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For many of us, the coming of summer brings the opportunity to read--at least more (or other) books than we do the rest of the year. So I’ve decided to offer a few suggestions of books I KNOW won't disappoint:
Biography/Memoir
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham
Boone, by Robert Morgan
Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint, by Nadia Bolz-Weber (see my review)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard
Life is Mostly Edges, by Calvin Miller (see my review)
Classics
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
Writing
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
On Writing, by Stephen King
History
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, by James Shapiro
No Ordinary Time, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard
History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time, by Brad Meltzer
Poetry
A Timbered Choir, by Wendell Berry
A Thousand Mornings, by Mary Oliver
Kneeling in Jerusalem, by Ann Weems
Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Christian/Inspirational
Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life, by Lois Tverberg (see my review)
An Altar in the World (A Geography of Faith), by Barbara Brown Taylor (see my review)
The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, by N. T. Wright (see my review)
From the Garden to the City (The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology) by John Dyer (see my review)
Viral (How Social Networking is Poised to Ignite Revival), by Leonard Sweet (see my review)
A Year of Biblical Womanhood (How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master), by Rachel Held Evans (see my review)
Jesus: A Theography, by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola (see my review)
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, by Mark Batterson (see my review)
Leap Over a Wall, by Eugene Peterson
Fiction
Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry
Naomi and Her Daughters, by Walter Wangerin (read my review)
A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
My Recent Releases
The Red Letter Life: 17 Words of Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living
Northkill (a historical novel)
Life Stinks...And Then You Die: Living Well in a Sick World
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