I did not read as many books in 2025 as I did the previous year. I started out the year trying to finish seminary, which I did, but the classes involved a lot of LONGER books which ate up a lot of my mental bandwidth and free time.
There were a lot of books about Reagan, and several world leaders as I took a class with Al Mohler on how Biblical Worldview shapes leadership. Maybe I should post my final paper from that class where I wrote about the Strategic Defense Initiative and how Reagan led through that time period.
In no particular order, here’s the list of some of the notables
- The Bible (Just 1 time this past year)
- Spurgeon on Resting in the Promises of God — Charles H. Spurgeon (compiled by Jason K. Allen)
- Christ-Centered Preaching — Bryan Chapell
- Spurgeon on the Power of Scripture — Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeon: A New Biography — Arnold Dallimore
- The Culture Map — Erin Meyer
- Mistakes Leaders Make — Dave Kraft
- The Work of the Pastor — William Still
- Leadership in War — Andrew Roberts
- The Conviction to Lead — R. Albert Mohler Jr.
- A Manual for Preaching — Abraham Kuruvilla
- Reformed Preaching — Joel Beeke
- The Preacher’s Catechism — Lewis Allen
The Work of the Pastor – William Still - Ezra & Nehemiah — Derek Kidner
- Nehemiah — T. L. Betts
- Tozer for the Christian Leader — A. W. Tozer (compiled by David Gibbs)
- Lead Like It Matters — Craig Groeschel
- The British Are Coming — Rick Atkinson
- The Beirut Protocol — Joel C. Rosenberg
- American Lion — Jon Meacham
- Destiny and Power — H. W. Brands
- The Last Kingdom — Steve Berry
- The Libyan Diversion — Joel C. Rosenberg
- Atlas Maneuver — Steve Berry
- The Wright Brothers — David McCullough
- The Pioneers — David McCullough
- From the Earth to the Moon — Jules Verne
- Raising Gender-Confident Kids — Dr. Jeff Myers and Kathy Koch
- Edge of Honor — Brad Thor
- One Word That Will Change Your Life — Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, Jimmy Page
- Handbook to Leadership — Ken Blanchard et al.
- Dead Sea Squirrels (multiple volumes) — Mike Nawrocki
I missed a few in there. I missed some on my Good Reads account too. It is a snapshot of the year.
This year, I have a goal for 80 books. I want to read a few moer Rick Atkinson books. I think I have all three of the WW2 series on slate. Several Theology books. Several more Fiction books on the stack to finish.
What are you reading?