McEvoy's Musings - Favorite & Influential Books

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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

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    

  


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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