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The Collected Best Christian Books of 2016

The Collected Best Christian Books of 2016

For the past couple of weeks my RSS feeder has been humming with list after list of the best books of 2016. 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 2016. Each one of these is from a blog or web site I read regularly.

Updated on December 19 with 3 more lists (scroll to the bottom)

We will begin with 7 titles that found their way onto at least 3 best-0f lists:

If you are looking for something to read or something to buy for a gift, you probably can’t go wrong with any of them!

And now here are each of lists of the best Christian books of 2016. You can visit the sites to read the rationales or to purchase the books. Alternatively, I’ve supplied links to Amazon.

The Gospel Coalition (read their reviews)

Desiring God (read their reviews)

Kevin DeYoung (read his reviews)

Trevin Wax (read his reviews)

Jared C. Wilson (read his reviews)

Erik Raymond (read his reviews)

David Qaoud (read his reviews)

Melissa Kruger (read her reviews)

Aaron Armstrong (read his reviews)

Russell Moore (read his reviews)

Andrew Wilson (read his reviews)

Christine Hoover (read her reviews)

Jen Oshman (read her review)

Steven Kryger (read his reviews)

Jesse Johnson (read his review)

Christianity Today (read their reviews and complete picks)

Me (read my reviews)

Al Mohler (read his reviews)

I’ll add Dr. Mohler’s list as well, though this is not a list of the year’s best as much as a list of recommended winter reading.

Sam Storms (read his reviews)

Mike Leake (read his reviews)

Derek Rishmawy (read his reviews)


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