Over the course of this year, I’ve provided ratings here at So What Faith for well over 100 books published in 2019.
This year 17% of those volumes earned a rating of 5 or better (including 4 books that received a rating of 5+). These books are listed below in alphabetical order by author last name.
| Author | Title |
| Chris Arnade | Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America |
| Susan Beaumont | How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season |
| Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson | Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline |
| Claire Brown and Michael T. McRay | Keep Watch with Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers |
| Phil Buchanan | Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count |
| Joan Chittister | The Time is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage |
| Bruce Deel | Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances |
| Lenny Duncan | Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination |
| Steve Heinrichs | Unsettling the Word: Biblical Experiments in Decolonization |
| William C. Mills | Losing My Religion: A Memoir of Faith and Finding |
| Scott Pelley | Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter’s Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Time |
| Derek Penwell | Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize |
| Amber Scorah | Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life |
| Barbara Brown Taylor | Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others |
| Cameron Trimble | Piloting Church: Helping Your Congregation Take Flight |
| Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli | Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference |
| Asma T. Uddin | When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom |
| Cara Wall | The Dearly Beloved |
| Jim Wallis | Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus |
| D. Watkins | We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America |
Coming Soon
For ten years I’ve been sharing my top ten books of the year list. My 2019 list will be published next week.
While you are waiting, I encourage you to check out my Top 10 Books of 2018.