Significant books are published every year. Here’s a personally curated list that I hope sparks some good memories and honors the works of the past.

Crazy Love, by Francis Chan (2008) – 15 years

Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller (2003) – 20 years

The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel (1998) – 25 years

A Voice in the Wind, by Francine Rivers (1993) – 30 years

Trusting God, by Jerry Bridges (1988) – 35 years

Loving God, by Charles Colson (1983) – 40 years

The Celebration of Discipline, by Richard Foster (1978) – 45 years

Knowing God, by J.I. Packer (1973) – 50 years

The God Who is There, by Francis Schaeffer (1968) – 55 years

The Cross and the Switchblade, by David Wilkerson (1963) – 60 years

The Shadow of the Almighty, by Elisabeth Elliott (1958) – 65 years

The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis (1953) – 70 years

The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer (1948) – 75 years

Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis (1943) – 80 years

Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis (1938) – 85 years

The Pilgrim’s Regress, by C.S. Lewis (1933) – 90 years

Tomorrow About This Time, by Grace Livingston Hill (1923) – 100 years

Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton (1908) – 115 years

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (1843) – 180 years

 

And now for really old books:

The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan (1678) – 345 years

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe (1563) – 460 years

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis (circa 1418) – 605 years

Confessions, by Augustine of Hippo (circa 398) – 1,625 years

On the Incarnation, by Athanasius of Alexandria (318) – 1,705 years