McEvoy's Musings - Favorite & Influential Books

(Link's
leed
to
reviews
of
those
book
that
I
have written.)

Most
Influential Books 2010

Geektastic
-
Holly
Black
&
Cecil
Castellucci

Unearthing Your Ten Talents - Dr. Kevin Vost

Iorich
- Steven Brust

Rose
Sees Red - Cecil Castellucci

Lockdown
- Escape from Furnace Book 1 - Alexander Gordon Smith



Most
Influential Books 2009

Orphan's
Alliance
-
Robert
Buettner 

Jolted
-
Arthur
Slade

Starclimber
-
Kenneth
Oppel 

Terra
Nullius
-
Sven
Lindqvist


Ghost
in
the
Machine
-
Skeleton
Creek
Book
2 - Patrick Carman

On
Juno
Beach
-
Hugh
Brewster

At
Vimy
Ridge
-
Hugh
Brewster



Most
Influential Books 2008

Fit
for
Eternal
Life
-
Dr.
Kevin
Vost

 Memorize
the
Faith
-
Dr.
Kevin
Vost

Interior
Freedom
-
Jacques
Philippe

The
Way,
Furrow,
Forge
-
St.
Josemaria
Escriva

 My
Own
Kind
of
Freedom
(A 
firefly
Novel)
-
Steven Brust

 Dark
Hills
Divide:
The
Land
of
Elyon
Book
1
- Patrick Carman

 Acoustic
Ladyland
Kathy
Shaidle
Unplugged
-
Kathy
Shaidle

 The
Shadow
of
the
Bear
-
Regina
Doman

 Jhegaala
-
Steven
Brust

 Orphan's
Journey
-
Robert
Buettner

 Beyond
the
Valey
of
Thorns
-
Patrick
Carman

Kenny
&
the
Dragon
-
Tony
DiTerlizzi 

Skeleton
Creek
-
Patrick
Carman

Most
Influential
Books
2007

Life
After God - Douglas Coupland

Byzantium
-
Stephen
R.
Lawhead

The
Afterlife
-
Federico
Suarez

The
Sacrafice
of
the
Altar
-
Federico
Suarez

 The
Way of the Cross - St. Josemaria Escriva

A
Way to Holiness - Cormac Burke

Seeking
Christ
in
Reading
-
Eugene
Boylan

 The
Way,
Furrow,
Forge
-
St.
Josemaria
Escriva

 In
Conversation
With
God
-
Francis
Fernandez

 Sherman
Oak
and
the
Magic
Potato
-
S.
William
Shaw

Ideals
in Youth - Cormac
Burke

 Searching
for
and
Maintaining
Peace:
A
Small
Treatise
on
Peace of Heart - Fr.
Jacques Philippe

 Time
for
God
-
Jacques
Philippe

 Interior
Freedom
-
Jacques
Philippe

 The
Dark
River
-
John
Twelve
Hawks

 Twisted
-
Laurie
Halse
Anderson

 Darkwing
-
Kenneth
Oppel

Most
Influential Books 2006

Amazing
Church:
A
Catholic
Theologian
Remembers
a
Half-Cenury
of
Change
- Gregory Baum

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#1
Advent
and
Christmastide
- Francis
Fernandez

 The
Way of the Cross - Josemaria Escriva

 In
Conversation
With
God
(All
7
Volume's)
-
Francis
Fernandez

 The
Tent
-
Margaret
Atwood

 May
Crowning,
Mass,
and
Merton:
And
Other
Reasons
I
Love
Being Catholic -  Liz Kelly

Christian
Meditation
-
Joseph
Ratzinger

 The
Way
-
Josemaria
Escriva

 The
Forge
-
Josemaria
Escriva

 Furrow
-
Josemaria
Escriva

 The
Way of The Cross - Pope Benedict XVI

 Who
Am
I?
-
Irma
Zaleski

 God
is
Not
Reasonable
-
Irma
Zaleski

 God
Rides
a
Yamaha
-
Kathie
Shaidle

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#2
Lent
&
Eastertide
- Francis Fernandez

 Waking
the
Dead
-
John
Eldredge

 Guidebook
to
Waking
the
Dead
-
John
Eldredge

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#6
Special
Feasts
-
Francis Fernandez

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#3
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
1-12 - Francis
Fernandez

 Plgrimage
and
Exile:
Mother
Marianne
of
Molokai
-
Sister
Mary Lawrence Hanley
& O.A.
Bushnell

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#4
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
13-23 - Francis
Fernandez

 The
Unaborted
Socrates
-
Peter
Kreeft

Jacob
the Baker - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Journey - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Ladder - Noah benShea

Teaching
Empathy
-
William
J.
I'Malley
S.J.

 Call
Him
Father
-
Edward
G.
Maristany

 Loving
the
Holy
Mass
-
Edward
G.
Maristany

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#5
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
24-34 - Francis
Fernandez

 In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#7
Special
Feasts
July
- December - Francis
Fernandez

 Life
After
God
-
Douglas
Coupland

Most
Influential Books 2005

Infected
Christianity:
A
Modern
Study
of
Racism
-
Alan
Davies

 Waking
the
Dead
-
John
Eldredge

Life
After God - Douglas Coupland

 Red:
Passion
and
Patience
in
the
Desert
-
Terry
Tempest Williams

 Hominids
-
Robert
J.
Sawyer

 With
Bound
Hands:
Alfred
Delp
A
Jesuit
in
Nazi
Germany - MF Coady

 Orphanage
-
Robert
Buettner

A
Jewish Doctor in Auschwitz - Sima Vaisman

 Refuge
An
Unnatural
History
-
Terry
Tempest
Williams

 Waking
the
Dead
Guidebook
-
John
Eldredge

Jacob
the Baker - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Journey - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Ladder - Noah benShea

Traveler
-
John
Twelve
Hawks

Fight
Club
-
Chuck
Palahniuk

Night
- Elie Wiesel

Dead
Man Walking - Sr. Helen Prejean

 Weight
-
Jeanette
Winterson

 The
Skull
Measurer's
Mistake
-
Sven
Lindqvist

 A
Holy
Meal:
The
Lord's
Supper
in
the
Life
of the Church - Gordon T.
Smith

Most
Influential Books 2004

Waking
the Dead - John Eldredge

Invisible
Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk

Life
After God - Douglas Coupland

Bodybuilding
101 - Robert Wolff

Messenger
- Lois Lowry

Wizard
of EarthSea - Ursula K. LeGuin

The
Cousels of Cormac - Trans. Thomas Cleary

Survivor
- Chuck Palahniuk

Holes
- Louis Sachar

God
and I broke Up - Katrina Mazetti

Hank
ZipZer (whole Series)- Henry Winkler

Ish
..., The Dot - Peter H. Renyolds

Bench
Press - Sven Lindqvist

The
Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski

Sleeping
with Bread - Linns & Linns

Most
Influential Books 2003

Wild
@ Heart - John Eldredge

Waking
the Dead - John Eldredge

A
prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

Jacob
the Baker - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Journey - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Ladder - Noah benShea

The
Devil and Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho

As
you Think - James Allen

The
Story of B - Daniel Quinn

The
Navigator - Robert D. Foster

Heart
Speaks to Heart - Henri J.M. Nouwen

Mentoring
- Edward C. Sellner

Gathering
Blue - Lois Lowry

Stardust
- Neil Gaimen

Being
There - Jerzy Kosinski

Hana's
Suitcase - Karen levine

Blue
Like Jazz - Donald Miller

Autumn
Lightening - Dave Lowry

Most
Influential Books 2002

The
Fools of Chelm - Isaac Bashevis Singer

As
you Think - James Allen

No
Great Mischief - Alistair MacLeod

Speak
- Laurie Halse Anderson

Tribes
- Arthur Slade

The
Way of Repentance - Irma Zaleski

The
Tale of the Unknown Island - Jose Saramago

Ishmael
- Daniel Quinn

The
Boy Who Cried Abba - Brennan Manning

The
Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

My
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn

The
Fifth Mountain - Paulo Coelho

The
Story of B - Daniel Quinn

Morrie
in His own Words - Morrie Schwartz

The
Pilgramage - Paulo Coelho

A
Scientific Romance - Ronals Wright

Love
in the Tme of Cholera -Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Of
Love and Other Demons -Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Meditations
- Marcus Aurelius

A
Single Shard - Linda Sue Park

Mentoring
- Edward C. Sellner

TNIV
- Today's New International Version

Most
Influential
Books
2001

The
Paul Quest - Ben Witherington III

Jacob
the Baker - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Journey - Noah benShea

Jacob's
Ladder - Noah benShea

Magic
Cup - Andrew M. Greeley

Way
of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman

The
Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin S. Sharma

Phule
Me Twice - Robert Asprin

Body
for Life - Bill Phillips

The
Giver - Lois Lowry

Tigana
- Guy Gavriel Kay

LOTR
- J.R.R. Tolien

NIV
- New International Version

Most
Influential
Books
2000

Sky
Stone - Jack Whyte

Slverwing
- Kenneth Oppel

View
from a Monastery - Brother Benet Tvedten

Starship
Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein

Angela
Ashes - Frank McCourt

Duncton
Rising - William Horwood

Girl
Interupted - Susana Kaysen

Spiritual
Disciplines
for
the
Christian
Life
-
Donald
S.
Whitney

The
Stars
My
Destination
-
Alfred
Bester

Byzantium
- Stephen R. Lawhead

NAB
- New American Bible

Most
Influential
Books
1999

Dead
Man Walking - Sister Helen Prejen

Edge
of Eternity - Randy Alcorn

The
Jesuit Mystique - Letson & Higgins

Tuck
Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt

Figgs
& Phantoms - Ellen Raskin

Wiard
of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin

The
AlwaysPrayer Shawl -Sheldon Oberman

The
Isis Pedler - Monica Hughes

Meeting
God in Change - Stephen D. Eyre

Anam
Cara - John O'Donohue

The
Owl Service - Alan Garner

Dragon
- Steven Brust

Julies
Wolf Pak - Jean Craighead Geoge

Nigger
of the Narcissus - Joseph Campbell

A
Phule and His Money - Robert Asprin

NRSV
- New Revised Standard

Most
Influential Books 1998

View
from a Bouncy Castle - Adrian Plass

The
Highland Clans - L.G. Pine

Expieriencing
God - Henry T. Blackaby

Space
Trillogy - C.S. Lewis

An
Alien A St. Wilfrid's - Adrian Plass

Mariet
in Ecstasy - Ron Hansen

The
Crow - Poppy Z. Brite

Heretic
Blood - Michael W. Higgins

Night
Trilogy - Elie Wiesel

Cloistered
Walk - Kathleen Norris

The
Confessions of St. Patrick - St. Patrick

Greater
Health God's Way - Stormie Omartin

Conjectures
of a Guilty Bystander - Thomas Merton

How
to Get Better Grades - Jenssen & Douglas

The
Closing of the American Mind - Allan Bloom

Tales
from
a
Magic
Monestary
-
Theophane
the
Monk

NASB
- New American Standard Bible

Most
Influential Books 1997

Angel
Light - Andrew M. Greeley

The
Cost of Commitment - John White

Tyranny
of the Urgent - Chales E. Hummell

Lord
of the Dance - Andrew M. reeley

A
Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle

Watership
Down - Richard Adams

God's
Armor Bearer - Terry Nance

The
Gravedigger File - Os Guinness

Man
Born to be King - Dorthy L. Sayers

Stress
Family Robinson - Adrian Plass

Valiant
papers - Calvin Miller

Putting
Away Childish Things - David A. Seamands

The
Divine Plumbline - Bruce Thompson

God's
Chosen Fast - Arthur Wallis

Gagoyles
& Gentlemen - Orlo Miller

A
Wolf Story - James Bryon Huggins

Star
Bright - Andrew M. Greeley

NKJV
- New King James Version

Most
Influential Books 1996

The
Young Unicorns - Madeleine L'Engle

All
Else is Bondage - Wei Wu Wei

Happy
are Those who Mourn - Andrew M. Greeley

A
Skeleton in God's Closet - Paul C. Maier

The
Adversary - Mark I. Bubeck

Prophet
- Frank E. Peretti

Singer
- Calvin Miller

God
Game - Andrew M. Greeley

Wolf
Song - Robert Busch

The
Reckoning - James Bryon Huggins

Know
Why you Believe - Paul Little

Leviathan
- James Bryon Huggins

NLT
- New Living Translation Bible

Most
Influential Books 1995

Joshua
- Joseph F. Girzone

The
Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis

Eros
Redeamed - John White

Seven
Promises of a Promise Keeper - Various

Braveheart
- Randall Wallace

The
Reckoning - James Bryon Huggins

A
Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle

Hand
me Another Brick - Chuck Swindall

Dinotopia
- James Gurney

NIV
- New International Version

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