In 2016, I decided to go strong after a life long goal of reading 52 books in one year. And by God’s grace and some good planning (and a few short ones) I did it! Here are the 52 books I read this year (maybe one of these books will jump off the page for you and you will pick it up and encourage you too):

  1. Ephesians – Tom Holladay
  2. God Dreams – Will Mancini
  3. Start with Why – Simon Sinek
  4. Worry No More – Bruce VanHorn
  5. Unqualified – Steven Furtick
  6. You Win in the Locker Room First – Jon Gordon
  7. Generational IQ – Hayden Shaw
  8. The One Thing – Gary Kellar & Jay Papasan
  9. Crucial Conversations – Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
  10. High Impact Church Boards – TJ Addington
  11. Gospel – JD Greer
  12. Jesus>Religion – Jefferson Bethke
  13. Onward – Russell Moore
  14. Predictable Success – Les McKeown
  15. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – Marshall Goldsmith
  16. Autopsy of a Deceased Church – Thomas Rainer
  17. Necessary Endings – Dr. Henry Cloud
  18. Rescuring Ambition – Dave Harvey
  19. Washed & Waiting – Wesley Hill
  20. Spark – Jason Jaggard
  21. Quick & Nimble – Adam Bryant
  22. Parenting Beyond Your Capacity – Reggie Joiner
  23. The Master plan of Evangelism – Robert Coleman
  24. The Most Excellent way to lead – Perry Noble
  25. The Heart of a Mule – Dick Shafrath
  26. Comeback – Louie Giglio
  27. Four Small Words – Jarrett Stevens
  28. The Leadership Challenge – Kouzes & Posner
  29. The Family Together – Mike Sciarra
  30. The Ideal Team Player – Patrick Lencioni
  31. The gospel and the Citizen – Florent Varak & Philippe Vigvier
  32. A Beautiful Mess – Danielle Strickland
  33. The Customer Service Revolution – John R. Dijulius
  34. Volunteer Revolution – Bill Hybels
  35. From Concept to Scale – Steve Graves
  36. Grit – Angela Duckworth
  37. Stay the Course – Choco DeJesus
  38. Engaging with Muslims – John Klaggssen
  39. The 4 Disciplines of Execution – Chris McChesney
  40. Pastoring Men – Patrick Morely
  41. 1501 Ways to Reward Employees – Bob Nelson
  42. A Mile Wide – Brandon Hatmaker
  43. Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
  44. Achieve What Matters in 2017 (ebook) – Michael Hyatt
  45. How to be Rich – Andy Stanley
  46. Uncommon Athletes – Tim Brown
  47. Then Tweets My Soul – Best of the Church Curmudgeon – David Regier
  48. Unreasonable Churches – Rich Birch
  49. How’s Your Soul? – Judah Smith
  50. Under our Skin – Benjamin Watson
  51. Preaching Killer Sermons – Lane Sebring
  52. Love, Acceptance, & Forgiveness – Jerry Cook

I learned a ton from these great writers… I’ll share some of that with you in the future.

Happy Reading!

Pastor Nick