Books Worth Sharing

I try to read a lot. Sometimes I do. Here's a list of books I've read in no actual order. There may be affiliate links to purchase a copy and a link to any notes or other information I wanted to capture or share.

The list below is not an exhaustive list of reading, but it captures books that I enjoyed or made me think. Eventually, I'll move my paper or other notes here.

Quotes, Passages, and Reminders

I've been using Readwise since mid-2021 to remind me of quotes and passages from books, articles, and emails I've read. I recently started sharing some of those quotes and my thoughts on them here.

Sutherland Library

Feel free to peruse the list of books in the Sutherland Library. The topics are broad and varied. Having more books makes me want to read more (1,300 and counting). I'm always looking to add to our collection. [Amazon], [Thrift Books], [Better World Book], others, and local thrift and used book stores.

Currently reading

I usually have a few books going at a time. I switch from topic to topic and style to style to keep me engaged and thinking.

The Supreme Court Landmark Decisions, Tony Mauro
How the Church Fathers Read the Bible, Gerald L. Bray
Wonderfully Made John W Kleinig
Code Craft, Pete Goodliffe

Completed in 2024

Listed in order of completion.

The Sabbath, Abraham Joshua Heschel
Better Onboarding, Crystal Higgins
No Fail Meetings, Michael Hyatt
Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
The Christian Manifesto, Allistair Begg
Warren Buffett Speaks, Janet Lowe (audio)
Christian Manifesto, Ernest T. Campbell
Blood Brothers, Elias Chacour
Escape from Reason, Francis A. Schaeffer (audio)
The Need for Creeds Today, J.V. Fesko
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection, Thomas Chalmers
...

Completed in 2023

Listed in order of completion.

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs, Betty G. Birney
Anything You Want, Derek Sivers
What Can We Know About God, R C Sproul
The Bicycle Book, Steven J Anderson
Azusa Street, First Hand Accounts of the Revival, Frank Bartleman
The Art of Software Testing, Gelnford J Myers
The Way of the Shepherd, Dr. Keven Leman and Bill Pentax
The Heart of the Church, The Gospel's History, Message, and Meaning, Joe Thorn
The Character of the Church, The Marks of God's Obedient People, Joe Thorn
Humble Calvinism, J.A. Medders
Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris
The Apostle's Creed, R. Albert Mohler Jr
Code that Fits in Your Head, Heuristics for Software Engineering, Mark Seemann
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, Grant Snider
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores, Jen Campbell
Know the Creeds and Councils, Justin S. Holcomb
The Balanced Christian Life, Watchman Nee
The Furious Longing of God, Brennen Manning
Exploring the Gifts of the Spirit, John Michael Talbot, Steve Rabey (audio)
Staff Engineer, Will Larson (audio)
The Anglican Way, Thomas McKenzie
Draw to Win, Dan Roam
Everlasting is the Past Walter Wangerin, Jr
Psalms Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Walter Brueggemann (audio)
Creativity, A Short and Cheerful Guide, John Cleese (audio)
Does God Control Everything, R.C. Sproul
How Should I Think, R.C. Sproul
Letter to the American Church, Eric Metaxes (audio)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, Richard P. Feynman (audio)
Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World, Scott McCormick (audio)
24/6, Matthew Sleeth, MD (audio)
Rivals 2! More Frenemies Who Changed the World, Scott McCormick (audio)
The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis (audio)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis (audio)
The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis (audio)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling
Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis (audio)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis (audio)
The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis (audio)
The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis (audio)
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis (audio)
Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Why I'm Not a Calvinist, Jerry L. Walls, Joseph R. Dongell
Why I'm Not an Arminian, Robert A. Peterson, Michael D. Williams
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson
Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning (audio)
The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli
Expository Preaching, David Strain
Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers

Completed in 2022

Listed in order of completion.

Every Day Matters, Brandon D. Crowe
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, Keith Devlin
All of Grace, Charles Spurgeon
Structured Programming, O.J. Dahl, E.W. Dijkstra, & C.A.R. Hoare
So Good They Can't Ignore You, Cal Newport (audio)
Get to the Point, Joel Schwartzberg (audio)
The Icarus Deception, Seth Godwin (audio)
The Hero Code, Admiral William H McRaven (audio)
Good Math, Mark C Chu-Carroll
Problem Solving 101, Ken Watanabe
The Apostles' Creed, Ben Myers
God and Man at Yale, William F. Buckley Jr. (audio)
A Simple Way to Pray Martin Luther
Break Shot: My First 21 Years James Taylor (audio)
The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game, The Secret Footballer (audio)
Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos & a Conflicted Church, Ken Ham
Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions (Volume 1), Ken Ham (editor)
Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions (Volume 2), Ken Ham, Bodie Hodge, & Tim Chaffey (editors)
Replacing Darwin Made Simple, Nathaniel T. Jeanson, PhD
Metadata, Jeffrey Pomerantz
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Call of the Wild, Jack London (audio)
How to Lead When You Are Not In Charge, Clay Scroggins (audio)
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird
The Carpenter, John Gordon
Annotation, Remi Kalir; Antero Garcia
Zonal Marking, Michael W Cox (audio)
Hiding in the Light, Rifqa Bary
Luke: The Gospel of Amazement, Michael Card
The Captain Class, Sam Walker (audio)
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, Niklaus Wirth
How to Win: Lessons from the Premier League, The Secret Footballer (audio)
Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis (audio)
Don't Teach Coding (until you read this book), Stephen R Foters, PhD; Lindsey D. Handley, PhD
Pagan Christianity?, Frank Viola; George Barna
Alan Turing David Boyle (audio)
Atomic Habits James Clear (audio)
Machine Learning, Ethem Alpaydin
Shaking the Gates of Hell, John Archibald

Completed in 2021

Listed alphabetically.

A Grief Observed, C S Lewis (audio)
A Severe Mercy, Sheldon Vanauken
A Technique for Producing Ideas, James Webb Young
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol
An Illustrated Guide to Linear Programming, Saul I Gass
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Basics for Believers, D A Carson
Beginner's Mind, Yo-Yo Ma (audio)
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Create vs. Copy, Ken Wytsma
Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success, John Wooden, Jay Carry
Computer Organization and Design (5th Ed)
Finding Chika, Mitch Albom
Finish, Jon Acuff
Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry
Gutenberg il Geek, Jeff Jarvis (audio)
How to Fly a Horse, Kevin Ashton
How to Ruin Your Life by 30, Steve Farrar
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World, Matt Parker (audio)
if, Mark Batterson
Journey to the Cross, Will Walker, Kendal Haug
Last Words, Robert J Nash
Letters to the Church, Francis Chan
Listening for Lions, Gloria Whelan
Make Your Bed, William H McRaven (audio)
Make Your Bed, William H McRaven
Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average from the Exceptional, Peter Hollins (audio)
Messenger, Lois Lowry
Orbiting the Giant Hairball, Gordon MacKenzie
Principles of Program Design, Jackson
Quiet Leadership, Carlo Ancelotti (audio)
Quiet Leadership, David Rock
Raising Men Not Boys, Mike Fabarez
Searching for Christmas, J D Greear
Scribbling in the Sand, Michael Card
Seeing Christ in All of Scripture: Hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Poythress, Duguid, Beale, Gaffin
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops, Shaun Bythell (audio)
Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary, James Krasner
Software Tools, Kerringhan, Plauger
Son, Lois Lowry
Soundtracks, Jon Acuff
The Coffee Bean, Jon Gordon
The Dip, Seth Godin
The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error", Sidney Dekker
The Giver, Lois Lowry
The Life of the Church, Joe Thorn
The Lord's Prayer, Wesley Hill
The Minuteman, Greg Donahue (audio)
The Motive, Patrick M Lencioni (audio)
The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence
The Signature of Jesus, Brennan Manning
The Walk, Michael Card
The Way of the Shepherd, Dr. Keven Leman and Bill Pentax
We are all Weird, Seth Godin
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman, Peter Korn
Your Future Self Will Thank You, Drew Dyck

Completed 2020

Below is an alphabetical list of books that I tracked completion in 2020. This was the first year that I started keeping track of what I was reading.

Age of Crowns, Kori De Leon
Beautiful Boy, David Sheff
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know, Kevlin Henney
Classical Christian Education, Classical Conversations
David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell (audio)
Eat That Frog!, Brian Tracy
Die Empty, Todd Henry
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, Robert L Glass
Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt
Get Weird, CJ Casciotta
Great at Work, Morten Hansen
Home Grown, Tina Houser
Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek (audio)
Love Your Work, Robert Dickie
Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway
Parenting, Paul David Tripp (audio)
Parents Rising, Arlene Pellicane
Paul and His Team, Ryan Lokkesome
Poke the Box, Seth Godin
Reading Romans with Luther, R J Grunewald
Running Lean, Ash Maurya
Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B Crawford (audio)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Simon Armitage
Smart Thinking, Art Markman
Start with Why, Simon Sinek (audio)
The 12 Week Year, Brian P Moran
The Core, Leigh A. Bortins
The Elements of Programming Style, Brian Kernighan (one of my favorite books on programming)
The Garden, Jon Gordon
The Great ScrumMaster, Zuzana Sochava
The Long Tail, Chris Anderson
The Magicians Elephant, Kate DiCamillo
The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy Keller (this is an incredible book. Timothy Keller is one of my favorite authors.)
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
The Practice of Programming, Brian W Kernighan
The Professional Product Owner, Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham
The Pursuit of God, A W Tozer (audio)
Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
Ways of Seeing, John Berger
Zero, Charles Seife