Book reviews - Reading of Redemption

People have asked me to recommend books or to list books that I've used in addresses, seminars, radio shows or wherever. Here are some good ones.

The Gospel According To the Beatles - Steve Turner
A fascinating book that touches on a variety of intriguing subjects including the thoughts of failed musician, the late 70's / early 80's Dublin muisc scene, God and of course U2... [ More ]

I was Bono's Doppleganger - Neil McCormick
A fascinating book that touches on a variety of intriguing subjects including the thoughts of failed musician, the late 70's / early 80's Dublin muisc scene, God and of course U2... [ More ]

Even Realer Than The Real Thing - Mike Riddell
New Zealand writer Michael Riddell writes novels that blow the mind and send a tornado through your soul... [ More ]

Hey Nostradamus - Douglas Coupland
Stocki reviews Douglas Coupland's latest book and finds him looking into the heart and soul of Christianity as well as giving a profound thought for the day on every page... [ More ]

Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Christian Music - Mark Allan Powell
A breathtaking book that is so much more than an encyclopedia. It is a history, a commentary, a study of where faith and music meet... [ More ]

How to be Good - Nick Hornby
Stocki reviews his holiday reading and is stung by the challenges to radical living that Nick Hornby tosses up... [ More ]

Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman
A fast moving plot interlaced with questions to ponder... [ More ]

Portafino - Frank Schaeffer
This is a book about growing up in the bowels of an evangelical and hating it for the most part... [ More ]

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
Missions, Colonial conquest, personal development and loss are among the fascinating questions Barbara Kingsolver's epic raises... [ More ]

Grace Notes - Bernard McLaverty
Almost a Booker Prize for NI writer McLaverty who of course gave us Cal and Lamb in the 80's... [ More ]

The Salesman - Joseph O'Connor
Set in south Dublin this is a book of a man having to deal with revenge or forgiveness - what is the best solution... [ More ]

Douglas Coupland - Life After God
Coupland is the same age as me and I have no idea of his connection with Christianity but boy his books are a real cool commentary on today's age... [ More ]

Max Lucado - God Came Near
Lucado is so creative and poetic in his writing and therefore both opens up familiar stories and is wonderfully quotable... [ More ]

Birds Of Heaven - Ben Okri
It is inspirational and will free your imagination to run wild with the dreams and possibilities of what humanity could be if it got sorted... [ More ]

Wishful Thinking - Frederick Buechner
Buechner conjures up new angles on familiar beliefs and with deep profundity, wit and insight and reawakens your sleeping search for the wonder of faith and God. [ More ]

Grace Awakening - Charles Swindoll
"Killers are on the loose", says Chuck Swindoll at the beginning of this battle cry against Pharisaical, narrow-minded religiosity... [ More ]