Every once in a while people ask me what I read.   What books have influence me the most in my career.

It is a growing list, the ones at the end are my most current reads.   I read a lot.   The book has to influence me in order to make ‘my’ list.

Do you have a reading plan for this year?

Dan O’Deens – BOOK LIST
Blue Like JazzDonald Miller
The Fred FactorMark Sanborn
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodJonathan Edwards
Epic **(you have 2 copies of this one!)John Eldredge
How Good is good enough?Andy Stanley
Fish Tales/FISHStephen Lundin
7 Practices of Effective MinistryStanley Joiner Jones
The Next Generation LeaderAndy Stanley
Wild at HeartJohn Eldredge
The Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell
Creating Contagious CommitmentShapiro
Love is the Killer AppTim Sanders
The 33 Laws of StewardshipDave Sutherland
Simply Strategic StuffStevens – Morgan
LeadersWarren Bennis & Burt Nanus
Good to GreatJim Collins
Organic churchNeil Cole
The one thing you need to knowMarcus Buckingham
Tombone Player WantedMarcus Buckingham
The 21 Most powerful minutes in a leaders dayJohn Maxwell
the 17 Indisputable laws of teamworkJohn Maxwell
The 21 Indusputable laws of leadershipJohn Maxwell
The Purpose Driven LifeRick Warren
The Purpuse Drive ChurchRick Warren
Execution The discipline of getting things doneBossidy/Charan
Walking with the PoorOrbis
Church Planting MovementsDavid Garrison
The Open ChurchRutz
Sacred PathwaysGary Thomas
The Shaping of things to comeFrost Hirsch
Seven Steps for Planting Church’sPartnering Church Edition
Planting New Churches in a Postmodern AgeStetzer
Seeing and Savoring Jesus ChristPiper
The Deity Formerly Known as Godjarrett Stevens
Somebody CaresDoug Stringer
Jesus in the MarginsMcKinley
Sandbox WisdomTom Asacker
A Clear Eye for BrandingTom Asacker
Childlike FaithKeith Shearer
Be IntolerantDobson
A new kind of christianMcLaren
UprisingMcmanus
Seizing your divine momentMcmanus
The Journey of DesireJohn Eldredge
Holy DiscontentHybels
Change your church for GoodBrad powell
UnchristianKinnaman & Lyons
Character Makes a differenceHuckabee
Simple ChurchRainer/Geiger
axiomBill Hybels
ITCraig Groeschel
ChazownCraig Groeschel
Wild Goose ChaseMark Batterson
I Became A Christian and all I got was this lousy t-shirtVince Antonucci
Breaking the Discipleship CodeDavid Putman
The Organic GodMargaret Feinberg
Live SentJason Dukes
The Faith of LeapFrost/Hirsch
The Hole in our GospelRichard Stearns
Outlive Your LifeMax Lucado
Touch OneChris Schimel
The Poor Will Be GladGreer/Smith
When Helping HurtsCorbett/Fickert/Perkins
The Starfish and the SpiderBrafman/Beckstrom
Who Is My NeighborSteve Moore
Mountains Beyond MountainsKidder (Partners in Health)
Haiti After the EarthquakePaul Farmer
Switch On Your BrainCaroline Leaf
Wisdom HunterRandy Alcorn
Kisses From KatieKatie Davis
FleshHalter
Jesus – ReligionJefferson Bethke
MOVEHawkins and Parkinson
Toxic CharityLupton
UNFINISHEDRichard Stearns
David and GoliathMalcolm Gladwell
Church DiversityWilliams
Permission to Speak FreelyAnne Jackson
Dancing With the AnalystsDavid Mallach
ImpactTim Irwin
PursuedJud Wilhite