2018 Reading Challenge, which you are welcome to join<\/a>. First, I went through books I already have on my shelf, but haven\u2019t read. In spite of their cry, I passed over books like Bible dictionaries, Webster\u2019s Dictionary, and How To Build A Log Cabin In A Weekend. I want to read. Not sleep. Then, I went through my Amazon wish list. Then, I added books that a few writers for The Gospel Coalition suggested. In short, my list is a mishmash of the type of books I like to read, or the type of book I need to read to stretch my mind. Feel free to put any of them on your list. At the end, I\u2019ll add the ones I\u2019m considering adding to my list, because since my last post, some participants in the Challenge have recommended a few that I can\u2019t pass up.<\/p>\nSo, the list is as follows. I\u2019ll start with educational, then political\/historical, then biographical\/autobiographical\/memoir, then novels, then finish with theological.<\/p>\n
Educational:<\/strong><\/p>\nOn Writing Well,<\/em> by William Zinnser
\nThe Mental Game of Writing<\/em>, by James Scott Bell
\nThe 4 Hour Work Week<\/em>,<\/strong> by Timothy Ferriss
\nMake Your Bed,<\/em> by William H. McRaven
\nNo Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World\u2019s Premier Forensic Investigators, <\/em>by Steve Jackson
\nBooked<\/em>, by Karen Swallow Prior<\/p>\nPolitical\/Historical:<\/strong><\/p>\nBeloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife<\/em>, by William Potter
\nColorado\u2019s Strangest<\/em>, by Kenneth C. Jessen
\nThe Souls of Black Folk<\/em>, by W.E.B. Du Bois
\nThe Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, <\/em>by Anne C. Bailey
\nIn Those Nightmarish Days: A Ghetto Reportage of Peretz Opacynski and Josef Selkowicz, by Peretz Opacynski and Josef Selkowicz<\/em>
\nThe Cotton Tenants: Three Families<\/em>, by James Agee
\nTeam of Rivals<\/em>, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
\nThe Jefferson Lies<\/em>, by David Barton<\/p>\nBiographical\/Autobiographical\/Memoir:<\/strong><\/p>\nMy Early Life,<\/em> by Winston Churchill
\nA Woman\u2019s Story of Pioneer Illinois, <\/em>by Christiana Holmes Tillson
\nNight<\/em>, by Elie Wiesel
\nThe Life and Diary of David Brainard<\/em>, by Jonathan Edwards
\nRose\u2019s Journey: A Christian in the Holocaust<\/em>, by Myrna Grant
\nDaniel Boone<\/em>, Heroes of America Series
\nThe Little Way of Ruthie Leming<\/em>, by Rod Dreher
\nHillbilly Elegy,<\/em> by J.C. Vance
\nLife is Mostly Edges<\/em>, by Calvin Miller
\nSurprised by Oxford,<\/em> by Carolyn Weber
\nMartin Luther, the Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World,<\/em> by Eric Metaxas
\nThis Life I Live<\/em>, by Rory Feek<\/p>\nNovels:\u00a0<\/strong>
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\nSoldier\u2019s Heart<\/em>, by Michele McKnight Baker
\nThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, <\/em>by Annie Barrows and Mary Anne Shaffer
\nTo Kill A Mockingbird<\/em>, by Harper Lee
\nLittle Men<\/em>, by Louisa May Alcott
\nThe Black Stallion\u2019s Filly<\/em>, by Walter Farley
\nAll The Light We Cannot See<\/em>, by Anthony Doerr
\nThe Other Side of the Sun<\/em>, by Madeleine L\u2019Engle
\nLoving Luther<\/em>, by Allison Pittman (as in, Martin Luther)
\nThe Hobbit<\/em>, by J.R.R. Tolkien
\nSackett\u2019sLand<\/em>, by Louis L\u2019Amour
\nOur Darling<\/em>, by D.A. Brockett
\nStuart Little,<\/em> by E.B. White
\nO Pioneers<\/em>, by Willa Cather
\nThe Winter Horses, <\/em>by Philip Kerr
\nLittle Lord Fauntleroy, <\/em>by Frances Hodgson Burnett and John Boyne
\nThe Penderwicks, <\/em>by Jean Birdsall
\nLife in Prairie Land<\/em>, by Eliza Farnham
\nChristmas Jars<\/em>, by Jason F. Wright
\nSecondhand Time<\/em>, by Svetlana Alexievich (this is being called a documentary)
\nDevil in the White City<\/em>, by Erik Larson
\nMrs. Mike<\/em>, by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
\nRules of the Road<\/em>, by Joan Bauer
\nManAlive<\/em>, by G.K. Chesterton
\nThe Mountain \u00a0Midwife<\/em>, by Laurie Alice Eakes
\nMurder on the Orient Express<\/em>, by Agatha Kristie
\nBefore We Were Yours<\/em>, by Lisa Wingate
\nThe Anne of Green Gables Series<\/em>, by Lucy Maude Montgomery (counts as eight books)
\nThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane<\/em>, by Kate DiCamillo
\nChronicles of Narnia<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis (counts as six books)
\nLord of the Rings Trilogy<\/em>, by J.R.R. Tolkien (counts as three books<\/p>\nTheological:<\/strong><\/p>\nExtravagant Grace<\/em>, by Barbara Duguid
\nChasing Contentment<\/em>, by Erik Raymond
\nThe Pursuit of God,<\/em> by A.W. Tozer
\nThings As They Are<\/em>, by Amy Carmichael
\nMiracles<\/em>, by Eric Metaxas
\nFaith That Does Not Falter<\/em>, by Elisabeth Elliot
\nA Serrated Edge,<\/em> by Douglas Wilson
\nSpiritual Depression<\/em>, by Lloyd-Jones
\nPilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em>, by John Bunyan
\nThe Problem of Pain<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis
\nThe Bruised Reed<\/em>, by Richard Sibbes
\nThe Scars That Shaped Me<\/em>, by Vaneetha Rendall Risner
\nEve in Exile<\/em>, by Rebekah Merkle
\nBlessed Are the Peacemakers<\/em>, by Wendell Berry
\nThe Great Divorce<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis
\nOur Bible: How We Get It & Ten Reasons Why I Believe the Bible is the Word of God<\/em>, by R.A. Torrey (two books in one!)
\nEvening by Evening,<\/em> by Charles Spurgeon (this is my bathroom book!) TMI?
\nThe Acceptable Sacrifice,<\/em> by John Bunyan
\nThe Bible<\/em> (counts as four books)
\nChildren\u2019s Stories<\/em>, by J.C. Ryle
\nHow Readest Thou<\/em>?, by J.C. Ryle
\nPrepared to Stand Alone<\/em>, by Iain Murray
\nThe Persecutor,<\/em> by Sergei Kourdakov<\/p>\nBooks I may exchange for any book above, depending on mood because I\u2019m a woman and my prerogative is to change my mind (or so I\u2019ve heard):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nWhere the Sidewalk Ends,<\/em>\u00a0by Shel Silverstein
\nMarley and Me<\/em>, by John Grogan
\nBonhoeffer,<\/em> by Eric Metaxas
\nThe Screwtape Letters,<\/em> by C.S. Lewis
\nMere Christianity<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis
\nAmerican Sisters 1864<\/em>, by Laurie Lawlor
\nNathan Coulter<\/em>, by Wendell Berry (I\u2019ve read Hannah Coulter and Jayber Crow)
\nA Dog\u2019s Purpose<\/em>: A Novel for Humans, by W. Bruce Cameron
\nThe Scarlett Letter<\/em>, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
\nThe Black Spearman, <\/em>by Pitt L. Fitzgerald<\/p>\nYou may wonder why I have so many novels, and maybe you are thinking I read too many. Truth is, a fair amount of the novels listed above are already sitting on my shelves. I buy them, and then feel guilty for reading relaxing material and end up putting them aside and reading something weighty so as not to feel I am wasting my time (?). I plan to change that this year, obviously. Next year, I might focus more on political and memoir, but I\u2019ve read a fair amount of both recently. And in case you\u2019re wondering \u2026 no. I\u2019ve never read Chronicles of Narnia, LOTR, or Anne of Green Gables. Scandalous. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be on national news tomorrow morning, now that I\u2019ve confessed.<\/p>\n
If you have books you\u2019re planning on reading in 2018 that aren\u2019t on my list and would highly recommend, please (I beg!) let me know. I\u2019m not afraid to switch a few books out from the main list, or at the very least, put more books on my \u201cBooks I may exchange\u201d list. Always good to have backups in case I can\u2019t, for whatever reason, swallow a book I\u2019ve chosen.<\/p>\n
My father-in-law would be disappointed to know I don\u2019t have a single Robert Service book on my list. I\u2019m disappointed in myself for not having several authors on my list, but as I said before: <\/a>so many books, so little time. As it is, some of these will likely roll over onto my 2019 list. If I truly read all of these books, I\u2019m going to need a treadmill. That\u2019s a lot of sedentary \u201cwork.\u201d<\/p>\nHappy book choosing and reading, readers. I had fun putting my list together. I\u2019m wishing for even more fun knocking them off my list.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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