Books
Fiction
- Ted Chiang, Exhalation: Stories
- Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
- Frank Herbert, Dune
- Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem
- Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
- Charles Portis, True Grit
- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
- Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
- Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
- Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Nonfiction
- Henry Cloud, Necessary Endings
- Andrew Delbanco, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
- Stephen Harrigan, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas
- Alan Jacobs, How to Think
- Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- Greg McKeown, Essentialism
- John McPhee, Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
- Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall
- Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice
Bible Study and Devotional Resources
- NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible
- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
Christian Literature
- Augustine (trans. Sarah Ruden), Confessions
- Karl Barth, Prayer
- Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor
- Soren Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing
- Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal
- Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
- J. P. Moreland, Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace
- Eugene Peterson, The Pastor
- Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man
- Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
Movies and Television
- Arnold (2023)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series (2005-2008)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Newsletters
- Oliver Burkeman: The Imperfectionist
- Nick Cave: The Red Hand Files
- James Clear: The 3-2-1 Newsletter
- Charles C. W. Cooke: The Charles C. W. Cooke Newsletter
- Austin Kleon: Weekly Newsletter
- Cal Newport: The Deep Life
- Gracy Olmstead: Granola
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold’s Pump Club
- Myles Werntz: Christian Ethics in the Wild
- Jessica Hooten Wilson: The Scandal of Reading
Podcasts
- Dana Carvey & David Spade: Fly on the Wall
- Charles C. W. Cooke: The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast
- Timothy Keller: Gospel in Life
- Matt Mosley & Ed Werder: The Doomsday Podcast
- Cal Newport: Deep Questions