Every year for the past three years I’ve set the goal of reading 52 books (an average of one per week). So far I have never achieved that goal. Am I disappointed? Absolutely not! If I didn’t set such an audacious goal, I wouldn’t read nearly as many books.
Below is the list of books I read in 2011, in the rough order I read them. The last two on the list, marked with an (*) are ones I started in 2011, but finished in the first couple weeks of 2012.
My goal in 2012? Read 52 books! I’d like to add a little variety by reading more biographies and novels.
1. The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
2. Sex God by Rob Bell
3. The Forgotten God by Francis Chan
4. Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
5. Rex Libris Volume 1 by James Turner (graphic novel…it still counts!)
6. The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland (another graphic novel)
7. Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore
8. Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges
9. Firestarter by Greg Stier
10. Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski
11. A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller
12. Rex Libris Volume 2 by James Turner
13. Vintage Church by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears
14. The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel
15. In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day by Mark Batterson
16. Churched by Matthew Paul Turner
17. 99 Thoughts For Small Group Leaders by Joshua Griffin & Doug Fields
18. Primal by Mark Batterson
19. Spiritual Parenting by Michelle Anthony
20. The Divine Romance by Gene Edwards
21. Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris
22. Crazy Love by Francis Chan
23. Radical by David Platt
24. Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
25. Leaders Who Last by Dave Kraft
26. Organizing for Dummies (Pocket Edition) by Eileen Roth
27. Why I Am A Christian by John Stott
28. Love Wins by Rob Bell
29. Evernote Essentials by Brett Kelly
30. Lies My Pastor Told Me by Cole Brown
31. Jesus: The Only Way To God by John Piper
32. Linchpin by Seth Godin
33. Prayers: A Personal Selection by Michael Yorke & Michael Hoppe
34. Found: God’s Will by John MacArthur
35. The Kingdom Of God by Stephen Um
36. Content by Cory Doctorow
*37. Quitter by Jon Acuff