High Standards

With over 500,000 book titles easily available today, one can afford to be highly selective in choosing what books to read, and still have plenty of reading material for a lifetime. The purpose of booksworthreading is to help you find the very best books to spend your time with, and to help you find the best prices and best service for purchasing those books. Booksworthreading is a lifetime 'recommended reading' list of books for entertainment, wisdom, relaxation, strength, and teaching, from around the world and through the ages. We hope that they will be of priceless benefit to you and your family, as they have been to individuals and families in the past.

Before we recommend a book, we attempt to verify that it meets our high standards (but see our Warning):

1. Quality of writing. The book must be well written, and enjoyable to read. Children's books must be enjoyable reading for adults as well as for children.
2. Integrity of message. The message of the book (every book has one) must be in harmony with basic Judeo-Christian values, must be ultimately hopeful, must portray human behavior and its likely consequences accurately, and must not glamorize or glorify foolish or immoral behavior.
3. Decency of language and description. The book must be free of vulgarity, profanity (any irreverent reference to God, such as in using His name solely to give emphasis to an utterance, etc.), lewdness (including anything meant to be sexually titillating or arousing), and gratuitous gore and violence. Because the meanings and connotations of words change over time, each book must be judged (and read) in the context of the time and place in which it was written. The books we have already listed are sufficient evidence that great literature need not be indecent.
4. General Audience. The book must be for general reading, at least within a broad Christian world, and its message must cross boundaries of place, culture, and time.

One reason we insist on these qualities is so that the books we recommend may be read aloud comfortably in your family, however high your standards.

Suggest A Book

We welcome your help in building this list. Tell us (cc6000 (at) gmail.com) about the books that have been the greatest influence for good in your life or that you have enjoyed reading the most. Please tell us how your recommended books meet each of our high standards.

Warning

We have attempted to verify that the books listed here conform to our high standards. Discrepancies, however, may still exist. We rely to a certain extent on the flawed memories of ourselves and our visitors, and different editions of a book may even differ in relation to these standards. If you find that any of the books we have listed do not meet our high standards, please let us know immediately (cc6000 (at) gmail.com). Remember also that the bookstores linked to from these pages may accept returns within a specified period of time if you are not satisfied with your purchase.

Before you purchase a book from Amazon.com, Powell's, or any bookseller, please understand that bookstore's satisfaction guarantee and return policies, and check book prices, shipping options, etc. If you find that any of our information is in error, please let us know.

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