Books read and audiobooks listened to this year:

January

• Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
• Giving is the Good Life – Randy Alcorn
• Retrain Your Brain – Seth J. Gillihan
• Almost Holy Mama – Courtney Ellis
• You & Me Forever – Francis & Lisa Chan
• Surprised by Joy – C.S. Lewis
• Every Good Endeavor – Timothy Keller
• Social Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning – Margaretta Magnusson
• 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace – Gary Chapman & Paul White
• Raising Freakishly Well-Behaved Kids – Jodi Ann Mullen

February

• 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work – Anywhere – Bento C. Leal III
• The Little Book of Hygge – Mei Wiking
• Buffalo Valley – Debbie Macomber
• The Barbarian Way – Erwin Raphael McManus
• Rejection Proof – Jia Jiang
• The Year of Living Danishly – Helen Russell
• The Complete Book of Home Organization – Toni Hammersley
• The Advantage – Patrick Lencioni

March

• Safely Home – Randy Alcorn
• Gentle Discipline – Sarah Ockwell-Smith
• She Prays – Debbie Lindell
• The Secret Ingredient – Nancy Naigle
• When Less Becomes More – Emily Ley
• 1776 – David McCullough
• A Fire Sparkling – Julianne MacLean
• Educated – Tara Westover

April

• Amy Snow – Tracy Rees
• How to Walk Away – Katherine Center
• My Oxford Year – Julia Whelan
• Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
• Range – David Epstein
• Beholding & Becoming – Ruth Chou Simons
• Letters to the Church – Francis Chan
• Giver of the Stars – Jojo Moyes
• Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng

May

• Captivating – John & Stasi Eldredge
• Indistractable – Nir Eyal
• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and It’s All Small Stuff – Richard Carlson, PH. D.
• Anxious for Nothing – Max Lucado
• Get Out of Your Head – Jennie Allen
• Goliath Must Fall – Louie Giglio
• Atomic Habits – James Clear
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
• Wild – Sheryl Strayed
• Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
• You Can Stay Home with Your Kids! – Erin Odom

June

• Digital Minimalism – Cal Newport
• How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People – Pete Greig
• Shoe Dog – Phil Knight
• Open Book- Jessica Simpson
• The Sacred Enneagram – Christopher L. Heuertz
• The Infinite Game – Simon Sinek
• Memory Making Mom – Jessica Smart
• Looking for Lovely – Annie F. Downs
• Have You Seen Me? – Kate White
• The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd
• Counterfeit Gods – Timothy Keller
• Silos, Politics, & Turf Wars – Patrick Lencioni
• Chasing Fireflies – Charles Martin
• Praying the Bible – Donald S. Whitney
• The Motive – Patrick Lencioni
• Love Works – Joel Manby
• The Dead Don’t Dance – Charles Martin
• Yes Please – Amy Poehler
• The First Time – Colton Underwood

July

• Parenting – Paul David Tripp
• When Crickets Cry – Charles Martin
• Becoming Us – Beth & Jeff McCord
• Adamant – Lisa Bevere
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution – Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling
• The Ride of a Lifetime – Robert Iger
• Uncluttered – Courtney Ellis
• Chasing Vines – Beth Moore
• The Lost Girls of Paris – Pam Jenoff
• Wild & Free – Jess Connolly & Hayley Morgan
• Mom Up – Kara-Kate James
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith
• Eight Dates – John Gottman
• Maybe This Time – Kasie West
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
• Trillion Dollar Coach – Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
• Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng
• Dad is Fat – Jim Gaffigan
• And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
• The Secret – Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry – John Mark Comer
• The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis
• Swipe Right – Levi Lusko
• Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide – Rachel Wilkerson Miller
• Three Signs of a Miserable Job – Patrick Lencioni
• Killing Kennedy – Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
• Of Literature & Lattes – Katherine Reay
• The Heart of Leadership – Mark Miller
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Hidden Figures – Margot Lee Shetterly
• Coach Wooden & Me – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Where the River Ends – Charles Martin

August

• Messy Spirituality – Mike Yaconelli
• This Invitational Life – Steve Carter
• White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
• Friend of Sinners – Rich Wilkerson
• The Air I Breathe – Louie Giglio
• And Then You Loved Me – Inglath Cooper
• Speak Love – Annie F. Downs
• 100 Days to Brave – Annie F. Downs
• Creativity, Inc. – Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
• The Little Book of Lykke – Meik Wiking
• Ask More – Frank Sesno
• And the Shofar Blew – Francine Rivers
• Stealing Home – Sherryl Woods
• Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah
• At the Water’s Edge – Sara Gruen
• A Game of Thrones – George R.R. Martin
• Maggie – Charles Martin
• Turtles All the Way Down – John Green
• Things You Save in a Fire – Katherine Center
• The Culture Solution – Matthew Kelly
• The Love and Respect Experience – Emerson Eggerichs
• You Are What You Love – James K. A. Smith
• Send Down the Rain – Charles Martin

September

• Wrapped in Rain – Charles Martin
• As Sure as the Dawn – Francine Rivers
• You are the Girl for the Job – Jess Connolly
• When We Were Young – Karen Kingsbury
• The Future of Happiness – Amy Blankson
• Me & White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad
• No-Drama Discipline – Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
• The Honest Enneagram – Sarajane Case
• The Circle Maker – Mark Batterson
• Killing Lincoln – Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
• 5-Minute Mindfulness: Parenting – Claire Gillman
• The Hideaway – Lauren K. Denton
• The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
• One Thousand Gifts – Ann Voskamp
• Unseen – Sara Hagerty
• The Girl You Left Behind – JoJo Moyes
• The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware
• Getting Naked – Patrick Lencioni
• What You Wish For – Katherine Center
• Decisive – Chip & Dan Heath
• The Water Keeper – Charles Martin
• Something in the Water – Catherine Steadman
• It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way – Lysa TerKeurst
• Originals – Adam Grant
• Killing Reagan – Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
• The Read-Aloud Family – Sarah MacKenzie
• A Little Bit Country – Debbie Macomber
• Born Again – Charles W. Colson
• Oh Crap! Potty Training – Jamie Glowacki
• Loveology – John Mark Comer
• The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight – Kim West
• Primal Leadership – Daniel Goleman
• Dreamland Burning – Jennifer Latham
• On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness – Andrew Peterson
• Own Your Everyday – Jordan Lee Dooley
• The Shop on Blossom Street – Debbie Macomber
• What If It’s True? – Charles Martin

October

• The Bullet Journal Method – Ryder Carroll
• The Guest List – Lucy Foley
• The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective – Richard Rohr & Andreas Ebert
• Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
• Fly Away – Kristin Hannah
• The Road Home – Richard Paul Evans
• Without a Trace – Colleen Coble
• Be Calm – Jill P. Weber, PhD
• Hidden Valley Road – Robert Kolker
• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• Still Me – Jojo Moyes
• Switch – Chip & Dan Heath
• Starry Night – Debbie Macomber
• Silver Bay – Jojo Moyes
• Baby Signing Essentials – Nancy Cadjan
• Cozy Minimalist Home – Myquillyn Smith
• Off Balance – Matthew Kelley
• The Most Excellent Way to Lead – Perry Noble
• The Fox Hunt – Mohammed Al Samawi
• All is Calm – Colleen Coble
• A Good Yarn – Debbie Macomber
• The Peacock Emporium – Jojo Moyes
• Merry and Bright – Debbie Macomber
• Be the Bridge – LaTasha Morrison
• Dashing Through the Snow – Debbie Macomber
• Who is This Man? – John Ortberg
• The Ship of Brides – Jojo Moyes
• Tidewater Inn – Colleen Coble
• In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day – Mark Batterson
• Always Enough, Never Too Much – Jess Connolly & Hayley Morgan
• Boundaries – Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
• Dakota Born – Debbie Macomber
• The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s – Andy Greene
• Chase the Lion – Mark Batterson
• Kennedy’s Last Days – Bill O’Reilly
• The Perfect Day – Richard Paul Evans
• The Weight of Glory – C.S. Lewis
• Windfallen – Jojo Moyes
• Heaven – Randy Alcorn
• The Horse Dancer – Jojo Moyes
• Boundaries for Leaders – Dr. Henry Cloud

November

• Evicted – Matthew Desmond
• Dare to Serve – Cheryl Bachelder
• Twelve Years a Slave – Solomon Northrup
• Raising the Challenging Child -Karen Doyle Buckwater, Debbie Reed, & Wendy Lyons Sunshine
• Last One Home – Debbie Macomber
• The Horse and His Boy – C.S. Lewis
• Rosemary Cottage – Colleen Coble
• Beyond a Doubt – Colleen Coble 
• The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity – Matthew Kelly
• A Girl’s Guide to Moving On – Debbie Macomber
• The Body – Bill Bryson
• Seagrams Pier – Colleen Coble
• Into the Deep – Colleen Coble
• Because of Bethlehem – Max Lucado
• Mr. Miracle – Debbie Macomber
• If Not for You – Debbie Macomber
• The Pilgrim’s Regress – C.S. Lewis
• The Flight Girls – Noelle Salazar
• The Inn at Rose Harbor – Debbie Macomber
• Hitler’s Last Days – Bill O’Reilly
• The House We Grew Up In – Lisa Jewell
• Rose Harbor in Bloom – Debbie Macomber
• Lost and Found in Cedar Cove – Debbie Macomber
• Made for This – Jennie Allen
• Prince Caspian – C.S. Lewis
• Nothing to Prove – Jennie Allen
• Love Letters – Debbie Macomber
• Then She Was Gone – Lisa Jewell
• Wait and See – Wendy Pope
• The Christmas Basket – Debbie Macomber
• Home Front – Kristin Hannah
• Twelve Days of Christmas – Debbie Macomber
• The Things We Cannot Say – Kelly Rimmer
• Daring to Hope – Katie Davis Majors
• Hillbilly Elegy – JD Vance
• Garden City – John Mark Comer
• Any Dream Will Do – Debbie Macomber
• Timepiece – Richard Paul Evans
• Silver Linings – Debbie Macomber
• Sweet Tomorrows – Debbie Macomber

December

• The Trouble with Cowboys – Victoria James
• God Has a Name – John Mark Comer
• Experiencing God – Henry & Richard Blackaby, Claude King
• The Letter – Richard Paul Evans
• Till We Have Faces – C.S. Lewis
• Visioneering – Andy Stanley
• Indescribable – Louie Giglio & Matt Redman
• The Last Letter from Your Lover – Jojo Moyes
• Butterfly Palace – Colleen Coble
• Killing the SS – Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
• How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen – Joanna Faber & Julie King
• Noel Letters – Richard Paul Evans
• The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation – AJ Sherrill
• Grain Brain – David Perlmutter
• Leaving Lavender Tides – Colleen Coble
• Strands of Truth – Colleen Coble
• Holly & Ivy – Fern Michaels
• Extreme Ownership – Jacko Willink & Leif Babin
• How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
• The Universal Christ – Richard Rohr
• The Locket – Richard Paul Evans
• Dream Big – Bob Goff
• Becoming Mrs. Lewis – Patti Callahan
• Remote – Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hannson
• Adore – Sara Hagerty
• The Mistletoe Promise – Richard Paul Evans
• The Sun Does Shine – Anthony Ray Hinton
• The Looking Glass – Richard Paul Evans
• The United States of Trump – Bill O’Reilly
• Start Finishing – Charlie Gilkey
• Window on the Bay – Debbie Macomber
• Start With the Heart – Kathy Koch, PhD
• A Grief Observed – C.S. Lewis
• Between Friends – Debbie Macomber
• Love Lives Here – Maria Goff
• So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
• The Inn at Ocean’s Edge – Colleen Coble
• Starting Now – Debbie Macomber
• The Grace of Enough – Haley Stewart