the honorable mentions

not to be confused with "unmentionables", these are the honorable mention books who made my initial 2011 book list, but when the final cuts had to be made these had to go... they're still sitting on my shelf, so maybe i'll get to them one day.

the point of this is hopefully to highlight my new reading philosophy that i wrote about HERE. these are some REALLY GOOD books i'm intentionally choosing NOT to read. to focus on just the great stuff, a lot of good has to be sacrificed.

boiling it down to the final 15 was REALLY hard. here's some of the books that made it so hard:
Lynchpin – Seth Godin
Radical - David Platt
Wild Goose Chase – Mark Batterson
Bioethics – Gilbert Meilaender
A Primer on Postmodernism – Stanley Grenz
The End for Which God Created the World – Jonathan Edwards
Tribes – Seth Godin
Mavericks at Work – William Taylor
Rework – Jason Fried
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long – David Rock  
Wide Awake – Erwin McManus
The Intelligent Entrepreneur: How Three Harvard Business School Graduates Learned the 10 Rules of Successful Entrepreneurship – Bill Murphy, Jr.
Making ideas happen - Scott Belsky
Rescuing Ambition – Dave Harvey
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long – David Rock 

When I Don’t Desire God– John Piper
The Jesus of Suburbia– Mike Erre
Trusting God – Jerry Bridges
Brothers We are Not Professionals – John Piper
Primal – Mark Batterson
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
Microtrends – Mark Penn 
Justice – Michael Sendel
The Revolution: A Field Manual for Changing Your World – Heather Zydek
Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love – Saint Augustine
The Gospel of the Kingdom – George Ladd
Humility –Andrew Murray
The Biography of George Muller – A.T. Pierson 
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
Corageous Leadership – Bill Hybels
Leadership – Rudolph Giuliani  
The One Thing You Need to Know – Marcus Buckingham

Crazy Good Sex – Les Parrott
The Modern Kama Sutra– Kamini and Kirk Thomas
Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill
This is over 40 great books that didn't make my list! maybe another year.