1. Christmas, Emily Hunter McGowin (2023).
2. For the Time Being, W.H. Auden (1944).
3. Journey to Eloheh, Randy and Edith Woodley (2024).
4. Answering God, Eugene Peterson (1991).
5. The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt (1951)
6. Horizon, Barry Lopez (2019).
7. The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates (2024).
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Amy Tan (2024).
9. Cloister Walk, Kathleen Norris (1997).
10. O Pioneers! Willa Cather (1913).
11. My Antonia, Willa Cather (1914).
12. Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody, James Cone (2020).
13. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004).
14. The Garden Within, Anita Phillips (2023).
15. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, Daniel Nayeri (2023).
16. Birding to Change the World, Trish O’Kane (2024).
17. James, Percival Everett (2024).
18. The Ministry of Reconciliation, Robert J. Schreiter (1998).
19. Reconciliation is My Lifestyle, Antoine Rutayisire (2022).
20. A Pastoral Rule for Today, Joseph Small, John Burgess, and Jerry Andrews (2019).
21. Night Flyer, Tiya Miles (2024).
22. Trauma Stewardship, Laura van Dernoot (2009).
23. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt (2024).
24. Christianity as a Way of Life, Kevin Hector (2023).
25. The Birds That Audubon Missed, Ken Kaufman (2024).
26. Gender as Love, Fellipe do Vale (2023).
27. Reading Genesis, Marilynne Robinson (2024).
28. Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard (1982).
29. The Home Place, J. Drew Lanham (2017).
30. Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald (2021).
31. My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok (1972).
32. Humility Illuminated, Dennis R. Edwards (2023).
33. King: A Life, Jonathan Eig (2023).
34. Markings, Dag Hammarsjöld (2001).
35. You Don’t Know Us Negroes, Zora Neale Hurston (2023).
36. They Flew, Carlos Eire (2023).
37. Zero at the Bone, Christian Wiman (2023).
38. Mere Sexuality, Todd Wilson (2017).
39. The Brothers Karamozov, Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011).
40. From Shame to Sin, Kyle Harper (2013).

Here’s last year’s list.