5* Books Read in 2011-2015
2011
Fiction
- Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
- Jessica Durlacher, Emoticon
- Anne Tyler, Breathing Lessons
- Leon de Winter, Das Recht auf Rückkehr
Non-Fiction
- Paul Brand and Philip Yancey, In His Image
- Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir
- Michael Mayne, The Enduring Melody
- Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
- Eugene H. Peterson, Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination
- Dave Tomlinson, The Post-Evangelical
- Dave Tomlinson, Re-enchanting Christianity: Faith in an Emerging Culture
- Walter Wink, The Bible in Human Transformation
- Suzanne Zuercher, Enneagram Spirituality
2012
Fiction
- A. S. Byatt, The Children’s Book
- Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Jo Nesbø, Phantom
- Robert Schneider, Schlafes Bruder
- Patrick Süskind, Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders
- Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years
Poetry
- Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
- Anne Carson, Nox
- Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
Non-Fiction
- David G. Benner, Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The Sacred Journey of Transformation
- Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
- Sam Keen, The Passionate Life: Stages of Loving
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love
- Alexander Kissler and Carsten S. Leimbach, Alles über Patrick Süskinds Das Parfum
- Michael Mayne, A Year Lost and Found
- James B. Nelson, Embodiment: An Approach to Sexuality and Christian Theology
- John O’Donohue, Anam Cara
- John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Octavio Paz, The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
- Sandra M. Schneiders, The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture
- Rowan Williams, Silence and Honey Cakes: The Wisdom of the Desert
- Walter Wink, Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way
2013
Fiction
- Connie Palmen, Ganz der Ihre
- C. J. Sansom, Revelation
- Anne Tyler, The Beginner’s Goodbye
- Martin Walser, Das dreizehnte Kapitel
Poetry/Plays
- Anne Carson, Antigonick
- Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
- Anne Carson, Red Doc>
- Mary Oliver, Thirst
- Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Non-Fiction
- Julian Barnes, The Pedant in the Kitchen
- Rob Bell, What We Talk about When We Talk about God
- Wendell Berry, Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community: Eight Essays
- Ian Morgan Cron, Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale
- John Dominic Crossan, God and Empire: Jesus against Rome, Then and Now
- Barbara Glasson, A Spirituality of Survival: Enabling a Response to Trauma and Abuse
- Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941–43
- Belden C. Lane, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
- Magdalen Lawler, Christ Our Morning Star: The Art and Inspiration of Sieger Köder
- Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey through Anguish to Freedom
- Connie Palmen, I. M.: Ischa Meijer. In Margine. In Memoriam
- Marian Partington, If You Sit Very Still
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Briefe an einen jungen Dichter
- Richard Rohr, Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality
- John Swinton, Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil
- Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
- Samuel Wells and Marcia A. Owen, Living without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence
2014
Fiction
- Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam
- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
- Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
- Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood
- Andrea Camilleri, Angelica’s Smile
- Katie Green, Lighter than My Shadow
- Hannah Kent, Burial Rites
- Pascal Mercier, Lea: Novelle
- John Williams, Stoner
Poetry
- Inger Christensen, Alphabet
- Julia Esquivel, Threatened with Resurrection/Amenazado de Resurrección
- Hafiz, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy. Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky
- Hafiz, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz
- SAID, Psalmen
Non-Fiction
- Richard Beck, Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality
- Walter Brueggemann, Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contemporary Church
- Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
- Antonio González Fernández, God’s Reign and the End of Empires
- Sam Keen, To a Dancing God: Notes of a Spiritual Traveler
- Martin Laird, Into the Silent Land: The Practice of Contemplation
- Sara Miles, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
- Rina Risitano, The Folly of God: The Journey of the Cross. A Path to Light. The Art and Inspiration of Sieger Köder
- Richard Rohr, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
- Nigel Slater, The Kitchen Diaries II
- Dorothee Sölle, Mystik und Widerstand: ‘Du stilles Geschrei’
- Eckhart Tolle and Patrick McDonnell, Guardians of Being
- Desmond Tutu, God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time
2015
Fiction
- Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last
- Margaret Atwood, Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales
- Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist
- Andrea Camilleri, Blade of Light
- Andrea Camilleri, Game of Mirrors
- Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
- Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
- Bernhard Schlink, Die Frau auf der Treppe
Poetry
- Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
- Hollie McNish, Cherry Pie
- Hollie McNish, Papers
- Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Non-Fiction
- Rubem A. Alves, The Poet, the Warrior, the Prophet
- Leonardo Boff, Francis of Assisi: A Model for Human Liberation
- John Dear, Thomas Merton, Peacemaker: Meditations on Merton, Peacemaking, and the Spiritual Life
- Gustavo Gutiérrez, On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent
- Jonathan Jones, The Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance
- Helen Macdonald, H Is for Hawk
- Sara Maitland, A Book of Silence
- John O’Donohue, Benedictus: A Book of Blessings
- Parker J. Palmer, The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life
- Lucien Richard, Living the Hospitality of God
- Peter Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of God
- Nigel Slater, A Year of Good Eating: The Kitchen Diaries III
Karl Möller 