Welcome to the fifth annual edition of So What Faith’s 5 Star Books of the Year! This list is comprised of books rated 5 or 5+ on a scale of 1 to 5.
To be eligible the book must have been published in 2023 and I must have read it during the year.
This year, just 15.5% of all books rated received a rating of 5 or 5+ to earn this honor (in prior years the percentage has ranged from 15% to 17%).
- Amy Butler. Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other.
- Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley. The Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity’s Greatest Challenges.
- Kaitlin B. Curtice. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vison for Seeking Wholeness Every Day.
- Matthew Desmond. Poverty, By America.
- Sheryl Johnson. Serving Money, Serving God: Aligning Radical Justice, Christian Practice, and Church Life.
- Uri Levine. Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs.
- Liz Miller. Only Work Sundays: A Laidback Guide to Doing Less while Helping Your Church Thrive.
- Julien C. Mirivel and Alexander Lyon. Positive Communication for Leaders: Proven Strategies for Inspiring Unity and Effecting Change.
- Beth Moore. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir.
- Ross Murray. The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice.
- Mark Robert Rank. The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity.
- Robert Waldinger and Marc Schultz. The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
- Jean M. Twenge. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents – and What That Means for America’s Future.
- William Vanderbloemen. Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest.
Past Years
Be sure to check out prior lists
Best of the Best
Stay tuned! So What Faith’s 14th annual list of the year’s top ten books will be published on December 15.