Calling All Bookworms

If you are one of those obsessive compulsive, book reading, list keeping... [i]freaks[/i]-- like me, post your book list(s) here. :-P

Here's mine,

-=BIBLE STUDY
-KJV Reference Bible Genuine leather, black 0840717938
-Tyndale's New Testament 0300065809
-Webster's 1828 dictionary 091249803X
-Vine's expository dictionary 0785211608
-The New Unger's Bible Dictionary 0802490379
-Manners and Customs of the Bible 0785250433
-Word Pictures in the New Testament, Concise Edition 0805490558
-Basic Bible Interpretation 0781438772
-Evangelical Hermeneutics 082543839X
-Methodical Bible Study 0310246024

-=CHURCH HISTORY
-Christianity Through the Centuries by Earle E. Cairns 0310208122
-A History of Christianity 0312187238
-The Early Church 0140231994
-The Reformation 0140137572
-Revolution: The Story of the Early Church 0940232022
-The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs 0882708759

-=Tyndale Era
-God's Bestseller: William Tyndale by Brian Moynahan 0312314868
-Selected Writings: William Tyndale 1857546563
-God's Secretaries by Adam Nicolson 0060838736
-Here I Stand : A Life of Martin Luther 0452011469

-=EVANGELISTS
-Spurgeon: A New Biography 0851514510
-Forgotten Spurgeon 0851514510
-Lectures to My Students 0310329116
-The Treasury of David 0917006259
-All of Grace 0883688573
-Morning and Evening 0883687496
-Soul-Winner 0802880819
-George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival VI 0851510264
-George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth Century Revival VII 085151300X
-Select Sermons of George Whitefield 0851514545
-Wesley and the People Called Methodists 0687443113
-Recapturing the Wesleys' Vision: An Introduction to the Faith of John and Charles Wesley 0830827439
-A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley 0687082463
-John Wesley: A Theological Journey 0687027888
-John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology 068720495X
-William Booth the General Next to God 0006241638
-Commending the Faith: The Preaching of D. L. Moody 1565631137
-Love Them in: The Life and Theology of D.L. Moody 0802490573

-=MISSIONS
-The Heavenly Man by Paul Hattaway 082546207X
-Bruchko by Bruce Olson 1576583481
-Peace Child by don richardson 0830737847
-Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot 0842371524
-cross and switchblade david wilkerson 0515090255
-The george verwer collection 1850782962
-Serving as senders 1880185008

-=CHRISTIAN LIVING
-Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer 0875095224
-Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer 0060684127
-Of God and Men by A.W. Tozer 087509600X
-The Root of the Righteous by A.W. Tozer 0875092241
-Rut Rot or Revival by A.W. Tozer 0875094740
-Whatever Happened to Worship by A.W. Tozer 1600660169
-Tozer on Christian Leadership: A 366-Day Devotional by A.W. Tozer 1600660169
-Christian book of mystical verse by A.W. Tozer 0875094465
-Oswald Chambers my utmost for His highest 1557480540
-Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill 0764229052
-(from rarechristianbooks.com) RF VI&II by leonard ravenhill
-Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala 0310251532
-Secret Power by D. L. Moody 0883688484
-The Baptism With The Holy Spirit by R. A. Torrey 0764200194
-A Tale of three Kings by Gene Edwards 0842369082
-Climb the Highest Mountain by Gene Edwards 0940232111
-Letters to a Devastated Christian by Gene Edwards 0940232693
-The Cross of Christ by John R. W. Stott 0877849986
-The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee 156563456X
-Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch 0936083158

-=FICTION
-Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 1577489160
-Chronicles of Narnia 0064471195
-That Hideous Strength 0743234928
-Perelandra 074323491X
-Out of the Silent Planet 0743234901
-The Screwtape Letters 006065293

What is wrong with me?! Is this an addiction? I just really enjoy reading... and this is the list I look forward to be reading over the next year or two...

I constantly must remind myself to take heed of Solomon's advice,

12And further, by these, my son,[b] be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.[/b]

13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

I just really enjoy reading

Hey there is nothing wrong with that! And judging from the subject matter of your library, you are putting your enjoyment to good use.

Sure, book knowledge will never bring the real answers to our souls. It can never replace fellowshipping wit the Word, reading the scriptures, nor can it suffice for actual lived truth...but we've been given intellects for a reason.

Some people might wonder how you read so much. My guess is you don't watch much television. I also suspect you carry a book with you wherever you go, making sure to use those few minutes waiting in line, a work break, ect.

Books are portable conversations about the subject matters we are curious about. Gutenburg invented a good thing!

MC

Compton wrote:

I just really enjoy reading

[b]Sure, book knowledge will never bring the real answers to our souls. It can never replace fellowshipping wit the Word, reading the scriptures, nor can it suffice for actual lived truth...[/b]but we've been given intellects for a reason.

MC

May I recommend "the road to reality", "Revolution in world missions", and "reflecting his image". All by K.P. Yohannan. Such wonderful and challenging books.

I will also check some on your list. thanks.

Please post more as you get a chance.

Here's a quote from A W Tozer that says it all, is worth framing, posting in the Christian biography section of your church library, and simply explains why some are "driven" to read:

from pg 15 of this edition (about the middle of the first chapter) of The Pursuit of God

"Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking."

You can read and perhaps learn from in a small volume of words what that individual learned in a lifetime.

a list of great books

Leonard Ravenhill- Why Revival Tarries
Revival Praying
Meat For Men
Sodom Had No Bible
America Is Too Young To Die
Tried And Transfigured
A Treasury of Prayer

Paris Reidhead- Finding The Reality of God (formerly titled Getting Evangelicals Saved)
Evidences of Eternal Life

Andrew Murray- anything by Andrew Murray (he only wrote some estimated 240 books), an especially good read is Full Blessing of Pentecost or The State of the Church or The Key to the Missionary Problem

Duncan Campbell- God's Standard
God's Answer
Channel of Revival (bio of Campbell by Andrew A Woolsey)
Price and Power of Revival

Ian Paisley- The 59 revival
David Matthews- I Saw the Welsh Revival
Kevin Adams- A Diary of Revival

J Edwin Orr- he devoted his life to evangelism and revival, and wrote the textbooks on revival and stories of his own escapades- all are worthy of reading, also an excellent read is Faith That Makes Sense

Wesley Duewel- Revival Fire
Mighty Prevailing Prayer
Oswald J Smith- The Revival We Need
The Passion For Souls
Erwin Lutzer- Flames of freedom
Ernest M Wadsworth- Will revival Come
Stephen Olford- Heart-Cry For Revival
Colin/Mary Peckham- Sounds From Heaven
Jonathan Goforth- By My Spirit
When the Spirit's Fire Swept Korea
George T B Davis- When The Fire Fell
Charles Finney- Revival Lectures

Tony Cauchi- The Revival Library or
Welsh revival Library (2 Cd sets that are available from www.revival-library.org in the UK or I have seen them on ebay for a fraction of the cost, nevertheless a superb collection of revival material at any cost including lots of out of print books and articles

E M Bounds- wrote far too many books on prayer to ever list (prayer and revival go hand in hand- can't be interested in revival without being burdened for prayer)

R A Torrey- How To Pray
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Moody always had him preach his sermon on this)

E G Carrie- Praying Hyde (a must read classic on prayer)

Samuel Chadwick- The Path of Prayer
D L Moody- Prevailing Prayer
Rosalind Goforth- How I Know God Answers Prayer
Sammy Tippit- The Prayer Factor
George Mueller- several bios were written by others plus he wrote his own story

Norman Grubb- Rees Howells Intercessor
Dr & Mrs Howard Taylor-Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret
V Raymond Edman- They Found the Secret
Tommy Tenney- God Chasers
Jim Cymbala- Fresh Wind Fresh Fire
Roy Hession- Calvary Road
A W Tozer- Lots of good books but especially Rut, Rot or Revival
haven't even mentioned C H Spurgeon
etc, etc, etc.....said too much already

**BIBLE STUDY**
-Unglers Bible Handbook
-Unglers Bible Dictionary
-Websters 1828 Dictionary(will be getting soon!)
-Smiths Bible Dictionary
-Crudens Complete Concordance(best thing besides a strongs)
-The Ryrie study Bible(I use for commentary)
-The King James Companion(Defines Arachic words, can find on chick.com)
-Gideon King James Bible(One of those hard covers you can find in the hotels[well used to anyway] I use because it has no misleading chapter heads or refrences, just pure text)

**Devotionals**
-Oswald Chambers- My utmost for his highest

I'll list the books I own later. Let us all chip in and list our study materials, we could profit from maybe some book we havn't heard of yet. Good post chuck :)

"Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking."

You can read and perhaps learn from in a small volume of words what that individual learned in a lifetime.

I would add some "must read" books by Watchman Nee:

-The Normal Christian Life (on Romans 5,6, 7, and 8)
-The Glorious Church
-The Normal Christian Church Life
-Sit Walk Stand (on Ephesians)
-Spiritual Reality or Obsession
-How to Study the Bible
-The Ministry of the Word
-The Breaking of the Outer Man for the Release of the Spirit-
-The Orthodoxy of the Church (on the 7 Churches in Revealion and their prophetical significance in Church History)

Graftedbranch

The best I have read are:

Purpose in Prayer, EM Bounds
-Almost every page has something to highlight.

The Charismatic Movement, John R Rice
-The section on the baptism of the Holy Ghost is excellent.

Prayer; Asking and Receiving, John R Rice
-How to on prayer that is a cornerstone of reference for the Christian library.

I mean you cannot be on this site and not be a book worm!!
Dom