Wednesday, December 22, 2010

My Top 10 Books and Music for 2010

Here are my picks for books and music that impacted me this year. Hope it guides you to check some of it out. They are in no particular order and are not necessarily new...just the best of 2010 for me.

My top 10 albums from 2010

  1. Zach Williams- Story Time
  2. Mumford and Sons- Sigh No More
  3. Natasha Bedingfield- Strip Me
  4. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
  5. The Avett Brothers- I And Love And You
  6. David Bazan- Live at Electrical Audio
  7. Thrice- Beggars
  8. The Low Anthem- Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
  9. Grace-Midtown- Songs for the City
  10. Gungor- Beautiful Things
Honorable Mentions: because for me, 10 isnt enough :)
Black Dub- Black Dub
Heather Williams- EP (Full album will be top 10 next year :))
Ben Rector- Into the Morning
Dustin Kensrue- Please Come Home
Florence and the Machine- Lungs
The Frames- The Cost
Hanson- Shout it Out
John Mayer- Battle Sudies
Kid Cudi- Man On the Moon
Mavis Staples- You Are Not Alone
The Swell Season- Strict Joy
Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
30 Seconds to Mars- This is War

My top 10 books from 2010

  1. Forgotten God- Francis Chan
  2. Brothers We are Not Professionals- John Piper
  3. The Reason for God- Tim Keller
  4. A Peoples History of the United States- Howard Zinn
  5. Tribes- Seth Godin
  6. Building a Discipleship Culture- Mike Breen
  7. Permission to Speak Freely- Anne Jackson
  8. The Gospel According to Jesus- Chris Seay
  9. Vintage Church- Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears
  10. Doctrine- Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears

3 comments:

DTDorrin said...

I have been listening to Mumford and Sons nonstop ever since I bought it a few weeks ago. Just can't get enough! And it makes me happy to see that you included Hanson in the honorable mentions. Also great: Broken Bells, The Black Keys and Sleigh Bells.

Brett Thompson said...

Broken Bells almost made it in the list. I just havent listened to it enough yet.

Susan Coverston said...

My AP US History Class was required to read A Peoples History of the US- great book, learned a lot!