Maybe you should read a book sometime.
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I read quite a few books outside the bible--probly about a dozen per year. I just finished (rereading) "Moneyball." I am working on "Getting Up and Down: How to Save Strokes from Forty Yards and In" by Tom Watson. (I actually don't read that many sports books. It just so happens I read these two recently.) My two favorite authors are Tracy Kidder and Michael Lewis.
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I don't know if you read exclusively Christian nonfiction, but H.H. Holmes: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson was very well written. It is about one of the U.S.' first serial killers who did his dirty work during the Chicago's World's Fair. I'd like to read more of his books. The book alternates between Holmes and the making of the fair.
i read a lot of hard sci-fi, mostly whatever is on the 'new book rack' at my library that looks interesting. a couple of my favorite authors, that i'll go out of the way to find new work from if it's not on the rack, are Charles Stross, Peter F. Hamilton & Peter Watts.
recently i read 'Redemption in Indigo' by Karen Lord, and adored it, then read all the rest of her work i could get my hands on. not sci-fi, mostly, more neo-African folklore, but worth reading.
i don't generally get much from 'devotional' books by Christian authors; i'd rather listen to expository preaching, which i do a lot of. maybe it burns me out on reading theology books? for some reason i find listening to people's opinions on scripture more palatable than reading hundreds of pages of similar material.
recently i read 'Redemption in Indigo' by Karen Lord, and adored it, then read all the rest of her work i could get my hands on. not sci-fi, mostly, more neo-African folklore, but worth reading.
i don't generally get much from 'devotional' books by Christian authors; i'd rather listen to expository preaching, which i do a lot of. maybe it burns me out on reading theology books? for some reason i find listening to people's opinions on scripture more palatable than reading hundreds of pages of similar material.
I read a lot. Always have. There are too many authors I like to even try to list.
I've read just about all of Stephen King's books.
I've read all of Louis L'Amour's, and all of John D McDonald's.
Nearly all of Dean Koontz, all of Lee Child, most of David Baldacci, most of Michael Crichton, some of John Irving, nearly all of Ken Follett...
Currently am doing a marathon of W.E. B. Griffin's books.
There are a lot more authors I've read most of, but that's a sampling...
I've also read all of Lee Strobel's "Case" books, a couple of CS Lewis' books.
I've read just about all of Stephen King's books.
I've read all of Louis L'Amour's, and all of John D McDonald's.
Nearly all of Dean Koontz, all of Lee Child, most of David Baldacci, most of Michael Crichton, some of John Irving, nearly all of Ken Follett...
Currently am doing a marathon of W.E. B. Griffin's books.
There are a lot more authors I've read most of, but that's a sampling...
I've also read all of Lee Strobel's "Case" books, a couple of CS Lewis' books.