fine | February |
| 4. Five Views of Sanctification | Gundry | Good | March |
| 5. The Devil’s Dictionary | Bierce | Fun | March |
| 6. Christ’s Prophetic Plans | MacArthur | Good | March |
| 7. John Adams | McCullough | Very good | March |
| 8. I Write What I Like | Biko | Meh | March |
| 9. Twelve Ordinary Men | MacArthur | Good | April |
| 10. Vintage Guide to Classical Music | Swafford | Very good | May |
| 11. The Great Gain of Godliness | Watson | Colorful | June |
| 12. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs | Foxe | Stirring | July |
| 13. Flame of Yaweh ! | Davidson | Outstanding | October |
| 14. Theonomy in Christian Ethics | Bahnsen | Excellent | October |
| 15. Manly Dominion | Chanski | Decent | October |
| 16. Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Rutherford | Very good | November |
| 17. Coming to Grips with Genesis | Mortenson ed. | Take a bow | November |
| 18. A Theology of the Family | Pollard/Brown | Good | November |
| 19. Rules for Reformers | Wilson | Very good | December |
| 20. Neither Poverty Nor Riches | Blomberg | Very good | December |
| 21. Jan Christian Smuts | Smuts | Okay | December |
2014
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. The Spirit Has Come | Andrews | Good | January |
| 2. Resisting Gossip | Mitchell | Pretty good | January |
| 3. Swiss Family Robinson | Wyss | So much fun | January |
| 4. The Forgotten Spurgeon ! | Murray | Excellent | February |
| 5. Crazy Busy | DeYoung | Good | February |
| 6. Preaching Pure and Simple | Olyott | Practical | May |
| 7. Just Do Something | DeYoung | Very good | June |
| 8. Deep Preaching | Edwards | Very good | July |
| 9. Turning to God | Wells | Very good | August |
| 10. Withhold Not Correction | Ray | Good | August |
| 11. Strengthening Your Marriage | Mack | Helpful | August |
| 12. The Essential Guide to Speaking in Tongues | Phillips | Gag | September |
| 13. Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices | Brooks | Great | September |
| 14. The Doctrine of Repentance | Watson | Excellent | September |
| 15. Death by Living | ND Wilson | Indiscernible | October |
| 16. Delighting in the Trinity | Reeves | Very good | November |
| 17. Missionary Methods ** | Allen | Great | November |
| 18. Hunting Eichmann | Bascomb | Good | December |
| 19. What is the Mission of the Church? | DeYoung | Very good | December |
| 20. The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage | Lutzer | Good | December |
2013
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. When Helping Hurts | Corbett/Fikkert | Good, bad | June |
| 2. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage | Adams | Very good | June |
| 3. The Purity Principle | Alcorn | Excellent | June |
| 4. Cry the Beloved Country | Paton | Surprising | July |
| 5. The Trellis and the Vine | Marshall/Payne | Excellent | July |
| 6. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment | Burroughs | Take a bow | August |
| 7. The Reason for God | Keller | Very good | August |
| 8. A Gospel Primer for Christians | Vincent | Good | August |
| 9. Reforming Marriage | Wilson | Very good | September |
| 10. Saving Eutychus | Millar/Campbell | Good | September |
| 11. Showing the Spirit | Carson | Good, bad | September |
| 12. God Wants You Well | Wommack | Dry-heave | October |
| 13. Calvin and the Biblical Languages | Currid | Okay | October |
| 14. How to Speak How to Listen ** | Adler | Take a bow | November |
| 15. Worldliness | Mahaney | Good | November |
| 16. How to Help People Change ! | Adams | Excellent | December |
| 17. Memoirs of a Ordinary Pastor | Carson | Very good | December |
2012
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. The Doctrine of God ! | Bavinck | Very good | February |
| 2. What is the Gospel? | Gilbert | Quite good | February |
| 3. Lindbergh | Berg | Good | March |
| 4. Lectures to My Students | Spurgeon | Great | May |
| 5. Creators | Johnson | Decent | July |
| 6. Three Views of the Millennium and Beyond | Bock ed. | Very good | October |
| 7. Politics According to the Bible ** | Grudem | Bravo | December |
2011
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. Christ and Culture | Niebuhr | Very good | January |
| 2. The Epistle of the Romans | Moo | Excellent | January |
| 3. Unbroken | Hillenbrand | Decent | February |
| 4. The Pleasures of God | Piper | Excellent | February |
| 5. Bonhoeffer | Metaxas | Underwhelming | March |
| 6. The Apostle | Pollock | Very good | March |
| 7. For Men Only | Feldhahn | Okay | April |
| 8. Old Testament Commentary Survey | Longman | Good | April |
| 9. The Birth Order Book | Leman | Fun | April |
| 10. Bound for Glory | Sproul Jr. | Pretty good | May |
| 11. A Simple Way to Pray | Luther | Very good | May |
| 12. Family-Time Bible in Pictures | Taylor | Good | May |
| 13. Last Light | Blackstock | Good | June |
| 14. He is Not Silent | Mohler | Decent | June |
| 15. The Horse and His Boy | Lewis | Very good | June |
| 16. The Magician’s Nephew | Lewis | Very good | July |
| 17. African Christian Ethics ! | Kunhiyop | Pretty good | July |
| 18. Christian Beliefs | Grudem | Good | July |
| 19. Modern Times | Johnson | Great | August |
| 20. Vutlhari Bya Vatsonga | Junod | Good | August |
| 21. Modern Art and the Death of Culture | Rookmaaker | Meh | September |
| 22. Prolife Answers to Prochoice Arguments | Alcorn | Excellent | September |
| 23. Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be | Platinga, Jr. | Insightful | September |
| 24. The Peacemaker ** | Sande | Outstanding | October |
| 25. A Theology of the New Testament | Ladd | Take a bow | October |
| 26. The Christian Ministry | Bridges | Great | October |
| 27. The Walk | Card | Decent | November |
| 28. Love Your Neighbor | Geisler | Improved | November |
| 29. ESV Study Bible | Assorted | Excellent | December |
| 30. Decision Making and the Will of God | Friessen | Very good | December |
2010
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. Basics of Biblical Greek | Mounce | Good | January |
| 2. Reformation Thought | McGrath | Good | January |
| 3. The Deliberate Church | Dever/Alexander | Good | February |
| 4. Respectable Sins | Bridges | Pretty good | February |
| 5. Disciplines of a Godly Man | Hughes | Very good | March |
| 6. Why Johnny Can’t Preach | Gordon | Underwhelming | March |
| 7. The Doctrine of the Christian Life ** | Frame | Take a bow | April |
| 8. Perspectives of Church Government | Owen ed. | Really good | April |
| 9. English Grammar to Ace NT Greek | Lamerson | Okay | May |
| 10. The Five Dilemmas of Calvinism | Brown | Good | June |
| 11. Princeton and Preaching | Garretson | Very good | June |
| 12. Greek for the Rest of Us | Mounce | Good | July |
| 13. Pierced for Our Transgressions ! | Jeffrey/Ovey | Outstanding | July |
| 14. A Journey in Grace | Belcher | Very good | August |
| 15. Predator | Blackstock | Descent | August |
| 16. The King James Version Debate | Carson | Very good | September |
| 17. Quality Research Papers | Vyhmeister | Good | September |
| 18. The Life of A.W. Pink | Murray | Excellent | October |
| 19. The Reformation | Nichols | Good | October |
| 20. Master Leaders | Barna | Meh | November |
| 21. On the Internet | Dreyfus | Blah | December |
2009
| Books | Author | Rating | Month |
| 1. The Five Points of Calvinism | Steele/Curtis | Very good | January |
| 2. The Chosen | Potok | Very good | January |
| 3. The Confessions | Augustine | Excellent | January |
| 4. The Mind of South Africa | Sparks | Good, bad | February |
| 5. The Expository Genius of John Calvin | Lawson | Good | February |
| 6. Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life | Whitney | Good | March |
| 7. Introducing Early Christianity | Guy | Decent | March |
| 8. The Story of Christianity | Gonzalez | Good | March |
| 9. John Calvin | Parsons ed. | Pretty good | April |
| 10. Jesus the Evangelist | Phillips | Decent | April |
| 11. The Message of the New Testament | Dever | Pretty good | April |
| 12. The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God | Carson | Very good | May |
| 13. Pontius Pilate | Maier | Excellent | May |
| 14. MacArthur’s Millennial Manifesto | Waldron | Good, bad | May |
| 15. Faith in the Medieval World | Evan | Okay | May |
| 16. 9 Marks of a Healthy Church | Dever | Very good | June |
| 17. Culture Shift | Mohler | Decent | June |
| 18. Missions and Money | Bonk | Very good | June |
| 19. Homework Manual for Christian Living, V. 1 | Mack | Very good | June |
| 20. Is Jesus the Only Savior | Nash | Good | July |
| 21. Complete in Him | Barrett | Very good | July |
| 22. New Testament Commentary Series | Carson | Good | July |
| 23. Countering the Claims of Evangelical Feminism ! | Grudem | Excellent | August |
| 24. How to Win Friends and Influence People | Carnegie | Good, bad | August |
| 25. Evangelicals Engaging Emergent | Henard/Greenway | Poor | August |
| 26. Radical Chic and Mau-mauing the Flack Catchers | Wolfe | Weird | September |
| 27. Here I Stand | Bainton | Excellent | September |
| 28. Love Your God with All Your Mind | Morgan | Pretty good | September |
| 29. The Gospel Blimp | Bayly | Good | October |
| 30. Why Cumbereth It the Ground? | Brooks | Poor | October |
| 31. Deception | Alcorn | Good | October |
| 32. The Lamb and the Fürhur | Zacharias | Decent | October |
| 33. The Great Commission | Klauber | Good | November |
| 34. Israel and the Church | Diprose | Excellent | November |
| 35. The Shack | Young | Gag | November |
| 36. How to Read a Book ** | Adler | Take a bow | December |
| 37. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview | Morgan/Craig | Pretty good | December |
