I have always been an avid reader and love getting into a good book. When we decided to home educate our children, I started reading up on the importance of reading and was astounded to on the stats and benefits of reading. In this digital age, it is easy to put down the books and flip on the TV. But I want to urge you to get a book list going to not only stretch your thoughts, but also your vocabulary and your imagination.
Instead of suggesting books I haven’t read, I am going to list some of my favorite books I have already read and highly recommend here. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but will get you started.
If you are looking for good chidren’s books, I highly recommend you check out the book I have listed below, Read for the Heart: Whole Books for WholeHearted Families
. Sarah Clarkson does a great job of highlighting the richest reading list, but she also makes an irrefutable case to the importance of reading to your children at an early age.
Have you read a good book lately? If you have a book you suggest, please add a link to it in the linky below, or leave a comment with the name and author. The best books I have read are suggestions from my readers.
Motherhood
- A Mother’s Heart: A Look at Values, Vision, and Character for the Christian Mother
- Don’t Make Me Count to Three: a Mom’s Look at Heart-Oriented Discipline
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart
- Loving Life as an At-Home Mom and Finding Your Purpose as a Mom: How to Build Your Home on Holy Ground by Donna Otto
- The Most Important Place on Earth: What a Christian Home Looks Like and How to Build One by Robert Wolgemuth
- Raising Girls by Sissy Goff and Melissa Trevathan
Faith
- Israel, My Beloved by Kay Arthur
- The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath
- The Well-Versed Family
- What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
- Stepping Heavenward: One Woman’s Journey to Godliness
- Heaven
- The Reason We Speak by Mary Beth Whalen
- Epicenter 2.0: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future by Joel Rosenberg
Homeschooling
- Read for the Heart: Whole Books for WholeHearted Families
- For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School
- Go Fly a Kite: 10 Surprising Strategies for Success in Your Homeschooling by Karen Costello
- The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell
- What Your Child Needs to Know When: According to the Bible, According to the State: with Evaluation Check Lists for Grades K-8 by Robin Sampson
Business
- The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant: Principles for Successful Living
- Flipping the Switch…: Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability Using the QBQ!
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
- *Anything on author John Maxwell’s Book List
Miscellaneous Titles
- First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner by Kurt and Brenda Warner
- What the Bible Says About Healthy Living: Three Biblical Principles that Will Change Your Diet and Improve Your Health
- Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food
- The Chronicles of Narnia – Entire Collection by C.S. Lewis
- Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3) by Francine Rivers
My Proposed Reading List for 2011
- One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp an (in)courage writer
- Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
- America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag by Sarah Palin
- Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman
- Green for Life
- A Charlotte Mason Education
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller
- Living Above The Level Of Mediocrity by Chuck Swindoll
- Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World (Gift Edition): Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life
- Decision Points by George Bush
- Your People Shall Be My People by Don Finto
- Moments With You: 365-Day Devotional by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
- Revolution in World Missions: One Man’s Journey to Change a Generation
- Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
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I read Charles Dicken’s ‘Bleak House’ this past summer. I think it is good to really stretch my brain occasionally and read one of the classics. This one is a tough read and it took me 8 weeks but I was proud of myself for getting through it and thoroughly enjoyed the story.
I just started One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. It is absolutely fantastic — stirred my heart from the moment I started reading. Highly recommend it! Be prepared to be challenged in your faith.
this is a wonderful list!! thank you for compiling it!! i was wondering if you have any good ones for fatherhood???
I have seen the move Bleak House but I haven’t read the book. I think that it would be a great book to read. This past year, I loved the books “Let the Nations Be Glad” by John Piper, “Treasuring God in Our Traditions” by Noel Piper, and” Radical” byDavid Platt. They were all terrific! I am planning on reading “The Vine and the Trellis” and Martyn Lloyd Jones’ book on parenting. Thank you for the list!
Radical by david platt, weird and the christian athiest bycraig groeschel.
I noticed you had Dr. Rex Russel’s book on there “What the Bible Says About Healthy Living”. I would highly suggest also “Treasures of Healthy Living” written by Annette Reeder. Here is her website http://www.designedhealthyliving.com. Here is also a reference from Dr. Rex Russel’s wife. “This well organized book is full of good scriptural tips and sweet stories. I know God will use this book in a mighty way. Rex Would have been thrilled with this Bible study adn would have enjoyed being friends.”
~ Judy Russell, wife of the late Dr. Rex Russell: author of What the Bible Says about Healthy Living
http://www.amazon.com/Treasures-Healthy-Living-Annette-Reeder/dp/1414115709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303757222&sr=1-1
Mary Beth Chapman’s book is very inspiring and one of the best I’ve read in a while. A must read!