January 6, 2008

My 2008 Reading List

Here are the books I am reading this year. If you have suggestions or have read any of these, please feel free to comment. Linked titles are books I've already completed and they are listed in the order that I read them. I have marked the books using a 5* rating. The more starts the better. My rankings are strictly based on how much the book impacted me. Also, feel free to take a look at my 2007 reading list.

  1. Empowering Your Health by Dr. Asa Andrew***
  2. Becoming a Category of One by Joe Calloway *****
  3. How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog by Todd Stauffer***
  4. Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tim Rath***
  5. Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin*****
  6. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout*
  7. The Seven Minute Difference by Allyson Lewis***
  8. Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola & George Barna*****
  9. Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell***
  10. The Reason for God by Timothy Keller*****
  11. The Way of Jesus by Jonathan & Jennifer Campbell****
  12. The Shack by William P. Young****
  13. Mastering the Seven Decisions by Andy Andrews****
  14. No More Mondays by Dan Miller****
  15. Meatball Sundae by Seth Godin***
  16. Boom! 7 Choices... by Kevin & Jackie Freiberg*****
  17. Parent's Guide to Raising a Successful Child by Denise D. Witmer***
  18. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson***
  19. Good in a Room by Stephanie Palmer*****
  20. Descending into Greatness by Bill Hybels***
  21. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks***
  22. Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders*****
  23. Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright*****
  24. The Likeability Factor by Tim Sanders
  25. The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
  26. A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. Basbanes
  27. Jesus and the Twelve by Robert P. Meye
  28. America's Real War by Rabbi Daniel Lapin



7 comments:

Phil said...

Hey bro. You might consider adding Shane Claiborne's Irresistable Revolution to your list. I'd be interested in your thoughts on it.

Phil said...

nuts... it's "irresistible" not that crappy way I misspelled it

Ben said...

Thanks Phil. I just updated my list. I'm sure you understand that I placed IR just after NT Wright's latest book.

Phil said...

Well, duh. I mean, you've got to have priorities...

~The Bargain Babe said...

I see #28 is blank. May I suggest "The God Makers." A fabulous explanation from an evangelical position on the latter day saints. It really helped me years ago when I was friends with and trying to witness to a mormon. Good read.

Ben said...

Thanks for the suggestion. That one sounds like one I might keep on reserve for a later date. However, If I don't take a look at it, I will pass it along to some colleagues who do work with a lot of Latter Day Saints.

Thanks

deaconandusher said...

Deacon & Usher were here....

GREAT LIST!

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