Back in 2014, I began a quest to read 52 books in a year. At the end of the year, I was slightly shy of my goal, but I became infatuated with this new world: the vast landscape of literature, information, knowledge, and art that is contained within a book. Since then, I have challenged myself to read more and to read a wide array of books each year. But I not only read these books, but challenged myself further to write about them. This synthesis of the information is one of the most important parts of reading that we forget about: what does this information/story mean to me? And you have the impetus for this website. I have here cataloged every book that I have read and written a review on since 2014. Enjoy it, pass it on, and read, my friends.
Also read my post: “Some Thoughts on Writing in Books”
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12 Way Your Phone Is Changing You
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1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar
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A Little History of Philosophy
Above All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ in a Postmodern World
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam (2018)
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
An American Soldier in World War I
An Exorcist Tells His Story
Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War
Armada
Artemis
The Attributes of God Volume 2: Deeper into the Father’s Heart
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
The Bible (English Standard Version)
The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Black Hawk Down
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis
Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study: 80 Expert Insights, Explained in a Single Minute
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C. S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity”: A Biography
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Christianity Considered: A Guide for Skeptics and Seekers
A Christmas Carol
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book #1)
A Confederacy of Dunces (2016)
A Confederacy of Dunces (2017)
The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World
The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World (2018)
The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters
The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-Lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World
The Courage to be Protestant: Truth-Lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World (2015)
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth (Today’s Critical Concerns)
The Cup and the Glory: Lessons on Suffering and the Glory of God
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Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
The Darkness and the Glory: His Cup and the Glory from Gethsemane to the Ascension
The Darkness and the Glory: His Cup and the Glory from Gethsemane to the Ascension (2016)
The Darkness and the Glory: His Cup and the Glory from Gethsemane to the Ascension (2018)
The Daring Mission of William Tyndall
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee – A Look Inside North Korea
Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Elantris
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thought
Ethics and Moral Reasoning: A Student’s guide
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
Even If You Don’t: A Love Story
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World
Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
From God To Us: How We Got Our Bible
The Fold
Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live
For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2)
Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism
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The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism
Gangsterismo: The United States, Cuba, and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
The Glory of Heaven: The Truth about Heaven, Angels and Eternal Life
God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams
God’s Greater Glory: The Exalted God Of Scripture And The Christian Faith
God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade
The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church… and How to Prepare
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
Grit
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2016)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2018)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2016)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2018)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2016)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2018)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2016)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2019)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2017)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2019)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2017)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2019)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2017)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2019)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
The History of Jazz
A History of the World in Six Glasses
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (2016)
How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter’s Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters
Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood–and What That Means for the Rest of Us
I Dare You Not to Bore Me With the Bible
I Heard My Country Calling: a Memoir
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom
The Interdependency: The Collapsing Empire
The Interdependency: The Collapsing Empire (2018)
The Interdependency: Consuming Fire
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
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The Japanese and Christianity: Why is Christianity not widely believed in Japan?
Jezebel: The Untold Story Of The Bible’s Harlot Queen
John Macarthur: Minister of the Flock
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Just Do Something, A Liberating Approach To God’s Will
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Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles
Knowledge of the Holy
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The Last Stand Of Fox Company: A True Story Of U.S. Marines In Combat
Legion: the Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
Leonardo and the Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci
Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones – 1899-1981
The Life of the Automobile: The Complete History of the Motor Car
Life’s Big Questions: Six Major Themes Traced Through The Bible
Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
The Lion’s Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Days War
Living in God’s Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision
The Lost City of the Monkey God
The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate
The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (2018)
Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
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The Maltese Falcon
Man (Dis)Connected: How Technology Has Sabotaged What it Means to be Male
The Man Christ Jesus: Theological Reflections on the Humanity of Christ
The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-boats
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling (2018)
Michelangelo: His Epic Life
Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
A Mouse Divided: How Ub Iwerks Became Forgotten, and Walt Disney Became Uncle Walt
My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Place For Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Oxford History of the French Revolution
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Paradox Bound
Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic
Prey
PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace
PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace (2018)
PsychoBabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology–and the Biblical Alternative
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
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Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
The Reckoners: Steelheart
The Reckoners: Firefight
The Reckoners: Calamity
The Reckoners: Mitosis
Redshirts
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
Refugee (Star Wars: Force Heretic, #2)
Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea
Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill
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Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning
Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology
Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible’s Accuracy, Authority, and Authenticity
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Skyward: Skyward
Skyward: Skyward (2019)
Skyward: Starsight
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1)
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
SpecOps (Expeditionary Force Book #2)
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2017)
Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
Star Trek: Captain to Captain
Star Trek the Next Generation: Headlong Flight
Star Trek: Prey: The Jackal’s Trick
Star Trek: Hearts and Minds
Star Wars: Aftermath
Star Wars: Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel
Star Wars: Thrawn: Thrawn
Star Wars: Thrawn: Thrawn (2018)
Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: Dark Forces Rising
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: The Last Command
Steve Jobs
The Stormlight Archive: The Way of Kings
The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance
The Stormlight Archive: Oathbringer
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
The Story of Christianity, Vol II The Reformation to the Present
Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches about the Unseen World – And Why It Matters
Survival Guide for the Soul: How to Flourish Spiritually in a World that Pressures Us to Achieve
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
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Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)
Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel Wholly by Grace Communicated Truthfully & Lovingly
Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (2016)
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Unlikely Warrior: Memoirs Of a Vietnam Combat Medic
The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible
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Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
Visions Of America: A History Of The United States
Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good
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Waking Gods (Themis Files #2)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1)
Western Civilization: A Brief History, Volume I
The Whig Interpretation of History
Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking
What is the Gospel?
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World
When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over
Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)
Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past
