The Russell Moore Show

Best of Books 2022


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“Through reading, I can imagine situations that I ordinarily would never encounter.”

So says Russell Moore on this final episode of the year. All about books, the conversation between Russell and producer Ashley Hales covers everything from storytelling and genre to categorizing books and cultivating a love of reading in childhood.

Take a peek into Russell’s book clubs, learn more about his reading practices, and discover his favorite books of the year. Russell shares why he loves the books that made his list and shares how they influenced him.Russell’s favorite books of 2022:

  1. Malcolm Guite, The Word within the Words
  2. Timothy Keller, Forgive
  3. Clarence Jordan, The Inconvenient Gospel
  4. Wendell Berry, How It Went
  5. Thomas S. Kidd, Thomas Jefferson
  6. Moisés Naim, The Revenge of Power
  7. Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness
  8. Fintan O’Toole, We Don’t Know Ourselves
  9. Stephen Bullivant, Nonverts
  10. Marc Eliot, The Hag
  11. Jay Wellons, All That Moves Us
  12. Jason M. Baxter, The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis
  13. 

    Additional books, podcast episodes, and resources mentioned include:

    • The Russell Moore Show“Navigating Friendship and Loss with Peter Wehner
    • The Russell Moore Show“Tim Keller Says Forgiveness Is Key to Christian Witness"
    • Russell Moore’s newsletter
    • MaryKate Morse, "The Formational Power of Reading: A Requirement for all Leaders"
    • John Grisham, The Boys from BiloxiSquare Books
    • Shakespeare, King Lear
    • T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
    • Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards
    • Barna’s State of the Church
    • C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
    • Wendell Berry, Life Is a Miracle
    • Marilynne Robinson, “A Theology of the Present Moment
    • Chris Claremont’s X-Men era
    • Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
    • Louise Penny, Chief Inspector Gamache series

    • Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com.

      “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today.

      Chief Creative Officer: Erik Petrik

      Executive Producer and Host: Russell Moore

      Producer: Ashley Hales

      Director of Podcasts: Mike Cosper

      Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens

      Production Assistance: CoreMedia

      Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort

      Producer and Audio Mixing: Kevin Duthu

      Associate Producer: Abby Perry

      Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton

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