Books I Read in 2017

I have used Goodreads' feature for the last couple of years to share what I have read in a year.  However, I cannot distinguish specifically what types of books that I have read.  So, here is what I have read categorically in 2017.  I hope you find some inspiration here!

- Fiction

• **Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
• *Philip Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Philip Dick, The Man in the High Castle
• T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland and Other Writings
• James Hannah, The A to Z of You and Me
• *Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
• John LeCarre, Our Kind of Traitor
• Dennis Lehane, Live by Night
• Cormac McCarthy, Child of God
• *Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
• Arthur Miller, Broken Glass
• **George Orwell, 1984
• Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
• William Shakespeare, Macbeth
• *William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
• William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
• Jeff Vandermeer, Annihilation

- Biblical Studies

• *David Bartlett, Romans
• *Dave Bland, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon
• *Charles Cousar, Reading Galatians, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians
• **Peter Enns, The Bible Told Me So
• Beverly Gaventa, First and Second Thessalonians
• Robert Jewett, The Thessalonian Correspondence 
• Derek Kidner, The Message of Ecclesiastes
• Thomas Mann, Deuteronomy
• Bonnie Thurston, Reading Ephesians, Colossians and 2 Thessalonians
• N.T. Wright, Galatians and Thessalonians
• N.T. Wright, Romans, Part One: Romans 1-8
• N.T. Wright, Romans, Part Two: Romans 9-16

- Education

• *Lorrie Blair, Writing a Graduate Thesis or Dissertation
• Leisyte and Wilkesmann, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education
• *Stabile and Ershler, Constructivism Revisited in the Age of Social Media
• *Ernest Stringer, Action Research
• Marshall Welch, Engaging Higher Education

- Ministry

• *Herring and Elton, Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World
• Ron Susek, Firestorm
• **Thomas Tumblin, AdMinistry

- Preaching/Communication

• *Jeffrey Arthurs, Preaching with Variety
• Decker and York, Speaking with Bold Assurance
• Gonzalez and Jimenez, Pulpito
• *Hogan and Reid, Connecting with the Congregation
• Eunjoo Mary Kim, Preaching the Presence of God
• *Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
• Lane Sebring, Preaching Killer Sermons
• Frank A. Thomas, They Like To Never Quit Praisin' God

- Psychology/Leadership

• *Brene Brown, Daring Greatly
• *Angela Duckworth, Grit
• **Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
• *Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
• Sebastian Junger, Tribe

- Theology (Systematic, Spiritual)

• *Bland and Webb, Creation, Character, and Wisdom
• *Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and Fall/Temptation
• **David Congdon, The God Who Saves
• *Zach Hoag, The Light is Winning
• Kyle Idleman, Grace is Greater
• *Kelly Kapic, Embodied Hope
• *C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
• *Kevin C. Neese, The Gospel According to Star Trek
• John Walton, The Lost World of Adam and Eve
• Lisa Whittle, 5-Word Prayers
• *Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God

- Miscellaneous

• Harriot Castor, Starting Chess
• *Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law

The books marked with an (*) are the ones that I enjoyed a little more, and the ones marked with an (**) were my favorites from 2017.  What did you read?  Did you read any that I did?  What recommendations do you have?  Leave your comments below or connect with me on Twitter.  And happy reading in 2018!