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Kalen Bruce

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To Read

These are all the books that I want to read, but haven’t yet…

Biographies & Memoirs

  1. B. Browder, Red Notice
  2. B. Bryson, Walk in the Woods, A
  3. A. Carnegie, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, The
  4. F. Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  5. R. Feynman, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
  6. B. Franklin, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The (Reread)
  7. N. Higashida, Reason I Jump, The
  8. L. Hillenbrand, Unbroken
  9. P. Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air
  10. T. Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains
  11. J. Krakauer, Into Thin Air
  12. M. Lewis, Moneyball
  13. Malcom X & Haley, Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
  14. C. Munger, Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  15. C. Strayed, Wild
  16. B. Stevenson, Just Mercy
  17. J. Walls, Glass Castle, The
  18. E. Wiesel, Night
  19. J. Wooden, My Personal Best

Business & Marketing

  1. Burg & Mann, Go-Giver, The
  2. R. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
  3. G. Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!
  4. H. Evans, Hour a Day Enterpreneur, The
  5. M. Gerber, E-Myth Mastery, The
  6. —- E-Myth Real Estate Investor, The
  7. —- E-Myth Revisited, The
  8. C. Hopkins, Scientific Advertising
  9. T. Hsieh, Delivering Happiness
  10. H. MacLeod, Ignore Everybody
  11. D. Miller, Building a StoryBrand
  12. S. Snow, Dream Teams
  13. —- Smartcuts
  14. N. Taleb, Balck Swan, The
  15. —- Fooled by Randomness
  16. D. Whitman, Cashvertising

Economics & Social Science

  1. T. Ittleson, Financial Statements
  2. G. Morson, Cents and Sensibility
  3. A. Smith, Supermoney
  4. A. Sorkin, Too Big to Fail
  5. G. Vaynerchuk, Thank You Economy, The

Fiction

  1. E. Bronte, Wuthering Heights
  2. E. Cummings, Enormous Room, The
  3. S. Crane, Blue Hotel, The
  4. —- Open Boat, The
  5. F. Dostoyevsky, Brothers Karamazov
  6. P. Erdman, Billion Dollar Sure Thing, The
  7. G. Flaubert, Madame Bovary
  8. D. Gregory, Last Christian, The
  9. W. Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago
  10. H. James, American, The
  11. J. Joyce, Dubliners
  12. T. Mann, Buddenbrooks
  13. S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage
  14. G. Moore, Hail and Farewell
  15. F. Oursler, Greatest Story Ever Told, The
  16. Stendhal, Red and the Black, The
  17. L. Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
  18. —- War and Peace

Finance & Real Estate

  1. A. Bell, Your Kids’ Money
  2. W. Bernstein, Investor’s Manifesto, The
  3. D. Bianchi, Blue Chip Kids (Hardcover)
  4. C. Browne, Little Book of Value Investing, The
  5. J. Cramer, Confessions of a Street Addict
  6. L. Cunningham, Essays of Warren Buffett, The
  7. P. Dorsey, Five Rules of Successful Stock Investing, The
  8. —- Little Book That Builds Wealth, The
  9. H. Fisher, Jump-Start Money Management
  10. P. Fisher, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
  11. L. Frazier, Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands
  12. W. Gillespie, MoneyBags: A Guide to Teach Your Kids About Money (Kindle)
  13. Godfrey, Edwards & Richards, Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
  14. J. Greenblatt, You Can Be a Stock Market Genius
  15. C. Hogan, Retire Inspired
  16. V. Katsenelson, Active Value Investing
  17. LaFonte & Lance Dinahan, Money Monster or Money Master?
  18. D. Lapin, Thou Shall Prosper
  19. A. Lee, Investing Wisely
  20. R. Lowenstein, When Genius Failed
  21. M. Mahar, Bull!
  22. M. Martinez, 2 Years to a Million in Real Estate
  23. R. Morris, Blessed Life, The
  24. D. Owen, First National Bank of Dad, The
  25. M. Pabrai, Dhandho Investor, The
  26. Pike & Gregory, Why Stocks Go Up and Down
  27. D. Ramsey, Legacy Journey, The
  28. J. Randel, Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur
  29. S. Repak, 6 Week Money Challenge
  30. J. Schaub, Building Wealth One House at a Time
  31. J. Schwager, Market Wizards
  32. J. Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run
  33. M. Skonieczny, Why Are We So Clueless About the Stock Market?
  34. A. Smith, Money Game, The
  35. G. Spier, Education of a Value Investor, The
  36. M. Stephen, My Life and 1,000 Houses
  37. M. Stone, Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing, The
  38. G. Sweeney, Real Estate: The Sustainable Investment
  39. E. Thorp, Man for All Markets, A
  40. B. Turner, Book on Rental Property Investing, The
  41. Warren & Tyagi, All Your Worth

History

  1. Baroletti & Kana, Hitler Youth
  2. E. Gombrich, Little History of the World, A
  3. Josephus, Josephus: Complete Works
  4. S. Pressfield, Gates of Fire
  5. — Lion’s Gate, The
  6. — Virtues of War, The
  7. J. White, Thirty Years a Slave

Marriage & Relationships

  1. F. Chan, You and Me Forever
  2. Cutrer & Glahn, Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
  3. Eldredge, Love & War
  4. Hocking, Romantic Lovers
  5. A. Köstenberger, God, Marriage, and Family
  6. L. Priolo, Complete Husband, The
  7. G. Schacht, Messy Beautiful Love
  8. S. Scott, Exemplary Husband, The
  9. G. Smalley, Hidden Keys of a Loving, Lasting Marriage
  10. Z. Ziglar, Courtship After Marriage
  11. —- Romance That Lasts a Lifetime

Minimalism

  1. M. Anderson, More Than Enough
  2. C. Flanders, Year of Less, The
  3. S. Jaquith, Not of This World
  4. E. Ley, Grace, Not Perfection
  5. —- Simplified Life, A (Reread)
  6. J. Millburn, Minimalism
  7. R. Soukup, Unstuffed
  8. H. Stewart, Grace of Enough, The
  9. P. Walsh, It’s All Too Much
  10. D. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life

Miscellaneous

  1. I. Frisch, Magic is Dead
  2. J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind, The

Parenting

  1. M. Anthony, Spiritual Parenting
  2. M. Batterson, Praying Circles Around Your Children
  3. Carrier, Values Driven Family, The
  4. T. Evans, Raising Kingdom Kids
  5. W. Farley, Gospel-Powered Parenting
  6. S. Goff, Intentional Parenting
  7. Holladay, Love-Powered Parenting
  8. Hughes, Disciplines for a Godly Family
  9. T. Kimmel, Grace-Based Parenting
  10. J. MacArthur, Being a Dad Who Leads
  11. —- What The Bible Says About Parenting Biblical Principle For Raising Godly Children
  12. G. Thomas, Sacred Parenting
  13. P. Tripp, Age of Opportunity
  14. —- Parenting
  15. T. Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart
  16. J. Younts, Everyday Talk
  17. Z. Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

Productivity, Philosophy & Leadership

  1. S. Achor, Happiness Advantage, The
  2. R. Bolton, People Skills
  3. T. Durkin, Wow Book, The
  4. Epictetus, Manual for Living
  5. M. Gladwell, Outliers
  6. S. Godin, Dip, The
  7. M. Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
  8. J. Kay, Obliquity
  9. Lorayne & Lucas, Memory Book, The
  10. J. Maxwell, 25 Ways to Win With People
  11. —- Developing the Leaders Around You
  12. —- How Successful People Grow
  13. —- Today Matters
  14. —- Winning Attitude, The
  15. J. Olson, Slight Edge, The (Reread)
  16. K. Pillemer, 30 Lessons for Living
  17. J. Rohn, Cultivating an Unshakable Character
  18. —- Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle
  19. —- Seasons of Life
  20. T. Smith, Little Things Matter
  21. A. Stanley, Next Generation Leader
  22. Tynan, Superhuman by Habit
  23. J. Wooden, Wooden on Leadership
  24. Zander, Art of Possibility, The
  25. Z. Ziglar, Born to Win
  26. —- Embrace the Struggle
  27. —- Master Successful Personal Habits
  28. —- Master Your Winning Edge
  29. —- Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down, Down World

Theology, Apologetics & Living

  1. D. Andrews, Christi-Anarchy: Radical Spirituality for a New Millennium
  2. M. Babcock, UnChristian America
  3. A. Barlett, Cross Purposes
  4. P. Barnett, Jesus and the Logic of History
  5. G. Bilezikian, Christianity 101
  6. C. Blomberg, Can We Still Believe the Bible?
  7. D. Bonhoeffer, Ethics
  8. G. Boyd, Across the Spectrum
  9. —- Benefit of the Doubt, The
  10. —- Cosmic Dance, The
  11. —- Crucifixion of the Warrior God
  12. —- God at War
  13. —- God of the Possible
  14. —- Jesus Legend, The
  15. —- Repenting of Religion
  16. —- Satan and the Problem of Evil
  17. —- Seeing is Believing
  18. L. Camp, Mere Discipleship
  19. D. Carson, Scandalous
  20. F. Chan, Erasing Hell
  21. —- Forgotten God
  22. —- Multiply
  23. —- Waiting on God
  24. S. Claiborne, and C. Haw, Jesus for President
  25. R. Clapp, A Peculiar People: The Church As Culture in a Post-Christian Society
  26. Cook & Lawless, Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture
  27. M. Driscoll, Spirit-Filled Jesus
  28. J. Eldredge, All Things New
  29. —- Desire
  30. —- Journey of Desire, The
  31. —- Sacred Romance, The
  32. —- Utter Relief of Holiness, The
  33. —- Waking the Dead
  34. V. Eller, Christian Anarchy
  35. J. Ellul, Anarchy and Christianity
  36. R. Foster, Celebration of Discipline
  37. J. Fowler, Christianity is NOT Religion
  38. M. Frost & Hirsch, ReJesus
  39. O. Guinness, Call, The
  40. S. Hauerwas, Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics
  41. I. Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
  42. Thomas a’ Kempis. The Imitation of Christ
  43. P. Kreeft, Handbook of Christian Apologetics
  44. C. Lewis, Grief Observed, A
  45. —- Weight of Glory, The
  46. W. Marshall, The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification
  47. C. Medearis, 42 Seconds
  48. —- Muslims, Christians, and Jews
  49. —- Tea With Hezbollah
  50. E. McManus, An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind
  51. J. Moreland, Love Your God With All Your Mind
  52. J. Ortberg, Who is This Man?
  53. E. Pagels, Gnostic Gospels, The
  54. J. Sire, Habits of the Mind
  55. A. Stanley, Grace of God, The
  56. —- Irresistible
  57. —- Louder Than Words
  58. —- Principle of the Path, The
  59. —- When Work & Family Collide
  60. —- Visioneering
  61. D. Willard, Divine Conspiracy, The
  62. —- Prayer
  63. —- What’s So Amazing About Grace?
  64. N. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God
  65. —- Case for the Psalsm, The
  66. —- Challenge of Jesus, The
  67. —- Day the Revolution Began, The
  68. —- How God Became King
  69. —- Lord and His Prayer, The
  70. —- Paul
  71. —- Paul: In Fresh Perspective
  72. —- Simply Christian (Reread)
  73. —- Simply Good News
  74. —- Simply Jesus
  75. —- Small Faith, Great God
  76. —- Surprised by Hope
  77. —- Surprised by Scripture
  78. —- Who Was Jesus?
  79. P. Yancey, Prayer: Does it Make a Difference
  80. —- What’s So Amazing About Grace?
  81. Z. Ziglar, Confessions of a Grieving Christian

Greg Boyd’s Library of Recommended Books and here

Writing

  1. T. Bernstein, Careful Writer, The
  2. —- Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins
  3. J. Frey, How to Write a Damn Good Novel
  4. N. Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones

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