100 Books of 2022

 In 2009, I pledged to read 100 books over the course of 2010. Here's my list of 107 books in case you're interested.

I did it again in 2011 (why not?). Here's my list of 109 books.

The tradition continued in 2012 where I read a whopping 144 books! Here is my list from that year.

In 2013 I kept on chugging along, reading 104 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2014 I hit my best record yet, reading 152 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2015 I beat my record, reading 187 books. Here is my list from that year. 

In 2016, I read 166 books, focusing on books I owned but had never read. Here is my list from that year.

In 2017, I read 123 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2018, I read only 54 books. I spent most of my year driving the kids around, haha! Here is my list from that year.

In 2019, I read 150 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2020, I read 152 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2021, I read 203 books. Here is my list from last year.

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In 2021, I joined a Facebook group called "Read What You Own". The goal for us is that we read the books we already own instead of buying new books. I saw great success with this in 2021, and I feel like 2022 was even better.

It's a running joke about how many books I own. The books that I own that I've never read are in the thousands. This used to be funny to me, but at some point, a switch flipped, and it became overwhelming to me. So now my goal is not just to read as many books as possible, but to be extremely picky about what I keep after I read it. I only keep books that I will absolutely read again or will pass down to my children. I still have such a long way to go, but I do see how much progress I'm making!

I read 249 books in 2022. Now... lest you think that I just sit around eating bonbons every day, or ignoring my family, etc., that's not the case. A large majority of these books are children's books that I'm reading to see if they're worth keeping, and another large majority are audiobooks. Since I'm in the car a lot, I can get a lot of reading done with audiobooks.

I kept less books this year than last year, which is great. I want to stay around this ratio of being picky with the books I'm holding onto.

Oh, and also... I had Covid in 2022, which gave me a LOT of reading time for five days, haha!

This Goodreads image is missing one book that I just added, but still quite accurate.

Here's my 2022 list:

• "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" by Marguerite Henry (1)
• "All Things Wise and Wonderful" by James Herriot (2) (K)
• "South America" by Francene Sabin (3)
• "Titanic: Disaster at Sea" by Sean Callery (4)
• "Whatever Happened to Amelia Earhart?" by Melinda Blau (5)
• "Indiana Days" by Catherine Chambers (6)
• "Industrial Revolution" by Debra Housel (7)
• "The Story of Flight" by Mary Lee Settle (8)
• "Pony Bob's Daring Ride" by Joe Bensen (9)
• "Henry David Thoreau" by Elizabeth Ring (10)
• "Danny the Champion of the World" by Roald Dahl (11) (K)
• "A Fall of Marigolds" by Susan Meissner (12)
• "The Coming of the Pilgrims" by E. Brooks Smith and Robert Meredith (13)
• "The Statue of Liberty" by Hal Marcovitz (14)
• "Liberty or Death" by Betsy Maestro (15)
• "The Call" by Peader O'Guilin (16)
• "The Liberty Tree" by Lucille Penner (17)
• "Dare to Lead" by Brene Brown (18) (K)
• "Cast of Characters" by Max Lucado (19) (K)
• "San Domingo" by Marguerite Henry (20)
• "My America: Westward to Home" by Patricia Hermes (21)
• "From Settlement to Statehood" A Pictorial History of Tennessee to 1796" by James Kelly (22)
• "Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World" by Leonard Everett Fisher (23)
• "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry (24)
• "A Love Worth Giving" by Max Lucado (25) (K)
• "Rachel's Journal" by Marissa Moss (26)
• "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry (27)
• "Sleeping Giants" by Sylvain Neuvel (28)
• "How the New World Was Discovered" by M.K. Hage, Jr. (29)
• "All Things Bright and Beautiful" by James Herriot (30) (K)
• "Traveling Light" by Max Lucado (31) (K)
• "The Story of the Liberty Bell" by David Kimball (32)
• "Explorers of America: Champlain" by Matthew Grant (33)
• "War Heroes of America: Ulysses S. Grant" by Matthew Grant (34)
• "James Herriot's Cat Stories" by James Herriot (35) (K)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Benjamin Franklin" by Susan and John Lee (36)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: John Hancock" by Susan and John Lee (37)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Thomas Jefferson" by Susan and John Lee (38)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Abigail Adams" by Susan and John Lee (39)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Arlington National Cemetery" by R. Conrad Stein (40)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Alamo" by Norman Richards (41)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Capitol" by Marilyn Prolman (42)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Bonhomme Richard" by Norman Richards (43)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Conestoga Wagon" by Kenneth Richards (44)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Constitution" by Marilyn Prolman (45)
• "Stormy, Misty's Foal" by Marguerite Henry (46)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Declaration of Independence" by Norman Richards (47)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Freedom Riders" by Deborah Kent (48)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Golden Spike" by R. Conrad Stein (49)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Henry Ford and the Automobile" by Zachary Kent (50)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Homestead Act" by R. Conrad Stein (51)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Jamestown Colony" by Gail Sakurai (52)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of Jamestown" by Marilyn Prolman (53)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Lincoln Memorial" by Natalie Miller (54)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Lewis and Clark Expedition" by R. Conrad Stein (55)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Mount Vernon" by Natalie Miller (56)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Monticello" by Norman Richards (57)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Mayflower Compact" by Norman Richards (58)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Old Glory" by Albert I. Mayer (59)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Old Ironsides" by Norman Richards (60)
• "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch (61)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Oregon Trail" by R. Conrad Stein (62)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Presidential Elections" by Jim Hargrove (63)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Statue of Liberty" by Natalie Miller (64)
• "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell (65) (K)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Valley Forge" by R. Conrad Stein (66)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: White House" by Natalie Miller (67)
• "Shiloh Season" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (68) (K)
• "Texas Outlaw" by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle (69)
• "The Secret of Platform 13" by Eva Ibbotson (70)
• "They Led the Way" by Johanna Johnston (71) (K)
• "Candide" by Voltaire (72)
• "The Ghost at Skeleton Rock" by Franklin W. Dixon (73)
• "Next Door Savior" by Max Lucado (74) (K)
• "All the Wrong Questions: Shouldn't You Be in School?" by Lemony Snicket (75)
• "Every Living Thing" by James Herriot (76) (K)
• "I Let You Go" by Clare Mackintosh (77)
• "My Sister the Vampire: Lucky Break" by Sienna Mercer (78)
• "Impunity Jane" by Rumer Godden (79) (K)
• "The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull" by John Bellairs (80)
• "On the Mayflower" by Kate Waters (81)
• "Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line" by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (82)
• "Tree Wagon" by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (83) (K)
• "Maybe in Another Life" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (84)
• "Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet" by Suzy Kline (85)
• "How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found" by Sara Nickerson (86)
• "Paddington on Stage" adapted by Alfred Bradley and Michael Bond (87) (K)
• "The Littles and Their Amazing New Friend" by John Peterson (88)
• "The Littles Give a Party" by John Peterson (89)
• "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarris McGraw (90)
• "The Story of Ben Franklin" by Eve Merriam (91)
• "Otis Spofford" by Beverly Clearly (92)
• "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville (Treasury of Illustrated Classics" (93)
• "The Forgetting Time" by Sharon Guskin (94)
• "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens (95)
• "The Final Warning" by James Patterson (96)
• "Freedom Train" by Dorothy Sterling (97) (K)
• "The Likeness" by Tana French (98)
• "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary Blackwood (99)
• "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill (100)
• "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Giff (101) (K)
• "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (102)
• "Pippi Goes On Board" by Astrid Lindgren (103)
• "Paddington at Work" by Michael Bond (104) (K)
• "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park (105) (K)
• "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin De Becker (106) (K)
• "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare (107)
• "George Washington" by Genevieve Foster (108)
• "Boy" by Roald Dahl (109) (K)
• "The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christie (110)
• "When We Were Very Young" by A.A. Milne (111) (K)
• "Understood Betsy" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (112) (K)
• "Smooth Operator" by Stuart Woods (113)
• "Who Not How" by Dan Sullivan (114) (K)
• "Meet Martin Luther King, Jr." by James T. de Kay (115)
• "The Power of a Praying Nation" by Stormie Omartian (116)
• "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio (117) (K)
• "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson (118) (K)
• "Tell Me Three Things" by Julie Buxbaum (119)
• "Shadow House: No Way Out" by Dan Poblocki (120)
• "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare (121) (K)
• "The Very Worst Missionary" by Jamie Wright (122)
• "Speak to My Heart, God" by Kay Arthur (123)
• "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner (124)
• "Heroes of the Cross: William Carey" by P.M. Stevenson (125)
• "Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers" by Jean Fritz (126) (K)
• "Daniel Boone" by James Daughtery (127)
• "The Road to Oz" by L. Frank Baum (128) (K)
• "Warriors: Rising Storm" by Erin Hunter (129) (K)
• "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson (130) (K)
• "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow/Rip Van Winkle/The Spectre Bridegroom" by Washington Irving (Children's Classic) (131)
• "Treehouse Times: First Course: Trouble" by Page McBrier (132)
• "He Chose You" by Max Lucado (133) (K)
• "Mystery of the Indian Cave" by Anne Roller Issler (134)
• "The Odyssey: Wishbone Classic" by Joanne Mattern (135)
• "A House Called Awful End" by Philip Ardagh (136)
• "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne (Great Illustrated Classics) (137)
• "The Little Red Lighthouse" by Hildegarde H. Swift (138)
• "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover (139)
• "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie (Dalmation Press) (140)
• "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ****" by Mark Manson (141)
• "Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm" by Rob Kidd (142)
• "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" by Howard Pyle (Great Illustrated Classics) (143)
• "Whiter Than Snow" by Paul David Tripp (144) (K)
• "Verity" by Colleen Hoover (145)
• "Tripping Over the Lunch Lady" by Various Authors (146)
• "Goose Chase" by Patrice Kindl (147) (K)
• "The Swiss Family Robinson" Great Illustrated Classics (148)
• "Pride and Prejudice" Great Illustrated Classics (149)
• "Magic School Bus: Dinosaur Detectives" by Judith Stamper (150)
• "Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion" by Andrea Gianopoulos (151)
• "Who Cracked the Liberty Bell?" by Peter and Connie Roop (152)
• "The Long Way Westward" by Joan Sandin (153)
• "The Trojan Horse" by Emily Little (154)
• "Egyptian Gods and Goddesses" by Henry Barker (155)
• "Titanic: The Disaster That Shocked the World!" by Mark Dubowski (156)
• "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster (157) (K)
• "The Secret Soldier" by Ann McGovern (158)
• "Clara Barton" by Mary Catherine Rose (159)
• "Tales From the Underground Railroad" by Kate Connell (160)
• "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong (161) (K)
• "Miss Laney is Zany!" by Dan Gutman (162)
• "Officer Spence Makes No Sense!" by Dan Gutman (163)
• "Miss Holly is Too Jolly!" by Dan Gutman (164)
• "Mrs. Lane is a Pain!" by Dan Gutman (165)
• "Miss Klute is a Hoot!" by Dan Gutman (166)
• "The Littles and the Big Storm" by John Peterson (167)
• "The Adventures of Wishbone: Be A Wolf!" by Brad Strickland (168)
• "Ms. Sue Has No Clue!" by Dan Gutman (169)
• "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater (170) (K)
• "The Last Safe House" by Barbara Greenwood (171)
• "Superfudge" by Judy Blume (172)
• "The Magic Hat and Other Danish Fairy Tales" by Clara Stroebe (173)
• "Stuart Little" by E.B. White (174)
• "The Return of the Indian" by Lynne Reid Banks (175) (K)
• "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse (176)
• "Boys Without Names" by Kashmira Sheth (177) (K)
• "The Twenty-One Balloons" by William Pene Dubois (178) (K)
• "The Black Stallion Returns" by Walter Farley (179)
• "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson (180) (K)
• "What Makes the Light Bright, Thomas Edison?" by Melvin and Gilda Berger (181)
• "The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr." by Angela Bull (182)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Stephen Krensky (183)
• "True Stories about Abraham Lincoln" by Ruth Belov Gross (184)
• "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (185) (K)
• "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod (186) (K)
• "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Forbes (187) (K)
• "Sitting Bull" by Lavere Anderson (188)
• "Johnny Appleseed" by Eva Moore (189)
• "Ugly Love" by Colleen Hoover (190)
• "The Curious Christian" by Barnabas Piper (191)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Ann McGovern (192)
• "Night" by Elie Wiesel (193) (K)
• "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George (194) (K)
• "Who Stole The Wizard of Oz?" by Avi (195)
• "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie (196)
• "The Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie (197)
• "Misty and Me" by Barbara Girion (198)
• "God Has a Dream for Your Life" by Sheila Walsh (199)
• "Wisbone: The Last of the Breed" by Alexander Steele (200)
• "Louis Braille" by Margaret Davidson (201)
• "Leaving Time" by Jodi Picoult (202)
• "A Bear Called Paddington" by Michael Bond (203) (K)
• "Just Walk Across the Room" by Bill Hybels (204) (K)
• "All Your Perfects" by Colleen Hoover (205)
• "Meet George Washington" by Joan Heilbroner (206)
• "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George (207) (K)
• "The Wife Upstairs" by Rachel Hawkins (208)
• "The Moores are Missing" by James Patterson (209)
• "The Housewife" by James Patterson (210)
• "Absolute Zero" by James Patterson (211)
• "Esther: The Hidden Hand of God" by Lydia Brownback (212) (K)
• "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi (213) (K)
• "How the Leopard Got His Spots and Other Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling (214)
• "It Starts With Us" by Colleen Hoover (215)
• "Wishbone Classics: Don Quixote" by Michael Burgan (216)
• "Illustrated Classic Editions: Oliver Twist" by Marian Leighton (217)
• "Detectives in Togas" by Henry Winterfeld (218)
• "The Best of C.H. Spurgeon" (219) (K)
• "Rescued" by Brian Brown (220)
• "Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims" by Clyde Robert Bulla (221)
• "Tales From the Green Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang (222)
• "A Perilous Power" by E. Rose Sabin (223)
• "Wishbone Classics: The Red Badge of Courage" by Michael Burgan (224)
• "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and Other Tales" by Hugh Lofting (225)
• "Terrible Times" by Philip Ardagh (226) (K)
• "God is the Gospel" by John Piper (227) (K)
• "Esther" by Carl Armerding" (228)
• "Dragon Slippers" by Jessica Day George (229) (K)
• "Out of Darkness" by Russell Freedman (230)
• "Robinson Crusoe" edited by Robert Lasson (231)
• "The French Kiss" by James Patterson (232)
• "The Christmas Mystery" by James Patterson (233)
• "French Twist" by James Patterson (234)
• "Thomas Edison: Genius of Electricity" by Keith Ellis (235)
• "Daniel Boone: Wilderness Explorer" by Walter Retan (236)
• "Grandma Moses" by Charles P Graves (237)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Lee Morgan (238)
• "The Wife Between Us" by Greer Hendricks (239)

Read-alouds with the kids:

• "Deck the Halls, We're Off the Walls" by Dan Gutman (1) (K)
• "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm" by Betty MacDonald (2) (K)
• "Dolphin Treasure" by Wayne Grover (3) (K)
• "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz (4) (K)
• "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey (5) (K)
• "The Travels of Monarch X" by Ross E. Hutchens (6)
• "Rumpelstiltskin" by Brothers Grimm (7)
• "One Kitten for Kim" by Adelaide Holl (8) (K)
• "Rest Rabbit Rest" by Jacquelyn Reinach (9) (K)
• "The Blue Fairy Book" (10)

Author most borrowed in 2022: Colleen Hoover

Favorite Juvenile Fiction books: Homer Price, any Paddington books, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Understood Betsy, Tell Me Three Things, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Out of the Dust, The Call of the Wild, Dragon Slippers

Favorite Nonfiction: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Who Not How by Benjamin Hardy, Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson, Night by Elie Wiesel

Favorite authors: James Herriot, Colleen Hoover

Personal development book that changed my life: The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

Theology book that changed my life: God is the Gospel by John Piper

How did you do this year? What were some of your favorite books and authors?? 

 

September 2021

 Playing a little catch up and uploading really old pictures finally!

April 2022

 Just playing some catch up on life!

100 Books of 2021

In 2009, I pledged to read 100 books over the course of 2010. Here's my list of 107 books in case you're interested.

I did it again in 2011 (why not?). Here's my list of 109 books.

The tradition continued in 2012 where I read a whopping 144 books! Here is my list from that year.

In 2013 I kept on chugging along, reading 104 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2014 I hit my best record yet, reading 152 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2015 I beat my record, reading 187 books. Here is my list from that year. 

In 2016, I read 166 books, focusing on books I owned but had never read. Here is my list from that year.

In 2017, I read 123 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2018, I read only 54 books. I spent most of my year driving the kids around, haha! Here is my list from that year.

In 2019, I read 150 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2020, I read 152 books. Here is my list from last year.

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In 2021, I joined a Facebook community called "Read What You Own Challenge". I challenged myself to read more books I owned and get rid of as many as possible! I also started counting audiobooks and juvenile fiction, which I had not counted in previous years, until last year. Having that group really added accountability. I am so happy to say I read 203 books in 2021 and bought only FIVE for the entire year! I also donated way more than I kept. I made pie charts because I'm just a huge dork like that and they make me happy.

Here's my 2021 list:

• "Stealth" by Stuart Woods (1)
• "Anne of Windy Poplars" by L.M. Montgomery (2) (K)
• "1 Corinthians" by John MacArthur (3) (K)
• "Acts 1-12: God Moves in the Early Church" by Chuck Christensen (18)
• "All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot (28) (K)
• "Anne's House of Dreams" by L.M. Montgomery (31) (K)
• "Anton Chekov: Greatest Plays" by Anton Chekov (39)
• "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt (42)
• "Booker T. Washington" by Lillie Patterson (11) (K)
• "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl (22) (K)
• "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl (30) (K)
• "Dogsong" by Gary Paulsen (41)
• "Don't You Know There's a War On?" by Avi (38)
• "Dr. Carbles is Losing His Marbles!" by Dan Gutman (23)
• "Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott (37)
• "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell (33)
• "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl (35) (K)
• "Flora & Ulysses" by Kate DiCamillo (34)
• "George's Marvelous Medicine" by Roald Dahl (17) (K)
• "Grace: An Invitation to a Way of Life" by Various Authors (55)
• "Grendel" by John Gardner (57)
• "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen (14) (K)
• "Hello, Nebulon!" by Ray O'Ryan (36)
• "Help! I'm Trapped in My Lunch Lady's Body" by Todd Strasser (43)
• "Heroes of the Cross: George Muller" by Roger Steer (25) (K)
• "Hook" by Geary Gravel (40)
• "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai (44) (K)
• "I Heard the Owl Call My Name" by Margaret Craven (29) (K)
• "Interrupted" by Jen Hatmaker (7)
• "Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter" by Annie Barrows (13)
• "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville (52) (K)
• "Joan of Arc" retold by Patrice Selene (53)
• "Let's Get Invisible!" by R.L. Stine (63)
• "Mrs. Cooney is Loony" by Dan Gutman (21)
• "Mrs. Patty is Batty!" by Dan Gutman (24)
• "Ms. Coco is Loco!" by Dan Gutman (27) (K)
• "Ms. Hannah is Bananas" by Dan Gutman (20)
• "Mystery of the Lost Pearl" by Olive Blake (48)
• "Nine Perfect Strangers" by Liane Moriarty (26)
• "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry (19) (K)
• "Ol' Paul the Mighty Logger" by Glen Rounds (65)
• "On My Honor" by Marion Dane Bauer (62)
• "Pick of the Litter" by Mary Jane Auch (8) (K)
• "Private L.A." by James Patterson (16)
• "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan (46) (K)
• "Treason" by Stuart Woods (4)
• "The Confession" by John Grisham (5)
• "Turbulence" by Stuart Woods (6)
• "Standup Guy" by Stuart Woods (49)
• "The Chocolate Sundae Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (9)
• "The Cuckoo Clock" by Mary Stolz (10)
• "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth (12) (K)
• "The Ghost of Windy Hill" by Clyde Robert Bulla (15)
• "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling; Edited by Barbara Solot (51)
• "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling; retold by Jane Mason and Sarah Stephens (32)
• "The Light at Tern Rock" by Julia L. Sauer (61)
• "The Littles and the Great Halloween Scare" by John Peterson (59)
• "The Littles and the Surprise Thanksgiving Guests" by Joel Peterson (58)
• "The Littles Take a Trip" by John Peterson (60)
• "The Pawloined Paper" by Olga Litowinsky (50)
• "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren (45) (K)
• "The Tree House Mystery" by Carol Beach York (47)
• "The Twits" by Roald Dahl (54) (K)
• "The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool" by Margaret Gray (56)
• "The Werefox" by Elizabeth Coatsworth (64)
• "The Thief" by Nancy Rue (66)
• "Skeleton Tree" by Kim Ventrella (67) (K)
• "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller (68)
• "The Wish Giver" by Bill Brittain (69) (K)
• "The Best Yes" by Lysa Terkeurst (70) (K)
• "The Teacher's Funeral" by Richard Peck (71)
• "Mystery of the Plumed Serpent" by Barbara Brenner (72)
• "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett (73) (K)
• "The Sign of the Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare (74) (K)
• "Henry and the Paper Route" by Beverly Cleary (75) (K)
• "The House at Pooh Corner" by A.A. Milne (76) (K)
• "Holes" by Louis Sachar (77) (K)
• "Monkey Business" by Virginia Vail (78)
• "Becoming" by Michelle Obama (79)
• "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh (80)
• "The Ghost Next Door" by R.L. Stine (81)
• "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (82) (K)
• "Rascal" by Sterling North (83)
• "A Long Way From Chicago" by Richard Peck (84) (K)
• "The Happiness Advantage" by Shawn Achor (85) (K)
• "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor (86) (K)
• "Paddington Marches On" by Michael Bond (87) (K)
• "Misty's Twilight" by Marguerite Henry (88)
• "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo (89)
• "Anne of Ingleside" by L.M. Montgomery (90) (K)
• "Skinnybones" by Barbara Park (91)
• "Rainbow Valley" by L.M. Montgomery (92) (K)
• "Go Eat Worms!" by R.L. Stine (93)
• "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" by Maurice Sendak (94)
• "Rabbit Hill" by Robert Lawson (95) (K)
• "Matilda" by Roald Dahl (96) (K)
• "The Girl Who Cried Monster" by R.L. Stine (97)
• "M.C. Higgins the Great" by Virginia Hamilton (98)
• "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs (99)
• "The Waterless Sea" by Kate Constable (100)
• "The Great Science Fair Disaster" by Martyn Godfrey (101)
• "The Case of the Cackling Ghost" by Sid Fleischman (102)
• "John Dies at the End" by David Wong (103)
• "The Armor of God" by Priscilla Shirer (104)
• "The Matchlock Gun" by Walter D. Edmonds (105)
• "Night of the Living Dummy" by R.L. Stine (106)
• "One Day at Horrorland" by R.L. Stine (107)
• "Monster Blood II" by R.L. Stine (108)
• "Atomic Habits" by James Clear (109) (K)
• "The Loser List" by H.N. Kowitt (110)
• "Wishbone Classics: Romeo & Juliet" by Billy Aronson (111)
• "Say Cheese and Die!" by R.L. Stine (112)
• "Baby Island" by Carol Ryrie Brink (113) (K)
• "Stay Out of the Basement" by R.L. Stine (114)
• "Welcome to Dead House" by R.L. Stine (115)
• "Lila's Little Sister" by Francine Pascal (116)
• "Crazy Busy" by Kevin DeYoung (117) (K)
• "Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin" by Marguerite Henry (118)
• "The Beatrice Letters" by Lemony Snicket (119) (K)
• "A Shocker on Shock Street" by R.L. Stine (120)
• "Betsy Tacy and Tib" by Maud Hart Lovelace (121) (K)
• "B is for Betsy" by Carolyn Haywood" (122) (K)
• "Brothers, We are Not Professionals" by John Piper (123) (K)
• "The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall" by Mary Downing Hahn (124)
• "Betsy and Billy" by Carolyn Haywood (125) (K)
• "Circle of Magic: The Prisoners of Bell Castle" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald (126)
• "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A.A. Milne (127) (K)
• "The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity" by Mac Barnett (128) (K)
• "Betsy-Tacy" by Maud Hart Lovelace (129) (K)
• "Monster Blood" by R.L. Stine (130)
• "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie (131)
• "Phantom of the Auditorium" by R.L. Stine (132)
• "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher (133)
• "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit (134)
• "Return of the Mummy" by R.L. Stine (135)
• "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord (136)
• "Piano Lessons can be Murder" by R.L. Stine (137)
• "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" by R.L. Stine (138)
• "Strider" by Beverly Clearly (139)
• "Call it Courage" by Armstrong Sperry (140)
• "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown (141) (K)
• "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli (142)
• "Ginnie's Baby-sitting Business" by Catherine Woolley (143)
• "Eddie and Louella" by Carolyn Haywood (144) (K)
• "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (145) (K)
• "The Summer Camp Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (146)
• "The Mystery in Washington, DC" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (147)
• "Good to Great" by Jim Collins (148) (K)
• "The Firehouse Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (149)
• "The Drinking Gourd" by F.N. Monjo (150)
• "Muggie Maggie" by Beverly Cleary (151)
• "Our Teacher is Missing" by Mary Francis Shura (152)
• "Auggie & Me" by R.J. Palacio (153)
• "Red Sails to Capri" by Ann Weil (154)
• "Christians With Courage" by Ruth Johnson Jay (155)
• "Schoolhouse Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (156)
• "Pedro's Journal" by Pam Conrad (157)
• "Welcome to Camp Nightmare" by R.L. Stine (158)
• "The Te of Piglet" by Benjamin Hoff (159) (K)
• "Tom Sawyer Abroad" by Mark Twain (160) (K)
• "The Mystery of the Headless Horse" by William Arden (161)
• "The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor" by Mickie Compere (162)
• "Eddie's Pay Dirt" by Carolyn Haywood (163) (K)
• "George Washington: The Man Who Would Not be King" by Stephen Krensky (164) (K)
• "The Mystery Bookstore" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (165)
• "You Can't Scare Me!" by R.L. Stine (166)
• "Mystery Behind the Wall" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (167)
• "The Niagara Falls Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (168)
• "Taking God at His Word" by Kevin DeYoung (169) (K)
• "Mike's Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (170)
• "Mystery Ranch" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (171)
• "The Woodshed Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (172)
• "The Yellow House Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (173)
• "Surprise Island" by Gertrude Chandler Warner (174)
• "The Adventures of Lewis and Clark" by Ormonde de Kay, Jr. (175)
• "The Story of Holly and Ivy" by Rumer Godden (176) (K)
• "The Little Lame Prince" by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (177)
• "Choke" by Stuart Woods (178)
• "The Mansion in the Mist" by John Bellairs (179)
• "Amy Carmichael" by Janet & Geoff Benge (180) (K)
• "Mountain Born" by Elizabeth Yates (181) (K)
• "The Wizard in the Tree" by Lloyd Alexander (182)
• "The Apple and the Arrow" by Mary and Conrad Buff (183)
• "Annie Oakley" by Ellen Wilson (COFA) (184) (K)
• "Average Sucks" by Michael Bernoff (185)
• "George Washington's Mother" by Jean Fritz (186)
• "George Washington's Breakfast" by Jean Fritz (187)
• "Shh! We're Writing the Constitution" by Jean Fritz (188)
• "Where do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?" by Jean Fritz (189)
• "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (and Six More) by Roald Dahl (190) (K)
• "The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald" by Clifford B. Hicks (191) (K)
• "The Haunted Mask" by R.L. Stine (192)
• "How to Kill a Monster" by R.L. Stine (193)
• "The Hangman's Ghost Trick" by Scott Corbett (194)
• "Sam the Minuteman" by Nathaniel Benchley (195)
• "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" by Jean Fritz (196)
• "Dangerous Adventure!" by Ruth Belov Gross (197)
• "Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?" by Jean Fritz (198)
• "Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?" by Jean Fritz (199)
• "Wild Things" by Betsy Duffey (200)
• "The Stories Julian Tells" by Ann Cameron (201)
• "Phoebe and the General" by Judith Berry Griffin (202)
• "Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?" by Jean Fritz (203)

Books I read with the kids:

• "Ms. Todd is Odd!" by Dan Gutman (1)
• "The Magic Spectacles" by Lilian Moore (2)
• "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden (3)
• "The Book of Giant Stories" by David L. Harrison (4)
• "Mr. Hynde is Out of His Mind!" by Dan Gutman (5)
• "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson (6) (K)
• "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson (7) (K)
• "The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynne Reid Banks (8)
• "Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" by Betty MacDonald (9) (K)
• "Dolphin Adventure" by Wayne Grover (10) (K)
• "More Than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell (11) (K)

Most eye-opening book: I Am Malala

Favorite JF books: Number the Stars, A Little Princess, anything by Richard Peck, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, any Paddington books, Rabbit Hill

Favorite adult authors: Stuart Woods, L.M. Montgomery, James Herriot, Liane Moriarty

Best autobiography: Becoming by Michelle Obama

Favorite self-growth books: The Happiness Advantage, Atomic Habits, Essentialism

Favorite theology books: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper and More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell

How did you do this year? What were some of your favorite books and authors??