Russell's Desert Island Bookshelf

It’s time for the quarterly books episode of The Russell Moore Show! 

On this episode, Russell shares the books on his desert island bookshelf. He and producer Ashley Hales discuss what it takes for a title to belong on that shelf. They consider the power of finding a book for a specific season and how such reads take root in our hearts. Their conversation spans genres and generations as they talk about books that range from centuries old to just published. 

Visit [link to come] to see a picture of Russell’s desert island bookshelf.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

A Theology of the New Testament by George Eldon Ladd

Selected Poems: 1931-2004 by Czeslaw Milosz

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Confessions by Saint Augustine

The Table Talk of Martin Luther by Martin Luther

Signposts in a Strange Land by Walker Percy

The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy

A Room Called Remember by Frederick Buechner

The Alphabet of Grace by Frederick Buechner

Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pensées by Blaise Pascal

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Provocations by Søren Kierkegaard 

The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

Early Christian Fathers by Cyril Richardson

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 

Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot

The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

On the Apostolic Preaching by Irenaeus of Lyons

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 

The Message of Romans (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by John Stott

As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Eugene Peterson

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Additional authors and resources mentioned in this episode include:

David Foster Wallace

Seth Godin

Denise Levertov

Edgar Allan Poe

Anton Chekhov

Frederick Buechner

The Bishop and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen

The Banshees of Insherin 

“Malcolm Guite’s Hope for Hurt Christians” 

Pre-order Russell’s new title, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, here!

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Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com.

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“The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today

Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper

Host: Russell Moore

Producer: Ashley Hales

Associate Producers: Abby Perry and Azurae Phelps

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Audio Engineer: Kevin Duthu

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Video Producer: John Roland

Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton

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