Best of Books 2022

“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:

Malcolm Guite, The Word within the Words

Timothy Keller, Forgive

Clarence Jordan, The Inconvenient Gospel

Wendell Berry, How It Went

Thomas S. Kidd, Thomas Jefferson

Moisés Naim, The Revenge of Power

Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness

Fintan O’Toole, We Don’t Know Ourselves

Stephen Bullivant, Nonverts

Marc Eliot, The Hag

Jay Wellons, All That Moves Us

Jason M. Baxter, The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis



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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