NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #21—and week four!—of #GMGreads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
This Sunday, I'll listen—as I have every Easter for 13 years—to my college minister Peter J. Gomes' 2008 sermon, "Morning People." So in honor of Holy Week and Passover, I wanted to feature five favorite books revolving around faith: soundcloud.com/harvard/peter-…
1) Reverend Gomes wrote two fabulous books, THE GOOD BOOK bookshop.org/books/the-good… and THE GOOD LIFE, that had a profound impact on the way I live my life: bookshop.org/books/the-good…
2) Christopher Hitchens' fiery GOD IS NOT GREAT is a challenging and persuasive argument from one of the great writers of the modern era: bookshop.org/books/god-is-n…
3) Anne Lamott's TRAVELING MERCIES, her explanation of a big-hearted faith, is a classic: bookshop.org/books/travelin…
4) Jon Krakauer's UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN is part-history, part-investigative reportage of Fundamentalist Mormons: bookshop.org/books/under-th…
5) Then two great novels: Neil Gaiman's fun AMERICAN GODS bookshop.org/books/american… and Graham Greene's THE POWER AND THE GLORY featuring one of the greatest characters in literature, the whiskey priest: bookshop.org/books/the-powe…
Those are tonight's #GMGreads. What are your favorite books on faith? What are your favorite indie bookstores! Share! #avidreadersunite
