I recently listened to a lecture on the virtue of making lists. There is neurotic list-making as a form of control, but there can also be virtue in our list-making as an expression of attention and even love. For the past 5-6 years, I have made a habit of writing down what I have read each year. It is a small way to give attention to what I am thinking about and I enjoy going back through these lists years later and perusing through what captured my attention.
Of note, on this year’s list, I decided to finally read through the Harry Potter series. I am through book 4 and thoroughly enjoying them!
- Robinson Crusoe, Defoe (2025-01-25)
- A Grief Observed, Lewis (2025-02-01)
- Essays of EB White, White (2025-02-10)
- Knowing and Growing in Assurance of Faith, Beeke (2025-02-13)
- Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life, Inman (2025-03-03)
- The Imputation of Adam’s Sin, Murray (03-18-2025)
- Calvin and Virtue Ethics, Sytsma (03-19-2025)
- The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius (Watts), (03-21-2025)
- Of Temptation: The Nature & Power of It, John Owen (03-31-2025)
- Seven Leaders, Murray (04-12-2025)
- Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, Carson (04-21-2025)
- On Friendship, Cicero (04-30-2025)
- Church Elders, Rinne (2025-05-03)
- Christ’s Ministry in the Christian, Wisse (2025-05-03)
- Losing Our Virtue, Wells, (2025-05-09)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles, Doyle (05-10-2025)
- The Book of Pastoral Rule, Gregory the Great (05-24-2025)
- The Pastor-His Call, Character and Work, (06-09-2025)
- DMLJ Letters, Lloyd-Jones, (06-11-2025)
- Conscience, Naselli & Crowley, (06-17-2025)
- God’s Battle Plan for the Mind, Saxton (06-18-2025)
- Show Your Work, Kleon (06-25-2025) A
- Keep Going, Kleon (06-26-2025) A
- God Is, Jones (2025-07-14)
- History: A Student’s Guide, Finn (07-20-2025)
- Master & Commander, O’Brian (08-05-2025)
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass (08-20-2025)
- Spurgeon: A Life, Di Prima (08-22-2025)
- Alive to Wonder, Piper (09-04-2025)
- Indwelling Sin in Believers, Owen (09-13-2025)
- Taught by God: Ancient Hermeneutics for the Modern Church, Smith (09-22-2025)
- Heaven is a World of Love, Edwards, (09-22-2025)
- The Dangerous Duty of Delight, Piper (09-25-2025)
- Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone, Rowling (10-30-2025)
- Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets, Rowling (11-07-2025)
- Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rowling (11-12-2025)
- On Reading Well, Prior (11-17-2025)
- Ask of Old Paths, Hamman (12-1-2025)
- The Nature, Power, Deceit & Prevalency of Indwelling Sin, Owen (12-8-2025)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rowling (12-09-2025)