Philip Yancey Books in Order: Complete Guide (2026)

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I started my career working as an Editor and then Publisher for Campus Life magazine. During those ten years I learned journalistic skills (there's no tougher audience than teenagers), but every year it seemed I wrote fewer and fewer words. In 1980 my wife and I moved to downtown Chicago where I began a career as a freelance writer. (She has worked as a social worker and hospice chaplain--which gives me plenty of material to write about!) We lived there until 1992, when we moved to the foothills of Colorado.

I've written over 30 books, most of them still in print, thankfully. Three of them I coauthored with Dr. Paul Brand, who influenced me more than any single person. A recent book, "Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God's Image" is a revised compilation of that content. My other favorites include "Soul Survivor" and "Reaching for the Invisible God" because both of them forced me to dig deep and get personal.

I had two new books released in 2021. “A Companion in Crisis” offers a paraphrase of John Donne’s ‘Devotions’ with commentary and application to our current suffering. My long-awaited memoir, “Where the Light Fell” gives readers a backstory of sorts, revealing the secrets of my turbulent childhood and teen years, and the impact on my written work.

I'm a pilgrim, still 'in recovery' from a bad church upbringing, searching for the possibility of a faith rooted in grace instead of fear. I feel overwhelming gratitude that I can make a living writing about the questions that interest me.

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📚 At a Glance: Philip Yancey Book List

Standalone Books

What's So Amazing About Grace? Revised and Updated: The Key to Transforming a... (2023)
The Jesus I Never Knew: Revealing What 2,000 Years of History Have Covered Up (2008)
The Bible Revealed: A 365-Day Guided Journey Through God's Word (A Daily... (2025)
Where the Light Fell: A Memoir (2021)
Where Is God When It Hurts?: Your Pain Is Real . . . When Will It End? (2010)
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? (2008)
Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud (2015)
What Went Wrong?: Russia’s Lost Opportunity and the Path to Ukraine (2024)
The Bible Jesus Read: Why the Old Testament Matters (2010)
Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace? (2010)
Vanishing Grace: Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World (2018)
Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? (2009)
Meet the Bible: A Panorama of God's Word in 366 Daily Readings and Reflections (2010)
Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church (2002)
Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions (2024)
Grace Notes: Daily Readings with Philip Yancey (2009)
The Question That Never Goes Away: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Suffering (2014)
Prayer Bible Study Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on Our Relationship with God... (2013)
What Good Is God?: In Search of a Faith That Matters (2010)
What's So Amazing About Grace? Bible Study Participant's Guide, Updated Edition (2021)
The Scandal of Forgiveness: Grace Put to the Test (2021)
Christians and Politics: Uneasy Partners (2012)
Finding God in Unexpected Places: Revised and Updated (2005)
Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? (2009)
The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide: Revealing What 2,000 Years of History... (2010)
What's So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide: The Key to Transforming a Broken... (2021)
I Was Just Wondering (1998)
Vanishing Grace Bible Study Guide: Whatever Happened to the Good News? (2014)
The Jesus I Never Knew Bible Study Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on the Life... (2009)
What's So Amazing About Grace? (2002)
Student Bible New International Version (1996)
What's So Amazing About Grace? (1999)
Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church (2001)
Jesús que Nunca Conocí, El (2000)
Student Bible/New International Version (1992)
Where Is God When It Hurts? by Philip Yancey (2002-03-01) (2002)
NIV Student Bible, Revised (2002)
What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide (2000)
In the Likeness of God: The Dr. Paul Brand Tribute Edition of Fearfully and... (2004)
Where Is God When It Hurts? and Disappointment With God (Two Books in... (1996)
The Bible Jesus Read Participant's Guide (2002)
Prayer Participant's Guide: Does It Make Any Difference?[ PRAYER PARTICIPANT'S... (2007)
Jesus I Never Knew/Disappointment with God (2007)
Jesus que Eu Nunca Conheci, O (1900)
The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide (1998)
Jesus Que Nunca Conoci, EL (2017)
Where Is God When It Hurts? (1978)
Maravilhosa Graça, Philip Yancey (2010)
The Question That Never Goes Away: Why? by Yancey, Philip (2014) Hardcover (2014)
Why Pray? (2006)
When Life Hurts: Understanding God's Place in Your Pain (1999)
A Skeptic's Guide to Faith: What It Takes to Make the Leap (2009)
Prayer Participant's Guide with DVD: Six Sessions on Our Relationship with God (2013)
Discovering God: A Devotional Journey Through the Bible (1993)
The Student Bible: NIV Navy Bonded Leather Compact (1996)
Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim by Philip Yancey (2009-09-08) (2009)
Sour Survivor - How My Faith Survived the Church (2001)
Jesus I Never Knew Leader's Guide, The (1998)
Disappointment with God (1992)
More Than Words: Contemporary Writers on the Works That Shaped Them (2002)
Oração: ela faz alguma diferença? (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2007)
Open Windows (1982)
Praying With the KGB: A Startling Report from a Shattered Empire (1992)
Rumours of Another World by Philip Yancey (2004-03-01) (2004)
el Don Del Dolor Por Que Sufrimos Y Que Debemos Hacer Con El Sufrimiento (2006)
When We Hurt : Prayer, Preparation & Hope for Life's Pain (YANCEY, PHILLIP) (2006)
Para Que Sirve Dios? / What Good Is God?: En busca de una fe que importe / In Search... (2012)
Jesus (Visual Edition) (2010)
What's So Amazing About Grace Participant's Guide with DVD: A Ten... (2012)
Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey (2002-02-18) (2002)
What Good Is God? Publisher: FaithWords (2010)
The Bible Jesus Read Leader's Guide (2002)
Unhappy secrets of the Christian life (1979)
[(The Jesus I Never Knew: Study Guide)] [By (author) Philip Yancey ] published on... (1997)
Onde está Deus quando chega a dor? (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2005)