Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Seven books we’re looking forward to this year.

Chosen by Geethanjali Tupps, CT Global books editor.

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

Chosen by Gina Zurlo, author of “Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.”

Chosen by Cathy Gohlke, author of “A Hundred Crickets Singing” and “Night Bird Calling.”

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Chosen by Linda MacKillop, author of “The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon.”

Chosen by David P. Setran, author of “Christian Parenting: Wisdom and Perspectives from American History.”

Chosen by Andrew Arndt, author of “Streams in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers.”

Chosen by Amanda Dykes, author of “All the Lost Places,” “Yours Is the Night,” and other novels.

Meet a new generation of authors picking up where Lewis and Tolkien left off.

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Chosen by Roseanna M. White, novelist and author of the Codebreakers series.

Chosen by Caryn Rivadeneira, author of “Saints of Feather and Fang: How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God.”

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

Chosen by Lisa Wingate, author of “The Book of Lost Friends” and “Before We Were Yours.”

Chosen by Gerry Bowler, author of “Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday.”