My 15 Favorite Spiritual Formation and Devotional Reads from 2024

Spiritual warfare, the Psalms, counseling issues, and friendship

**This post now contains only 14 books, as I have removed a book I had recommended by Dane Ortlund. While it grieves me very much, after reading multiple articles and a report from the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the evidence seems to point to spiritually abusive behavior on his part.

Yes, I am still recapping my 2024 reads. Yes, if I hadn’t read so many books, I could have done this a lot more efficiently. Yes, I will continue to read widely and voraciously.

In all seriousness, I hope that these posts are helpful. I have a long list of ideas for book roundups (not just from 2024, but from the past decade of reading and beyond), but if there’s a topic you’re interested in, please leave me a comment or reply to this email! There are few things I love more than giving book recommendations.

These are in no particular order in terms of how much I liked them, but I did try to somewhat group them by topic (spiritual formation, counseling issues, and marriage). You can tell that there …