My Book List

FICTION
Picture Books
• Going to Sleep on the Farm, by Wendy Cheyette Lewison (fabulous illustrations)
• Good Night Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
• Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever, by Richard Scarry
• Rumble in the Jungle, by Giles Andreae
• Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne


Young Readers
• The Little House Series, by Laura Ingles Wilder
• Paddington Bear, by Michael Bond
• The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White


Novels


• All Creatures Great and Small Series, by James Herriot
• Anne of Green Gables Series, by L.M. Montgomery
• The Giver, by Lois Lowry
• The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
• Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
• Papa’s Wife, by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
• Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
• Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
• Shepherd of the Hills, by Harold Bell Wright
• Stepping Heavenward, by Elizabeth Prentiss

NON-FICTION

Womanhood
• Beautiful in God’s Eyes, by Elizabeth George
• Feminine Appeal, by Carolyn Mahaney (highly recommended)


Marriage
• Each for the Other: Marriage as It's Meant to Be, by Bryan Chapell
• Married for God: Making Your Marriage the Best It Can Be, by Christopher Ash
• Sex and the Supremacy of Christ (This is a compilation of the manuscripts from one of John Piper’s national conferences. It is available as a book or in PDF format on line for free. Also, you can listen to the entire conference free online at DesiringGod.org)
Singleness and Dating
• I Kissed Dating Goodbye, by Joshua Harris
• Passion and Purity, by Elisabeth Elliot
• Preparing to be His Helpmeet, by Debi Pearl
• Singled Out for Him, by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Parenting
• Don’t Make Me Count to Three!, by Ginger Plowman
• Family Driven Faith, by Voddie Baucham (highly recommended)
• Miserly Moms, Joni McCoy (practical advice for living on one income)
• Raising Godly Tomatoes, by L. Elizabeth Krueger (free book at raisinggodlytomatoes.com, very practical)
• Remodeling the Family, Bernie Shock
• Shepherding a Child’s Heart, by Tedd Tripp
• To Train Up A Child, by Michael Pearl
• Truth and Grace Memory Booklets, ed. Thomas A. Ascol (these booklets take you from 2 yrs.-old thru high school, giving you age appropriate lists of Scripture memory verses, catechisms {the complete Catechism for Boys and Girls, The Shorter Catechism, and the Heidelberg Catechism}, and Scripture reading to accomplish each year.)
• What He Must Be… If He Wants to Marry My Daughter, by Voddie Baucham

Parenting Boys
• Boys Adrift, by Leonard Sax
• Bringing Up Boys, by James Dobson


Wifehood
• Created to Be His Helpmeet, Debi Pearl
• The Excellent Wife, Martha Peace
• Me? Obey Him?, by Elizabeth Rice Handford


Theology
• Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church, by Michael Horton
• Knowing God, by J.I. Packer (highly recommended)
• The Pleasures of God, by John Piper (wow)
• Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel, by Michael Horton and J.I. Packer
• Reign of the Servant Kings, by Joseph Dillow

Health
• The Birth Partner, by Penny Simkin (for planning on coaching a woman thru labor)
• The China Study, by T. Collin Campbell (promoting plant-based diets)
• Gentle Birth Choices, Barbra Harper
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin (a MUST READ for expecting moms)
• The Nursing Mother’s Companion, by Kathleen Huggins
• Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler
• The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth, by Henci Goer
• The Vaccine Book, by Robert Sears

The Church
• 9 Marks of a Healthy Church, by Mark Dever
• Stop Dating the Church, by Joshua Harris (highly recommended, easy read)
• What Is a Healthy Church Member?, by Thabiti Anyabwile
• And anything else available at 9Marks.org!!!
Education and Homeschooling
• Better Late than Early: A New Approach to Your Child’s Education, by Raymond Moore (Princeton researchers expose the dangers of early childhood education.
• Books Children Love, by Charlotte Mason
• Home-Style Teaching, by Raymond Moore
• Honey for a Child’s Heart, by Gladys Hunt (Good section on the power of books in children’s lives, and then a great bibliography with some book reviews as well.)

Misc. Christian
• Charismatic Chaos, by John MacArthur
• Christianity In Crisis, by Hank Hanegraaff
• Heaven, by Randy Alcorn (Few books have affected the way I think as much as this one.)
• No Place for Truth and other books by David Wells (Fascinating books. Not light reading, but a cutting analysis of contemporary culture and evangelical churches. Highly recommended for anyone who knows there is a big problem with the shallowness in our churches and wonders what’s missing.)


NON-BOOK RESOURCES
• 9Marks.org (FREE AUDIO INTERVIEWS! I love listening to these. And excellent way to learn without opening a book! But the ministry’s main purpose is to help pastors and churches get back to biblical, Christ-centered Christianity)


• AlbertMohler.com (Cultural commentary, current events)


• DesiringGod.org (John Piper’s ministry website – tons of free sermons, all his books available online for free, great articles)


• MarsHillAudio.org (basically, a Christian version of NPR – “Provides an assessment of contemporary culture from a Christian perspective.”)