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The Book List

the top books i’ve ever read

Joshua Keith Craft
May 25, 2022
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“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” // Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you read someone’s book, you are engaging with the best part of them.” // Keith Craft

These aren’t all the books i’ve read, just the best ones This list is continually updated based on new books I read and new things I learn.

TOP 10 + 1

0) The Bible

1) Your Divine Fingerprint

2) Mindset - Carol Dweck

3) Grit - Angela Duckworth

4) The Discourses - Epictetus

5) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey

6) Mastery - George Leonard

7) Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus

8) Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee

9) The Power of Positive Living - Norman Vincent Peale

10) Range - David Epstein

Required Reading for Leaders

1) Your Divine Fingerprint - Keith Craft

2) Mindset - Carol Dweck

3) Grit - Angela Duckworth

4) Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Travis Bradberry

5) Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee

6) The Wisdom of Teams - Jon Katzenbach + Douglas Smith

7) Thank you for the Feedback - Douglas Stone

8) Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus

9) 360° Leadership - John C. Maxwell

10) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey

11) Mastery - George Leonard

12) Dare to Lead - Brene Brown

best of the rest

Leadership //

Spiritual Leadership - J. Oswald Sanders

What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being A Better Leader - Alison Reynolds et al.

The Next Generation Leader - Andy Stanley

Boundaries - Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Awaken the Giant - Tony Robbins

The Making of a Leader - Robert Clinton

The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz

The University of Success - Og Mandino

Courageous Leadership - Bill Hybels

Dare to Lead - Brene Brown

How to Lead - David Rubenstein

Range - David Epstein

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John Maxwell

As A Man Thinketh - James Allen

Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus

Compelling People - John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Travis Bradberry

Chop Wood Carry Water - Joshua Medcalf

Daring Greatly - Brene Brown

So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport

Top 10 Qualities of a Great Leader - Phil Pringle

Culture //

Creating Magic - Lee Cockerell

Leading the Starbucks Way - Joseph Mitchell

The Starbucks Experience - Joseph Michelli

Purpose Driven Church - Rick Warren

Servant Leadership - Robert Greenleaf

The Advantage - Patrick Lencioni

Deep and Wide - Andy Stanley

Inside Apple - Adam Lashinsky

The Starbucks Experience -Adam Lashinsky

7 Practices of Effective Ministry - Andy Stanley

Creativity Inc - Ed Catmull

The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

Measure What Matters - John Doerr

Principles - Ray Dalio

What You Do Is Who You Are - Ben Horowitz

No Rules Rules - Reed Hastings

The Wisdom of Teams - Jon Katzenbach + Douglas Smith

Following Jesus //

The Bible

Holy Fire - RT Kendall

The Ragamuffin Gospel - Brennan Manning

Total Forgiveness - RT Kendall

The Power of Humility - RT Kendall

Theology an Introduction - Alister McGrath

Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee

Mere Christianity - CS Lewis

The Screwtape Letters - CS Lewis

Knowing God - JI Packer

The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck

The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence

The Pursuit of Holiness - Jerry Bridges

The Search for Significance - Robert McGee

Conversion and Discipleship - Bill Hull

Simply Jesus - NT Wright

Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee

Philosophy //

Mindset - Carol Dweck

Grit - Angela Duckworth

Your Divine Fingerprint - Keith Craft

Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday

The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday

How to Be Free // Epictetus, A.A. Long

The Discourses // Epictetus

That One Should Disdain Hardships // Musonius Rufus, Cora Lutz

Meditations // Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays

Letters from a Stoic // Seneca

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor - Donald Robertson

Works of Love - Soren Kierkegaard

A Guide to the Good Life - William B. Irvine

The Stoic Challenge - William B. Irvine

12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

Essentialism - Greg McKeown

Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl

The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

The Power of Positive Living - Norman Vincent Peale

Communication //

Talk Like Ted - Carmine Gallo

Storyteller’s Secret - Carmine Gallo

Communicating For A Change - Andy Stanley

No-Fail Communication- Michael Hyatt

Radical Candor - Kim Scott

Thank You for the Feedback - Douglas Stone

FInance //

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley

The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason

Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

The Millionaire Mind - Thomas Stanley

A Random Walt Down Wall Street - Burton Malkiel

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - John Bogle

History/Narrative/Biography/Fiction //

Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand

Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Jesus Freaks - DC Talk

Church History for Modern Ministry - Dayton Hartman

Boenhoffer - Eric Metaxas

The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck

7 Men - Eric Metaxas

Irresistible- Andy Stanley

Shoe Dog - Phil Knight

Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield

DisneyWar- James B. Stewart

Shadow Divers - Robert Kurson

Dune - Frank Herbert

Ride of a Lifetime - Robert Iger

The Captain Class - Sam Walker

Creativity, Inc. - Ed Catmull

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