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Coming as a reformed guy, the presuppositional approach is the school of thought most of us come from. The books in this tradition worth reading would be:

Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van Til

He was the founder of the movement and this is an intro to his ideas. He was a philosopher and English wasn't his first language, so it might be a but dense in a few places. But it's worth the read.

Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen

Bahnsen was one of Van Til's best students and probably one of the best debaters of that method til his tragic death at 45. This is a really good intro to the theory and practice as he applies the method to popular questions including the problem of faith, miracles, and knowing the supernatural.

Apologetics to the Glory of God and Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame

Van Til's other best student who is also considered his best living expositor and friendliest critic. Apologetics to the Glory of God (AGG) is his attempt at making the method user friendly. He deals with evil, the existence of God and the reliability of the gospel and he even has a funny sample dialogue at the end showing how the method could be applied in real life. His other book, is the first in his Theology of Lordship Series covering in depth various topics. His Doctrine of the Knowledge of God is a theology of epistemology. That is, he looks at the Bible and asks, "What does it mean to "know" God?" TONS of Scripture. A brilliant book with great application at the end, especially in terms of apologetics.

The Francis A Schaeffer Trilogy by Francis Schaeffer

One of Van Til's most famous students (The only one to ever be on the cover of Time Magazine), he was a very influential voice in evangelicalism in the 60's and 70's. Van Til never felt Francis truly "got" his method, but the influence of Van Til on his work is pretty evident. Francis wrote these three books in order to be read together and they were developed as a result of his work in Europe working with college kids at his home called L'Abri They cover cultural trends in Europe and the US and why they were happening. He saw that the idea of truth was in decay and only God could truly be the anchor to hold society together. Broad brush strokes indeed, but philosopher Richard Taylor would make a very similar (but more detailed) case in his book A Secular Age. They aren't apologetics books (I would almost say prophetic as he saw many of our current cultural trends years before they happened), but they do have his approach to apologetics and it is one that has influenced many current evangelicals. To be honest, any of his many books would be worth your time. His book and documentary How Then Shall We Live, while a bit dated, are both worth your time. They both look at the history of art and what it tells us about mankind. Here's a clip from the documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdLejdyNpik

Every Thought Captive by Richard Pratt

One of Frame's students who took the method and wrote this book for High School/College age students. Great intro to the method. Lot's of scripture.

Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology and Covenantal Apologetics by Scott Oliphint

He is currently teaching in Van Til's old position and has written a lot on the subject. The first book is just what it sounds like, it's a look at the role of reason in apologetics. The second book comes out next month and it is his explanation of the presuppositional method of apologetics. It's a highly anticipated book.

The Divine Challenge: On Matter Mind Math and Meaning by John Byl

A physicist, he uses the presup. approach while looking at the materialistic worldview. He deconstructs the view and shows that things like mind matter math and meaning can only make sense in a Christian worldview.

Religion, Reason, and Revelation by Gordon Clark

Clark was a one time friend of Van Til and later would become his rival-their students to this day keep the rivalry going! This is his own kind of presuppositionalism and well worth your time. His other works like The Christian View of Men and Things are a great intro to his approach.

Faith and Reason by Ronald Nash

A student of Clark's, he wrote this intro to philosophy of Religion with some great thoughts on worldviews.

A World of Difference by Kenneth Samples

A student of Nash's who looks at different tests of world views and show show Christianity can deal with all of them.

Articles

Van Til Info is run by Christian philosopher James Anderson and it has tons of articles from the presupp approach
http://www.vantil.info/bysubject.html

Monergism
Links to various writers and on the pressuppisitional method.
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Apologetics/

Here's an older but solid book on Christian apologetics.

Here is one for anyone who'd like to get upset.