This year, I decided to give up playing Fantasy Football and listening to sports talk radio during my commute, and was able to read/listen to the following 21 books instead. Never going back. Asterisks* note my top recommendations.

*A Farewell to Mars – Brian Zahnd

*Money – Tony Robbins

David and Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell

Surprised by Scripture – N.T. Wright

The Signal and the Noise – Nate Silver

Sacred Roots: Why the Church Still Matters – Jon Tyson

Think Like a Freak – Steven Levitt

4-Hour Chef – Tim Ferriss

4-Hour Body – Tim Ferriss

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work – Mason Currey

Reimagining Church – Frank Viola

The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human – Jonathan Gottschall

Free-Range Kids – Lenore Skenazy

The Obstacle is the Way – Ryan Holiday

Finding Organic Church – Frank Viola

Prototype – Jonathan Martin

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams

The Explicit Gospel – Matt Chandler

What We Talk About When We Talk About God – Rob Bell

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense – N.T. Wright
The Humor Code – Peter McGraw