2011 Reading List

James Madison, by Richard Brookhiser

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, by Bruce Fisk.

Porsche 911: Perfection by Design, by Randy Leffingwell

The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker

The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Kostoevsky

McQueen’s Machines, by Matt Stone

The Wine Seeker’s Guide to Livermore Valley, by Thomas C. Wilmer

When Elves Attack, by Tim Dorsey

Little Bets, by Peter Sims

Car Guys vs. Bean Counters, by Bob Lutz

Catherine the Great, by Robert K. Massie

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, by Telford Work

The Intelligent Entrepreneur, by Bill Murphy Jr.

Between Heaven and Mirth, by James Martin

The President and the Assassin, by Scott Miller

Sanctuary of the Soul, by Richard Foster

25 Books Every Christian Should Read, pulled together by a renowned editorial board

Grant’s Final Victory, by Charles Bracelen Flood

Churches, Cultures & Leadership, by Mark Lau Branson and Juan F. Martinez

Simply Jesus, by N.T. Wright

Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, by A.J. Baime

One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com, by Richard Brandt

Essential Alfa Romeo, by David Hodges

Destiny of the Republic, by Candice Millard

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Lesslie Newbigin

The Long Ships, by Frans G. Bengtsson

Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronsen

The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, by Marc Levinson

The Deep and Secret Color of Ice, by Paul Willis

Jaguar: One Man’s Struggle to Establish the World’s First Jaguar Preserve, by Alan Rabinowitz

XEALOTS: Defying the Gravity of Normality, by Dave Gibbons

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhardt and Kenneth Rogoff

Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, by Michael Lewis

Confidence Men, by Ron Suskind

The Pun Also Rises, by John Pollack

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, by Charles C. Mann

A Credible Witness, by Brenda Salter McNeil

The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World, by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart

Independence, by John Ferling

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare

The Madman and The Pirate, by R.M. Ballantyne

American Tempest, by Harlow Giles Unger

After You Believe, by N.T. Wright

Moneyball, by Michael Lewis

The Pirates of Somalia, by Jay Bahadur

Illustrated Alfa Romeo Buyer’s Guide, by Joe Benson

The Sword of the Lord, by Joseph Hocking

The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, by Jason Vuic

David Crockett: The Lion of the West, by Michael Wallis

The Last Narco, by Malcolm Beith

It Happened in Montana, by James A. Crutchfield

The Words of Jesus, by Phyllis Tickle

A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage

Sex on the Moon, by Ben Mezrich

My Journey to Hope, by Don Goehner

Christians Are Hate Filled Hypocrites, by Bradley Wright

Tangled Webs, by James B. Stewart

Generation Freedom, by Bruce Feiler

The Path of Celtic Prayer, by Calvin Miller

On China, by Henry Kissinger

The English, by Jeremy Paxman

Devotion by Design, by Scott Nethersole

Punching Out, by Paul Clemens

The Heart and the Fist, by Eric Greitens

Practicing the Way of Jesus, by Mark Scandrette

The Thank You Economy, by Gary Vaynerchuk

Blood Money, by David Ignatius

Stealing the General, by Russell Bonds

King’s Cross, by Timothy Keller

24-7 Prayer Manual, by Pete Greig and David Blackwell

In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson

Making a Difference, by Larry Little

Five Days in London, by John Lukacs

The Greater Journey, by David McCullough

Allah: A Christian Response, by Miroslav Volf

What Can I Do?, by David Livermore

Defending Constantine, by Peter Leithart

Lost in Shangri-La, by Mitchell Zuckoff

Knowing Christ Today, by Dallas Willard

Tahoe Heat, by Todd Borg

The Lost History of Christianity, by John Philip Jenkins

Red Moon Rising, by Pete Greig and Dave Roberts

Love Wins, by Rob Bell

Moonwalking With Einstein, by Joshua Foer

Then Everything Changed, by Jeff Greenfield

Decision Points, by George W. Bush

Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt, by James P. Duffy

Approaching God, by Lisa Repko Borden

Understanding Belize, by Alan Twigg

Wild Bill Donovan, by Douglas Waller

Content Rules, by Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman

Unfamiliar Fishes, by Sarah Vowell

Falling Upward, by Richard Rohr

God on Mute, by Pete Greig

The Social Animal, by David Brooks

Our Kind of Traitor, by John le Carre

The Steve Jobs Way, by Jay Elliot

Chocolate Wars, by Deborah Cadbury

The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner

Luckiest Man, by Jonathan Eig

Washington: A Life, by Ron Chernow

Where Good Ideas Come From, by Steven Johnson

The Future of Power, by Joseph Nye

Linchpin, by Seth Godin

The End of the Free Market, by Ian Brenner

The Referral Engine, by John Jantsch

Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza

To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter

Without Hesitation, by General Hugh Shelton

Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, by Youngme Moon

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine

Tahoe Night, by Todd Borg

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller

American Grace, by Robert Putnam

The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Extraordinary, Ordinary People – by Condoleezza Rice

The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande