Top Books of 2023
Dec 20, 2023
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If you're looking for some good books to read, here are the very best books I read in 2023. These were not all published in 2023 (although some were), I simply read them this year. I'll give my top ten Christian non-fiction books, and then three fiction recommendations at the end.
I've tried to put these in order with my favorite at #1 and so on. Also, I've tried to provide explanations for each but this stupid WIX blog software keeps deleting them!
Always interesting to see which books people found most useful or memorable over the year, especially when the list covers different themes and perspectives. Reading is one of the simplest ways to keep learning and reflecting outside formal study. The same principle applies in vocational development too, where structured resources such as the care certificate can help learners build knowledge steadily and connect it with everyday practice.
I have read 3 of them.
Thanks for this list, John! I was especially intrigued by “Lessons from the Upper Room” by Sinclair Ferguson—I’ve been meaning to read more of his work. Sorry the WIX software kept deleting your explanations, that kind of thing is so frustrating. By the way, I keep a free short haircut style gallery I like to share: https://shorthaircuts.net/
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John, I really appreciate you sharing this list - there’s something about seeing what actually moved someone over a whole year that feels more useful than any “best of” curated by a algorithm. Right around when I was digging into Forgive by Tim Keller earlier this year, I also got into printing some detailed miniatures and terrain from https://www.gambody.com/ because their game-accurate STL files reminded me how storytelling works across different mediums: a well-built model, like a well-structured book, carries weight in the details you don’t notice until you hold it. Dark Matter was the fiction book that broke my reading slump last spring; Crouch knows how to pace a twist without losing the emotional core. If you haven’t tried…