*The Storied Life of A.J. Fikrey by Gabrielle Zevin made me laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time! Full of reminders of other books and characters that grew throughout the story. Loved it!
*Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans could have been written from glimpses of my growing up years. This book undid me, made me laugh, made me nod in agreement, made me angry and made me cry. An amazing reflection on what it meant to grow up evangelical and learning to make sense of it all. I'll read it again and again.
*The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas made me angry, made me sad and made me more aware. This is probably the most important book I've read in the last 3 years (at least). It highlights so much of what is wrong in our society but still manages to find hope. Recommended by my 15 year old daughter and must reading for teens and up.
*Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber was recommended on an edition of "What Should I Read Next" and intrigued me. The book surprised me in its writing, its depth and its sensitivity.
*Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston was a school book for my then Freshman which we read aloud together. Rich language, strong story and believable characters. I can't believe I waited so long to read it!
There you have it. My favorite books of the year. What have you read that I should add to my ever-growing To-Be-Read list. My goal for next year is another 100 books set in at least 40 countries. Do you have reading goals? Happy Reading!
The full list:
Reading for Me:
The Undoing of Saint Silvanus by Moore, Beth
The Wedding Dress by Hauck, Rachel
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens
of Personality Changes Everything by Bogel, Anne
The St. Louis 12 Days of Christmas by Nusbickel,
Ryan
Cloudy With A Chance Of Toasted Rav by Nusbickel,
Ryan
"Who Moved My Gooey Butter Cake?!" by Nusbickel,
Ryan
Surprised by Oxford by Weber, Carolyn
I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and
Courage in a Culture of Shame by Brown, Brené
The Night Parade by Tanquary, Kathryn
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alda,
Alan
Once Was a Time by Sales, Leila
Maude by Mabry, Donna
Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded
Kids One Book at a Time by Martin, Jamie C.
Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1) by Calonita,
Jen
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1) Bertman,
Jennifer Chambliss
The Hate U Give by Thomas, Angie
The Little School: Tales of Disappearance &
Survival in Argentina by Partnoy, Alicia
Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One
Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes by Welch,
Kristen
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food by Berry,
Wendell
March: Book Three (March, #3) by Lewis, John
Robert
We Should All Be Feminists by Adichie, Chimamanda
Ngozi
The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross by Laferton,
Carl
The Seventh Wish by Messner, Kate *
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's
Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Ahmed, Qanta A.
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
by Leigh Fermor, Patrick
The Case of the Girl in Grey (The Wollstonecraft
Detective Agency, #2) by Stratford, Jordan *
Mother-Daughter Book Camp (The Mother-Daughter
Book Club, #7) by Frederick, Heather Vogel
Gods in Alabama by Jackson, Joshilyn
Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary
on Rediscovering Faith by Mayfield, D. L.
Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1) by Webster,
Jean
Winter Solstice by Pilcher, Rosamunde
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
by Roberts, Cokie
Ishtar's Odyssey: A Storybook for Advent by Ytreeide,
Arnold
El Deafo by Bell, Cece
Born with Teeth by Mulgrew, Kate
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Dunn, Mark
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean
Islands by Leigh Fermor, Patrick
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Strout, Elizabeth
Wonder by Palacio, R.J.
A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope by Brokaw,
Tom
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the
Church by Evans, Rachel Held
Five Children on the Western Front by Saunders,
Kate
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Zevin, Gabrielle
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Chiaverini, Jennifer
Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on
Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History by David,
Saul
The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830
by Johnson, Paul
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science,
Faith and Love by Sobel, Dava
Between Shades of Gray by Sepetys, Ruta
Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a
Nazi General by Stroud, Rick
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One
to Infinity by Strogatz, Steven H.
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir by Manning,
Brennan
Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living
Intentionally in a Chaotic World by Oxenreider, Tsh
Coming Clean: A Story of Faith by Haines, Seth
Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the
Broken Way Home by Haines, Amber C.
Kindred by Butler, Octavia E.
The Princess Bride by Goldman, William
The African Trilogy by Achebe, Chinua
The Accident by Pavone, Chris
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Rushdie, Salman
The 19th Wife by Ebershoff, David
Dubliners by Joyce, James
The Secret Scripture by Barry, Sebastian
Touch by Zentner, Alexi
The Book Thief by Zusak, Markus
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of
The Princess Bride by Elwes, Cary
The Sacred Romance Drawing Closer To The Heart Of God
by Eldredge, John
Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Maconie,
Stuart
Chronicle in Stone by Kadare, Ismail
Read Alouds or Read Ahead for School
Tadpoles and Frogs by Milbourne, Anna
Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and The Trail of
Tears by Bealer, Alex W.
Eggs and Chicks by Patchett, Fiona
Adventures in Ancient Greece by Bailey, Linda
Here's a Penny by Haywood, Carolyn
Danny and the Dinosaur by Hoff, Syd
I Can Read It! (I Can Read It, #1) by Holzmann,
John
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Samurai Detective,
#1) by Hoobler, Dorothy
Till We Have Faces by Lewis, C.S.
God spoke Tibetan; the epic story of the men who gave
the Bible to Tibet, the forbidden land by Maberly, Allan
Outliers: The Story of Success by Gladwell,
Malcolm
The Monk Who Shook the World: The Story of Martin
Luther by Davey, Cyril J.
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, John
American Tall Tales by Productions, Greathall
101 Favorite Stories from the Bible by Miller, Ura
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark
A Grain of Rice by Pittman, Helena Clare
Mary Jones and Her Bible - An Adventure Book by Wright,
Chris
Winnie-the-Pooh by Milne, A.A.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee, Harper
100 Best-Loved Poems by Smith, Philip
A History of Us: Ten-Volume Set: Ten-Volume Set by
Hakim, Joy
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book by Garis, Howard R.
Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit by Borgenicht, David
The Second Mrs. Gioconda by Konigsburg, E.L.
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the
World's Top Minds by Gallo, Carmine
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston, Zora
Neale
A Single Shard by Park, Linda Sue
The Silver Branch by Sutcliff, Rosemary
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