I asked the most well read person I know (before he walked out of my life) what were the top ten books I should read. And like any well read person, he could only narrow it down to 20! My personal goal was to read these books before I turn 45 (more than 10 years ago!)

1. Barzun, Jacques. Teacher in America (Liberty Press, 1981)
2. Behe, Michael J. Darwin’s Black Box (Free Press, 1996)
3. Carson, Donald A. Exegetical Fallacies (Baker, 1984)
4. Clark, Gordon. A Christian View of Men and Things (Baker, 1981)
5. Clark, Gordon. Religion, Reason, & Revelation (The Craig Press, 1978)
6. Dillenberger, John. Protestant Thought & Natural Science: A Historical Study (Abingdon, 1960)
7. Fischer, David Hackett. Historians’ Fallacies: Toward A Logic of Historical Thought (Harper & Row, 1970)
8. Hazlitt, Henry. Economics in One Lesson (Arlington House, 1979)
9. Johnson, Paul. Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties, Rev. ed. (HarperCollins, 1991)
10. Johnson, Phillip E. Darwin On Trial (InterVarsity, 1993)
11. Klaaren, Eugene M. Religious Origins of Modern Science (Eerdmans, 1977)
12. Klemm, Friedrich. A History of Western Technology (MIT. Press, 1964)
13. Lasch, Christopher. The Revolt of the Elites (W. W. Norton, 1995)
14. Marsden, George. The Soul of the American University (Oxford, 1994)
15. Noll, Mark. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Baker, 1997)
16. Piper, John. Future Grace (Multnomah, 1995)
17. Ryken, Leland. Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were (Academie Books, 1986)
18. Sowell, Thomas. Migrations And Cultures: A World View (Basic Books, 1996)
19. Van Doren, Charles. A History of Knowledge (Birch Lane Press, 199 1)
20. Von Kuehneit-Leddihn, Eric. Leftism Revisited (Regnery Gateway, 1990)