Significant books are published every year. Here’s a personally curated list that I hope sparks some good memories and honors the work of the past:
One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp (2011) – 15 years
Kisses from Katie, by Katie Davis Majors (2011) – 15 years
The Harbinger, by Jonathan Cahn (2011) – 15 years
Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall (2006) – 20 years
Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge (2001) – 25 years
Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn (2001) – 25 years
Tribulation Force (Left Behind #2), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (1996) – 30 years
Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers (1991) – 35 years
This Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti (1986) – 40 years
Desiring God, by John Piper (1986) – 40 years
Chosen by God, by R. C. Sproul (1986) – 40 years
No Wonder They Call Him the Savior, by Max Lucado (1986) – 40 years
Once Upon a Summer, by Janette Oke (1981) – 45 years
A Christian Manifesto, by Francis Schaeffer (1981) – 45 years
Eternity in their Hearts, by Don Richardson (1981) – 45 years
Joni, by Joni Eareckson Tada (1976) – 50 years
How Should We Then Live, by Francis Schaeffer (1976) – 50 years
Born Again, by Charles Colson (1976) – 50 years
Let Me Be a Woman, by Elisabeth Elliot (1976) – 50 years
The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom (1971) – 55 years
True Spirituality, by Francis Schaeffer (1971) – 55 years
Silence, by Shusaku Endo (1966) – 60 years
A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis (1961) – 65 years
The Knowledge of the Holy, by A. W. Tozer (1961) – 65 years
The Last Battle: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis (1956) – 70 years
A Man Called Peter, by Catherine Marshall (1951) – 75 years
America’s Hour of Decision, by Billy Graham (1951) – 75 years
The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin (1941) – 85 years
The Mind of the Maker, by Dorothy L. Sayers (1941) – 85 years
The Allegory of Love, by C. S. Lewis (1936) – 90 years
The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton (1911) – 115 years
And books before the 20th century:
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1896) – 130 years
All of Grace, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1886) – 140 years
Morning and Evening, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1866) – 160 years
The Religious Affections, by Jonathan Edwards (1746) – 280 years
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards (1741) – 285 years
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, by John Bunyan (1666) – 360 years
Westminster Confessions of Faith, by Westminster Assembly (1646) – 380 years
The Mortification of Sin, by John Owen (1656) – 370 years
City of God, by Augustine of Hippo (426) – 1600 years


An amazing list. Thank you.
Great list! I was fortunate to be cast as a TV News anchorman in the motion picture Born Again that was based on the Chuck Colson book. Got to meet Chuck Colson and also enjoyed, very much, reading the book. Inspired my own Spiritual memoir that I am polishing now and having Beta readers comment on before I submit to agents. Thank you again!