1. Herman Dooyeewerd, Roots of Western Culture

2. Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

3. Kenneth Minogue, The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life

4. Peter Gay, Modernism: The Lure of Heresy

5.  Michael Reeves, The Good God: Enjoying Father, Son and Spirit

6. Thomas Molnar, Utopia: The Perennial Heresy

7. Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

8.  John Oswalt, Called to be Holy

9. G. C. Berkouwer, Modern Uncertainty and Christian Faith

10. Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010

Honorable Mention:

Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel  

Isaiah Berlin, Freedom and Its Betrayal: Six Enemies of Human Liberty

Richard Gaffin, By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation

Charles Guignon, Being Authentic

Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

John Schneider, The Good of Affluence: Seeking God in a Culture of Wealth

Philip Short, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare

Donna Tartt, The Secret History