The following Christian books currently exist in George Washington’s personal library at his Mount Vernon estate. He was an Anglican just like John Wesley was. In recent years, the last conservative evangelical Anglican theologian was J. I. Packer; and before him, it was J. C. Ryle. Being that George Washington was a contemporary of Wesley within the same Anglican denomination, it is probable that Washington had Methodist leanings and was Arminian in his theological views. I wouldn’t endorse every book in this list, because some are heretical. But so far as I can tell, I’m okay with the KJV, The Book of Common Prayer, Hammond, Law, Beattie, Spangenberg, Langdon, Wesley of course, and Brown. –J.B.

1. The King James Bible.

2. The Book of Common Prayer.

3. Sermons on Various Subjects by Rev. Laurence Sterne.

4. Sermons to Young Men by Hugh Blair.

5. The Works of William Tillotson.

6. Discourses on Various Subjects by Rev. Samuel Clarke.

7. The Whole Duty of Man by Henry Hammond.

8. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law – This man personally knew John Wesley; and this book played a major role in Wesley’s view of Biblical holiness.

9. Contemplations Moral and Divine by Matthew Hale.

10. Evidences of the Christian Religion Briefly and Plainly Stated by James Beattie.

11. An Exposition of Christian Doctrine by August Gottlieb Spangenberg.

12. Observations on the Revelation of Jesus Christ to St. John by Samuel Langdon.

13. “The Almost Christian” and “A Sermon on Original Sin” by John Wesley.

14. The Necessity, Nature, Means, and Marks of True Faith in Jesus Christ by William Dodd.

15. A Collection of Devotional Tracts by William Law.

16. Peace and Joy: Being a Brief Attempt to Consider the Evidences of the Truth of the Gospel by Shippie Townsend.

17. Remarks on Several Very Important Prophecies by Granville Sharp.

18. The History of the Old and New Testament, Interspersed with Moral and Instructive Reflections, Chiefly Taken from the Holy Fathers by Joseph Reeve.

19. The Self-Interpreting Bible by John Brown.

20. Dissertations on the Mosaical Creation, Deluge, Building of Babel, and Confusion of Tongues by Simon Berington.