2005, 2006 & 2007 GenJ Book Club Reading List

Although GenJ is finished with the 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 reading lists, they are posted below for newcomers. Feel free to include them in your own personal reading list.

 

 

Books from the 2008 Club Reading List:

 

  • Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy 
  • The Third Alternative: Christian Self Government by Bill Burtness and Patrick Butler 
  • More than Dates & Dead People: Recovering a Christian View of History by Stephen Mansfield
  • The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
  • The Preacher and the Presidents by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
  • Unshakable Faith by John Perry
  • Do Fish Know They're Wet? by Tom Veven
  • Defending Your Faith by R. C. Sproul
  • Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

 

Books from the 2007 Club Reading List:

 

  • On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding by Michael Novak
  • Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Real Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire by R. Cort Kirkwood
  • Truman (Biography of President Harry Truman) by David McCullough
  • Washington's God by Michael Novak and Jana Novak
  • Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (*Please note: this book does contain some descriptions of violence based on historical fact.)
  • Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect religion in America...and What's Happened Since by Stephen Mansfield
  • Good Citizenship by Grover Cleveland

 

Books from the 2006 Club Reading List:

 

  • 1776 by David McCullough
  • The American Cause by Russell Kirk
  • Men In Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin (*Please note: Because of the subject matter of this book some content may not be age appropriate. Content is relevant to key Supreme Court Cases discussed in the book, but may require parental review before reading.)
  • More Than A Carpenter by Josh McDowell
  • How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis Schaeffer
  • The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley
  • Mornings On Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough
  • The Spirit of Churchhill by Deborah Brezina
  • Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

 

Books from the 2005 Club Reading List:

 

  •  The American Leadership Tradition by Marvin Olasky
  •  Beside as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired by Benson Bobrick
  • Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy by John Fund
  • Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer
  • Sir William Blackstone and the Common Law: Blackstone's Legacy to America by Robert D. Stacey 
  • John Adams by David McCullough
  • Heroes Among Us by Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun and Drew Ryun.