For the past couple of weeks my RSS feeder has been humming with list after list of the best books of 2019 (or, if not the best, the favorite books of 2019). It seems that just about every avid reader I follow is eager to share his or her picks for the year that was. I love these lists and decided I’d compile them to look for patterns and repeats. Here, then, are the collected best Christian books of 2019. Each one of these is from a blog or web site I read regularly.

We will begin with the titles that found their way onto at least 3 best-0f lists:

Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin (5 lists) Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making by Andrew Peterson (4 lists) 7 Myths about Singleness by Sam Alberry (3 lists) His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God Edited by Kristie Anyabwile (3 lists) Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Carl Newport (3 lists) Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert Caro (3 lists) On the Road with


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