Books



Below is a list of some books since I've been keeping track...in no particular order except subject matter.  Let me know if a link is broken - jcartne@hotmail.com.

*indicates highly recommended

Adventure/Peril
1. Icebound
2. River*
3. Among Grizzlies
4. Looking for Alaska*
5. Along the Edge of America*
6. On the Water*
7. Lure of the Quest*
8. Adrift*
9. Endurance  (2010)
10. Greenland Expedition*  (2010)
11. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me*  (2010)
12. The Mad Trapper of Rat River (April 2012)
13. The Sledge Patrol* (July 2012)
14. We Die Alone* (July 2012)
15. The Shetland Bus* (September 2012)
16. The Forgotten 500 (October 2012)
17. Wild Men, Wild Alaska* (January 2013)
18. Wild Men, Wild Alaska II (May 2013)
19. A Boat in our Baggage (January 2014)
20. Goodbye to a River (July 2014)
21. This Water Goes North (January 2015)
22. North to the Night (March 2015)
23. In the Kingdom of Ice (September 2015)
24. Portage into the Past (January 2016)
25. Biking Across America (October 2017)
26. Selkirk's Island (August 2018)
27. Sailing Alone Around the World (October 2018)

Biographies/Autobiographies
1. Kit Carson's Autobiography
2. Finding Fish*
3. Jack - Straight from the Gut*
4. Fantastic*
5. It's Not About the Bike
6. Field of Hope
7. Rebound*
8. Jedediah Smith
9. Broken Hand
10. Mountain Men
11. Jim Bridger
12. John Colter*
13. The Hard Way
14. Lou Whittaker
15. Epic
16. Jesus Freaks
17. Abe's Story*
18. Night*
19. Watchman Nee's Testimony
20. Hope Unseen*  (June 2011)
21. Dale Carnegie: The Man who Influenced Millions (July 2012)
22. Sinner's Creed* (January 2013)
23. Unbroken* (January 2013)
24. Killing Kennedy (July 2013)
25. The Man Behind the Mask (August 2013)
26. barebones (December 2013)
27. Inside Seal Team Six (December 2013)
28. Father of the Iditarod (February 2014)
29. Jack London: A Life* (June 2014)
30. The Last Lecture (July 2014)
31. Fearless* (July 2014)
32. My Prison Without Bars (September 2014)
33. Players First* (March 2015)
34. Eleven Rings (March 2015)
35. Stronger (July 2015)
36. The Same River Twice (February 2016)
37. Untamed* (June 2016)
38. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (July 2016)
39. Hillbilly Elegy (March 2017)
40.  Be You. Do Good. (July 2017)
41. The Naturalist (July 2017)
42. A Long Way Home (September 2017)
43. The Ferno Story (September 2017)
44. George Whitefield: America's Spiritual Founding Father* (February 2018)
45. The Wright Brothers (November 2019)
46. Same Kind of Different as Me (November 2019)
47. Bonhoeffer* (April 2020)
48. Martin Luther* (May 2020)
49  John Adams (October 2020)
Religion
1. Bible* (2004, 2005, May 2012, December 2012)
2. The Book of Mormon
3. Evidence for Christianity*
4. Life Application Bible Commentary:  1,2,3 John*(1996, 1998, August 2014)
5. Explore the Bible Adult Commentary:  Acts
6. That I May Know Him:  Philippians and Colossians* (read twice)
7. The Song of Solomon Study Guide* (read twice)
8. Explore the Bible Adult Learner Guide: Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
9. Acts:  Model for Today's Church* (read twice)
10. My Utmost for His Highest
11. NightLight* (read twice)
12. The Purpose Driven Life
13. Better Together - What on Earth are We Here for?
14. God's Best for My Life*
15. Pursuing Spiritual Transformation
16. Sharing Your Life Mission Every Day
17. Sacred Marriage (2010)
18. Love Life for Every Married Couple
19. Communication - Key to Your Marriage
20. Starting Out Together* (read twice)
21. Even Though We're Far Apart
22. A Celebration of Sex*
23. Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
24. A Child is Born
25. Paul's Idea of Community
26. Tally Ho, the Fox!*
27. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life* (200X, May 2018)
28. Mere Christianity
29. Case for the Christian Faith
30. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe* (199X, October 2016)
31. Trusting God* 
32. Respectable Sins*  (2010)
33. Point Man*  (read twice:  2009, March 2011)
34. The Journey of Desire
35. Wild at Heart*
36. The Expeditionary Man*
37. Breaking the Missional Code*  (2010)
38. The Five Principles
39. The Case for Christ*
40. The Case for Faith
41. Why I am Not a Christian*
42. How to Read a Christian Book*
43. Culture Making  (2010)
44. The Trellis and the Vine  (2010)
45. Twelve Ordinary Men*  (2010)
46. Surprised by Hope  (2010)
47. Counterfeit Gods*  (2010)
48. The Reason for God*  (2010)
49. Tyndale Commentary:  First Corinthians  (2010)
50. Tyndale Commentary: Second Corinthians  (2010)
51. The Baptist Faith and Message  (2010)
52. A Guide to the Pastor Search Process  (2010)
53. High Adventure in Tibet  (2010)
54. The Spiritual Man*
55. The Simple Life  (2010)
56. Darwin on Trial
57. Drawing Closer, Growing Stronger*  (199X, 2010)
58. The Pleasures of God
59. Dispensationalist Eschatology and Its Influence on American and British Religious Movements  (2010)
60. Straight Talk to Men  (April 2011)
61. Walking the Bible
62. Lost Mountains of Noah
63. Abraham
64. Arthur, A Pilgrim*
65. Grace Based Parenting*  (2010)
66. Sheperding a Child's Heart*  (2010)
67. Raising Your Child, Not Your Voice  (2010)
68. Moral Values in the Ancient World  (2010)
69. How to Pray*  (January 2011)
70. The Pursuit of God*  (January 2011)
71. Radical*  (January 2011)
72. Think*  (January 2011)
73. The Crisis of Caring  (February 2011)
74. The Church Awakening*  (February 2011)
75. Tranformational Church*  (May 2011)
76. Generous Justice* (May 2011)
77. According to Plan  (June 2011)
78. Celebration of Discipline* (July 2011)
79. Let the Nations Be Glad!* (August 2011)
80. Bruchko* (August 2011)
81. Knowing God (October 2011)
82. Five Who Changed the World* (October 2011)
83. Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle* (October 2011)
84. Connect, Grow, Serve, Go (December 2011)
85. Sexual Detox (January 2012)
86. The Cross of Christ (February 2012)
87. Seeker's Guide to the Spiritual Wilderness (June 2012)
88. How to Read the Bible for all its Worth (June 2012)
89. No Longer a Slumdog (June 2012)
90. Successful Mission Teams (July 2012)
91. God's Indwelling Presence (September 2012) 
92. The Church* (January 2013)
93. 52 Things Kids Need From a Dad (February 2013)
94. Every Good Endeavor* (May 2013)
95. Revolution in World Missions (June 2013)
96. I Am a Church Member* (July 2013)
97. The Disciplined Life* (July 2013)
98. Being Leaders (August 2013)
99. Pastoring Men (November 2013)
100. Evidence Not Seen* (November 2013)
101. Church Unique (December 2013)
102. Miracle in the Mountains* (March 2014)
103. Rhythms of Grace* (March 2014)
104. These Are My Church Clothes (April 2014)
105. Jungle Pilot (June 2014)
106. Reclaiming the Gospel at Home* (June 2014)
107. New American Commentary: 1,2,3 John (August 2014)
108. New American Commentary:  Jude* (August 2014)
109. Money, Possessions, and Eternity (December 2014)
110. Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons* (January 2015)
111. Life on Mission* (March 2015)
112. Father, Son, & Holy Spirit* (June 2015)
113. Love Does* (July 2015)
114. Brothers, We are Not Professionals* (October 2015)
115. Torn Asunder (January 2016)
116. Lectures to My Students, Volume I*(April 2016)
117. Reclaiming Surrendered Ground (May 2016)
118. The Pilgrim's Progress (July 2016)
119. Christian Caregiving (August 2016)
120. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe* (September 2016)
121. Forty Questions About Interpreting the Bible* (September 2016)
122. A Guide to Biblical Manhood* (October 2016)
123. What is a Healthy Church Member?* (November 2016)
124. Be Mature: Commentary on James* (November 2016)
125. You Make the Call (December 2016)
126. The Gospel at Work (January 2017)
127. The Priest (January 2017)
128. Life's Healing Choices (January 2017)
129. Lectures to My Students, Volume II (January 2017)
130. Progressive Convenantalism* (March 2017)
131. Be Hopeful: Commentary on 1 Peter* (March 2017)
132. Parables* (March 2017)
133. Zechariah: Thru the Bible Commentary (May 2017)
134. A Tale of Two Sons* (June 2017)
135. The Parables of Jesus* (October 2017)
136.  Be Alert: Commentary on 2,3 Peter & Jude* (October 2017)
137. The Koran (November 2017)
138. Spiritual Leadership* (December 2017)
139. The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses (January 2018)
140. The Parables (January 2018)
141. The Churching of America (March 2018)
142. Loving Your Wife as Christ Loved the Church (December 2018)
143. Walking with the Giants* (January 2019)
144. Feasting with the Trinity (March 2019)
145. NIV Application Commentary: Ezekiel (March 2019)
146. The Evangelicals (May 2019)
147. 7 Men (June 2019)
148. Revelation:  A Shorter Commentary** (June 2019)
149. Triumph of the Lamb (June 2019)
150. Be Authentic (June 2019)
151. Every Moment Holy (July 2019)
152. God's Pursuit of Man (July 2019)
153. We Become What we Worship* (December 2019)
154. The Protestant Pulpit (December 2019)
155. The Knowledge of the Holy (January 2020)
156. The Four Loves (June 2020)
160. Scandalous Witness (December 2020)
161. Business for the Glory of God (December 2020)
163. Live Not By Lies* (January 2021)
164. Preaching (January 2021)
166. Boundaries (March 2021)
167. Making Sense of God (May 2021)
Classic Literature
1. The Iliad
2. The Odyssey (read twice)
3. The Adventures of Ulysses* (read twice)
4. Beowulf* (read 3 times)
5. Grendel*
6. Tom Sawyer Abroad
7. The Red Badge of Courage*
8. Hard Times
9. Great Expectations
10. Oliver Twist
11. A Burnt-Out Case*
12. Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party*
13. Holes
14. A Passage to India
15. The Old Man and the Sea* (read twice)
16. Invisible Man*
17. Symposium
18. Wuthering Heights
19. To Kill a Mockingbird
20. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
21. The Merchant of Venice
22. Gulliver's Travels
23. Lord Jim
24. Death Be Not Proud
25. Heart of Darkness*
26. The Secret Sharer
27. Animal Farm*
28. Lord of the Flies* (read twice)
29. Walden*
30. The Call of the Wild* (read twice)
31. The Jack London Reader*
32. To Build a Fire and Other Short Stories*
33. Emerson:  Essays - First and Second Series
34. The Sea Wolf*  (2010)
35. White Fang* (July 2014)
36. Stone Fox (July 2014)
37. Pinocchio (December 2014)
38. Fantastic Mr. Fox* (March 2015)
39. Once There Was a Monkey (April 2015)
40. The Swiss Family Robinson (Oct 2017)
41. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (April 2018)
42. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (December 2019)
43. Brave New World (November 2020)
44. The Hobbit (January 2021)
45. The Fellowship of the Ring (February 2021)
46. The Two Towers (February 2021)
47. The Return of the King (February 2021)
Fiction (contemporary)
1. The Loop
2. The Big Sky
3. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (December 2018)

Finance
1. Cut Your Bills in Half
2. Sound Mind Investing
3. The Fairtax Book*
4. Think and Grow Rich
5. The Complete Financial Guide for Young Couples
6. The Total Money Makeover*
7. How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing (January 2020)

History/Politics/Military
1. The Battle of Mogadishu  (2010)
2. Do the Right Thing*  (2010)
3. Saving Freedom*  (June 2011)
4. The Rescue (April 2013)
5. No Easy Day* (April 2013)
6. Lone Survivor* (August 2014)
7. Escape from Davao (October 2014)
8. The American Spirit (January 2018)
9. Common Sense (February 2018)
10. Chasing Lincoln's Killer (July 2018)
11. 1776* (December 2018)
12. The Johnstown Flood (February 2019)
13. The Pioneers (June 2019)
14. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence* (June 2019)
15. On The Map (July 2019)
16. 100 People Who are Screwing Up America (January 2020)
17. Uneven Ground (July 2020)
18. Fortitude* (January 2021)
20. The Gulag Archipelago (March 2021)
Leadership
1. The Truth About You  (2010)
2. Strengthsfinder  (2010)
3. Living Your Strengths* (read twice, 2010)
4. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership*
5. The 360-degree Leader*
6. Monday Morning Leadership* (read 3 times, December 2011)
7. How to Win Friends and Influence People* (read twice)
8. How to be a Star at Work
9. First Things First  (2010)
10. The Carrot Principle  (May 2011)
11. Get Better or Get Beaten (December 2011)
12. Lead Like Jesus* (May 2012)
13. The Five Choices to Extraordinary Productivity (August 2013)
14. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (September 2015)
15. The Ascending Leader (July 2016)
16. Leadership in Balance (July 2016)
17. Rules & Tools for Leaders (August 2016)
18. Pursuing Project Excellence* (August 2016)
19. Who Moved My Cheese?* (July 2018)
20. Make Your Bed* (July 2018)
21. Execution (September 2019)
22. The Coffee Bean (April 2020)
23. The Conviction to Lead (March 2021)
24. What Every Body is Saying (March 2021)
25. Good to Great (April 2021)
28. The Energy Bus (May 2021)
Miscellaneous
1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves*
2. The Elements of Academic Research
3. Protein Power
4. Power Factor Training*
5. Fitness Weight Training
6. Auto Repair for Dummies
7. How to Operate Your Home
8. Machine Design
9. Fundamentals of Materials Science for Technologists
10. Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide
11. Good Abode
12. 1001 Ideas for Trimwork
13. Concrete Countertops
14. Wild Things (September 2011)
15. little princes (October 2011)
16. Biomedical Devices Clusters in South Carolina and the United States (December 2011)
17. Cabin (January 2012)
18. Applied Mechanics for Engineering Technology (December 2012)
19. Proof of Heaven (July 2013)
20. Introduction to Play-Based Parenting (July 2013)
21. How to Open a Financially Successful Bed & Breakfast (November 2013)
22. On Writing Well (November 2013)
23.  I'm Living Your Dream Life* (January 2014)
24. Writing Our Way Home (October 2015)
25. Strong Enough? (August 2016)
26. Friendliest Town on the Trail (September 2016)
27. Nutrient Timing* (May 2017)
28. Power Eating* (August 2017)
29. Practical Programming for Strength Training* (November 2017)
30. How the States Got Their Shapes* (January 2018)
31. A Reverence for Wood (July 2018)
32. Biltmore Estate (February 2019)
33. Ultimate Bodybuilding (December 2019)
34. Human Body* (January 2020)
35. The Haywire Heart (March 2020)
36. Strength Training Anatomy (March 2020)
37. How to Read a Book (March 2021)
38. Boundaries (March 2021)
Mountaineering
1. Eiger Dreams
2. Into Thin Air*
3. Left for Dead*
4. Climbing High*
5. The Climb*
6. Miracle in the Andes*
7. Mountaineering:  The Freedom of the Hills*
8. Touch the Top of the World*
9. To the Top*  (2010)
10. The Roof of the World  (2010)
11. Everest:  Mountain without Mercy  (2010)

Nature
1. the Backyard Berry Book*  (2010)
2. Last Child in the Woods  (2010)
3. Second Nature  (February 2011)
4. Insects - A Guide
5. Birds - A Guide*
6. Concise Encyclopedia of Garden Flowers*
7. The Legacy of Luna
8. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
9. A Guide to Digital Photography
10. Desert Solitaire*
11. Campcraft  (2010)
12. Backyard Woods  (2010)
13. The Tree Book  (2010)
14. Managing Small Fishing Ponds and Lakes in Tennessee  (April 2010)
15. Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction  (April 2010)
16. The Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds
17. America's National Parks*  (2010)
18. National Parks - National Geographic
19. Atlas of the World*
20. America's Spectacular National Parks*  (2010)
21. A Country Year  (January 2011)
22. Cache Lake Country* (January 2012, December 2020)
23. The Gift of the Deer* (February 2012)
24. The Long-Shadowed Forest (June 2012)
25. The Singing Wilderness (December 2012)
26. A Year in the Maine Woods (February 2013)
27. Bird Cloud (September 2013)
28. Edible Wild Plants*(May 2015)
29. Hunting from Home (June 2015)
30. Chattooga (July 2015)
31. Circling Home (July 2015)
32. Another Country (November 2015)
33. Lost Mountain (November 2015)
34. PrairyErth (December 2015)
35. The River Home (June 2017)
36. Silent Spring (July 2018)
37. On the Edge of the Wild (September 2018)
38. A Different Shade of Green (December 2019)
39. The Names of the Stars (July 2020)
40. The Book of Yaak (August 2020)

Subsistence Living
1. On the Wild Edge*  (2010)
2. The Encircled River  (2010)
3. What They Were Hunting For  (2010)
4. Coming Into the Country*  (2010)
5. One Man's Wilderness*
6. The Last American Man*
7. Yearning Wild*
8. Green Mountain Farm*
9. Indian Creek Chronicles*
10. Summer at Little Lava  (2009)
11. The Good Life  (2010)
12. Continuing the Good Life*  (2010)
13. See You in a Hundred Years*  (2010)
14. Better Off  (2010)
15. We Took to the Woods*  (2010)
16. Arctic Homestead* 
17. The Final Frontiersman*  (2010)
18. Into the Wild*  (1998)
19. Back to Basics*  (2010)
20. Homestead*  (2010)
21. Call of the Wild* (December 2011)
22. On the Edge of Nowhere* (December 2011)
23. Shopping for Porcupine (January 2012)
24. A Place in the Woods* (February 2012)
25. Shadows on the Koyukuk* (April 2012)
26. Surviving the Island of Grace* (August 2012)
27. Off on Our Own* (September 2012)
28. The Years of the Forest* (November 2012)
29.  Our Southern Higlanders* (March 2013)
30. The Dirty Life* (March 2013)
31. Little House off the Grid* (April 2013)
32. Born-Again Dirt (May 2013)
33. Little Heathens* (July 2013)
34. Woodswoman* (October 2013)
35. Made From Scratch (November 2013)
36. An Island to Oneself (January 2014)
37. Building a Log Cabin in Alaska in Four Months (January 2014)
38. Cabin at Singing River* (February 2014)
39. Nuk Tessli* (March 2014)
40. Impossible Beyond This Point (January 2015)
41. The Moneyless Man (January 2015)
42. Beautiful on the Mountain (February 2015)
43. A Widow's Walk Off-Grid to Self Reliance (February 2015)
44. Winds of Skilak* (April 2015)
45. Zoro's Field* (May 2015)
46. Snowshoes and Spotted Dick (May 2016)
47. The Wilderness Life (November 2018)
48. The New Way of the Wilderness (December 2018)
49. Pilgrim's Wilderness (January 2020)
50. A Good House (September 2020)
51. Winter (November 2020)
52. Woodcraft & Camping (January 2021)
53. First Wilderness (February 2021)
54. Paradise Below Zero (April 2021)

Trail Guides
1. Trails Across America* (2009, October 2015)
2. Kauai Trailblazer  (2003, December 2013)
3. Hiking South Carolina
4. Hiker's Guide - Laurel Highlands Trail  (2006, November 2016)
5. Hiking the Triple Crown
6. Step by Step
7. The Appalachian Trail - How to Prepare for and Hike It
8. Appalachian Trail Guide - MA/CT
9. Appalachian Trail Data Book
10. Guide to the Foothills Trail
11. Hiking Arkansas
12. Hiking Mississippi (2005, September 2015)
13. Discovering the Wonders of the Wonderland Trail
14. Mount Rainier - a Climbing Guide
15. Ozark Highlands Trail Guide  (2002-2007)
16. The Thru-hiker's Guidebook
17. River-to-River Trail Guide  (2009)
18. Hiking in the Sierra Nevada 
19. The Thru-Hiker's Planning Guide
20. Appalachian Trail for Planning Thru-Hikes
21. Appalachian Trail Names
22. Alabama Pinhoti National Recreation Trail - A Millenium Legacy Trail  (2006-2015)
23. Guide to Pennsylvania Mid State Trail  (November 2008-November 2016; all 330+ miles complete!)
24. Appalachian Trail:  A Photographic Tour*
25. Hiking Trails of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock and Citico Creek Wilderness Areas* (December 2015)
26. Hiking Wyoming's Wind River Range (December 2016)
27. Paddling South Carolina (June 2017)
28. Bests Hikes Near Pittsburgh (November 2017)

Travel
1. Smithsonian Guide to The Desert States (2003, October 2015)
2. Alaska - National Geographic
3. Out West*
4. Blue Highways*
5. Far Appalachia*
6. Memphis - New Visions, New Horizons
7. Biltmore Estate
8. 1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada before you Die
9. Fodor's - USA
10. Bringing Progress to Paradise (December 2011)
11. Travels (December 2012)
12. Here, There, Elsewhere (April 2018)

Walking
1. The Hiking Engine*
2. Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery*
3. Mountain Adventure
4. The Applachian Trail - National Geographic
5. The Pacific Crest Trail - National Geographic
6. Along the Continental Divide - National Geographic
7. Hiking in the Mountains is no Day at the Beach
8. Long-Distance Hiking
9. Dances with Marmots*
10. There are Mountains to Climb
11. As Far as the Eye Can See
12. Beyond Backpacking
13. Just Passin' Thru*  (March 2011)
14. Ten Million Steps
15. A Season on the Appalachian Trail
16. On the Beaten Path
17. A Journey North
18. Ambling and Scrambling on the Appalachian Trail
19. A Walk for Sunshine
20. A Walk in the Woods
21. The Appalachian Trail:  A Journey of Discovery
22. The Appalachian Trail:  Onward to Katahdin
23. The Complete Walker*  (2003)
24. Giant Steps*  (2010)
25. The Long Walk*  (January 2011)
26. Walking the World's Most Exceptional Trails*
27. The Man Who Walked Through Time
28. Thousand-Mile Summer
29. The Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher
30. A Walk Across America*
31. Across China
32. The Road Unseen
33. The Walk West
34. Becoming Odyssa*  (March 2011)
35. Blind Courage*  (July 2011)
36. A Long Trek Home (March 2012)
37. Hiking Through* (October 2015)
38. Called Again* (March 2016)
39. Grandma Gatewood's Walk (May 2016)

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