At the end of each the year I put out the list of books I have read that year. Usually they consist of a lot of theology books, followed up by a good chunk of philosophy books, and a few fiction books thrown in. In 2013 I read 106 books. In 2014 I read 87 books. In 2015 I read 88 books. This year, my numbers went down drastically. However, that was mainly because I was in school again, reading lots of journals and book chapters, and writing a whole bunch. The numbers also dropped because I stopped reading at the gym. My workouts sort of changed (became more intense) so I no longer read while doing cardio. Anyway, this year’s total is 52 book. That’s one per week!
Books Read in 2016 = 52!
January
- Systematic Theology Volume 1 – Wolfhart Pannenberg
- Experiences in Theology – Jurgen Moltmann
- The Nature of Doctrine – George Lindbeck
- The Nature of Confession – Phillips & Okholm
February
- Beyond Foundationalism – Grenz & Francke
- The Drama of Doctrine – Kevin Vanhoozer
- Black Theology of Liberation – James Cone
- Models of God – Sally McFague
- Introducing Radical Orthodoxy – James K.A. Smith
March
- Analytic Theology – Crisp & Rae
- An Invitation to Analytic Christian Theology – Thomas McCall
- Four Views on Hell – Preston Sprinkle
- Strong and Weak – Andy Crouch
- The Problem of Hell – Jonathan Kvanvig
- Hell: The Logic of Damnation – Jerry Walls
April
- Gaining by Losing – J.D. Greear
- The Unfolding Mystery – Edmund Clowney
- Jonathan Edwards Among the Theologians – Oliver Crisp
- Sacrifice and Atonement – Stephen Finlan
May
- Knowledge and Christian Belief – Alvin Plantinga
- Living on the Devil’s Doorstep – Floyd McClung
- How I Changed My Mind About Evolution – Stump and Applegate
- The Trinity Among the Nations: The Doctrine of God in the Majority World – Gene Green, Stephen Pardue, K.K. Yeo
June
- Prodigal God – Tim Keller
- The Father Heart of God – Floyd McClung
- Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous – W. Jay Wood
- The Pastor Theologian – Gerald Heistand & Todd Wilson
- Reading Romans in Context – Ben Blackwell, John Goodrich, and Jason Matson
- You are What You Love – James K.A. Smith
July
- The Claim of Humanity in Christ – Alexandra Radcliff
- The Lost Letters of Pergamum – Bruce Longenecker
Lost Track of Dates
- Writings on Pastoral Piety – John Calvin (ed. McKee)
- Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation – William Naphy
- Infant Baptism in Reformation Genega – Karen Spierling
- Calvin’s Ladder: A Spiritual Theology of Ascent and Ascension – Julie Canlis
- America at the Crossroads – George Barna
- The Uncontrolling Love of God – Thomas Oord
- Pentecostal Outpourings – ed. Robert Smart, Michael Haykin, and Ian Clary
- Crossing Cultures in Scripture – Marvin Newell
- Rational Faith – Stephen Evans
- What is Reformed Theology – R.C. Sproul
- Judaism Before Jesus – Anthony Tomasino
- Reordering the Trinity – Rodrick Durst
- Delighting in the Trinity – Michael Reeves
November
- A Little Handbook for Preachers – Mary Hulst
- Love Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life – Henri Nouwen
- Christological Anthropology in Historical Perspective – Marc Cortez
December
- The Vulnerable Pastor – Mandy Smith
- Serving a Movement – Timothy Keller
- Saving Calvinism – Oliver Crisp
- Paul’s New Perspective – Garwood Anderson
- Soul Keeping – John Ortberg
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 
Could you do a book review of Beyond Foundationalism? I’d be really interested to read that 🙂
Wow I just saw this. I think I wrote a review for class. I can email it to you if I find it.
How did you like Pastoral Piety? I have wanted to do book lists like this myself, but have only ended up doing one book list, and it was a top 10 books. Check out that list and see if you have read them.
Also, how many novels do you read?
Keep reading.
Pastoral Piety was a really helfpul book, I used it for a class on Calvin I was in, and it had fantastic excerpts from Calvin’s works.
As far as novels go… sadly I don’t read too many. I know I should read more though!
Do you not use a Kindle ? you can carry thousands of books in your pocket and save a lot of space and if your really worried about losing them download onto a hard drive. Compared to me you lead a very intense life; cardio so violent you can’t read! I don’t read much theology for two reasons : I prefer novels they seem more real and much of theology is just too deep. I occasionally read the King James Bible mainly the New Testament.
I do use a kindle sometimes, but I prefer physical books. Yes my cardio is a little too intense to read at the same time. If I am on a stationary bike I will occasionally read, but mostly I am now running outdoors, so it doesn’t work.
Maybe audio books may help if you run . I’m 75 and retired with spare time but I know the day can be crammed if you allow things to expand.