Books read in 2007
4) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig
3) Journey by Richard Pope
2) Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
1) First You Have To Row A Little Boat by Richard Bode
Books read in 2006
11) Implementation Guide to Natural Church Development by Christian Schwarz
10) You're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan by Thomas J. Neff
9) The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins
8) Bright Wings to Fly by Bruce Hopkins
7) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
6) The Island of the Night Before by Umberto Eco
5) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
4) Journey to the East by Herman Hess
3) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig
2) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
1) 1771 by David McCullough
2005
Obviously, I lost track of books read somewhere in 2004 and didn't keep up at all in 2005. But I am proud to say that, as of 12/13/2005, I have finally completed the Patrick O'Brian series of naval books - all twenty of them. And I promise that in 2006, I will be more obsessive compulsive and keep a worthy list and post it here.
Books read in 2004:
37) The Bible
36) The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
35) Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey
34) Treason's Harbor by Patrick O'Brian
33) The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian
32) Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas Friedman
31) The Servant by James C. Hunter
30) Jesus, CEO by Laurie Beth Jones
29) The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman
28) Hannibal: One Man Against Rome by Charlton Griffin
27) The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian
26) The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
25) Why People Believe Wierd Things by Michael Shermer
24) My Life by Bill Clinton.
23) The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian
22) Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin
21) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
20) The Prayer Matrix by David Jeremiah
19) The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
18) St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton
17) The Life of Pi by Yan Martel
16) Walden Pond by Ralph Waldo Emerson
15) Self-Reliance & Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
14) Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
13) Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian
12) H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
11) Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
10) Getting Things Done by David Allen
9) The Giver by Lois Lowry
8) Lake Woebegone 1956 by Garrison Keillor
7) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
6) What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey
5) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
4) God's Man in Texas by David Rambo
3) Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
2) Amazing Grace by Kathleen Norris
1) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig
Books read in 2003:
51) Rumors of Another World by Philip Yancey
50) Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey
49) The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb
48) The Matrix and Philosophy by William Erwin, editor
47) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
46) Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
45) Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
44) Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby
43) Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
42) Hard Laughter by Ann Lamotte
41) Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
40) Rooster Creek Girl Runs Away by Shawna Lee Hopkins
39) Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
38) Bird by Bird by Anne Lamotte
37) Spirits in the Field by Bruce Hopkins
36) Living History by Hillary Clinton
35) Natural Church Development by Christian A. Schwarz
34) The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre
33) The Sky Is Falling by Sidney Sheldon
32) Detachment Bravo by Richard Marcinko
31) Net Force by Tom Clancy
30) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer
29) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
28) Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
27) Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
26) Lusitania by Diana Preston
25) Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
24) Fish Sticks by Lundin, Christensen and Paul
23) Fish Tales by Lundin, Christensen and Paul
22) The New Testament: A Student's Introduction by Stephend L. Harris
21) Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House tapes, 1964-65, by Michael Bleschloss
20) Fish! by Lundin, Paul and Christensen
19) The Stone-Campbell Movement by Leroy Garrett
18) The Greatest Secret in the World by Og Mandino
17) The Sea Wolf by Jack London (again)
16) Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (twice)
15) Religion, Scriptures and Spirituality by Charles Adams and Walter Harrelson
14) Life of Pi by Yann Martel (twice)
13) Reading the Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg
12) Truman by David McCullough
11) Ulysses by James Joyce
10) Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison
9) Prey by Michael Crichton
8) The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation by Robert Richardson
7) Far Appalachia by Noah Adams
6) Three Junes by Julia Glass
5) The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha by Ravi Zacharias
4) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
3) The Men We Long to Be by Stephen B. Boyd
2) Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
1) The Bible - I read through the Bible again as my first book of the year.
Books read in 2002:
A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
A Time to Be Born - A Time To Die by Robert L. Short
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
American Pastoral by Phillip Roth
Crusade by Rick Atkinson
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun
John Adams by David McCullough
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot by Richard M. Restak
Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen Ambrose
Red Rabbit by Tom Clancey
Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Bible Jesus Read by Philip Yancey
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Riddle of the Compass by Amir D. Aczel
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
The Shipping News by E. Annie Prouix
The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
Why People Belive Wierd Things by Michael Shermer
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig