The best book of the 21st century is Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. The best book of the 21st century—that’s saying a lot! Let’s put that in perspective.
R. Bowker LLC, which issues the ISBN numbers used by librarians to track individual titles, says that 3 million books are published annually. So, in the twenty years of the 21st century we’ve had 60 million books published. And Google estimates that 200 million books are currently in circulation. That’s a lot of books.
Here’s what I’m saying. Of the 60 million books published in the 21st century, the #1 book is Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly.
By the way, I’m saying that as the author of twenty books in the 21st century. And I wouldn’t put any of my twenty books in the unique category of Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly.
What Makes Gentle and Lowly So Unique and Special?
Shirley and I are reading Gentle and Lowly together. I asked Shirley for her one-sentence summary. She captures well the unique value of the book.
“Gentle and Lowly opens your eyes to learn more about God than you’ve ever known before.”
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