Best Books of 2014: Think Black Friday and Christmas

This is a highly subjective list, and tips heavily towards theology and fiction, but nevertheless, it's the best stuff I read in 2014, and I recommend all of them as possible Christmas gifts:

Best Overall: Rowan Williams' Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer



Best Philosophy: Rosi Braidotti, The Posthuman



Best Book from Iowa and best Novel: Marilyn Robinson's Lila: A Novel



Best Collection of Essays: Qu'ran in Conversation



Best History: Philip Jenkins, The Great and Holy War



Best Book by the Author of this Blog: Clint Schnekloth, Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era



Best cutting edge theology: Daniel Barber, On Diaspora: Christianity, Religion, and Secularity



Best Ministry Book: Paul Sparks and Tim Soerens, The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship, and Community



Best Social Sciences Resource: Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics



Most Fun Philosophy/Theology: James K.A. Smith, How (Not) to be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor



Best Theology: Kendall Soulen, The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity: Distinguishing the Voices



Best Theology of the Cross: Mitri Raheb, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes



Best Historical Theology: D. Stephen Long, Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs Von Balthasar's Preoccupation



Best Near Future, Luddite: Dave Eggers, The Circle



Best Anthology: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Works, London, 1933-1935 (volume 13)



Best Far Future: William Gibson, The Peripheral



Best Near Future, Epidemic: Jon Scalzi, Lock In



Best Future, with a pastor as a space traveler

: Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things



Best Co-Op Card Game: Sentinels of the Multiverse