These are some books I have found valuable through the years.  They are broken into four categories based on depth of material and difficulty.  They are meant to cover a diversity of themes.  The lists are works in progress that may be changed periodically as well.  Some additional themes may be added later for further reading.

101:

1.  “The Holiness of God” by R. C. Sproul

2.  “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire” by Jim Cymbala

3.  “Back to Jerusalem” by Paul Hattaway

4.  “Knowing God” by J. I. Packer

5.  “Culture Shift” by Al Mohler

6.  “True for You, But Not for Me” by Paul Copan

7.  “I Once Was Lost” by Don Everts and Doug Schaupp

8.  “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A. W. Tozer

9.  “The Living Church” by John Stott

201:

1.  “Desiring God” by John Piper

2.  “The Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life” by Donald Whitney

3.  “Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.  “Ashamed of the Gospel” by John MacArthur

5.  “The Universe Next Door” by James Sire

6.  “A Call to Spiritual Reformation” by D. A. Carson

7.  ‘Scripture Alone” by James White

8.  “Beyond Belief to Convictions” by Josh McDowell

9.  “The Pilgrims Progress” by John Bunyan

301:

1.  “Mere Christanity” by C. S. Lewis

2.  “Total Truth” by Nancy Pearcey

3.  ”The Pleasures of God” by John Piper

4.  “The Making of the New Spirituality” by James Herrick

5.  “The Normal Christian Life” by Watchman Nee

401:

1.  “The Mission of God” by Christopher Wright

2.  “The Cost of Discipleship” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

3.  “Above All Earthly Powers” by David Wells

4.  “The Training of the Twelve” by A. B. Bruce

5.  “The Cross of Christ” by John Stott

6.  “The Bondage of the Will” by Martin Luther

 

Resources for Individual Books of the Bible

James:

1.  The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary) by Douglas Moo

2.  James (Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) by Craig Blomberg and Mariam J. Kamell