130 Best Books of 2009

As we are wrapping up the year, I thought I would get a compilation of some of the best books that people read in 2009.  I sent out this simple tweet “What is your favorite book/author that you read in ’09? (Only 1, your replies will be a blogpost) Ready, Set, Go! RT.“

The results are below.  The answers are in the respondents own words, so if they seem odd or didn’t follow the rules, blame them not me.   The responses at the top with the link are from Twitter and the ones at the bottom are from Facebook.  After looking through these responses, the title of this post could probably be 130 Best Christian Books Of 2009.  The favorites were: Crazy Love, A Million Miles In A Thousand Years and Principle of the Path.  Here’s the list:

1. @ScottWilliams   The War Of Art by @spressfield
2. tmamone “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.”
3. cheerfulchicka The Circle Series (Black, Red, White, Green) by Ted Dekker
4. KDenise ANdy Stanley “Principle of the Path” Ridiculously awesome!
5. NRGonzalez “The Wild Goose Chase” by @MarkBatterson
6. leebezotte Spiritual Leadershp by Oswald Sanders. A classic!
7. kentshaffer Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
8. mikewhenderson Derailed.
9. CyndiAKADisneyq Servolution by Dinno Rizzo
10. AudioBible Quest for the Life Tree by Laurie Green Westlake
11. prophetesstli “Corporate Anointing” by Kelley Varner
12. nancypurdy The Hole In Our Gospel
13. patrickcmoore “IT” by Groeschel
14. andylie Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.
15. AmandaSims Gifted to Lead by Nancy Beach.
16. danalynbyers Gifted To Lead-Nancy Beach
17. richardwestley Robert Benson, The Body Broken
18. nataliewitcher The Indwelling Spirit by Andrew Murray
19. mandymckeown Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer.
20. jessicayates Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge
21. ericurbach “Playing For Pizza” –John Grisham.
22. MichaelBensch The Marketing of Evil – David Kupelia
23. JamesWhiteHair Michael Heppel – Flip it
24. PaulDaunno Fearless by @MaxLucado. I need to read it again in 2010
25. cwileygo The Shack… By Far
26. mfeatherson Found: God’s Will – by John MacArthur
27. TraLeeFitz Anathem by Neal Stephenson
28. tquizzle Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Excellent read by the way.
29. _natewoods “Crazy Love” Francis Chan, by far.
30. blooji Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell @realrobbell
31. samhepner My favorite book I read this year was “Beyond Belief”,the Josh Hamilton story. Amazing 2 c God redeem! I cudn’t put it down!
32. rachellelucero Outrageous, Contagious, Joy by @edyoung not released in 09, but none the less it made a lasting impression!
33. 100prayingwomen RT CRUSH IT!!!! by Gary vaynerchuk
34. briancromer “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan
35. DaveSandell Skirmish by Dobby Gibson
36. franco3x When God Writes Your Love Story by Eric Ludy (or Lundy, can’t remember)
37. eddieljones Forgotten God by Francis Chan
38. DavidLermy My favorite book of ’09 was SECONDHAND JESUS by Glenn Packiam (@gpackiam) … I read it at a time it was most needed
39. chadmissildine A Million Miles in 1000 Years- D.Miller. I don’t agree w everything Miller says, but its great insp. to live a better story!
40. Cindy_Reynolds The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith
41. joshuareich “water from a deep well” by gerald sittser, great read
42. LaDyMoNi The Secret to True Happiness, Joyce Meyer
43. spackett Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller.
44. dfoulks What is your favorite book that you read in ’09? >> “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
45. TiffVacca “The Answer is Simple…Love Yourself, Live Your Spirit” by Sonia Choquette. Opened up a whole new world for me!
46. BrianJRussell Outliers (but ’08 release). 09 release: million miles in 1,000 years – just love @donmilleris
47. PastorShan Crazy Love
48. PastorChrisj Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
49. StanColemanSPCC Axiom by Bill Hybels.  Incredibly practical snippets of advice for pastors and church leaders.
50. Adamclausen When Heaven Invades Earth By Bill Johnson
51. SCHEFFXP The Bible – God
52. SpeakTheCulture Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger
53. DannyBDaniels “Room of Marvels” by James Bryan Smith
54. cjhennessey Best book I read in 2009 was “Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership” by Ruth Barton.
55. marklesher The Principle of the Path, @AndyStanley
56. dale_schaeffer Real Leaders Don’t Do Powerpoint
57. DryforkPastor New book by @MarkBatterson It challenge the way I think about my relationship w/ #Jesus. Read my review: http://bit.ly/3wPujm
58. Josh_Pennington “Spiritual Leadership” J. Oswald Sanders
59. VivGroskop Atonement by Ian McEwan
60. knutsoncody In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
61. thomreagan Favorite book of ’09? Me To We: A Pastor’s Discovery of the Power of
62. ineffableGod Crazy Love !
63. scottgould Most life changing book I read: Getting Things Done
64. pattigibbons Forgotten God by Francis Chan
65. Orpheus47 “Primal” by Mark Batterson (still reading, but amazed and inspired!)
66. edgedood The irresistable revolution-shane claiborne. life ruining book!
67. memachel “The Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts” Mark Twain – ok, read it ruffly 30 times.. it’s still good & relevant
68. YPClayConry Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis
69. dawndavenport1 How cruel to limit me only to 1. I’ll go with my last favorite- The Elegance of Hedgehogs.
70. JohnHowell The Hole in the Gospel
71. Vetashep The Jesus Creed.
72. MrsHyman The Bible
73. Sknief The Chronicles of Narnia the Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
74. abedis Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
75. edhaskin favorite book: the bible; you know the author.
76. DavidTCopeland Book? Grown up Digital by Don Tapscott
77. evanmcelrath favorite book. Chasing Daylight by Erwin McManus
78. jjkehm66 love the energy. sure beats “2010′s going to be more of the same…”
79. michaeljmetts When You Are Engulfed In – David Sedaris
80. dshropsh Sacred Echoes – Margaret Feinberg
81. gods_man The Noticer by @AndyAndrews
82. dubdynomite “Angry Conversations with God” By Susan E Isaacs
83. ubinam_rosarium anything by Andrew Greely (have read lots, can’t recall titles)
84. desiwright Crazy Love by Francis Chan
85. cwdillard Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin
86. BarbInNebraska This is from my Australian teacher friend @heyjudeonline hunger games – Suzanne Collins
87. SavedSister7 What is your favorite book/author that you read in ’09? // Captivating by Stasi Eldredge
88. 11Locs Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
89. RaquelTWG Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis.
90. bugsact Power of praying for your adult children by stormie Omartian..I wish I had read it n jan/09,started reading in Nov changed ME
91. BarbInNebraska Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza.
92. MoNique32002 Battlefield Of The Mind-Joyce Meyer.
93. JonasAsberg John Bevere Extraordinary. It was truly a life changing book.
94. angieti Destined To Reign by, Joseph Prince (true). The Shack (fiction)
95. BoLane The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Hands down, best book I’ve read all year.
96. freshgreenbeans I’ve read tons this year. But I enjoyed Angry Conversations With God by @susanisaacs
97. Tamika Bryant- “The Shack”
98. Donna Dalrymple- “Redeeming Love–Francine Rivers”
99. Katie Strandlund- “A Million Miles in a Thousand years – Donald Miller”
100. Yonas Atlabachew- “Blue Like Jazz – Donald Miller”
101. Dona Clayton Pugh- “If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat–John Ortberg”
102. Jessica Kay Adams- “Emily Griffin”
103. LaVonne T. V. Harmon- “God’s Harvest: The Nature of True Revival, by I.D.E Thomas.”
104. Trina Sanchez- “Joyce Meyer”
105. Dave Ingland- “It by Craig Groeschel”
106. Rose Beaudry- “Crafted Prayer by Graham Cooke (or anything else by him!!)”
107. Jody Gresham Glaze- “Nicholas Sparks”
108. Ryan Luelf- “The Journey to the Inner Chamber by – Rocky Fleming –
109. Scott Werner- “Proverbs “
110. John Bizal- “Malcolm Gladwell – What the Dog Saw and Outliers”
111. Cyndy Lavoie- “Jesus wants to save Christians, by Rob Bell”
112. Donna Cole “I am in the midst of “Desiring God” by John Piper..with LG 180..the many topics covered have made a huge difference in my perception of God…and pleasing Him..and we’re only on Week 4!”
113. Gaye Turner Sanders- “Same Kind of Different as Me by Denver Moore and Ron Hall.”
114. Deanna Marks-White- “Crazy Love by Francis Chan”
115. Tekedra Sanders- Blanding- “THE SHACK!!!”
116. Adam Zuercher- “In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson”
117. Christy Wilkins- “the shack it was awesome”
118. Christine Pechstein- “It” by Craig Groeschel”
119. Benjamin Thomas Abee- “Crazy Love by Chan.”
120. Maurice Arnall- “Prodigal God – Keller”
121. Kevin Bailey- “Crazy Love by Francis Chan”
122. Kelly Burleson- “The Shack.”
123. Allison Adams- “Dee Henderson – The O’Malley Series totally helpful for those who have questions about faith, just amazing , a most read series .”
124. Angela Eichor- “Pastor Craig’s “Going All The Way” and “Confessions of a Pastor.” if it can only be one, then confessions wins. “
125. Chuck Brock-“Bible / God! haha couldn’t resist ok Love Revolution / Joyce Meyers “
126. Missy Smith Lawson- “Sabbatical Journey – Henri Nouwen; Nouwen’s diary the year before his death; honest, theological, pastoral…”
127. John M. Key- “Wild Goose – Mark Batterson”
128. Kendra Golden- “Forgotten God by Francis Chan. Crazy Love was my favorite last year. ”
129. Bob Willits- “Leach deserves to go for his treatment of Burn. “
130. Jeremy Mitchell- “John Maxwell-some leadership book he is awesome though…

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