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Who Is Publishing Good Books Today?

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Who is publishing good books today? I found myself wondering which publishers are releasing the kind of books that end up in my mailbox and the kind of books that are then read and reviewed. I don’t mean to say that I am the final arbiter of which books are good and which are not; rather, like everyone else, I read and form opinions and, at the end, either recommend or don’t recommend.

I went back through the book review archives, looked at the books I have reviewed positively over the past several months, and jotted down the publishers. I was surprised and encouraged to see just how many different publishers are represented here. It turns out that a lot of publishers are releasing lots of excellent books.

The Good Book Company
Serving Without Sinking
by John Hindley

Crossway
Sex, Dating, and Relationships
by Gerald Hiestand and Jay S. Thomas

Harvest House Publishers
The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
by Steven Lawson

Lift Every Voice (Moody)
It Happens After Prayer
by H.B. Charles Jr.

Reformation Trust
Blood Work
by Anthony Carter

Zondervan
Joni and Ken
by Ken and Joni Tada

Shepherd Press
Crucifying Morality
by R.W. Glenn

Matthias Media
Saving Eutychus
by Gary Millar & Phil Campbell

Harvest House Publishers
Suburbianity
by Byron Yawn

Zondervan
Bound Together
by Chris Brauns

Tyndale House
C. S. Lewis – A Life
by Alister McGrath

The Good Book Company
Galatians For You
by Tim Keller

Thomas Nelson
Desperate
by Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson

Christian Focus
Is There Anybody Out There?
by Mez McConnell

HarperOne
Toxic Charity
by Robert Lupton

Tyndale House
Follow Me
by David Platt

B&H Books
Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
by J.D. Greear

Crossway
Risk Is Right
by John Piper

B&H Books
The Insanity of God
by Nik Ripken and Gregg Lewis

David C. Cook
Cold-Case Christianity
by J.Warner Wallace

David C. Cook
Multiply
by Francis Chan

Thomas Nelson
Who Do You Think Are?
by Mark Driscoll

B&H Books
Creature of the Word
by Matt Chandler, Eric Geiger & Josh Patterson

Reformation Heritage Books
The Gospel’s Power and Message
by Paul Washer

Bethany House
The Conviction to Lead
by Albert Mohler

New Growth Press
When Your Husband Is Addicted To Pornography
by Vicki Tiede

New Growth Press
Sexual Sanity
by David White

Baker Books
The Art of Neighboring
by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon

B&H Books
Embracing Obscurity
by Anonymous

A couple of notes: I did not include Cruciform Press in this list, though I am confident that we are publishing good books too. Also, this is not at all an exhaustive list as there are other quality publishers whose books I have not read recently.


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