Welcome to the sixth 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 2024 and I must have read and rated it this year.
This year, just 15.4% 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%).
Bruce Reyes Chow. Everything Good About God is True: Choosing Faith.
Mark Elsdon, editor.Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition.
Frances Frei and Anne Morriss. Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems.
Zeke Hernandez. The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers.
Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood. Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim. When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity.
Amy-Jill Levine. Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians.
Brian McLaren. Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for A World Falling Apart.
Grace Duddy Pomroy. Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Models for Ministry.
Kathleen McShane and Elan Babchuck. Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire.
Cedar Monroe. Trash: A Poor White Journey.
Karl B. Travis. God’s Gift of Generosity: Gratitude Beyond Stewardship.
Amanda Udis-Kessler. Abundant Lives: A Progressive Christian Ethic of Flourishing.
Past Years
Be sure to check out prior lists
Best of the Best
Stay tuned! So What Faith’s 15th annual list of the year’s top ten books will be published on December 18.