Summer’s a time when you don’t want to do any extra work, so we did the work for you and compiled a reading list – several, actually.
Some lists are lighter than others, but here’s what Her.meneutics contributors plan to read this summer. If you need a little inspiration, check out some beautiful photos of extraordinary libraries.
Ruth MoonThe Believers: A Novel, by Zoe HellerSaving History, by Fanny HoweThe Secret Life of Words, by Henry HitchingsInkheart, by Cornelia Funke
Elrena Evans I’m currently reading Sara Miles’ Take This Bread, and then I’m looking forward to reading an ARC of Joanne Rendell’s Crossing Washington Square. Next up I’ll probably read David A. Kessler’s The End of Overeating (I have to wait for my husband to finish it first), all while anxiously waiting for my fellow Literary Mama Kristina Riggle’s debut, Real Life and Liars.
LaVonne NeffA Plague on Both Your Houses, by Susanna Gregory is on my nightstand. I am halfway through Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir, by Christopher Buckley I am also halfway through Finding Happiness: Monastic Steps for a Fulfilling Life, by Abbot Christopher JamisonThe Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel BarberyHappens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story, by Isabel GilliesSecrets to Happiness: A Novel, by Sarah Dunn (the cover picture is irresistible)
Christine A. SchellerHabits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, by Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan and Ann SwidlerHonoring the Body: Meditations on a Christian Practice, by Stephanie PaulsellLiturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community and Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life, by Simon ChanSo Brave, Young and Handsome, by Leif EngerBefore Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry, by Edward Shorter
Katelyn BeatyThe Name of the Rose, by Umberto EcoThe Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Lesslie NewbiginReordered Love, Reordered Lives, by David NaugleColumbine, by Dave CullenWise Blood, by Flannery O’Connor
Laura Leonard re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (before the movie comes out!), by J.K. RowlingWe Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live, by Joan DidionThe Blind Assassin, by Margaret AtwoodThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot DiazOne Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia MarquezEat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, by Euguene PetersonAngry Conversations with God: A Snarky But Authentic Spiritual Memoir, by Susan IsaacsThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, by Trenton Lee Stewart (for my “beach reading” I like to read fun YA novels) I am also planning to finish theTwilight novels, by Stephenie Meyer (for the sake of keeping up with my youth group girls, of course :))
Sarah PulliamHome: A Novel, by Marilynne RobinsonOutliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm GladwellThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A. J. JacobsPeace Like a River, by Leif EngerThe New Shape of World Christianity, by Mark NollHarry Potter, by J. K. Rowling
Christianity Today editors also offered some picks at the main site. What books would you recommend?
