Looking for your next great read? Kick off your reading list with a little help from us!
We’ve gathered our staff’s top book recommendations from 2025 to share with you.
From Richard Baker:
Waiting on the Word, A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by Malcolm Guite
The bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favorite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions.
From Susan Thomas:
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was the first licensed female watchmaker in the Netherlands who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler’s concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable ministers of hope in the twentieth century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis. In 1944 their lives were forever altered when they were betrayed, arrested, and thrown into the infamous Nazi death camps.
From Soo Yeon Lee:
The Greatest Story Ever Told by Fulton Oursler
Fulton Oursler’s outstanding classic The Greatest Story Ever Told narrates the ever-new, everlasting story of the life of Jesus Christ. Written with powerful simplicity and set against a rich and accurate historical background, this account of the greatest life ever lived describes the moving story of Christ’s nativity, the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt, Christ’s youth, His public ministry, passion, death, and resurrection.
From Kelly Kim:
My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Deepen your love and understanding of God with My Utmost for His Highest. More than 13 million copies of this dynamic devotional have been sold, and with good reason—Oswald Chambers wanted all people to have a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ. Chambers could take the Scriptures, ask probing questions, and ignite in others a passion to know God better.
From Robin Rubrecht:
A Roving Commission: My Early Life, Winston Churchill (1930)
As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. In this autobiography, Churchill recalls his childhood, his schooling, his years as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War, and his first forays into politics as a member of Parliament. My Early Life not only gives readers insights into the shaping of a great leader but, as Churchill himself wrote, “a picture of a vanished age.”
From Rene Aguilan:
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
From Esther Jackson:
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
This twist on an old story, is an exploration of love—between sisters, between friends, between teacher and pupil, between men and women. Till We Have Faces is retold through the eyes of Psyche’s oldest sister, Orual. Lewis’s novel is a brilliant examination of envy, loss, betrayal, blame, grief, guilt, and conversion. Why must holy places be dark places? Lewis reminds us of our own fallibility and the role of a higher power in our lives. “Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.”
From Jennifer Baek:
Bible Delight: Heartbeat of the Word of God by Christopher Ash
First in a series of looking at culture & context of preaching & teaching. Bible Delight unlocks Psalm 119 and explains –
- How to be delighted in the Bible
- How to get your bearings in the longest psalm
- What each of the 22 sections means
- What your reaction should be through Personal Response Questions
From John Mauck:
The Messianic Writings, Second Edition by Dan Gruber
Dan Gruber’s awesome translation and annotation of the “New Testament.”
Rom.12:1 “Therefore, by the mercies of God, I urge your brethren to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, sanctified and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
From Whit Brisky:
The Words that Made Us, by Akhil Reed Amar
Great analysis of the original constitution and bill of rights from a “liberal originalist” viewpoint. He goes into the history of the various provisions. I didn’t agree with everything but there were great insights. He has just published a second book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920, which I am going to pick up in the near future. Both are, of course, long and detailed. But he writes clearly and directly. So, while Words took a long time to get through, it was never boring.”
