I enjoy reading Bible commentary materials for my personal Bible study time and as I do research for writing assignments. I also enjoy reading Christian books on a variety of topics (apologetics, devotional, missiology, theology, etc.). These represent the largest part of my personal library.
The books listed below are some that I have read the past months/years and that represent personal areas of interest. I have not included any personal comments or reviews. You can find good reviews at Amazon and decide for yourself whether a particular book might be of interest to you.
ADVENTURE | EXPLORATION
Alone
The Classic Polar Adventure
Richard E. Byrd
Alone on the Great Wall
William Lindesay
Death in Big Bend
True Stories of Death and Rescue in Big Bend National Park
Laurence Parent
Endurance
Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
Flight of Passage: A Memoir
Rinker Buck
High Exposure
An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
David Breashears and Jon Krakauer
Kon-Tiki
Across the Pacific in a Raft
Thor Heyerdahl
Last Climb
The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory
David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld
Leading at the Edge
Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition
Dennis N. T. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Paul R. Kessler, Catherine McCarthy
The Man Who Walked Through Time
The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
Colin Fletcher
My Old Man and the Sea
David Hays
Over the Edge of the World
Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Laurence Bergreen
Paddlefish
(Paddling the 2010 Texas Water Safari)
Christine Warren
Running the Amazon
Joe Kane
Sailing Alone around the World
Joshua Slocum
Shackleton’s Boat Journey
Frank Arthur Worsley
Shackleton’s Forgotten Men
The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic
Lennard Bickel
Shackleton’s Way
Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
South
The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance
Sir Ernest Shackleton (Author), Tim Cahill (Foreword)
The Adventurer’s Handbook
Life Lessons from History’s Great Explorers
Mick Conefrey
The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time
Cara Tabachnick
The Ice Master
The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
Jennifer Niven
The Lost Explorer
Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
Conrad Anker and David Roberts
The Man Who Walked Through Time
The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
Colin Fletcher
The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
Candice Millard
The Travels
Marco Polo
View from the Summit
The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary
When Your Life Depends On It
Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
Brad Borkan and David Hirzel
BIBLICAL MANHOOD & FATHERHOOD
52 Things Sons Need From Their Dads
What Fathers Can Do to Build a Lasting Relationship
Jay Payleitner
Becoming A King
The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man
Morgan Snyder
Be A Better Dad Today
10 Tools Every Father Needs
Gregory W. Slayton and Charles Colson
Better Dads, Stronger Sons
How Fathers Can Guide Boys to Become Men of Character
Rick Johnson
How God Makes Men
Ten Epic Stories. Ten Proven Principles. One huge promise for your life.
Patrick Morley
The Book of Man
Readings on the Path to Manhood
William J. Bennett with Christopher Beach
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
Warren Farrell and John Gray
To My Sons
Lessons for the Wild Adventure Called Life
Bear Grylls
You Have What It Takes
What Every Father Needs to Know
John Eldridge
CULTURE WARS
7 Critical Issues
The State of Our Nation
Dr. Jim Denison
The Coming Tsunami
Why Christians Are Labeled Intolerant, Irrelevant, Oppressive and Dangerous—and How We Can Turn the Tide
Dr. Jim Denison
Cultural Literacy
What Every American Needs to Know
E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
The Founders’ Speech To A Nation in Crisis
What the Founding Fathers Would Say to America Today
Steven Rabb
Letter to the American Church
Eric Metaxas
We Must Not Be Enemies
Restoring America’s Civic Tradition
Michael Austin
HUMAN RIGHTS | WAR
A Long Way Gone
The True Story of a Child Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley
Flyboys
A True Story of Courage
James Bradley
I Will Bear Witness 1942-1945
A Diary of the Nazi Years
Victor Klemperer
Lone Survivor
The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson
Nanking
Anatomy of an Atrocity
Masahiro Yamamoto
Night
Elie Wiesel
Not on Our Watch
The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
Don Cheadle and John Prendergast
The Lost Daughters of China
Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past
Karin Evans
The Translator
A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur
Daoud Hari
INSPIRATIONAL | CHALLENGING
40 Chances
Finding Hope in a Hungry World
Howard G. Buffet
90 Minutes in Heaven
A True Story of Death & Life
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
20,000 Days and Counting
The Crash Course for Mastering Your Life Right Now
Robert D. Smith
Crazy Love
Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Francis Chan
Dangerous Surrender
What Happens When You Say Yes to God
Kay Warren
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell
Dirty God
Jesus in the Trenches
Johnnie Moore
Do Hard Things
A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Alex and Brett Harris
Don’t Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees
The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
Thomas Hale
Facing Terror
The True Story of How an American Couple Paid the Ultimate Price
for Their Love of the Muslim People
Carrie McDonnall and Kristin Billerbeck
Give Me Your Heart
Cliff Lea
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
Mark Batterson
Interrupted: An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith
Jen Hatmaker
Missional Renaissance
Changing the Scorecard for the Church
Reggie McNeal
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Prayer and Fasting
God’s Gateway to Spiritual Breakthroughs
Ronnie W. Floyd
Primal
A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity
Mark Batterson
Radical
Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
David Platt
ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church
Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
Seizing Your Divine Moment
Erwin Raphael McManus
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Dayna Curry, Heather Mercer, and Stacy Mattingly
Servolution
Starting a Church Revolution Through Serving
Dino Rizzo
Stones into Schools
Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Greg Mortenson
The Barbarian Way
Unleash the Untamed Faith Within
Erwin Raphael McManus
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
The Hole in Our Gospel
What Does God Expect of Us?
The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World
Richard Stearns
The Insanity of Obedience
Walking with Jesus in Tough Places
Nik Ripkin
The Power of Nice
How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness
Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
The Power of Small
Why Little Things Make All the Difference
Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Three Cups of Tea
One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson
Toxic Charity
How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
Robert D. Lupton
Unfinished
Believing Is Only The Beginning
Richard Stearns
ISLAM
Answering Islam
The Crescent in the Light of the Cross
Norman L. Geisler & Abdul Saleeb
Any 3: Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time
Lead Muslims to Christ Now
Mike Shipman
Because They Hate
A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Brigitte Gabriel
Camel Training Method
Kevin Greeson
Fast Facts on Islam
What You Need to Know
John Ankerberg & John Weldon
Hatred’s Kingdom
How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
Dore Gold
Inside Islam
Exposing and Reaching the World of Islam
Reza F. Safa
Inside the Revolution
How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson & Jesus Are Battling
to Dominate the Middle East and Transform the World
Joel C. Rosenberg
Islam Revealed
A Christian Arab’s View of Islam
Dr. Anis A. Shorrosh
Jesus and Muhammad
Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities
Mark A. Gabriel
Light in the Shadow of Jihad
The Struggle for Truth
Ravi Zacharias
More Than a Prophet
An Insider’s Response to Muslim Beliefs about Jesus & Christianity
Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner
Revelation?
Jesus, Holy Spirit, God in Christianity and Islam
Mark Durie
Secrets of the Koran
Revealing Insights into Islam’s Holy Book
Don Richardson
The Facts on Islam
Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions
John Ankerberg & John Weldon
The Koran
Published by Penguin Books
The Many Faces of Islam (Audio)
Nabeel Jabbour
The Truth about Muhammad
Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant Religion
Robert Spencer
Understand My Muslim People
Dr. Abraham Sarkar | A former Muslim
Understanding the Koran
A Quick Christian Guide to the Muslim Holy Book
Mateen Elass
Unveiling Islam
An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs
Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner
While Europe Slept
How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
Bruce Bawer
JUSTICE
Good News About Injustice
A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
Gary A. Haugen
Just Courage
God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian
Gary A. Haugen
Modern Slavery
The Secret World of 27 Million People
Kevin Bales, Zoe Trodd, and Alex Kent Williamson
MOTHER TERESA
A Simple Path
Mother Teresa
Created for Greater Things
Mother Teresa’s Life and Witness
Mother Teresa and Gloria Hutchinson
Everything Starts From Prayer
Mother Teresa’s meditations on spiritual life for people of all faiths.
Selected and arranged by Anthony Stern MD
Finding Calcutta
What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service
Mary Poplin
In the Heart of the World
Thoughts, Stories and Prayers
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
Mother Teresa, Brian Kolodiejchuk (Editor)
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa’s Prescription: Finding Happiness And Peace in Service
Paul A. Wright
No Greater Love
Mother Teresa and Thomas Moore
Precious Gems of Wisdom: Mother Teresa
Compiled by Karishma Bajaj
Reaching Out in Love: Stories Told by Mother Teresa
Compiled by Edward Le Joly and Jaya Chaliha
Something Beautiful for God
Malcolm Muggeridge
Thoughts to Inspire and Celebrate
A Compilation of Mother Teresa’s Teachings on Love
Glenna Hammer Moulthrop
SURVIVAL
Alive
Piers Paul Read
Black Wave
A Family’s Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
John Silverwood and Jean Silverwood
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick (Author)
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest
Beck Weathers
Mawson’s Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Lennard Bickel
The Climb
Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt
The Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
Slavomir Rawicz
Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
WOMEN’S ISSUES
The Good Women of China
Xinran
Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
In the Name of Honor: A Memoir
Mukhtar Mai
Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
John Krakauer
PEOPLE
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s Story
Her Life Retold for Children
Carol Ann Lee
Autobiography of a Face
Lucy Grealy
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
An African Childhood
Alexandra Fuller
In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
Pervez Musharraf
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks
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