Best of Books 2022

“Through reading, I can imagine situations that I ordinarily would never encounter.”
So says Russell Moore on this final episode of the year. All about books, the conversation between Russell and producer Ashley Hales covers everything from storytelling and genre to categorizing books and cultivating a love of reading in childhood.
Take a peek into Russell’s book clubs, learn more about his reading practices, and discover his favorite books of the year. Russell shares why he loves the books that made his list and shares how they influenced him.Russell’s favorite books of 2022:

Malcolm Guite, The Word within the Words


Timothy Keller, Forgive


Clarence Jordan, The Inconvenient Gospel


Wendell Berry, How It Went


Thomas S. Kidd, Thomas Jefferson


Moisés Naim, The Revenge of Power


Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness


Fintan O’Toole, We Don’t Know Ourselves


Stephen Bullivant, Nonverts


Marc Eliot, The Hag


Jay Wellons, All That Moves Us


Jason M. Baxter, The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis



Additional books, podcast episodes, and resources mentioned include:


The Russell Moore Show, “Navigating Friendship and Loss with Peter Wehner”


The Russell Moore Show, “Tim Keller Says Forgiveness Is Key to Christian Witness"

”Russell Moore’s newsletter


MaryKate Morse, "The Formational Power of Reading: A Requirement for all Leaders"


John Grisham, The Boys from BiloxiSquare Books


Shakespeare, King Lear


T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets


Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards

Barna’s State of the Church


C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia


Wendell Berry, Life Is a Miracle


Marilynne Robinson, “A Theology of the Present Moment”

Chris Claremont’s X-Men era

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are


Louise Penny, Chief Inspector Gamache series



Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com.
“The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today.
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