What are our favorite books of the year?

Yeah, we know. There are a bajillion lists out there describing people’s top books of the year. But we’re not doing that… at least, not exactly. Instead, Barnabas, Dave and Aaron are sharing a few of their favorite reads from 2018 (with more than a little mocking and teasing along the way). Listen in as:

• We share the books we feel are overrated
• Aaron and Barnabas disagree over Aaron’s assessment of Spiritual Leadership by Oswald Sanders
• We explore what a good “best of” book list should be
• Barnabas continues to be bitter about missing the Leif Enger interview and his plan to get revenge
• We learn which role we each play in the devil and angel on someone’s shoulder

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Virgil Wander aside, here are our favorite reads from 2018:

Aaron:

• The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
• The Gospel-Driven Church by Jared Wilson 
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss
• Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
• Justice League: The Totality by Scott Snyder, Jorge Jimenez & Jim Chung
• Dark Nights: Metal by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

Barnabas:

• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• The Captain Class by Sam Walker
• Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel
• As You Wish by Cary Elwes
• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson

Dave:

• First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong by James R. Hansen
• Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden
• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
• Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Bonus 1: The photo from a recent trip to McKay’s, a terrific used bookstore here in Nashville, that we mentioned toward the end of this episode:

Bonus 2: We felt so bad that Barnabas had to miss out on the Leif Enger interview back in November that we felt we had to do something to raise his spirits a bit. So, Leif kindly wrote him a note. Check it out:

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