Top Books of 2012

The following is a compilation of year-end "best books" lists...

Tim Challies' top books of 2012
Kevin DeYoung's top ten books of 2012
Tony Reinke's top 12 books of 2012
The Gospel Coalition staff's top books of 2012
Andreas Köstenberger's top ten books in biblical studies from 2012
Trevin Wax's 10 Favorite Reads of 2012
Bob Kelleman's 12 most important biblical counseling books of 2012
Christianity Today's 2013 Book Awards

Best Books of 2011

I enjoy books. And I enjoy "best of the year" lists. So you can imagine how I feel about lists of the year's best books!

Last year I decided to take it a step further and I compiled a list of such lists.  Perhaps some day I will have done this enough times that I could compile a book of lists of lists of books.  One can only dream.

For now though, we'll have to settle for this year's installment of the lists from various sources, each with their own slightly different qualifications for what gets a book on the list.  Here they are:

Tim Challies
Kevin DeYoung
David Murray
Jared Wilson
Sam Storms
Tony Reinke
TGC Staff: Collin Hansen, Kathleen Nielson, John Starke & Andy Naselli
Matthew Robbins
Trevin Wax
Aaron Armstrong
J.J. Sherwood
Zac Hicks

Best Books of 2010

One of my favorite things about this time of year is the proliferation of "Best of" lists.  And one of my favorite types of "Best of" lists is "Best Books of the Year."  Different people use different criteria for determining such things, but it's fun to see what others have to say about the books they read this year...and get a jump on creating a reading list for 2011!

Here are a few folks whose opinions I respect:

Kevin DeYoung
Trevin Wax
Keith Mathison
Matthew Robbins
Sam Storms
Collin Hansen, Andy Naselli, and John Starke of The Gospel Coalition
Tony Reinke
Doug Wolters
Jared Wilson