10+ Favorite Book Recs for Fathers or the Favorite Guys in your Life

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(In no particular order)

• Project Hail Mary (audio format!) by Andy Weir (science fiction) …a “must read” before the movie release in March, 2025!
• The Boys of Riverside by Thomas Fuller (narrative nonfiction) …for football fans!
• The Boys in the Boat (audio format!) by Daniel James Brown (narrative nonfiction….for fans of the Olympics) …watch the movie adaptation!
• The River by Peter Heller (wilderness survival)
• James by Percival Everett (reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from enslaved Jim’s POV)
• West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (historical fiction) …a unique road trip!
• News of the World by Paulette Jiles (historical fiction) …watch the movie adaptation with Tom Hanks!
• And There Was Light by Jon Meacham (biography) (also….Grant, Washington, and Alexander Hamilton)
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (narrative nonfiction) (also… The Wager) …watch the movie!
• Atomic Habits by James Clear (self-improvement)
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman (hockey competition, small town drama)

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Remembering My Dad on U.S. Father’s Day

My dad was promoted to Heaven on Father’s Day, 2009. He was a great man and excelled in many areas: farming (in his early years), pastor, theologian, professor, and author. He was an avid reader and prolific writer, writing at least 30 books (most of them for his theology classes at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California). If you’re curious, the list of his books can be found here on Goodreads.

In retrospect, I wish I had asked him to make a list of his favorite books for leisure reading. I do know that he enjoyed poetry.

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Happy U.S. Father’s Day Weekend!

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QOTD!

If you’re lucky enough to have your dad in your life, is he a reader?

Did you buy your dad a book for Father’s Day?

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Happy Reading Book Buddies!

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