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Most Influential Books 2013

The Circle Maker - Mark Batterson
Draw the Circle - Mark Batterson
Apostle of the Exiled St. Damien of Molokai - Margaret Bunson and Matthew Bunson
The Circle Maker - Enhanced eBook Edition - Mark Batterson
How I Got Rich Writing C Papers - Andy Hueller
Game - I Hunt Killers # 2 - Barry Lyga
The Not So Simple Life - Stephen Shea - aka Arthur Slade
Damage - Stephen Shea - aka Arthur Slade
A 40 Day Spiritual Workout For Catholics - Bob Rice
The Sandman - The Guardians of Childhood - William Joyce
The Man in the Moon - The Guardians of Childhood - William Joyce
The Testing #1 - Joelle Charbonneau
Crush. Candy. Corpse - Sylvia McNicoll
Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout - Stink Moody Book 8 - Megan McDonald and Peter H Reynolds
Doll Bones - Holly Black
Bookmark Days - Scot Gardner
Johnny Hangtime - Dan Gutman              

Most Influential Books 2012

Zebrafish - Peter H. Reynolds, Sharon Emerson and Renee Kurilla
Judy Moody Books & Stink Moody Books - Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds
Alienation - CHAOS Book 2 - Jon S. Lewis
Every Body Matters - Gary Thomas
Firegirl - Tony Abbott
How to Think Like A Neandertal - Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge
Hero-Type - Barry Lyga
I Hunt Killers - Barry Lyga
Boy Toy - Barry Lyga
The Chronal Engine - Greg Leitich Smith
The Sisters Club - Megan McDonald
The Sisters Club - The Rule of Three - Cloudy With A Chance Of Boys
Execution - Escape from Furnace 5 - Alexander Gordon Smith
Reconciled to God Daily Lenten Devotions - Amy Welborn
The Magnificat Lenten Companion 2012
Into the Gauntlet - 39 Clues Book 10 - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Gregor and the Marks of Secret - Underland Chronicles Book 4 - Suzanne Collins
The Ten Commandments Of Lifting Weights - Jared Zimmerer
Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope - Amy Welborn
Toppling - Sally Murphy
Alien On A Rampage - Clete Barrett Smith
Megiddo's Shadow - Arthur Slade
The Primal Blueprint 21 Day Total Body Transformation - Mark Sisson
The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
Faith At Work - Kevin Lowry
The Dead I Know - Scot Gardner
Holiness for Everyone - Eric Sammons
(you) set me on fire - Mariko Tamaki
Split! Splat! - Amy Gibson and Steve Bjorkman
Picture A Tree - Barbara Reid
Unspoken - Henry Cole
The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch - T.M. Gaouette
Such Wicked Intent - Kenneth Oppel
Son - The Worlds Book 4 - Lois Lowry
Praying Circles Around Your Children - Mark Batterson
The Circle Maker - Student Edition - Dream Big. Pray Hard. Think Long - Mark  Batterson
Gus Makes a Friend - Frank Remkiewicz
The Circle Maker - Mark Batterson
The Circle Maker Enhanced Edition - Mark Batterson
Training Kit Exam 70-461 Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka and Ron Talmage
Training Kit Exam 70-462 Admin SQL 2012 - Orin Thomas, Peter Ward and Bob Taylor
  
   
Most Influential Books 2011

Airborn - Kenneth Oppel
The Poison Eaters and Other Stories - Holly Black
Tunnels - Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams
Invasion - CHAOS Book 1 - Jon S. Lewis
Shades: 17 Startling Stories - Arthur Slade
Ghetto Cowboy - G. Neri
Black as Night - Regina Doman
40 Days to Optimal Health - Church Health Center - Dr. Scott Morris
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
A Long, Long Sleep - Anna Sheehan
Lone Wolf - Wolves of the Beyond 1 - Kathryn Lasky
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Black
Conspiracy 365 January - Gabrielle Lord
Fugitives - Escape from Furnace 4 - Alexander Gordon Smith
Why God Matters - Karina Lumbert Fabiam and Deacon Steven Lumbert
Shadow Wolf - Wolves of the Beyond 2 - Kathryn Lasky
Red Glove - The Curse Workers Book 2 - Holly Black
Conspiracy 365 February - Gabrielle Lord
Children - Maggie Clark
The Capture - Gardians of Ga'Hoole Book 1 - Kathryn Lasky
Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Gregor The Overlander - Underland Chronicles Book1 - Suzanne Collins
The Journey - Gardians of Ga'Hoole Book 2 - Kathryn Lasky
The Prophecy of Bane - Underland Chronicles Book 2 - Suzanne Collins
Project Dad - Todd Cartmell
First Day On Earth - Cecil Castellucci
The Rescue - Gardians of Ga'Hoole Book 3 - Kathryn Lasky
Bluefish - Pat Schmatz
Circle the Truth - Pat Schmatz
Mousetraps - Pat Schmatz
The Unwritten Girl - Unwritten Book 1 - James Bow
This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein - Kenneth Oppel
Breaking Up: A Fashion High Graphic Novel - Aimee Friedman and Christine Norrie
Rose Sees Red - Cecil Castellucci
The P.L.A.I.N. Janes - Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg
Janes in Love - Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg
Boy Proof - Cecil Castellucci
The Queen Of Cool - Cecil Castellucci
Beige - Cecil Castellucci 
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods - Underland Chronicles Book 3 - Suzanne Collins
The Siege - Gardians of Ga'Hoole Book 4 - Kathryn Lasky
Empire of Ruins - Hunchback Assignments #3 - Arthur Slade
The Brimstone Key - Grey Griffins Clockwork Chronicle 1 - Jon S. Lewis and Derek Benz
Beauty Queen's - Libba Bray
Mrs. Estronsky and the U.F.O. - Pat Schmatz
Clockwork Prince - Invernal Devices book 2 - Cassandra Clare
Shideshow - Ed. by Deborah Noyes
Watch Wolf - Wolves of the Beyond #3 - Kathryn Lasky
The Start-Up - Sadie Hayes
The Visitors - Clone Codes Book 3 - The McKissacks
Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk - Megan McDonald and Peter H Reynolds
The Battle Begins - Underworlds Book 1 - Tony Abbott     
  
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
Thirteen Days to Midnight - Patrick Carman
Called to Life - Jacques Philippe
The Poison Eaters - Holly Black
The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade
The Clone Codes - The McKissacks
The Haunting of Derek Stone Books 1-4 - Tony Abbott
Bite Me - Christopher Moore
White Cat - The Curse Workers Book 1 - Holly Black
The Chestnut King - 100 Cupboards Book 3 - N.D. Wilson
Boom! (or 70,000 light years) - Mark Haddon
The P.L.A.I.N. Janes - Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg
Janes in Love - Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg
Jacob the Baker - Noah benShea
Jacob's Journey - Noah benShea
Jacob's Ladder - Noah benShea
Bench Press - Sven Lindqvist
The Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson
Boy Proof - Cecil Castellucci
The Queen of Cool - Cecil Castellucci
Beige - Cecil Castellucci
Dead Water Zone - Kenneth Oppel
When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
Mercury - Hope Larson
Goth Girl Rising - Barry Lyga
Sea Change - Aimee Friedman
Leepike Ridge - N.D. Wilson 
Not That Kind Of Girl - Siobhan Vivian
39 Clues - Various
The Live-Forever Machine - Kenneth Oppel
Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyber Thieves - Regina Doman
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
The CrossBones - Skeleton Creek #3 - Patrick Carman
Mockingjay - Hunger Games Book 3 - Suzanne Collins
The Huanting of Drang Island - Northern Frights #2 - Arthur Slade
Half Brother - Kenneth Oppel
Draugr - Northern Frights #1 - Arthur Slade
Eternal - Cynthia Leitich Smith
Tantalize - Cynthia Leitich Smith
City of Bones - Mortal instruments Book 1 - Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes - Mortal instruments Book 2 - Cassandra Clare
Plain Kate - Erin Bow
Blessed - Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rain Is Not My Indian Name - Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Loki Wolf - Arthur G. Slade
City of Glass - Mortal Instruments 3 - Cassandra Clare
Emiko Superstar - Mariko Tamaki & Steven Rolston
The Knife Of Never Letting Go - Chaos Walking #1 - Patrick Ness     
  
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