Book Note: My Current Reading List

Introduction

After looking at all of the 2025 best book lists, I have decided to read the following books.

This is a dynamic list. I will be adding books as I find them in reviews, articles and posts I read. I will remove books when I finish them.

Today, January 15, 2026, there are 160 books on this list.

I will read every link in these posts

Collin Hansen. Gospel Coalition. My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2025

Knowable Word. Top 10 Posts of 2025—Published in 2025

Trevin Wax. Gospel Coalition. My Favorite Articles of 2025

The Next Books I Will Read

Gregory K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd. CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament, Hardcover, Black Letter, Single-Column, Expanded Cross-Reference System, Color-Coded Text, Book Introductions, Study Notes, Articles, Charts, Easy-to-Read Type

Augustine. Anthony Esolen (translator). Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo 

Peter Brown. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (New Edition, with an Epilogue)  

Boethius. David R. Slavitt (translator). The Consolation of Philosophy

Jacob Siegel. The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control

Thomas Ward. After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher 

The Rest of My Reading List for 2026

Martin Accad. The Religious Other: A Biblical Understanding of Islam, the Qur’an and Muhammad (Institute of Middle East Studies Series)

Mortimer J. Adler. How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan 

Sönke Ahrens. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking

Rodney Aist. Walking the Jerusalem Circuit: In the Footsteps of Pilgrims Before the Crusades  

Gregg R. Allison. 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology

Zahid Ameer. The House of Wisdom: Baghdad’s Beacon of Knowledge and Enlightenment  

Daniel G. Amen. The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off   

Daniel G. Amen. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded): The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

Anne Applebaum. Gulag: A History

Anne Applebaum . Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Christopher Ash. Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Following Jesus in your 50s and 60s (Christian Wisdom for Getting Older, Late Middle Age, Empty Nesting, Retirement, Grandparenting, Caregiving and More) 

Augustine. City of God

Augustine. Anthony Esolen (translator). Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo 

Augustine. On the Trinity

John U. Bacon . The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Ronald Bailey and Marian L. Tupy. Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting

Ruth Haley Barton. Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God’s Transforming Presence

Richard Bauckham. The Blurred Cross: A Writer’s Difficult Journey with Go

Susan Wise Bauer. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Susan Wise Bauer. The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

Jason M. Baxter. The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind 

John Baxter. Untold Paris: The Secret History of the City of Light

Joel Beeke and Paul M. Smalley. Essentials of Reformed Systematic Theology

Christopher R. Beha. The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everthing Else 

Michael J. Behe. Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution 

Michael J. Behe. Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution  

Shari Benstock. Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940 

Matthew C. Bingham . A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation

David Alan Black. Why Four Gospels? 

Harold Bloom. The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages  

Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies. God, the Science, the Evidence

Justin Brierley and N. T. Wright. The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again

Anna Brooke. Frommer’s Paris 2026  

David Brooks . Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There 

David Brooks. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen 

David Brooks. The Power of Self-Love   

David Brooks. The Road to Character 

David Brooks. The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life 

Walter Brueggemann. Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture

Jessica Buchanan. Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six

Davis Bunn. The Book of Hours

J. H. Bunting . Crowdsourcing Paris: Memoirs of a Travel Adventure

The Works of John Bunyan

Susan Cahill. The Streets of Paris: A Guide to the City of Light Following in the Footsteps of Famous Parisians Throughout History

Susan Cain. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking  

Morley Callaghan. That Summer in Paris

Julia Cameron. The Artist’s Way  

D. A. Carson. How long, O Lord? (2nd edition): Reflections On Suffering And Evil  

Tim Challies and Tim Keesee. From the Rising of the Sun: A Journey of Worship Around the World 

C. Stuart Chapman. Shelby Foote: A Writer’s Life

Joshua D. Chatraw and Mark D. Allen. Apologetics at the Cross: An Introduction for Christian Witness 

Joshua D. Chatraw and Mark D. Allen. The Augustine Way: Retrieving a Vision for the Church’s Apologetic Witness 

G. K. Chesterton. Orthodoxy

Tito Colliander. Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth 

John Mark Comer. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World 

Catherine Conybeare. Augustine the African

Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter. Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All 

S. Michael Craven. The Christian Mind: The Key to Cultural Relevance & Renewal 

Giuliano da Empoli. The Hour of the Predator: Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World

Gina Dalfonzo. Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis 

Daniel Darling. The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus

Dale Ralph Davis. No Hopeless Future: Expositions on the Book of Ruth 

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung . Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies 

Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1st Edition

Travis Dickinson. Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions 

Annie Dillard. The Annie Dillard Reader

Annie Dillard. The Writing Life

Alex Duke. From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis (9Marks) 

Will Durant and Ariel Durant. The Lessons of History

Brad Edwards. The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism

Jonathan Edwards. Charity and Its Fruits: Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life  

Jonathan Edwards and Matthew McLean. Freedom of the Will: Abridged & Explained — Jonathan Edwards’ Classic on Free Will and God’s Sovereignty in Modern English 

Rebekah Eklund. The Beatitudes through the Ages  

Matthew Y. Emerson. “He Descended to the Dead”: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday 

Mark Dever and H. B. Charles. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

Adalbert de Vogüé. To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience 

Annie Dillard. An American Childhood 

Annie Dillard. The Annie Dillard Reader

Annie Dillard. For the Time Being: Essays

Annie Dillard. Living by Fiction 

Annie Dillard. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Jonathan Edwards and Matthew McLean. Freedom of the Will: Abridged & Explained — Jonathan Edwards’ Classic on Free Will and God’s Sovereignty in Modern English 

Luc Ferry. A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living (Learning to Live) 

Alex Fogleman. Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice 

Coleman M. Ford and Shawn J. Wilhite. Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls: Learning the Art of Pastoral Ministry from the Church Fathers

Keith Getty and Kristyn Getty  (Creators). The Sing! Hymnal

David Gibson. The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

Jamin Goggin. Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics: A Guide for Evangelicals 

John M. Gregory. The Seven Laws Of Teaching

William Griffin. Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life

Chris Guillebeau. Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live 

James Hankins and Allen C. Guelzo. The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom

Collin Hansen, Skyler R. Flowers and Ivan Mesa (editors). The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics 

Benjamin P. Hardy. Willpower Doesn’t Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success

Scott H. Hendrix. Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer

Tom Holland. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

Michael Horton, et al. Prophet, Priest, and King: Christology in Global Perspective (Theology Together)

James M. Houston. The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer

Douglas S. Huffman. The Story of Jesus Continues: A Survey of the Acts of the Apostles  

Sarah Irving-Stonebraker. Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age 

Bobby Jamieson. Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes’ Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness 

Dennis E. Johnson. Walking with Jesus through His Word: Discovering Christ in All the Scriptures 

John E. Johnson. Rooted Leadership: Seeking God’s Answers to the Eleven Core Questions Every Leader Faces 

John E. Johnson. Under an Open Heaven: A New Way of Life Revealed in John’s Gospel 

Walter C. Kaiser Jr.. The Promise-Plan of God: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments 

Kelly M. Kapic. Christian Life (New Studies in Dogmatics)

Greg McKeown. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less 

Titus M. Kennedy. Unearthing the Bible: 101 Archaeological Discoveries That Bring the Bible to Life

Betsy Kirk. Sacred Courage: Thinking Biblically About Fear and Anxiety

Charlie Kirk. Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life 

R. Albert Mohler. The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

Ann Kroeke and Charity Singleton Craig. On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts

Samuel Waje Kunhiyop. African Christian Theology 

Anne Lamott. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life 

Anne Lamott. Somehow: Thoughts on Love 

Anne Lamott. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith 

Scott Larsen. Indelible Ink: 22 Prominent Christian Leaders Discuss the Books That Shape Their Faith 

C. S. Lewis. God in the Dock 

C. S. Lewis. The Great Divorce 

C. S. Lewis. A Grief Observed 

C. S. Lewis. Mere Christianity

C. S. Lewis. Miracles

C. S. Lewis . A Preface to Paradise Lost

C. S. Lewis. Weight of Glory 

John F. MacArthur. Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ  

Alasdair MacIntyre. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory 

Norman Mailer. The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing

Amy McLaren. Passion to Purpose: A Seven-Step Journey to Shed Self-Doubt, Find Inspiration, and Change Your Life (and the World) for the Better

David Mathis. Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines 

Peter Mayle. My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now 

Edie Melson. Soul Care for Writers 

Stephen C. Meyer. Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design 

Stephen C. Meyer. Return of the God Hypothesis: Breakthroughs in Physics, Cosmology, and Biology Seeking Evidence for the Existence of God 

David Michell. A Boy’s War

Joel J. Miller. The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

J. P. Moreland. Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul

J. P. Moreland. Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity

Caleb Morell. A Light on the Hill: The Surprising Story of How a Local Church in the Nation’s Capital Influenced Evangelicalism 

Michael Niebauer. Four Mountains: Encountering God in the Bible from Eden to Zion 

Mark A. Noll. Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind 

Francis O’Gorman. Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History

Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer. Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst

Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

Gavin Ortlund . The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations (Christian book on disagreement, arguments, conflict resolution, disunity.) 

George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel

George Orwell. All Art Is Propaganda 

Jordan Phillips. Inspired by Paris: Why Borrowing from the French Is Better Than Being French   

John Piper. Don’t Waste Your Life

John Piper. Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die  

John Piper. Risk Is Right: Better to Lose Your Life Than to Waste It 

John Piper. Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

Stephen O. Presley. Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church: Recovering an Ancient Vision 

Steven Pressfield. The War of Art 

Pamela Pyle. Anticipating Heaven: Spiritual Comfort and Practical Wisdom for Life’s Final Chapters

Russ Ramsey. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith  

Russ Ramsey. Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive 

Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead

Simon Reynolds. Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past 

Jamie Cox Robertson. A Literary Paris: Hemingway, Colette, Sedaris, and Others on the Uncommon Lure of the City of Light 

Sue Roe. In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dalí

Sue Roe. The Private Lives of the Impressionists 

L. Benjamin Rolsky. The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond (Columbia Series on Religion and Politics) 

R. J. Rushdoony . Politics of Guilt & Pity 

Leland Ryken. The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing

Leland Ryken. Recovering the Lost Art of Reading: A Quest for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Leland Ryken, Philip Ryken, and Todd Wilson. Pastors in the Classics: Timeless Lessons on Life and Ministry from World Literature 

Robert M. Sapolsky. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst 

Dorothy L. Sayers. The Mind of the Maker: The Expression of Faith through Creativity and Art  

Patrick Schreiner. The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross (Short Studies in Biblical Theology) 

Steve Silbiger. The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People 

Matt Smethurst. Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

Dale Smith. Ore from the Puritans’ Mine

Esther Smith. A Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts

James K. A. Smith. Awaiting the King

Tom Standage. A History of the World in 6 Glasses

John Stott. The Cross of Christ: With Study Guide 

William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White . The Elements of Style

Daniel Taylor. Believing Again: Stories of Leaving and Returning to Faith

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War 

J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings  

J. D. Vance . Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 

Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically 

Gene Edward Veith Jr. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life

Guy Prentiss Waters. One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church: The Biblical Doctrine of the Church

Trevin Wax and Thomas West. The Gospel Way Catechism: 50 Truths That Take On the World 

Carolyn Weber. Holy Is the Day: Living in the Gift of the Present

Carolyn Weber. Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir 

Richard M. Weaver. Ideas Have Consequences

Eric Weiner. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Dallas Willard. The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives 

Nadya Williams. Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity 

Jared C. Wilson. Lest We Drift: Five Departure Dangers from the One True Gospel

Kyle Worley. Home with God: Our Union with Christ