40 Books in 2010

Posted by Chris on Dec 1, 2009 in Life |
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One of my twelve goals for 2010 is to read 40 books. It’s kind of ridiculous, because I’m a pretty slow reader. But I’m operating on the same principle of my half marathon, if I make a plan and a schedule, I can do a lot of things.

I need a little help picking my 40 books. There are a lot of good books out there, but I want to focus on reading that helps me work toward my goals in church planting, ministry, and leadership. About half of them need to be on audiobook. At least one or two classics, a few biographies, and a handful of mindless novels.

Suggestions?

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  • David Littleton

    “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortensen (could fall under your leadership/church planting/biography/ministry categories)

  • http://Catalystspace.com Jesse Phillips

    Mindless novels? Lame! I liked “redeeming love” Francine rivers. Also, I suggest: Made to Stck, Life Together, The Cost of Discipleship, blue Like Jazz, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, 21 Laws of Leadership, they Like Jesus but not the Church and more

  • http://blog.floydius.com Lloyd

    Basically anything by CS Lewis, but I’ll suggest Til we have faces.

  • http://chrismorton.info Chris

    Redeeming Love, huh? Reminds me of Donald Miller’s story of leaving a copy of Pride and Prejudice on his bookshelf to impress girls. Probably a good idea, though.

  • Samjones

    Sampson and the Pirate Monks by Nate Larkin is an amazing biography/ministry book, about struggling with sin, and men discipling each other into real growth/change through intentional brotherhood. It’s also accessible in size and relate-able in content. http://www.samsonsociety.org/

    Same Kind of Different as Me is also really good. Autobiographical of a rich white Ft. Worth art dealer and the black homeless man who became his best friend.

    City of Ember was a great children’s book that was a fun adventure and an easy read. (Esp. if the movie/trailer hasn’t ruined the mystery for you).

    Can any of them be Graphic novels? :-P

  • Jason

    A.W. Tozer – “the knowledge of the holy”
    St Augustine – “Confessions”
    Niccolo Machiavellie – “The Prince”
    Booker T Washington – “Up From Slavery”
    Martin Luther King Jr – “Why We Can’t Wait” or find his sermons
    C.S. Lewis – “The Abolition of Man”
    G.K. Chesterton – “Orthodoxy”
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer – “The Cost of Discipleship”
    Rob Bell – “Velvet Elvis”
    Erwin McManus – “Chasing Daylight” or “Awake”
    Donald Miller – Read in this order one right after another and see him mature in thought – “Through Painted Deserts, Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, To Own A Dragon, A Million Miles In A Thousand Years”
    Spencer Burke – “Making Sense of Church”
    Stanley Weintraub – “Long Day’s Journey Into War”
    Tony Morgan – “Killing Cockroaches”
    Brian McLaren – “New Kind of Christian” Series
    H.B. London – “Heart of a Great Pastor”
    Bob Roberts – “The Multiplying Church”
    Thomas DiLorenzo – “The Real Lincoln”
    Leonard Sweet – “11″
    Mike Yankowski – “Under the Overpass”
    Brother Yun – “The Heavenly Man”
    Jaclyn Kostner – “Virtual Leadership”

    Well thats all i think i will recommend…enjoy your choices. If i think of better ones i will leave a new message

  • Jason

    Also, you should read

    “The Freedom Writers Diary” by Erin Gruwell
    this should be a must read :)

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