Books I Read

Here are the books I read in 2017. This is more for my records, then for others, but I would recommend nearly all of them.

1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
3. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
4. All That Glitters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
5. America at War with Itself by Henry A. Giroux
6. American Religious History by Patrick Allitt
7. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
8. Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
9. Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
10. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
11. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
12. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflection on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy
13. Canada by Mike Myers
14. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
15. Christmas Every Morning by Lisa Tawn Bergren
16. Clip In: Risking Hospitality in Your Church by Jim Ozier and Fiona Haworth
17. Con Ed by Matthew Klein
18. Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness and Justice in American Culture and Politics by Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski
19. Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark by Marcus Borg
20. Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
21. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydide's Trap? by Graham Allison
22. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
23. Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the US House of Representatives by Robert Draper
24. Engineered for Murder by Aileen Schumacher
25. Finding God is a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Spiritual Exploration of the Star Wars Saga by Timothy Paul Jones
26. Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible by Daniel Burrus
27. For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn
28. For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti Feldhahn
29. George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones
30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
31. Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law by James Q Whitman
32. Holy Spirit by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon
33. Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches edited by Walter Wink
34. How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain by Gregory Berns
35. How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language by Simon Horobin
36. How to Fall in Love with Anyone by Mandy Len Catron
37. How to Read Proverbs by Tremper Longman III
38. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
39. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
40. Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
41. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
42. J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys by Andrew Birkin
43. Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversations about Faith, Churches and Well Meaning Christians by Jim Henderson and Matt Casper
44. John Birch: A Life by Terry Lautz
45. Lost at Sea: An American Tragedy by Patrick Dillon
46. Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders by Joel Manby
47. Lovingkindness: Realizing and Practicing Your True Self by William Miller
48. Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis by Nicholas Eberstadt
49. Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
50. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
51. No More Work: Why Full Employment is a Bad Idea by James Livingston
52. On Immunity: An Innoculation by Eula Bliss
53. On Tyrrany: Twenty One Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
54. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
55. Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky
56. Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
57. Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 by Michio Kaku
58. Preaching from the Minor Prophets by Elizabeth Achtemeier
59. Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney
60. Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself by Rabbi Donniel Hartman
61. Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income can Renew our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream by Andy Stern and Lee Kravitz
62. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
63. Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insight by Gary Klein
64. Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell
65. Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
66. Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
67. Tall Tales and Half Truths of Pat Garrett by John LeMay
68. The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing and Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport by Rafi Kohan
69. The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City's Most Infamous Crimes by Sarah Burns
70. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
71. The Deadliest Cast Member by Kelly Ryan Johns
72. The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition by Dan Hofstadter
73. The End of Leadership by Barbara Kellerman
74. The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones
75. The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts came to be as They are by Henry Petroski
76. The Gospel According to Star Wars: Faith, Hope and the Force by John C. McDowell
77. The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die by Niall Ferguson
78. The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
79. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
80. The Kindness Challenge: 30 Days to Improve Any Relationship by Shaunti Feldhahn
81. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
82. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
83. The Martian by Andy Weir
84. The Meaning of Human Existence by E.O. Wilson
85. The Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella and the Making of an Empire by Teofilo Ruiz
86. The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth
87. The Second Death of George Mallory: The Enigma and Spirit of Mount Everest by Reinhold Messner
88. The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World by Michael Lewis
89. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Daniel Jones
90. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
91. The Whistler by John Grisham
92. The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer by Roseanne Montillo
93. The World America Made by Robert Kagan
94. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
95. Three Weeks with My Brother: A Memoir by Nicholas Sparks
96. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman
97. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner