Books, anyone?

As the year is fast approaching to its final countdown, many avid bloggers (and readers) have shared their lists of top books of 2008 that they have read. Their appetite for good books (Challies led the pack by reading 80+ books this year!) is really an encouragement. I have been a bit slack this year, my excuse is I have to read lots of non-theological literature as well including leadership, management, and the like. Just for your interest, a recent Wall Street Journal article "Bush is a book lover" reported the number and range of books that President Bush has read in 2008; apparently he too likes to read.

I have compiled the list of the Christian books below for your perusal, just in case you are wondering what you want to read during summer (if you are in my part of the world). Click on the hyperlink to see their review or comments on each book listed:

Tim Challies
Don’t Stop Believing by Michael Wittmer
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
The Reason for God by Tim Keller
Christless Christianity by Michael Horton
Unpacking Forgiveness by Chris Brauns
Love or Die by Alexander Strauch
Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor by D.A. Carson

Honorable mentions: The Courage To Be Protestant, Do Hard Things, A Tale of Two Sons, Why We’re Not Emergent, He Is Not Silent, and Touching History.

Seth McBee
1. The reason for God, Tim Keller
2. Jesus: Made in America, Stephen J. Nichols
3. God is the Gospel, John Piper
4. Vintage Jesus, Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears
5. Why We're Not Emergent, Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
6. A Tale of Two Sons, John MacArthur
7. Simple Church, Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger
8. The Law and Its Fulfillment, Thomas R. Schreiner
9. Death by Suburb, David Goetz
10. Game Day for the Glory of God, Stephen Altrogge

Dave Bish
1. You can change - Tim Chester.
2. Worship Matters - Bob Kauflin.
3. Alarm to the Unconverted Sinner - Joseph Alleine.
4. Miracles - C.S. Lewis.
5. Francis Schaeffer: An Authentic Life - Colin Duriez.
6. The Reason for God - Tim Keller.
7. The Kingdom and The Power - Peter Leithart.
8. Dominion and Dynasty - Stephen Dempster.
9. Death by Love - Mark Driscoll.
=10. Lectures to my students - CH Spurgeon.
=10. But is it real? - Amy Orr-Ewing.

Special mentions: Commentary on the New Testament use of the Old Testament edited by D.A. Carson and G.K. Beale, On the Incarnation by Athanasisus