This extensive recommended reading list was compiled by Akil Thompson, eastern regional director for Hyphen.  Download this list for convenience when shopping for books.

Top Picks

• A Case for Faith, Stroebl
• A Case for Jesus, Stroebl
• Crazy Love, Francis Chan
• Ordering Your Private World, MacDonald
• The Reason for God, Timothy Keller
• Recreate, Ron Luce
• True Christianity, Johann Arndd
• UnChristian, Lyons & Kinneman
• Youth Culture 101, Mueller

Young Adult Leaders

• Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road From the Late Teens Through the Twenties, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
• Young Adult Ministry in the 21st Century: The Encyclopedia of Practical Ideas, Various Authors
• The Last Christian Generation, Josh McDowell

Young Adults

• The 11th Commandment, Andy Smith
• A Call to Die, David Nasser
• A Tale of Three Kings, Gene Edwards
• The Bait of Satan, John Bevere
• Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
• The Best Question Ever, Andy Stanley
• Beyond Belief to Convictions, Josh McDowell
• Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
• The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life, Os Guinness
• The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel
• Cheated, Jerry Jones
• Choosing to Cheat, Andy Stanley
• Dear Church: Letters from a Disillusioned Generation, Sarah Cunningham
• The Divine Romance, Gene Edwards
• Do Hard Things, Alex and Brett Harris
• Essential Church, Thom Rainer
• Every Man’s Battle, Stephen Arterburn
• Every Woman’s Battle, Shannon Ethridge
• Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Jim Cymbala
• From Good to Great, Jim Collins
• God Ideas, Simeon Young Jr.
• The Greatest Salesman in the World, Og Mandino
• i am not but i know I AM, Louie Giglio
• In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson
• Leading Lives That Matter: What We Should
• Do and Who We Should Be, Dorothy Bass and
• Mark Schwehn
• Simple Prayer, Joyce Meyer
• Victory in the Wilderness, John Bevere
• Your God is Too Safe, Mark Buchanan