2021 Book Log

  1. On Writing Well / William Zinsser / Better Every Time
  2. The Magician’s Nephew / C.S. Lewis / Better Every Time
  3. Thinking God’s Thoughts / Daniel Fuller / Delicious
  4. The Martian / Andy Weir / Better Every Time
  5. The Gods of Guilt / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  6. The Fifth Witness / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  7. The Law of Innocence / Michael Connelly / Ripping
  8. The Overlook / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  9. City of Bones / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  10. Nine Dragons / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  11. 5 Things to Pray for Your Heart / Rachel Jones / Wonderful
  12. The Burning Room / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  13. The Crossing / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  14. The Closers / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  15. A Darkness More than Night / Michael Connelly / Better Every Time
  16. Fatherland / Robert Harris / Meh
  17. I’m Still Here / Austin Channing Brown / Illuminating
  18. Rejoice and Tremble / Michael Reeves / Wonderful
  19. What Does It Mean to Fear the Lord? / Michael Reeves / Excellent
  20. Luther’s Works, Vol. 31 / Martin Luther / Better Every Time
  21. Figural Reading and the Old Testament / Don Collett / Sensible
  22. A Children’s Bible/ Lydia Millet / Parabolic
  23. Later / Stephen King / Ripping
  24. To Seek and To Save / Sinclair Ferguson / Outstanding
  25. Read, Mark, Learn: Luke, Vol. 1 / William Taylor / Helpful
  26. The Secret History / Donna Tartt / Better Every Time
  27. Crime and Punishment / Fydor Dostoyevsky / Better Every Time
  28. I Heard You Paint Houses / Charles Brandt / Intoxicating
  29. Calvin’s NT Commentaries: A Harmony of the Gospels, Vol. 1 / John Calvin / Lucid Brevity
  30. The Secret History / Donna Tartt / Better Every Time
  31. The Three Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, Vol. 1) / Cixin Liu / Better Every Time
  32. The Person of Christ / David F. Wells / Meh
  33. Project Hail Mary/ Andy Weir / Rip-roaring
  34. Prepositions and Theology in the Greek New Testament / Murry J. Harris / Helpful
  35. The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read / Christopher Ash / Helpful
  36. The Body Keeps the Score / Bessel van der Kolk / Illuminating
  37. How to Eat Your Bible / Nate Pickowicz / Outstanding
  38. The Paradox of Sonship / Bobby Jamieson / Glorious
  39. The Searcher / Tana French / Meh
  40. Trinity and Creation / Richard Barcellos / Excellent
  41. The Dragon’s Tooth / N.D. Wilson / Ripping
  42. My Last Name / Eric Schumacher / Moving
  43. Crux, Mors, Inferi: A Primer and Reader on Christ’s Descent/ Samuel Renihan / Helpful
  44. Empire of Pain / Patrick Radden Keefe / Infuriating
  45. Hebrews (EBTC)/ Thomas Schreiner / Not Too Shabby
  46. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, Vol. 2)/ Cixin Liu / Mind-blowing
  47. Death’s End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, Vol. 3)/ Cixin Liu / Mind-blowing
  48. What It’s Like to Be a Bird / David Allen Sibley / Wonderful
  49. God of All Things / Andrew Wilson / Wonderful
  50. Pet Sematary / Stephen King / Still Creepy
  51. Landmarks / Robert Macfarlane / Beautiful
  52. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer / Church of England / Better Every Time
  53. The Fire of Joy / Clive James / Fantastic
  54. The Plague Year / Lawrence Wright / Damning
  55. The Cellist / Daniel Silva / Meh
  56. The Works of John Owen, Vol. 1 / John Owen / Better Every Time
  57. Flashfire: A Parker Novel / Richard Stark / Ripping
  58. The Drowned Vault / N.D. Wilson / Ripping
  59. One Step Behind / Henning Mankell / Better Every Time
  60. Red Line / Joby Warrick / Brilliant
  61. Reforming Apologetics / J.V. Fesko / Spectacular
  62. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien / J.R.R. Tolkien / Illuminating
  63. The Letters of C.S. Lewis/ C.S. Lewis / Illuminating
  64. A Morbid Taste for Bones / Ellis Peters / Not Too Shabby
  65. Deity and Decree / Samuel Renihan / Edifying
  66. The Man Who Smiled / Henning Mankell / Better Every Time
  67. Ordinary / Michael Horton / Refreshing
  68. Simply Trinity / Matthew Barrett / Excellent
  69. The Discarded Image / C.S. Lewis / Better Every Time
  70. The Magus / John Fowles / Testing
  71. An Experiment in Criticism / C.S. Lewis / Better Every Time
  72. Frankenstein / Mary Shelley / Better Every Time
  73. Slayground: A Parker Novel / Richard Stark / Ripping
  74. Pure in Heart / Garrett Kell / Marvelous
  75. Billy Summers / Stephen King / Ripping
  76. Beach Music / Pat Conroy / Better Every Time
  77. The Madness of Crowds / Douglas Murray / Provocative
  78. The Abolition of Man / C.S. Lewis / Better Every Time
  79. Slavery by Another Name / Douglas Blackmon / Heartbreaking
  80. Charges and Address / J.C. Ryle / Meh
  81. Dune / Frank Herbert / Better Every Time
  82. A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems / A.E. Housman / Remorseful
  83. Ghost Wars / Steve Coll / Magisterial
  84. The Brothers / Stephen Kinzer / Spooky
  85. Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 / Mitchell Zuckoff / Unforgettable
  86. Invitation to Biblical Theology / Kimble & Spellman / Outstanding
  87. Works of John Newton, Volume 2 / John Newton / Better Every Time
  88. Covenant and Eschatology / Michael Horton / Okay
  89. The Other / Thomas Tryon / Better Every Time
  90. The Exorcist / Peter William Blatty / Still Sobering
  91. Gender Ideology / Sharon James / Illuminating
  92. Expository Thoughts (Luke, Vol. 1) / J.C. Ryle / Glorious
  93. The Visual Word / Patrick Schreiner / Stunning
  94. Butcher’s Moon / Richard Stark / Ripping
  95. Luke 1:1-9:50 (BECNT) / Darrell Bock / Not Too Shabby
  96. Luke: That You May Know the Truth, Vol. 1 / R. Kent Hughes / Devotional
  97. The Deep Places / Ross Douthat / Heartbreaking
  98. Prayers of a Parent for Teens / Kathleen Nielson / Great
  99. Luke, Volume 1: Chapters 1-12 / Philip Ryken / Quite Good
  100. The Nowhere Man / Gregg Hurwitz / Ripping
  101. Hellbent / Gregg Hurwitz / Ripping
  102. Out of the Dark / Gregg Hurwitz / Ripping
  103. Into the Fire / Gregg Hurwitz / Ripping
  104. Prayers of a Parent for Young Adults / Kathleen Nielson / Great
  105. Something Wicked This Way Comes / Ray Bradbury / Spooky
  106. Soldier of the Great War/ Mark Helprin / Sacramental
  107. The Dark Hours / Michael Connelly / Ripping
  108. Taste: My Life through Food / Stanley Tucci / Delicious
  109. The Wild Places / Robert Macfarlane / Magnificent
  110. The Death of Porn / Ray Ortlund Jr. / Noble
  111. Beyond Racial Gridlock / George Yancey / Helpful
  112. The God of the Garden / Andrew Peterson / Beautiful
  113. Exodus Old and New (ESBT) / L. Michael Morales / Wonderful
  114. Love Thy Body / Nancy Pearcey / Excellent
  115. The Anomaly / Hervé Le Tellier / Existential
  116. Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Vol. 1 / Francis Turretin / Erudite
  117. An All-Round Ministry / Charles H. Spurgeon / Heartening
  118. Faith in the Time of Plague / Eds. Coleman & Rester /
  119. The Dark is Rising / Susan Cooper / Splendid
  120. The Same God Who Works All Things / Adonis Vidu / Magisterial
  121. The Baseball 100 / Joe Posnanski / Incredible
  122. Directorate S / Steve Coll / Magisterial
  123. Handbook on the Gospels / Benjamin Gladd / Awesome
  124. Deeper / Dane Ortlund / Refreshing
  125. The Divine Comedy / Dante / Beautiful
  126. Cloud Cuckoo Land / Anthony Doer / Bookish
  127. The Lincoln Highway / Amor Towles / Lovely
  128. The Apollo Murders / Christ Hadfield / Ripping
  129. Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn’t / Gavin Ortlund / Beautiful
  130. The Incomparableness of God / George Swinnock / Exquisite
  131. Be Thou My Vision / Jonathan Gibson / Worshipful
  132. Right Ho, Jeeves / P.G. Wodehouse / Ripping