// 2011 books//
2011 Books
January - March
§ Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries – Gerald Lawson Sittser
§ Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream – David Platt *
§ Conversing with God in Scripture: A Contemporary Approach to Lectio Divina - Stephen J. Binz
§ Desert in the City – Carlo Carretto
§ Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road: Exploring a New Path between Two Faiths by Paul – Gordon Chandler
§ The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories - Henry O.
§ Edith Stein: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
§ The Lotus & the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha – Ravi Zacharias
§ The King’s General – Daphne du Maurier
§ God’s Handmaider – Gilbert Morris
§ Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger – Ronald J. Sider (audiobook)
§ The Ale Boy’s Feast – Jeffrey Overstreet
§ Mother Teresa’s Secret Fire – Joseph Langford
§ The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America – Gabe Lyons
April
§ The Peach Keeper – Sarah Addison Allen
§ Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
§ Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
§ The Scent of Water: Grace for Every Kind of Broken - Naomi Zacharias *
§ Johann Sebastian Bach - Rick Marscall*
§ In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams - Tahir Shah
May
§ The Calyph’s House – Tahir Shah
§ Real Simplicity, Making Room for Life by Rozanne & Randy Frazee*
§ The lady of bolton hill by Elizabeth Camden*
§ When the soul mends by Cindy Woodsmall*
§ A Reluctant Queen: The Love Story of Esther by Joan Wolf (review coming soon) *
June
§ Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
§ A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
§ The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
§ Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
§ SoulPancacke: Chew on Life’s Big Questions by Rainn Wilson
July
§ Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light by David Downie
§ Shakepeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
§ Words That Must Somehow Be Said by Kay Boyle
§ Making a Literary Life by Lisa See
§ The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris by John Baxter
§ One Day – David Nichols
August
§ Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, With Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
§ The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris – John Baxter
§ The School of Essential Ingredients – Erica Bauermeister
§ The Girl Who Chased the Moon – Sarah Addison Allen
§ Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen
§ The Love Letter – Cathleen Schine
September
§ The River King – Alice Hoffman
§ Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War - Hal Vaughan
October
§The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
§The Unexpected Son - Shobhan Bantwal
November
§ Public Faith – Miroslav Volf
§ To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late
Modern World – James Davison Hunter
§ The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick
§ Sarah’s Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
§ Reaching Out – Henri Nouwen
§ The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen
December
§The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Bronte
§ The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
§ Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
§ Tiny book of Tiny Stories – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
*I received this book as a review copy.
**Just because I have read a book, does not mean I would recommend it. Feel free to email me at esthermswaty@hotmail.com to get my thoughts on a book, if I have not posted a review.
