Once upon a time a boy went into the woods to pray… 200 years later, there’s a multibillion dollar denomination with a reputation of conservatism, homophobia, racism, sexism, and more… How did it go from its beginnings to nowadays? This list will include books on early church history, other denominations in the restoration movement, gender, race, temples, and more. Books on this list were published by academic presses or reviewed by academic journals. I will be adding more to this list.