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2025 Book Recommendations

Spiritual Growth and Formation

Following Jesus by Henri J. M. Nouwen

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton

The Scandal of the Kingdom by Dallas Willard

The Cry of the Soul by Dr. Dan Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman

Tell Her Story by Nijay K. Gupta

The Gift of Rejection by Nona Jones

Being with God by AJ Sherrill

Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr

Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott

Killing Comparison by Nona Jones

How to Pry by Pete Greig

African Writers

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

That Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Non-fiction

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

There is No Ethan by Anna Akbari

Figures in a Landscape by Paul Theroux

Fiction

Pretty Dead Things by Lilian West

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell

The Float Test by Lunn Steger Strong

The Good Bride by Jen Marie Wiggins

The Ends of Things by Sandra Chwialkowska

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

The Secrets of Flowers by Sally Page

The Pact by Jodi Picoult

Summer on Cape May by Monica Garner

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Jessica Guerrieri

All the Missing Pieces by Catherine Cowles

Everything is Not Enough by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom

Summer on Cape May by Monica Garner

Last One Out by Steph Nelson

The Other Husband by Kathryn Croft

The Black Swan Mystery by Tetsuya Ayukawa

Writers and Liars by Carol Goodman

Sky Full of Elephants

Long Distance: Stories by Aysegul Savas

The Valencia Expat Club by June Patrick

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Wedding People By Alison Espach

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

I balance out my reading choices by alternating fiction, Christian theology, and therapy. Here, are some of my favorites from 2025.

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