Histories and Biographies Every Christian Should Read
Note: This list is a “work in progress.” Watch for new titles to be added in the future!
Titles are listed in chronological order.
1550 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
1650 Of Plimoth Plantation by William Bradford
1666 Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan
1682 The Sovereignty and Goodness of God by Mary Rowlandson
1776 The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
1840 Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by F. Douglass
1879 The Story of Liberty by Charles Coffin
1950 Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
1955 Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
1956 To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson
1957 Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot; AND
1958 Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot
1959 Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
1965 Five Pioneer Missionaries: David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn, John G. Paton by John D. Legg
1967 God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill
1969 The Apostle: A Life of Paul by John Pollock
1970 Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman by Gladys Aylward, with Christine Hunter
1971 The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill
1974 Peace Child by Don Richardson
1976 Joni: An Unforgettable Story by Joni Eareckson Tada
1985 Spurgeon: A Biography by Arnold A. Dallimore
1990 George Whitefield by Arnold A. Dallimore
1997 Just As I Am by Billy Graham
2003 One Nation, Under God by David C. Gibb
2006 Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle by Bruce Olson
2007 Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
2010 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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