This is where I keep track of all the books I’ve read. Many of them are memoirs or Christian living books, but there are plenty of novels in the mix.
My favorites from the list are marked with an asterisk. Non-fiction titles are in italics.
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2022
January
Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher*
Gentle and Lowly by Dane C. Ortlund
February
Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
September by Rosamunde Pilcher *
March
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan*
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg*
April
Billy Summers by Stephen King*
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw*
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth*
May
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult*
The Terminal List by Jack Carr
June
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks*
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons*
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
July
Finding Me by Viola Davis*
True Believer by Jack Carr
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle*
The Maid by Nita Prose
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler*
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
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2021
January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi*
Becoming by Michelle Obama*
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
February
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell*
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano*
Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine*
March
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles*
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth*
Thirst by Mary Oliver*
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
April
Dream Big by Bob Goff*
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger*
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah*
May
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
One by One by Ruth Ware
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards*
June
Dirt by Mary Marantz*
The Push by Ashley Audrain*
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad*
Try Softer by Aundi Kolber*
July
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Carrie by Stephen King
When Narcissism Comes to Church by Chuck DeGroat*
August
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister*
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams*
Freely and Lightly by Emily Lex*
September
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo*
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain*
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
October
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett*
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Lane Gaiman
The God Who Sees by Karen Gonzalez
November
Falling by T.J.Newman
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
December
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor*
No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler*
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher*
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2020
January
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
Lessons from Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott
The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
February
I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott*
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger*
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter*
When I Was You by Minka Kent
March
Presence by Amy Cuddy
Stay: Discovering Grace, Freedom and WholenessWhere You Never Imagined Looking by Anjuli Paschall*
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty*
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
April
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski*
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba*
Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny*
May
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld*
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Expats by Chris Pavone*
Good Grief by Granger E. Westberg
June
Saint X by Alexis Shaitkin
The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates*
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate*
The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone
Long Bright River by Liz Moore*
July
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett*
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy*
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad*
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande*
The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan
Rage Against the Minivan by Kristen Howerton*
August
Know My Name by Chanel Miller*
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Open by Andre Agassi*
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler*
Kindred by Octavia Butler*
September
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin*
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi*
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid*
Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life by Shelly Miller*
October
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige*
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi*
Welcome Home by Myquillyn Smith*
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
November
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah*
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
December
The Institute by Stephen King
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides*
The Last Flight by Julie Clark*
You are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
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2019
January
The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy
The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs*
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
February
Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren
The Very Worst Missionary by Jamie Wright
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat*
March
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler*
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg*
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens*
Placemaker by Christie Purifoy*
The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman*
April
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan*
This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro*
Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation by Susie Davis*
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
100 Days to Brave by Annie F. Downs
The Warner Boys: Our Family’s Story of Autism and Hope by Curt and Anna Warner
May
Peace like a River by Leif Enger*
It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans*
June
Thin Air by Lisa Gray
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom*
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
July
Conversation with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Daughter by Lucy Dawson
The River by Peter Heller*
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
I’m Fine and Neither are You by Camille Pagán
Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud*
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty*
August
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung*
After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud*
A Curve in the Road by Julianne Maclean
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer*
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl*
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
September
Out of Sorts by Sarah Bessey*
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb*
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman*
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff*
October
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Gown by Jennifer Robson*
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware*
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan*
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey*
Feasting and Foraging by Cynthia Stuckey*
The Summer We Lost Her by Tish Cohen
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
November
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown*
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner*
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown*
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith*
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Recursion by Blake Crouch*
December
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks*
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The Preacher’s Wife by Kate Bowler*
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2018
The Girl Before by JP Delaney
Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr *
Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor *
Beyond Ourselves by Catherine Marshall *
Girl at the End of the World by Elizabeth Esther
Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica
Does Jesus Really Love Me? by Jeff Chu
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance *
Unexpected by Christine Caine *
Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
The Gospel of Trees by Apricot Irving
Stitches by Anne Lamott
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn *
The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent
Tangerine by Christine Mangan
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
Falling Free by Shannan Martin
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander *
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Undivided by Vicky Beeching
Educated by Tara Westover *
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult *
Come Matter Here by Hannah Brencher
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Ministry of Ordinary Places by Shannan Martin *
As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner
The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh *
Come and Eat by Bri McKoy *
Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillyn Smith
Homebody by Joanna Gaines
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi *
The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin
From Tablet to Table by Leonard Sweet
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2017
Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner *
Coming Clean by Seth Haines *
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider *
The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines
Rhythms of Rest by Shelly Miller *
A Family Shaped by Grace by Gary Morland
Whispers of Rest by Bonnie Gray
Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett
Intrusion by Mary McCluskey
The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan
Undone by Michele Cushatt
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
And Life Continues by Wendy Barnes
The Good Widow by Liz Fenton
A Letter to My Congregation by Ken Wilson
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
No Place to Hide by W. Lee Warren
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Roots and Sky by Christie Purifoy *
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng *
The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
Deep Work by Cal Newport *
Every Bitter Thing is Sweet by Sara Hagerty
Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone
The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan *
Reading People by Anne Bogel *
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware *
My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl *
Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle *
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Descent by Tim Johnston