# 2009 Book Log - Link: https://tollelege.net/currently-reading/2009-book-log/ - Published: 2010-01-01T14:36:22-06:00 - Author: tollelege 1. _[Gilead: A Novel](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374153892?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0374153892)_/ Marilynne Robinson / Exquisite 2. [_The Grace of Repentance_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433519836?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Sinclair Ferguson / Excellent 3. [_The Last Juror_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385339682?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385339682)/ John Grisham / Good 4. [_Rethinking Retirement_ ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1433503999?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1433503999)/ John Piper / Convicting 5. [_De Incarnatione Verbi Dei_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0913836400?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0913836400)/ Athanasius / Delightful 6. [_The Contemplative Pastor_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802801145?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0802801145)/ Eugene Peterson / Invigorating 7. [_Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0875521940?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Stephen Nichols / Good 8. [_Life and Practice in the Early Church: A Documentary Reader_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814756492?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0814756492)/ Steven A. McKinion / Quite good 9. [_Othello_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521535174?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0521535174)/ William Shakespeare / Great 10. [_Speaking of Jesus_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830816453?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ J. Mack Stiles / Quite good 11. [_Whiter Than Snow: Meditations of Sin and Mercy_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433502305?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Paul David Tripp / Wonderful 12. [_If You Could Ask God One Question_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/190488945X?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=190488945X)/ Paul Williams and Barry Cooper / Good 13. [_God’s Problem_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061173924?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061173924)/ Bart D. Ehrman / Utterly predictable 14. [_Straw Dogs_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374270937?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0374270937)/ John Gray / Utterly unpredictable 15. [_Unpacking Forgiveness_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1581349807?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Chris Brauns / Outstanding 16. [_Augustine of Hippo: A Biography_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520227573?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Peter Brown / Great 17. [_Beach Music_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553574574?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0553574574)/ Pat Conroy / Quite good 18. [_Evangelism in the Early Church_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802882536?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Michael Green / Convicting 19. [_The Hobbit_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395177111?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0395177111)/ J.R.R. Tolkien / Wonderful 20. [_Death in Holy Orders_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345446666?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345446666)/ P.D. James / Quite good 21. [_Life Together_](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Life+Together+Bonhoeffer&i=stripbooks&tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Wonderful 22. [_The Hospitality Commands_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0936083093?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0936083093)/ Alexander Strauch / Excellent 23. [_Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals with Sinners_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830826203?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Craig Blomberg / Disappointing 24. [_The Future of Justification_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1581349645?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ John Piper / Helpful 25. [_What is a Healthy Church Member?_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433588331?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Thabiti Anyabwile / Good 26. [_Confessions_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199537828?tag=toletaupanre-20) / Augustine of Hippo / Wonderful 27. [_We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/083082877X?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ G.K. Beale / Good 28. [_Idols For Destruction_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0891077383?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Herbert Schlossberg / Good 29. [_John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, & Doxology_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1567697410?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Ed. Burk Parsons / Quite good 30. [_On Prayer: Conversation with God_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0664230229?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0664230229)/ John Calvin / Outstanding 31. [_The Great Train Robbery_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061706493?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0061706493)/ Michael Crichton / Wonderful 32. [_The Reason for God_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594483493?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Tim Keller / Good 33. [_The Last Word_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060872616?tag=toletaupanre-20) / N.T. Wright / Disappointing 34. [_The Prodigal God_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594484023?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Tim Keller / Good 35. [The Historian](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316011770?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316011770)/ Elizabeth Kostova / Disappointing 36. [_The Heart of Evangelism_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1581347154?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Jerram Barrs / Outstanding 37. [_Worldliness_ ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433556634?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Ed. C.J. Mahaney / Good 38. [_Luther: Man Between God and the Devil_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300103131?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300103131)/ Heiko A. Oberman / Quite good 39. [_The Closers_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446699551?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0446699551)/ Michael Connelly / Fun 40. [_The Narrows_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446699543?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0446699543)/ Michael Connelly / Fun 41. [_Death by Love: Letters from the Cross_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433501295?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Mark Driscoll / Quite good 42. [_Lost Light_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446611638?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0446611638)/ Michael Connelly / Fun 43. [_A Taste for Death_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400096472?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400096472)/ P.D. James / Wonderful 44. [_Grow in Grace_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851515576?tag=toletaupanre-20) / Sinclair B. Ferguson / Great 45. [_Pauline Christology_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801049547?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Gordon D. Fee / Great 46. [_Minority Report_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1845503171?tag=toletaupanre-20) / Carl R. Trueman / Delightful 47. [_All Things For Good_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/180040106X?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Thomas Watson / Outstanding 48. [_Today’s All-Star Missions Churches_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801063817?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0801063817)/ Tom Telford / Helpful 49. [_King Lear_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812969111?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0812969111)/ William Shakespeare / Apocalyptic 50. [_Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/087552186X?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Keith Mathison / Brilliant 51. [_The Scarecrow_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316166308?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316166308)/ Michael Connelly / Quite disappointing 52. [_The Cross: The Vindication of God_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0891073825?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ D.M. Lloyd-Jones / Quite good 53. [_A Word for the World: Calvin on the Extent of the Atonement_](http://www.baptistbulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/a-word-for-the-world.pdf)/ Paul Hartog / Good 54. [_The Mission of God_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514000040?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Christopher J.H. Wright / Still problematic 55. [_A Certain Justice_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345425324?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345425324)/ P.D. James / Superb 56. [_Can We Trust the Gospels?_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1581348665?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Mark D. Roberts / Helpful 57. [_How to Read A Book_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671212095?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren / Great 58. [_Sealed With an Oath: Covenant in God’s Unfolding Purpose (NSBT)_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830826246?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Paul R. Williamson / Good 59. [_The Heidelberg Catechism_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0933140215?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Zacharias Ursinus / Great 60. [_Original Sin_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307455572?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307455572)/ P.D. James / Superb 61. [_Cross Talk: Where Life and Scripture Meet_](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cross+Talk+Where+Life+and+Scripture+Meet+Michael+Emlet&i=stripbooks&tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Michael Emlet / Outstanding 62. [_Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805432493?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Eds. Schreiner and Wright / Insightful 63. [_The Enemy Within_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1629959553?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Kris Lundgaard / Exceptional 64. [_No Country for Old Men_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375406778?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0375406778)/ Cormac McCarthy / Better the second time 65. [_The Prince’s Poison Cup_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1567691048?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ R.C. Sproul / Outstanding 66. [_The Holy Spirit_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0883686228?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0883686228)/ Charles H. Spurgeon / Encouraging 67. [_The Meaning of the Pentateuch_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830838678?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ John H. Sailhamer / Great 68. [_Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062565478?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ C.S. Lewis / Good 69. [_Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802842186?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Cornelius Plantinga Jr. / Discerning 70. [_Prince Caspian_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060598247?tag=toletaupanre-20) / C.S. Lewis / Martial 71. [_A Praying Life_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631466836?tag=toletaupanre-20) / Paul Miller / Excellent 72. [_Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0978556755?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Ed Welch / Good 73. [_A Quest For More: Living For Something Bigger Than You_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0978556747?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Paul David Tripp / Outstanding 74. [_The Atonement_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0877848262?tag=toletaupanre-20)/ Leon Morris / Okay 75. [_Peace Like a River_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802139256?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0802139256)/ Leif Enger  / Breathtaking 76. [_The Name of the Rose_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156001314?ie=UTF8&tag=toletaupanre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0156001314)/ Umberto Eco / Fascinating