2009 Books
So each year I like to survey the past year by posting the list of books I read that year. Looking at this list, which is probably the shortest list I’ve ever posted for a year, I wish I had read far more than I did. I guess life, publishing my own book, and (admittedly) watching the entire Battlestar Galactica series got in the way of reading. But even so, it’s a decent list with books that taught me, challenged me, entertained me, and angered me which makes them worthwhile in my opinion.
2009 Books –
Non-fiction
The Boundary-Breaking God by Danielle Shroyer
We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel According to U2 by Greg Garrett
Manifold Witness by John Franke
Sacred Friendships by Robert Kellemen and Susan Ellis
Jesus Christ for Today’s World by Jurgen Moltmann
Last Child in the Woods By Richard Louv
Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States By Chris Fair
Cosmopolitanism : Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah
A Story of Rhythm and Grace by Jimi Calhoun
Enough by Will Samson
The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah
Mama’s Got a Fake I.D. by Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Sacred Encounters by Tamara Park
Eve’s Bible by Sarah S. Forth
Fiction
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Rhapsody: Child of Blood by Elizabeth Haydon
Prophecy: Child of Blood by Elizabeth Haydon
Destiny: Child of Sky by Elizabeth Haydon
Requim for the Sun by Elizabeth Haydon
Elegy for a Lost Star by Elizabeth Haydon
The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop
Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
While there are a few books on this list that I would classify in the almost to painful to read category, for the most part I enjoyed this years books. For sheer entertainment in a satirical intellectual sort of way, I would list Cuisines of the Axis of Evil as a favorite. As for books that I’ve recommended the most and mentally returned to most often I would list Mama’s Got a Fake ID and Manifold Witness. I seriously hope to expand my reading this next year – especially by reading non-majority (not white, western, or male) theological works (any recommendations would be appreciated).
So what about you – what were your favorite reads of 2009?