After Jen Hatmaker

The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon

If Jen Hatmaker's Awake cracked open the door to progressive theology and gave you permission to question the evangelical script, you're ready for the book that walks you all the way through it. This is for the women who've evolved faster than their church directories—the ones trading midnight doubts for validated daylight, seeking raw honesty about purity culture, LGBTQ erasure, and megachurch posturing without the guilt trip.

Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist

You loved Awake because Hatmaker gave you permission to be imperfect, to question the hustle, to shake off the polished Christian facade. That sassy-best-friend honesty that made your spiritual exhaustion feel seen? That urgent call to live more authentically without apology? It doesn't have to end. The next chapter of your awakening is waiting—and it's every bit as raw, funny, and liberating.