Top Books About the Puritans

There are myriad books about the Puritans however here’s our recommended list to get you started:

  1. Following God Fully: An Introduction to the Puritans

    • by Michael Reeves and Joel Beeke

      • Two honorary Puritans currently walking the earth write about the Puritans who once walked the earth

  2. Meet the Puritans

    • by Beeke, Pederson, Jones

      • This recently revised book is the “Holy Grail” of books about the Puritan which will also look magnificent on your coffee table or bookshelf. About as exhaustive as you can get while organized for practical use.

  3. A Quest for Godliness

    • by JI Packer

      • Packer’s magnum opus on the Puritans, those he likens to the towering redwoods found on “Avenue of the Giants,” whose “help we need if ever we are to grow.

  4. The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors

    • by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

      • Puritans + MLJ = bliss

  5. The American Puritans

    • by Dustin Benge & Nate Pickowicz

      • The founding ‘Yanks’ of RTP would be remiss if we neglected these more obscure saints 

  6. Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were

    • by Leland Ryken

      • A work saturated with soul-piercing quotations and written for general audiences new to the Puritans

  7. The Glory of Grace: An Introduction to the Puritans In Their Own Words

    • by Lewis Allen and Tim Chester

      • More of an initial gateway to reading the puritans themselves which is where Joel Beeke recommends beginning … enough said.

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