Simply put, I love books. Here are some of my favorites (which, I admit, change frequently).
Theology/Christianity/Spirituality:
- The Cloister Walk, Kathleen Norris
- Desiring God, John Piper
- Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
- Eat This Book, Eugene Peterson
Fiction
- Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
- Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
- White Teeth and On Beauty, Zadie Smith
- The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital, Lorrie Moore
- Atonement, Ian McEwan
- Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and This Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis
- all books by Flannery O'Connor
Art, Artists, and the Writing Life:
- Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose, Flannery O'Connor
- Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
- On Writing, Stephen King
- The Virgin of Bennington, Kathleen Norris
Journals/Magazines