Personality types and fictional characters, and books for every Enneagram type


Just like everyone else, we’re still talking about the Enneagram. We had a lot of fun talking with Jenaye in our first episode that we needed to make it a two-parter! Listen in as we discuss:
- The right way to pronounce Ayn Rand’s first name
- Which book characters fit with which enneagram type (and shred a list from the Internet)
- Book options for every enneagram type
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Book Suggestions for Ones:
- Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
- It’s Not Supposed to be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst
- The Gift of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a **** by Mark Manson (language warning, obviously)
- Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Book Suggestions for Twos:
- The Imperfect Disciple by Jared C. Wilson
- Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver
- Boundaries by Henry Cloud
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Book Suggestions for Threes:
- Nothing to Prove by Jennie Allen
- Soul Keeping by John Ortberg
- Scary Close by Donald Miller
- Rescuing Ambition by Dave Harvey
Book Suggestions for Fours:
- 1000 Gifts by Anne Voskamp
- Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- You Are Not Special… and Other Encouragements by David McCullough Jr
Book Suggestions for Fives:
- The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
- The Green Ember by S. D. Smith
- The Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle by N. D. Wilson
Book Suggestions for Sixes:
- Afraid of All the Things by Scarlet Hiltibidal
- Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado
- I Never Had it Made by Jackie Robinson
- In the Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot
- Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Book Suggestions for Sevens:
- Desiring God by John Piper
- Love Does by Bob Goff
- The Curious Christian by Barnabas Piper
- Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Ecclesiastes (from The Bible)
Book Suggestions for Eights:
- The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul
- Humility by Andrew Murray
- Unoffendable by Brant Hansen
- The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
- The No A-Holes Rule by Robert Sutton (again, language warning right in the title)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Book Suggestions for Nines:
- Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
- Love Lives Here by Maria Goff
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
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