2009 Book Awards

Category 1-- Best Title

Winner: Bowels Opened by Richard Sibbes

Category 2-- Best Science Fiction

Winner: Matter by Iain M. Banks

Category 3-- Confirmed Still Favorite Book

Winner: The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Category 4-- Best Spiritual Book

Winner: The Holy Spirit by John Owen

Category 5-- Best Historical Work

Winner: Russia Under the Old Regime by Richard Pipes

Category 6-- Most Unexpectedly Enjoyable Book

Winner-- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Category 7-- Awesomest Graphs

Winner-- Old Earth Creationism on Trial

Sample:

From Drop Box

Category 8-- Worst Overall Book

Winner-- The Shack by William Young

Category 9-- Best Book About Basketball

Winner-- The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Books I have read in 2009 (so far)

A. Spiritual/General

1. The Lost Art of Disciple Making by Leroy Eims
2. The Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink
3. The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges
4. The Ascent of a Leader by Bill Thrall
5. The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
6. Abba's Child by Brennan Manning
7. Boundaries by Cloud/Townsend
8. Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret by Howard Taylor
9. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

B. Spiritual/Controversial

10. The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
11. Why We Are Not Emergent by Kevin DeYoung
12. Justification by NT Wright
13. The Shack by William Young
14. Old Earth Creationism on Trial by Jason Lyle

C. Spiritual/Puritan

15. The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prayer by John Owen
16. The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes
17. The Soul's Conflict by Richard Sibbes
18. The Glory of Christ by John Owen
19. Bowels Opened by Richard Sibbes
20. On Spiritual Mindedness by John Owen
21. Exposition of Psalms 130 by John Owen
22. The Holy Spirit by John Owen

D. Science Fiction/Quality

23. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
24. The Devil's Eye by Jack McDevitt
25. Matter by Iain M. Banks
26. The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
27. Seeker by Jack McDevitt

E. Science Fiction/Trashy

28. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
29. Star by Star by Troy Denning
29. Dark Tide I: Onslaught by Michael Stackpole
30. Dark Tide II: Ruin by Michael Stackpole
31. Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore
32. Agent of Chaos I: Hero's Trial by James Luceno
33. Agent of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse by James Luceno
34. Balance Point Kathy Tyers
35. Edge of Victory I: Conquest by Greg Keyes
36. Edge of Victory II: Rebirth by Greg Keyes
37. Dark Journey by Elaine Cunningham
38. Rebel Dream by Aaron Alliston
39. Revel Stand by Aaron Alliston
40. Traitor by Michael Stover
41. Destiny's Way by Walter John Williams

F. Girly Books

42. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
43. Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery
44. Anne of the Island by LM Montgomery
45. Anne's House of Dreams by LM Montgomery
46. Anne of Ingleside by LM Montgomery
47. Rainbow Valley by LM Montgomery

G. Quality Fiction

48. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder
49. Persuasion by Jane Austen
50. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
51. The Terror by Dan Simmons

H. History

52. Potemkin Simon Sebag Montefiore
53. Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag Montefiore
54. The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
55. The Dagaev Affair by Richard Pipes
56. Russia Under the Old Regime by Richard Pipes
57. Russia Under the Bolshlevik Regime by Richard Pipes
58. The First World War by John Keegan
59. A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson
60. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

I. Books About Basketball

61. The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons