Fall 2025 – Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers!

The second half of 2025 promises a ton of excellent new books! Here are 60+ of our most anticipated books of Fall 2025 for Christian Readers…

These anticipated books of Fall 2025 (released in the second half of the year) wrestle with some of the deepest challenges of our day, and will orient us toward faithful living in the present and in years to come.

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[ TOP 10 – Part 1 ]   [ Top 10 – Part 2 ]
[ Theology ] [ Church / Formation ] [ Literature ]
[ NonFiction ] [ History / Biography ]
[ Young Readers ] [ Coming in 2026! ]

Page 1: TOP 10 – Part 1

(In Alphabetical Order by Author’s Last Name)

A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance

Diana Butler Bass

(St. Martins, November 4)

One of America’s most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year

A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.

Other than its major holidays, many people are not familiar with the rhythms of the church year, an ancient spiritual cycle of time. Yet all religions have such calendars ― and they shape our understanding of faith. In the West, we live in tension with the secular calendar (mostly an inheritance from the Roman Empire) and the Christian liturgical calendar, a cycle of sacred stories that compose a larger narrative of love, hospitality, mercy, justice, and gratitude. Bass reclaims and presents fresh perspectives for every biblical text in the church year; from musing on A Wrinkle in Time in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.

With fresh insights on familiar stories, these essays surprise and inspire, challenge and comfort, and will be savored year after year. Beautifully designed, the book is also a perfect gift.

Nervous Systems: Spiritual Practices to Calm Anxiety in Your Body, the Church, and Politics

Sara Billups

(Baker Books, November 4)

Every era has its challenges, but ours seem to be majoring in anxiety. Bombarded (via screens) by constant global conflicts, rancorous politics, and church scandals, today we endure seemingly endless external stressors. The reasons are easy to find–division in politics and the pews, caring for kids or aging parents, and the rapid impact of social media on our psyches, to name a few. While exploring these origins may hold some benefit, Sara Billups is concerned with right now: How do we live well in the presence of pervasive personal and collective anxiety?

The dissonance between Jesus saying “Do not worry” and her heart’s inability to stop worrying led Sara to seek out spiritual rhythms and practices that create a holistic, holy response to the anxiety brimming in our bodies, our churches, and our society.

Nervous Systems offers helpful, doable daily practices for anxiety in the large and small trials in our lives. This collection of personal and cultural observations invites us to let go in the presence of our anxiety. Join Sara in learning how, with God’s help, to face anxiety head-on rather than trying to pray it away or, worse, grin and bear it.

Slow Theology: Eight Practices for Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World

Nijay Gupta / A.J. Swoboda

(Brazos Press, September 23)

In our fast-paced world of outrageous headlines and knee-jerk reactions, we struggle to hear God’s voice amid the noise. Despite constant connectivity, our lives lack true spiritual connection and depth.

A. J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta offer a practical theology guide for building resilient faith through Christian discipleship. Addressing spiritual deconstruction and doubt with honesty, they show how to fortify your faith against cultural challenges through eight transformative spiritual practices, including

· taking your time in prayer and Bible study,
· building patience for your spiritual journey and faith formation,
· slowing down your thinking and decision-making process,
· finding peace with unanswered questions rather than demanding easy solutions, and
· facing spiritual difficulties head-on instead of avoiding them.

This Christian living book helps weary believers reconnect with God and neighbor through intentional spiritual growth. With a foreword by Glenn Packiam, it’s perfect for devotional reading, small group study, or anyone seeking authentic faith formation.

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity

Paul Kingsnorth

(Thesis, September 23)

How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be human

In Against the Machine, “furiously gifted” (The Washington Post) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original—and terrifying—account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. With masterful insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno-capitalism, Kingsnorth reveals how the Machine, in the name of progress, has choked Western civilization, is destroying the Earth itself, and is reshaping us in its image. From the First Industrial Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence, he shows how the hollowing out of humanity has been a long game—and how your very soul is at stake.

It takes effort to remain truly human in the age of the Machine. Writing in the tradition of Wendell Berry, Jacques Ellul and Simone Weil, Kingsnorth reminds us what humanity requires: a healthy suspicion of entrenched power; connection to land, nature and heritage; and a deep attention to matters of the spirit. Prophetic, poetic, and erudite, Against the Machine is the spiritual manual for dissidents in the technological age.

God’s Colorful Kingdom Storybook Bible: The Story of God’s Big Diverse Family

Esau McCaulley

(Tyndale Kids, September 9)

Noted biblical scholar, theologian, professor, and author Esau McCaulley has written a beautiful storybook Bible honoring God’s diverse family that is sure to become a beloved classic!

God’s Colorful Kingdom Storybook Bible is a rich, color-filled tapestry of Bible stories about God’s love of ethnic diversity, his concern for the poor, his justice, and his loving compassion. This one-of-a-kind storybook Bible celebrates God’s overarching story of grace and redemption and his intentional design for an ethnically diverse, multicultural church that cares for the vulnerable.

There are:
16 Old Testament stories
15 New Testament stories
Several stories not traditionally told in storybook Bibles!
Families of all ethnicities, nationalities, and backgrounds will be drawn to Esau McCaulley’s fresh, yet faithful, handling of the biblical stories. With the expertise of a Bible scholar and the heart of a father, McCaulley clearly illuminates God’s love for all people as woven in stories from Genesis to Revelation. There is no doubt that God has always been focused on creating a beautifully diverse family. McCaulley’s clear and winsome retellings, alongside the breathtaking artwork of Rogério Coelho, will capture the hearts and minds of children and parents alike.

Rogério Coelho’s artwork is unlike that in any other storybook Bible. With sweeping scenes, never-before imagined perspectives, and fascinating textures and colors, children will be inspired to see the immense beauty of God’s diverse family in powerful, new ways.
 

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