As with all of my reading lists, this is not necessarily a “recommended reading.” Rather, I have chose to include all or at least most of the books I have read for 2013. Some are good, some are not so good, and some I will not visit again!
Religion/Spirituality
The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life, by M. Craig Barnes
The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church, by Diana Butler Bass
Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry, by William H. Willimon
Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church, by Kenda Creasy Dean
I Am a Church Member, by Thom Rainer
The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness, by Jerome Groopman
Biography/Memoir
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, by David Nasaw
Melissa: A Father’s Lessons from a Daughter’s Suicide, by Frank Page
Fiction
The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson
World War Z, by Max Brooks
The Children of Men, by P. D. James
Nature
My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir
Travel/Cultural
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese, by Michael Paterniti
Poetry
Collected Poems, by Wendell Berry
Science
Chaos: Making a New Science, by James Gleick
The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach
The Brain that Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge
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