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.
