I’ve mentioned books we’ve read during October to learn about the Reformation, as well as books we’ve read to learn about our Lutheran heritage from time to time, but I’ve never put a list together in one place. In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this month, here’s our list…books about Martin and Katie Luther, (and some of their contemporaries) and the Reformation itself, as well as books about and/or by other notable Lutherans, and books about Lutheran theology, for pretty much all ages:

The Basics:

• The Lutheran Study Bible
• Luther’s Small Catechism
• The Book of Concord
• Lutheranism 101
• Lutheran Service Book

Children’s Books:

• The Adventures of Martin Luther
• Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World
• The Life of Martin Luther: A Pop-Up Book
• Luther: Echoes of the Hammer
• Katie Luther: Mother of the Reformation
• Martin Luther
• Katharina von Bora
• Johann S. Bach
• Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg
• C.F.W. Walther
• Rosa Young
• Dr. Bessie Rehwinkel
• Dorothea Craemer

Advanced Readers/Adult Titles:

• Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
• Brand Luther
• Inside the Reformation
• To All Eternity
• The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel
• Luther: Biography of a Reformer
• Katharina von Bora
• The Mother of the Reformation
• Frederick the Wise
• Evening in the Palace of Reason
• Light in the Dark Belt
• The Hammer of God
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
• The Cost of Discipleship

School Resources:

• The Story of Martin Luther Activity Book
• Luther, Servant of God
• Martin Luther Mini-curriculum

No “What We’re Reading” list would be complete without a few non-book items, such as CDs and DVDs!

• Martin Luther: Hymns, Ballads, Chants, Truth
• Heirs of the Reformation: Treasures of the Singing Church
• Sing the Faith: The Small Catechism Set to Music
• Luther
• Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation