Listen "The Ultimate Booklist! (with Jared II) - Ep 151"
Episode Synopsis
Here we discuss why books matter and how to make a great booklist. The right 50 books is capable of doing amazing things in the hearts and minds of your family. Go for it!15 classics10 book on history10 works of theology10 books on thinking5 biographiesRules: Audiobooks count, 15 or so books can be abridged, no doubling authors in each category, can offer double options occasionallyHobbitJane Eyer HamletIliadThe Aeneid (abridged) /The Divine Comedy1984 (R rated) substitute with Animal farmPride and PrejudiceOliver TwistBrave New World (mature content)Dracula (only Bram Stroker) /FrankensteinTreasure Island (used to be the first classic for young men)Lamplighter - ShipwreckedWar of the WorldsRobinson Crusoe (first English novel)The Count of Monte Cristo / Les MiserablesHeroes then and now by ywamStalin by Albert MarrinWinston Churchill's history of the English speaking peoplesChurch History by Everett FergusonHow the Irish saved civilizationThree Years among the Comanches by Nelson LeeFox's Book of MartyrsCivil War book (Wilson and Wilkins)Amazing tales for making men out of boys by Neil OliverTrial and TriumphBondage of the Will by Luther/ Orthodoxy by ChestertonVindiciae Contra Tyrannos/ Les RexMere ChristianityMere Christendom by WilsonKnowledge of the HolyParadise Restored by Chilton (Victorious Eschatology)Willing to Believe by SproulSystematic Theology by Lewis BerkofWestminster Confession of FaithKJV only controversy James White (forgotten Trinity)Free to Choose by Milton FriedmanThe Basic Laws of Human StupidityRules for Reformers by Doug WilsonMasculine ChristianityMan of the House by CR WileyThe Family by JR Miller (1882 title: Home-making)Lectures on Calvinism by KuyperThe Fallacy DetectiveHow to be a man/lady by Harvey NewcombeThe Boniface OptionAugustine's ConfessionsPlymouth PlantationGeorge Muller AutobiographyLuther/Bonhoeffer by MetaxasRebel Yell
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