The Best Books I Read This Year

These are the best books I read in 2008.

Theology

• The Resurrection of the Son of God / N.T. Wright
  
• The Theology of the Book of Revelation / Richard Bauckham
  
• The Cross He Bore / Frederick S. Leahy
  
• Pierced for Our Transgressions / Jeffery, Ovey, and Sach
  
• Spectacular Sins / John Piper
  
• Planet Narnia / Michael Ward
  

Fiction

• The Children of Men / P.D. James
  
• The Power and the Glory / Graham Greene
• The Road / Cormac McCarthy
  

Non-Fiction

• In Defense of Food / Michael Pollan
  
• A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles / Thomas Sowell

Biography

• The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis / Alan Jacobs

History

• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer / James Swanson
• The Republic of Pirates / Colin Woodard