My 2020 reading list from everyone else's 2019 recommendations


So having read all the best of lists there are always books I think I should read. So I went through them all and I added 22 books to my ‘to-read’ pile. That pile never gets smaller. Some of the books below I’ve already bought indicating that I already thought I should read them. Now, I just have to, you know, read them. If someone reminds me, I’ll post an update on this throughout the year. I might even get back to reviewing books.

  1. Dominion by Tom Holland recommended by everyone. Well, not quite. Eddie Arthur, Trevin Wax, Andrew Wilson,
  2. The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics by David Goodhart. Recommended by Andrew Wilson
  3. Seven Myths About Singleness by Sam Allberry recommended by Luke Davydaitas, Betsy Childs Howard, Mark Meynell, Andrew Wilson
  4. Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin. Recommended by Christianity Today, Scott McKnight, Trevin Wax, Andrew Wilson
  5. Plugged In: Connecting Your Faith With What You Watch, Read and Play by Daniel Strange. Recommended by Andrew Wilson
  6. Gay Girl Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry. Recommended by Andrew Wilson.
  7. The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures by Erin Meyer. Recommended by Mark Meynell.
  8. The Lost World of Adam and Eve by John H Walton. Recommended by John Hosier
  9. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Recommended by Trevin Wax
  10. The Common Rule by Justin Whitmel Earley. Recommended by Brad Merchant, Christianity Today, Russell Moore.
  11. Love Thy Body: Answering hard questions about life and sexuality by Nancy Pearcey. Recommended by Brett McCracken
  12. Spirit & Sacrament by Andrew Wilson. Recommended by Christianity Today.
  13. Write Better by Andrew LePeau. Recommended by Christianity Today.
  14. Establish the Work of our Hands by Nick Priggis. Recommended by Nigel Ring.
  15. We need to talk about race by Ben Lindsay. Recommended by Eddie Arthur, Nigel Ring.
  16. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Recommended by Brad Merchant
  17. Free to focus by Michael Hyatt. Recommended by Brad Merchant
  18. Normal People: A novel by Sally Rooney. Recommended by NPR, NYT, Slate, Tyler Cowen, Jason Kottke
  19. The Vine Project by Colin Marshall & Tony Payne. Recommended by Dane Ortlund.
  20. Your future self will thank you by Drew Dyck. Recommended by Luke Davydaitas.
  21. Global Humility by Andy McCullough. Recommended by Luke Davydaitas.
  22. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after warming by David Wallace-Wells. Recommended by NYT, TLS, GQ,

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