2021 Book List

Currently Reading:

Finished:

2020 Book List

2019

Christian Life

A Praying Life– Paul Miller
Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting – Derek Prince
Breaking the Fear Cycle – Maria Furlough
The Autobiography of George Muller
Power Through Prayer – EM Bounds
Liturgy of the Ordinary – Tish Harrison Warren

Novels

Til We Have Faces – C.S. Lewis
Jayber Crow – Wendell Berry
Robin Hood – McSpadden
The Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkein
The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster

Parenting and Child Development

How to Introduce Your Child to Jesus – Jessica Smartt
Reading Magic – Mem Fox
Talking Baby: Helping Your Child Discover Language – Margaret Maclagan
Memory Making Mom – Jessica Smartt
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Toddlerwise – Gary Ezzo
The Whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryso
No Drama Discipline – Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

Marriage

Reconnect: Insights and Tools for Cultivating Meaningful Connection in Your Marriage – Steve D. Call

Personal Health and Development

The Road Back to You – Ian Morgan Cron
Sacred Enneagram – Chris Heuertz
In Defense of Food – Michael Pollan

Bible Study, Theology, and Apologetics

Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion – Os Guiness
1 Kings: The Wisdom and the Folly – Dale Ralph Davis
2 Kings: The Power and the Fury – Dale Ralph Davis
The Lost World of Genesis One – John H. Walton

2018

Completed:

Do more Better- Tim Challies
Childwise- Gary Ezzo
Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Hubbard
Refresh- Gary and Shona Murray
The Unfolding Mystery- Edmund Clowney
Masterpiece – Francine Rivers
Liturgy of the Ordinary- Tish Harrison Warren
How To Talk So Little Children Will Listen -Joanna Faber and Julie King
The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
Putting Amazing Back into Grace- Michael Horton
I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me
The Core – Leigh Bortins
The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall
A Little Princess- Frances Hodgson Burnett
Nothing to Prove- Jennie Allen
Parenting – Paul David Tripp
The Read-Aloud Family- Sarah Mackenzie
Teaching From Rest- Sarah Mackenzie
Hints on Child Training- H. Clay Trumbull
Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting- Derek Prince
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire- Jim Cymbala
Treasures of the Snow- Patricia St. John

Read Aloud to Sophie (age 3.5)

Mercy Watson to the Rescue – Kate DiCamillo
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride – Kate DiCamillo
Eugenia Lincoln Gets an Unexpected Package – Kate DiCamillo
Nate the Great- Marjorie Weinman Shermat
The Mouse and the Motorcycle- Beverly Clearly
Mouse and Charlie-Laurel Snyder
Charlotte’s Web

2017

Making the Terrible Twos Terrific- John Rosemond
Jesus Continued- JD Greear
The Life-giving Home- Sally Clarkson
In My Father’s House- Corrie ten Boom
The Women of Easter- Liz Curtis Higgs
Hillbilly Elegy- JD Vance
None Like Him- Jen Wilkin
The Sorcerer’s Stone- JK Rowling
The Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling
Sensible Shoes- Sharon Garlough Brown
The Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling
The Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
The Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
The Hidden Art of Homemaking- Edith Schaeffer
The Half-Blood Prince- JK Rowling
The Deathly Hollows- JK Rowling
The Giver- Lois Lowry
Abide in Christ- Andrew Murray

2016

Baby Knows Best- Deborah Solomon
The Scarlet Pimpernel- Baroness Orczy
For the Love- Jen Hatmaker
Year of No Sugar- Eve O Schaub
Babywise Book Two and Toddler wise – Gary Enzo
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems- Tracy Hogg
Because He Loves Me. Elyse Fitzpatrick
Hiding Place- Corrie ten Boom
Do More Better- Tim Challies
Letters to My Daughters- Barbara Rainey
For the Children’s Sake : Foundations of Education for Home and School – Susan Schaeffer Macauley
The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our mind
Transforming grace: Jerry bridges
The power of habit: Charles Duhigg
Shepherding a Child’s Heart- Tedd Tripp
Out of the Silent Planet- CS Lewis (audio)
Habits of Grace Dave Mathis
The Magicians Nephew- CS Lewis (audio)
Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart- JD Greear (audio)
First We Have Coffee- Margaret Jensen
Fervent- Priscilla Shirer (audio)
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full- Gloria Furman
Oh Crap! Potty Training- Jamie glowicki
Reason for God- Tim Keller
100 Cupboard- ND Wilson
Dandelion Fire- ND Wilson
Uninvited- Lysa TerKeurst
PollyAnna- Eleanor H. Porter
A Loving Life-Paul Miller
Adopted for Life- Russell Moore

2015

Baby Wise I and II- Gary Enzo
The Baby Whisperer- Tracy Hogg
The Best Yes- Lysa TerKeurst
Women of the Word- Jen Wilkin
Live like a Narnian- Joe Rigney
Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood- Melissa Kruger
Classical Christian Education- Douglas Wilson
From Fear to Freedom- Rose Marie Miller
1000 Gifts- Ann Voskamp
Your God is Too Small- JB Phillips
The Hardest Peace- Kara Tippets
Read Aloud Handbook- Jim Trelease
Adventures in Prayer- Catherine Marshall
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up- Marie Kondo
The Envy of Eve -Melissa Kruger
Spiritual Mothering- Susan Hunt
The Hiding Place- Corrie ten Boom
Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Hubbard
Praying the Bible- Donald Whitney
Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey
What Alice Forgot- Lianne Moriarty
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- JRR Tolkien (again)

2014

The House of Hades- Rick Riordan
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking- Susan Cain
The Hobbit- JRR Tolkien
Insurgent- Veronica Roth
The Wonder of Words and the Power of God- edited by J. Piper and J. Taylor
Interstellar Pig- William Sleater
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
A Wind in the Door- Madeline L’Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet- Madeline L’Engle
Crazy Busy- Kevin DeYoung
Every Good Endeavor- Tim Keller
Many Waters- Madeline L’Engle
The Book of Three- Lloyd Alexander
The Black Cauldron- Lloyd Alexander
The Castle of Llyr- Lloyd Alexander
The Warden and the Wolf King- Andrew Peterson
Taran Wanderer- LLoyd Alexander
The High King- LLoyd Alexander
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince- JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- JK Rowling
The Help- Kathryn Stockett
Eat This Book- Eugene Peterson
The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Stories and Fairy Tales- George MacDonald
The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Chris in the Old Testament – Edmund Clowney
The Fellowship of the Ring- JRR Tolkein
The Two Towers- JRR Tolkein
The Return of the King- JRR Tolkein
On Becoming Babywise- Gary Ezzo and Robert Buckham
Great With Child- Debra Rienstra
Bringing Up Bebe- Pamela Druckerman
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting- Mei-Ling Hopgood
Little Women- Louisa May Alcott
For Women Only- Shaunti Feldhahn
The Philosophy of Tolkein- Peter Kreeft
Harriet the Spy- Louise Fitzhugh
Bebé Day by Day- Pamela Druckerman
Born to Run- Chris McDougall
The Big Over Easy- Jasper Fforde

2013

Classics
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte

Evangelism
Case for a Creator- Lee Strobel
Questioning Evangelism- Randy Newman

Current Issues
Amusing Ourselves to Death- Neil Postman

Adolescent Lit.
Monster in the Hollows- Andrew Peterson
North! Or Be Eaten- Andrew Peterson
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness- Andrew Peterson
Divergent- Veronica Roth
The Mark of Athena- Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune- Rick Riordan
Inheritance- Christopher Paolini
Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer

Marriage, Family, and Relationships
Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Plowman
Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti- Bill and Pam Farrel
Bringing up Bébé- Pamela Drukerman
Boundaries With Teens- John Townsend
Boundaries- Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Personal Growth
Feminine Appeal- Carolyn Mahaney
Nothing Is Impossible With God- Rose Marie Miller
The Envy of Eve- Melissa Kruger
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness- Tim Keller

2012

12. The Lost Hero- Rick Riordan
11. A Praying Life- Paul Miller
10. Ink Heart- Cornelia Funke
9. Holes-Louis Sachar
8. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
7. Monster in the Hollows- Andrew Peterson
6. The Mother Tongue- Bill Bryson
5. North! Or Be Eaten- Andrew Peterson
4. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness- Andrew Peterson
3. Your Money Counts- Howard Dayton
2. The Meaning of Marriage- Tim Keller
1. The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Stories and Fairy Tales- George MacDonald (read some, but not all of his short stories)

2011

28. One Thousand Gifts- Ann Voskamp
27. Changes that Heal- Henry Cloud
26. Raggamuffin Gospel- Brennan Manning
25. From Fear to Freedom- Rose Marie Miller
24. Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins
23. Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
22. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
21. A Praying Life- Paul Miller
20. Brisngr- Christoper Paolini
19. Eldest- Christopher Paolini
18. Eragon- Christopher Paolini
17. Cesar’s Way- Cesar Millan
16. Hinds Feet on High Places- Hannah Hurnard
15. Green- Ted Dekker
14. White- Ted Dekker
13. Red- Ted Dekker
12. Black- Ted Dekker
11. Prodigal God- Tim Keller
10. That Hideous Strength- CS Lewis
9. Perelandra- CS Lewis
8. Out of the Silent Planet- CS Lewis
7. Heaven on Earth-Stephen Nichols
6. Freedom of Simplicity- Richard Foster
5. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves- Lynne Truss
4. The War of Art-Steven Pressfield
3. Blue Like Jazz- Donald Miller
2. Loving People- Dr. John Townsend
1. How People Grow- Drs. Henry Cloud & James Townsend