A running record of what G is reading, has read, and wants to read.
Currently Reading
| Title | Author | Started |
|---|---|---|
| 2084 | John C. Lennox | 2026 |
| The Really Difficult Questions in the Bible | Andrew Atherstone | Jan 2026 |
Want to Read
| Title | Author | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Bear Grylls | Gospel storytelling for young men; youth work |
Have Read
| Title | Author | Year Read | Garden Post |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultralearning | Scott Young | 2026 | The Framework and the Build |
| How to Pray | Pete Greig | 2026 | Notes |
| How to Hear God | Pete Greig | 2026 | Notes |
| Dominion | Tom Holland | 2026 | — |
| God’s Book | Andrew Ollerton | 2026 | — |
| Being a Disciple | Rowan Williams | 2026 | — |
| Mere Christianity | C.S. Lewis | 2025 | Notes |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | 2025 | Notes |
| The Bible | — | 2025 | — |
| Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | 2024 | — |
| Consider Phlebas | Iain M. Banks | 2024 | — |
| The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks | 2024 | — |
| Use of Weapons | Iain M. Banks | 2024 | — |
| Excession | Iain M. Banks | 2024 | — |
| Absolution Gap | Alastair Reynolds | 2024 | — |
| Inhibitor Phase | Alastair Reynolds | 2024 | — |
On the Radar
Books referenced in source notes and research briefs — not yet on the active list but worth knowing about.
Faith and apologetics
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodoxy | G.K. Chesterton | 1908 | Mere Christianity |
| The Reason for God | Tim Keller | 2008 | Mere Christianity, Greatest Story |
| The Prodigal God | Tim Keller | 2008 | Greatest Story |
| Unapologetic | Francis Spufford | 2012 | Mere Christianity |
| Simply Christian | N.T. Wright | 2006 | Mere Christianity |
| The Air We Breathe | Glen Scrivener | 2022 | Greatest Story |
| The Great Divorce | C.S. Lewis | 1945 | God’s Book |
| A Doubter’s Guide to the Bible | John Dickson | 2014 | God’s Book |
| C.S. Lewis: A Life | Alister McGrath | 2013 | Mere Christianity |
Biblical studies
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is God a Moral Monster? | Paul Copan | 2011 | God’s Book |
| Confronting Old Testament Controversies | Tremper Longman III | 2019 | God’s Book |
| The Lost World of Genesis One | John Walton | 2009 | God’s Book |
| The Bible Tells Me So | Peter Enns | 2014 | God’s Book |
| The Evolution of Adam | Peter Enns | 2012 | God’s Book |
| Scripture and the Authority of God | N.T. Wright | 2005 | God’s Book |
| C.S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion | John Beversluis | 2007 | Mere Christianity |
Spiritual formation and discipleship
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cost of Discipleship | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 1937 | Being a Disciple |
| Life Together | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 1939 | Being a Disciple, Atomic Habits |
| The Way of the Heart | Henri Nouwen | 1981 | Being a Disciple |
| Contemplative Prayer | Thomas Merton | 1969 | Being a Disciple |
| Seeking the Face of God | Michael Mayne | 1995 | Being a Disciple |
| Silence and the Word | Oliver Davies & Denys Turner | 1992 | Being a Disciple |
| The Spirit of the Disciplines | Dallas Willard | 1988 | Atomic Habits, Ultralearning |
| Celebration of Discipline | Richard Foster | 1978 | Atomic Habits |
Youth work and evangelism
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Fuel | Bear Grylls | 2019 | Greatest Story |
| Questioning Evangelism | Randy Newman | 2004 | Greatest Story |
| Sticky Faith | Kara Powell & Chap Clark | 2011 | Greatest Story |
Psychology and mind
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nudge | Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein | 2008 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| Predictably Irrational | Dan Ariely | 2008 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| The Undoing Project | Michael Lewis | 2016 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| The Scout Mindset | Julia Galef | 2021 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| Being Mortal | Atul Gawande | 2014 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| How to Think | Alan Jacobs | 2017 | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| Behave | Robert Sapolsky | 2017 | Atomic Habits |
| Nicomachean Ethics | Aristotle | — | Atomic Habits |
Learning and skill
| Title | Author | Year | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak | Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool | 2016 | Ultralearning |
| Range | David Epstein | 2019 | Ultralearning |
| Make It Stick | Brown, Roediger & McDaniel | 2014 | Ultralearning |
| The Power of Habit | Charles Duhigg | 2012 | Atomic Habits |
| The Intellectual Life | A.G. Sertillanges | 1920 | Ultralearning |
| How People Learn | National Academies of Sciences | 2018 | Ultralearning |
