You got a relationship with God, now what? Sit around and wait to go to heaven? Absolutely not! You need to develop a personalized growth plan and that starts with reading. By no means do we want you to think this is an exclusive list of accepted books. Instead view this as a great place to start. Pick a topic where you want to grow, pick up a book and let the journey begin. The most important book to have on the journey is a Bible.

Read this book first

How to Read a Book

Recommended Bibles

The ESV Study Bible
ESV Deluxe Compact Bible (TruTone, Chestnut, Diamond Design)
ESV Compact Bible (TruTone, SkyBlue, Ivy Design)

General Personal Development

Humility: True Greatness
Practical Theology for Women: How Knowing God Makes a Difference in Our Daily Lives 
Finally Alive
The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)
Mere Christianity
Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
Worldviews in Conflict
The Message Remix: The Bible In contemporary Language

Parenting

Shepherding a Child's Heart
Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child: What Every Parent Needs to Know
The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
Big Truths for Little Kids

Marriage

Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know
Boundaries in Marriage

Biblical Studies

How To Read The Bible For All It Is Worth
The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made
The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept
On the Old Testament (A Book You'll Actually Read)
On the New Testament (A Book You Will Actually Read)
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

Doctrine of God

Knowing God
On Who Is God? (A Book You'll Actually Read)
The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life
The Pleasures of God
The Holiness of God
Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions (Relit Theology)
Death by Love: Letters from the Cross (Re:Lit)
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (Ivp Classics)

Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit

Worship

Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice
Engaging With God: A Biblical Theology of Worship
Worship by the Book
The Religious Affections

About the Church

What Is a Healthy Church Member? (IX Marks)
What Is a Healthy Church?
The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
Who Gets to Narrate the World?: Contending for the Christian Story in an Age of Rivals