Book club by topic and genre

Reading Group Selections by Topic
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Poverty/Transformation
- Clay's Quilt: A Novel by Silas House
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
- Theirs is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America by Robert D. Lupton
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
- Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, and Lynn Vincent
- All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Disaster Response
- The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
- For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
- Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer
Internationals and Immigration
- The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community by Mary Pipher
- Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake
- With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today by Daniel Rothenberg and Robert Coles
- Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry by Duane Elmer
- Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West by Behzad Yaghmaian
- Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World by Doug Saunders
Church Planting/Faith Sharing
- Loving Monday by John Beckett
- God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement by David W. Miller
Medical Ministries
- Come Walk with Me by Dr. Melvin Cheatham
- Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender by Kay Warren
Education and Training
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
Justice and Peacemaking
- From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice by Anne Firth Murray
- The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
- Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry by Duane Elmer
- Ambassadors of Hope by Robert A. Seiple
- What is the What by Dave Eggers
Economic Development
- Banker to the Poor by Muhammed Yunus
- God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement by David W. Miller
World Religion and Culture
- A Christian's Guide to Islam by Michael McCullar
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
- Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake
- Untouchables by Narendra Jadhav
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
- Fires in the Dark: A Novel by Louise Doughty
- Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West by Behzad Yaghmaian
- Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Church and Mission
- Mission Trips That Matter by Don C. Richter
- Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy by Rosalie Hunt
- Child of the Jungle by Sabine Keugler
- Jim and Casper go to Church: Frank Conversations about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians by Jim Henderson, Matt Casper, and George Barna
- Hearing and Knowing by Mercy Oduyoye
Faith/Spirituality
- Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Sait of Calcutta with Brian Kolodiejchuk
- The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen
- For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
- A People's History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass
- Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey through Cancer and Recovery by Melinda Marchiano

Reading Group Selections by Genre

Novels
- Clay's Quilt: A Novel by Silas House
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
- Fires in the Dark: A Novel by Louise Doughty
- The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
- What is the What by Dave Eggers
- Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Memoir and Autobiography
- Child of the Jungle by Sabine Keugler
- Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta with Brian Kolodiejchuk
- The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen
- For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
- Banker to the Poor by Muhammed Yunus
- Untouchables by Narendra Jadhav
- The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- Jim and Casper go to Church: Frank Conversations about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians by Jim Henderson, Matt Casper, and George Barna
- Come Walk with Me by Dr. Melvin Cheatham
- Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender by Kay Warren
- Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, and Lynn Vincent
- Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey through Cancer and Recovery by Melinda Marchiano
- All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
History and Biography
- Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy by Rosalie Hunt
- The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
- God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement by David W. Miller
- A People's History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass
Models and guides for ministry
- The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community by Mary Pipher
- Mission Trips that Matter by Don C. Richter
- Loving Monday by John Beckett
- Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry by Duane Elmer
- Ambassadors of Hope by Robert A. Seiple
- God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement by David W. Miller
Information/documentary
- A Christian's Guide to Islam by Michael McCullar
- From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice by Anne Firth Murray
- Theirs is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America by Robert D. Lupton
- With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today by Daniel Rothenberg and Robert Coles
- Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West by Behzad Yaghmaian
- Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World by Doug Saunders
- Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer
- Hearing and Knowing by Mercy Oduyoye