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“Leaders must be readers.” I have heard that statement hundreds of times. Here are a few of the books I recommend to pastors, church planters, and anyone who wants to be a leader.

* Church Planting From The Ground Up (Tom Jones)
* Planting Missional Churches (Ed Stetzer)
* The Purpose-Driven Church (Rick Warren)
* Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide (A. Malphurs)
* Breaking the Missional Code (Ed Stetzer and David Putman)
* Starting High Definition Churches (Ron Sylvia)
* Starting a New Church (Ralph Moore)
* The YBH Handbook of Church Planting (Yes, but How?) (Roger McNamara and Ken Davis)
* Church Planting: Laying Foundations (Stuart Murray)
* Church Planting Landmines (Tom Nebel and Gary Rohemyer)
* 44 Questions for Church Planters (Lyle Shaller)
* The Church Planting Handbook (Lewis)
* Simple Churches (Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger)
* Surprising Insights from the Unchurched (Rainer)
* Seven Practices of Effective Ministry (Stanley and Joiner)
* Good to Great (Collins)
* Built to Last (Collins and Porras)
* Courageous Leadership (Bill Hybels)
* The Creative Leader (Ed Young)
* When God Builds a Church (Bob Russell)
* The Next Generation Leader (Andy Stanley)
* The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick M. Lencioni)
* Execution (Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck)
* Rules for Revolutionaries (Guy Kawasaki)
* Leadership Challenge (Kouzes and Posner)
* The Stuff of Heroes (William Cohen)
* Less is More Leadership (Burke)
* The Northbound Train (Karl Albrecht)
* The Power of Alignment (George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky)
* Leadership (Rudolph Guiliani)
* The Real Work of Leaders (Donald Laurie)
* E Myth Manager (Michael Gerber)
* Leading with Questions (Michael J. Marquardt)
* Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
* Tipping Point (Gladwell)
* Planting Fast Growing Churches (Dr. Stephen Gray)
* The Multiplying Church (Bob Roberts)
* Made to Stick (Chip and Dan Heath)
* On Track Leadership (John Kramp)
* Jim and Casper Go To Church (Casper and Henderson)
* Breaking The Discipleship Code (David Putman)
* Church Unique (Will Mancini)
* Practicing Greatness (Reggie McNeal)
* The Present Future – Six Tough Questions for The Church (McNeal)
* The Tangible Kingdom (Halter and Smay)
* The American Church In Crisis (David Olson)
* People Raising (William Dillon)
* The Forgotten Ways (Alan Hirsch)
* The Shaping of Things to Come (Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch)
* The Missional Church (Darrel Guder)
* Made To Stick (Heath & Heath)
* What’s So Great About Christianity (D’Souza)
* The Starbucks Experience
* The Purpose-Driven Life (Warren)
* Church Planting For A Greater Harvest
* The Joy of Fundraising (Michelli)
* Simply Christian (Wright)
* Seven Pillars Of Health (Colbert)
* Ladder Shifts (Chand)
* A Leaders Legacy (Kouzes & Posner)
* Doing Church As A Team (Cordeiro)
* The Unity Factor (Osborne)
* A Contrarian’s Guide To Knowing God (Osborne)
* Culture Shift
* Off-Road Disciplines (Creps)
* The Seven Rules of Success (Cordeiro)
* Glocalization (Roberts)
* Breaking The Missional Code (Stetzer & Putman)
* No Perfect People Allowed
* Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? (Yancey)
* Confessions of a Reformissional Rev (Driscoll)
* Basic Theology (Charles Ryrie)
* I Was Broke, Now I’m Not (Joseph Sangl)
* Deadly Viper (Foster & Wilhite)
* Focus: The Power Of Targeted Thinking (Jurgen Wolff)
* Leadership Gold (Maxwell)
* Wild At Heart (Eldridge)
* The God Who Smokes (Stoner)
* The Shack