Best Books I Read in 2014

Today is the last day of 2014. It is also the final day of my sabbatical which began after Labor Day. It has been a gift in more ways than I can count and will fuel some of my future posts. One benefit was the ability to read more books this year than I have in recent memory. I also tried to read books of different types including more fiction and biographies. Below are the best 25 books I read this year. They are listed in the order of personal benefit. Or you could say that they are ordered based on how much I liked them.  What were the best books you read in 2014?

1. The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community - Sparks, Paul, Soerens, Tim and Friesen, Dwight J. Friesen
2. Embracing Soul Care - Stephen W. Smith
3. Lindbergh - By A. Scott Berg
4. Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford
5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
6. Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating & Practicing Missional Community - Jon Huckins, Rob Yackley
7. Reason for God – Tim Keller
8. Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose
9. A Praying Life by Paul Miller
10. The River of Doubt - Candace Millard
11. Win Forever - Pete Carroll
12. The Least of These: Lessons Learned from Kids on the Street by Ron Ruthruff
13. Boundaries For Leaders - Henry Cloud
14. The Skin You Live In - David Ireland
15. Invitation to a Journey - M. Robert Mulholland
16. Fully Alive - Ken Davis
17. The Hidden Face of God by Richard Elliott Friedman 
18. Primal Fire - Neil Cole
19. True community. Jerry Bridges. 
20. Songs of Willow Frost - Jamie Ford
21. Many Colors - Soog-Chan Rah
22. The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw
23. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
24. Gifted Hands - Ben Carson & Cecil Murphey
25. Revise Us Again - Frank Viola