Here are a few of the books John MacArthur says have had a great influence on his life:

• Arthur Bennett, ed., The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (Banner of Truth, 1975)
• Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God
• J. I. Packer, Knowing God
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
• Arthur Pink, Spiritual Growth
• John R. W. Stott, The Preacher's Portrait
• Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes
• Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity