Reading Goals for 2013

I like putting these booklists together each year. They’re not writ in stone – I generally tweak them as the year goes on – but they do give me an idea of what to shoot for. So without further adieu, here’s a sample of my reading list for 2013:

LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
MOBY DICK by Hermann Melville
OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck
ONE FLEW OVEW THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Tool
CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
THE CALL OF CTHULHU AND OTHER DARK TALES by H.P. Lovecraft

THE YELLOW BIRDS by Kevin Powers
CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin
HOME by Marilynne Robinson
DANDELION WINE by Ray Bradbury
MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane
CHILDREN OF MEN by P.D. James
ANATHEM by Neal Stephenson
NEUROMANCER by William Gibson
THE DARKTOWER SERIES by Stephen King
WOOL by Hugh Howey
OLD MAN’S WAR by John Scalzi
CORALINE by Neil Gaiman

CONSIDER THE LOBSTER AND OTHER ESSAYS by David Foster Wallace
LIBERAL FASCISM by Jonah Goldberg
JOHN CALVIN edited by Burk Parsons
UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand
THE GRAY MATTER by Dr. David Levy
ACCOMPANIED BY ANGELS by Lucy Shaw
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS by Shel Silverstein
HAVING DECIDED TO STAY by Bryana Johnson

INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION by John Calvin
BONDAGE OF THE WILL by Martin Luther
THE GOD WHO IS THERE by Francis Schaeffer
IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES by Richard Weaver
THE FEMINIST MISTAKE by Mary Kassian
GOD IN THE DOCK by C.S. Lewis
THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION by Leland Ryken
PREACHING AND PREACHERS by D. Martyn-Lloyd Jones
THE CROSS AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY by D.A. Carson
WHY WE LOVE THE CHURCH by Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck
UNPACKING FORGIVENESS by Chris Brauns
THE HOLE IN OUR HOLINESS by Kevin DeYoung
FATHER HUNGER by Douglas Wilson
FUTURE MEN by Douglas Wilson
GOD’S WISDOM IN PROVERBS by Dan Phillips
A SHOT OF FAITH (TO THE HEAD) by Mitch Stokes
THE CREEDAL IMPERATIVE by Carl Trueman
TOTAL TRUTH by Nancy Pearcey
HOLLYWOOD WORLDVIEWS by Brian Godawa