2012 Musts 2
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The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows (The Good and Beautiful Series) 4.28 avg rating — 4,971 ratings
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The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (The Good and Beautiful Series) 4.26 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
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The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity
by:
Carl Raschke
3.54 avg rating — 56 ratings 
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Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
by:
Shane Claiborne
4.01 avg rating — 6,006 ratings 
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The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
by:
Shane Claiborne
4.04 avg rating — 24,495 ratings 
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating — 465,729 ratings 14. 
She Calls Me Daddy: Seven Things Every Man Needs to Know About Building a Complete Daughter
by:
Robert Wolgemuth
4.18 avg rating — 247 ratings 
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Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It
by:
David Batstone
4.25 avg rating — 1,914 ratings 17. 
Passport through Darkness: A True Story of Danger and Second Chances 4.18 avg rating — 937 ratings
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The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ As the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology
by:
Jürgen Moltmann
4.24 avg rating — 1,665 ratings 
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The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (Volume 2) (The Lost World Series)
by:
John H. Walton
4.23 avg rating — 4,416 ratings 
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The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer In Christian Ethics
by:
Stanley Hauerwas
4.17 avg rating — 723 ratings 27. 
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
by:
Richard Louv
3.93 avg rating — 14,733 ratings 
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
by:
Adele Faber
4.27 avg rating — 37,561 ratings 30. 
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
by:
Meg Meeker
4.16 avg rating — 6,606 ratings 31. 
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.31 avg rating — 2,344 ratings 
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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
by:
Joseph J. Ellis
3.97 avg rating — 10,697 ratings 
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Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
by:
N.T. Wright
4.13 avg rating — 5,465 ratings 36. 
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The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics
by:
Jonathan Chait
3.88 avg rating — 352 ratings 
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The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life 3.96 avg rating — 8,517 ratings
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This Year I Will...: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True
by:
M.J. Ryan
3.84 avg rating — 2,898 ratings 47. 
Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline
by:
Cheri Huber
3.92 avg rating — 380 ratings 48. 
Radical Honesty : How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth
by:
Brad Blanton
3.81 avg rating — 2,940 ratings 
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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
by:
Steve Corbett
4.20 avg rating — 13,904 ratings 53. 
A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
by:
Paul E. Miller
4.34 avg rating — 18,076 ratings 54. 
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Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
by:
Daniel Goleman
4.11 avg rating — 2,721 ratings 
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The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter 4.03 avg rating — 8,496 ratings
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Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts
by:
David Baggett
4.48 avg rating — 11,956 ratings 
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A Shot of Faith (to the Head): Be a Confident Believer in an Age of Cranky Atheists
by:
Mitch Stokes
4.22 avg rating — 453 ratings 
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The Jesus We Missed: The Surprising Truth About the Humanity of Christ 4.10 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age
by:
Steven Hill
3.82 avg rating — 91 ratings 77. 
The Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the Son of the Man
by:
Walter Wink
4.16 avg rating — 49 ratings 
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.97 avg rating — 2,691 ratings 
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Naked Spirituality A Life With God in Twelve Simple Words
by:
Brian D. McLaren
4.04 avg rating — 718 ratings 82. 
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by:
Lemony Snicket
4.02 avg rating — 559,240 ratings 83. 
A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
by:
Brian D. McLaren
3.99 avg rating — 3,045 ratings 84. 
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
by:
Paul Farmer
4.27 avg rating — 4,809 ratings 85. 
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
by:
Siddharth Kara
4.25 avg rating — 1,002 ratings 86. 
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
by:
Kevin Bales
4.22 avg rating — 1,456 ratings 87. 
C.S. Lewis for the Third Millennium : Six Essays on the Abolition of Man
by:
Peter Kreeft
4.03 avg rating — 133 ratings 88. 
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
by:
Carl R. Rogers
4.16 avg rating — 18,084 ratings 89. 
The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
by:
Matthieu Ricard
4.16 avg rating — 1,871 ratings 90. 
The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America 3.81 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
by:
Robert D. Lupton
4.07 avg rating — 367 ratings 92. 
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity
by:
Ronald J. Sider
4.06 avg rating — 2,884 ratings 
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Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians 4.35 avg rating — 371 ratings
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The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants 4.54 avg rating — 403 ratings
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Poet and Peasant, and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke 4.39 avg rating — 299 ratings