The Books I Read

2014 Reading List
  • N. T. Wright - Christians at the Cross
  • Greg Paul - God in the Alley
  • Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
  • Eugene Peterson - Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
  • Karen Haber and John Howe - Meditations on Middle-Earth
  • Elmore Leonard - Raylan
  • Chuck Klosterman - The Visible Man
  • H. G. Wells - The Invisible Man
  • Tony Campolo - Who Switched the Price Tags?
  • Neil Postman - Technopoly

2013 Reading List
  • J. I. Packer - Evangelism & Sovereignty
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Creation and Fall
  • Timothy Keller - The Prodigal God
  • Richard J. Foster - Celebration of Discipline
  • John Stott - Your Mind Matters
  • C. S. Lewis - Prince Caspian
  • C. S. Lewis - Christian Reflections
  • C. S. Lewis - The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
  • C. S. Lewis - Miracles
  • Rick Mercer - Rick Mercer Report The Paperback Book
  • Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet
  • C. S. Lewis - The Abolition of Man
  • N. T. Wright - Evil and the Justice of God
  • Bram Stoker - Dracula
  • Stanley Haurewas - God, Medicine, and Suffering
  • Chris Hedges - The Death of the Liberal Class
  • Guillermo Del Toro  & Chuck Hogan - The Strain
  • C. S. Lewis - Mere Christianity
  • C. S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
  • Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
  • N. T. Wright - Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today
  • C. S. Lewis - Perelandra
  • C. S. Lewis -The World's Last Night and other essays
  • Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
  • David Adams Richards - The Lost Highway
  • C. S. Lewis - Out of the Silent Planet
  • William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
  • Chris Hedges - Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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Books Read from 2005-2012

Fiction, Literature
  1. Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy.^
  2. Kevin J. Anderson. The X-Files: Antibodies.
  3. Margaret Atwood. Oryx & Crake.^
  4. Wendell Berry. Remembering.*
  5. Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451.
  6. Max Brooks. Zombie Survival Guide.
  7. Morley Callaghan. A Time for Judas.*
  8. Morley Callaghan. More Joy in Heaven.*
  9. Morley Callaghan. Such is my Beloved.*
  10. Michael Crichton. Pirate Latitudes.
  11. Agetha Christie. Evil Under the Sun.^
  12. Douglas Coupland. Microserfs.
  13. Douglas Coupland. Generation X.
  14. Douglas Coupland. All Families Are Psychotic.
  15. Douglas Coupland. JPod.
  16. Douglas Coupland. The Gum Thief.
  17. Douglas Coupland. Shampoo Planet.
  18. Douglas Coupland. Generation A.
  19. Douglas Coupland. Player One.
  20. Greg Cox. The 4400: Welcome to Promise City.
  21. Ernest Cline. Ready Player One.
  22. Michael Crichton. State of Fear.
  23. Michael Crichton. Next.
  24. Philip K. Dick. A Scanner Darkly.
  25. Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
  26. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.^
  27. Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.^
  28. Charles Dickens. The Chimes.^
  29. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.^
  30. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
  31. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
  32. Cory Doctorow. Little Brother.^
  33. Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo.^
  34. Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers.^
  35. William Faulkner. The Unvanquished.^
  36. F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby.*
  37. Neil Gaiman. Anansi Boys.
  38. Scott Gardiner. King John of Canada.
  39. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms.^
  40. Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises.^
  41. Cathy Hopka. Lost: Endangered Species.
  42. Cathy Hopka. Lost: Secret Identity.
  43. Nick Hornby. High Fidelity.
  44. Nick Hornby. About a Boy.
  45. Nick Hornby. Juliet, Naked.
  46. Aldous Huxley. Brave New World.*
  47. Henry James. The Turn of the Screw.
  48. Stephen King. Cell.
  49. Stephen King. Under the Dome.
  50. Stephen King. Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger
  51. Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird.
  52. C. S. Lewis. Out of the Silent Planet.
  53. C. S. Lewis. The Pilgrim’s Regress.
  54. C. S. Lewis. The Magician's Nephew.^
  55. C. S. Lewis. The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe.^
  56. C. S. Lewis. The Horse and His Boy.^
  57. C. S. Lewis. Prince Caspian.^
  58. Jack London. The Call of the Wild.^
  59. James Luceno. Star Wars: Dark Lord.
  60. David Mack. The 4400: Promises Broken.
  61. Yann Martel. The Life of Pi.^
  62. George R. R. Martin. A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1: A Game of Thrones.
  63. Cormac McCarthy. The Road.^
  64. Ian McEwan. Saturday.
  65. Stuart McLean. Vinyl Cafe Diaries.
  66. Stuart McLean. Secrets of the Vinyl Cafe.
  67. Stuart McLean. Extreme Vinyl Cafe.
  68. Thomas Mullen. The Revisionists.
  69. George Orwell. Animal Farm.^
  70. George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four.^
  71. Christopher Paolini. Eragon.
  72. Christopher Paolini. Eldest.
  73. Terry Pratchett. Unseen Academicals.
  74. Ann Rice. Christ The Lord: Out of Egypt.
  75. Anne Rice. Christ the Lord The Road to Cana
  76. David Adams Richards. The Friends of Meager Fortune.
  77. David Adams Richards. Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul.
  78. Marilynne Robinson. Gilead.
  79. Marilynne Robinson. Home.*
  80. J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.^
  81. J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.^
  82. Robert J. Sawyer. Rollback.
  83. John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath.*
  84. John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men.
  85. John Steinbeck. The Pearl.
  86. Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
  87. Frank Thompson. Lost: Signs of Life.
  88. J. R. R. Tolkien. The Children of Hurin.
  89. J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit
  90. Gary Troup. Bad Twin.
  91. Harry Turtledove. Ruled Britannia.^
  92. Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughter-House Five.
  93. Amy Wellington. Heroes: Saving Charlie.
  94. John Whyndham. The Chrysalids.
  95. Virginia Wolff. Mrs. Dalloway.  
 Spirituality, Religion, Theology
  1. Diogenes Allen and Eric Springsted. Philosophy for Understanding Theology 2nd Edition.*
  2. Anthology. Early Christian Writings.*
  3. Johann Arndt. True Christianity.*
  4. Augustine. Confessions.*
  5. Danny and Leesa Belleis. The Kingdom Assignment.
  6. Richard Baxter. The Saints’ Everlasting Rest.*
  7. Andre Bieler. Calvin’s Economic and Social Thought.*
  8. Donald Bloesch. Essentials of Evangelical Theology Volume 1.*
  9. Craig L. Blomberg. Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions.*
  10. David Bosch. Transforming Mission.*
  11. Walter Bruggerman. The Prophetic Imagination.*
  12. Tony Campolo. Letters to a Young Evangelical.
  13. Tony Campolo. Red Letter Christians.
  14. Tony Campolo & Shane Claiborne. Red Letter Revolution
  15. Shane Claiborne. The Irresistible Revolution.
  16. Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. Jesus For President.
  17. Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers.
  18. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck. Why We’re Not Emergent.
  19. Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. Vintage Jesus.
  20. Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth.*
  21. Richard Foster. The Celebration of Discipline.
  22. Craig Gay. Cash Values: Money and the Erosion of Meaning in Today’s Society.*
  23. Justo Gonzalez. Faith and Wealth.*
  24. Gregory of Nyssa. The Life of Moses.*
  25. Craig Gross and J. R. Mahon. Starving Jesus.
  26. Gustavo Gutierrez. A Theology of Liberation.*
  27. Darrell L. Guder. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America.*
  28. Hank Hanfgraff. The Apocalypse Code.
  29. Gary Haugen. Good News About Injustice.
  30. Gary Haugen. Just Courage.
  31. Jonathan Hill. The History of Christian Thought.*
  32. Susan R. Holman. Wealth and Poverty in the Early Church and Society.*
  33. Dewi Hughes. Power and Poverty: Divine and Human Rule in a World of Need.*
  34. Bill Hybels. Holy Discontent.
  35. John Cassian. Conferences.*
  36. John Chrysostom. On Wealth and Poverty.*
  37. John Kupferschmidt. In the Garden of Men.*
  38. Luke T. Johnson. Sharing Possessions.*
  39. Julian of Norwich. Revelation of Love.*
  40. Timothy Keller . Generous Justice.
  41. David Kinnaman. UnChristian.
  42. Lucien Legrand. The Bible on Culture.*
  43. C. S. Lewis. Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer.*
  44. C. S. Lewis. The Weight of Glory.
  45. C. S. Lewis. The Problem of Pain.
  46. C. S. Lewis. The Four Loves.*
  47. C. S. Lewis. Surprised By Joy.
  48. Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard. An Introduction to the Old Testament.*
  49. James Martin. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.
  50. Brian McLaren. A Generous Orthodoxy.
  51. Brian McLaren. A New Kind of Christian.
  52. Brian McLaren. The Secret Message of Jesus.
  53. Brian McLaren. A Search for What Makes Sense.
  54. Brian McLaren. Everything Must Change.
  55. Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo. Adventures in Missing the Point.
  56. Leslie Newbegin. The Gospel in a Pluralist Culture.*
  57. H. Richard Niebuhr. Christ & Culture.*
  58. Oliver O’Donovan. The Desire of the Nations.*
  59. J. I. Packer. Concise Theology.*
  60. Jaroslav Pelikan. Jesus Through the Centuries.*
  61. Alvin Plantinga. Warranted Christian Belief.*
  62. Michael Polanyi. Personal Knowledge.*
  63. David Adams Richards. God Is.
  64. Vinay Samuel and Christopher Sugden. David Kinnaman. UnChristian.*
  65. Christian A. Schwartz. The Three Colors of Ministry.
  66. Ronald J. Sider. The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.*
  67. Ronald J. Sider. Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.*
  68. Ronald J. Sider. The Scandal of Evangelical Politics.
  69. John Stackhouse. Humble Apologetics.*
  70. John Stackhouse. Can God Be Trusted?*
  71. Alan Storkey. Jesus and Politics.
  72. John Stott. Your Mind Matters.
  73. Kyle Strobel. Metamorpha.
  74. Michael Taylor. Christianity, Poverty, and Wealth.*
  75. Tullian Tchividjian. Do I Know God?
  76. Mother Teresa. My Life for the Poor.*
  77. Thomas A Kempis. The Imitation of Christ.*
  78. Desmond Tutu. God Has a Dream.
  79. Miroslav Volf. A Public Faith.
  80. George Wiegel. The Cube and the Cathedral.*
  81. William Wilberforce. Christianity and the Good of Society.*
  82. Dallas Willard. Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God.*
  83. Walter Wink. Engaging the Powers.*
  84. Nicholas Wolterstorf. Until Justice and Peace Embrace.*
  85. Nicholas Wolterstorf. Reason Within the Bounds of Religion.*
  86. N. T. Wright. Simply Christian.
  87. N. T. Wright, Surprised By Hope.
  88. N. T. Wright. After You Believe.
  89. N. T. Wright. The New Testament and the People of God.*
  90. N. T. Wright. Evil and the Justice of God.
  91. N. T. Wright. What St. Paul Really Said.*
  92. Philip Yancy. The Jesus I Never Knew.
  93. John Yoder. He Came Preaching Peace.
  94. Ravi Zacharias. The End of Reason.
 Current Affairs, Politics, Social Studies 
  1. Joel Bakan. The Corporation.*
  2. Zygmunt Bauman. Wasted Lives.*
  3. Bill Clinton. Giving.
  4. Stephen T. Colbert. I Am America (And So Can You!)
  5. Anderson Cooper. Dispatches From the Edge.
  6. Douglas Coupland. City of Glass.*
  7. Jean Bethke Elshtain. Who Are We?
  8. Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins. Celebration USA.*
  9. Al Gore. The Assualt on Reason.
  10. Al Gore. An Inconvenient Truth.^
  11. Shane Hipps. The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture.
  12. Bill McKibben. Eaarth.*
  13. Barack Obama. The Audacity of Hope.
  14. Neil Postman. Amusing Ourselves to Death.*
  15. Andrew Potter & Joseph Heath. The Rebel Sell. 2004
  16. George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London.^
  17. David Adams Richards. Lines on the Water.*
  18. Marilynne Robinson. Mother Country.*
  19. Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation.
  20. Barry Schwartz. The Paradox of Choice.
Other Non fiction
  1. Thomas B. Allen. George Washington, Spy Master.^
  2. Criss Angel. MindFreak.
  3. Colin Angus. Beyond the Horizon.
  4. Margaret Atwood. In Other Worlds.
  5. Lewis Black. Nothing’s Sacred.
  6. Ken Silverstein. The Radioactive Boy Scout.^
Graphic Novels 
  1. Peter David. Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man Derailed.
  2. Neil Gaiman. Preludes& Nocturnes.
  3. Neil Gaiman. The Books of Magic.^
  4. Nathan Johnson. Ghost Busted.^
  5. Dean Koontz. In Odd We Trust.^
  6. Batton Lash. Vampire Brat.
  7. Jeph Loeb. Superman Batman Public Enemies.
  8. Jeph Loeb. Batman Hush.
  9. Jeph Loeb. Superman Batman Absolute Power.
  10. Scott McCloud. Understanding Comics.^
  11. Frank Miller. Batman Year One.^
  12. Michael Mucci. Dracula.^
  13. Art Spieglemen. Maus.
  14. Brian K. Vaughan. Runaways, Volume 1.^
  15. Matt Wiegle. Romeo & Juliet.^ 
 
*I read these books to complete my studies while I was a student at Regent College in Vancouver, BC.

^I read these books for work-related purposes while I was the library manager at the McAdam Public Library in McAdam, NB. 

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