My 2017 Reading List
I actually kept a New Year’s Resolution this year! It only took me 39 years to accomplish that. I have always loved reading. This year I set a goal of reading 50 books this year. I actually went over that and really enjoyed it.
Here are my favorites that I’ve read this year:
Ministry/Spiritual Development:
Don’t Quit by Gina McClain and Jessica Bealer
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
Non-Fiction:
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke
Fiction:
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood
A Man Called Ove & My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Here is my list for those of you who like such a thing. Happy reading!
| Fiction | Author | My Rating |
| The Identicals | Elin Hilderbrand | 3 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 2 |
| 16th Seduction (Women’s Murder Club, #16) | James Patterson | 3 |
| A Fall of Marigolds | Susan Meissner | 4 |
| A Man Called Ove | Fredrik Backman | 5 |
| All the Missing Girls | Megan Miranda | 4 |
| American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1) | Vince Flynn | 4 |
| Beartown (Bj̦rnstad, #1) | Fredrik Backman | 4 |
| Before We Were Yours | Lisa Wingate | 5 |
| Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery | Charles Martin | 4 |
| Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | 5 |
| Everyone Brave is Forgiven | Chris Cleave | 5 |
| Go Set a Watchman | Harper Lee | 2 |
| God Help the Child | Toni Morrison | 3 |
| My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry | Fredrik Backman | 5 |
| One True Loves | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 4 |
| Say Goodbye for Now | Catherine Ryan Hyde | 4 |
| Silence | ShÇsaku End | 5 |
| The Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton | 4 |
| The Girl With No Name (The Girl With No Name #1) | Diney Costeloe | 3 |
| The Keeper of Lost Things | Ruth Hogan | 4 |
| The Marriage Lie | Kimberly Belle | 5 |
| The One-in-a-Million Boy | Monica Wood | 5 |
| The Pilgrim’s Progress | John Bunyan | 4 |
| The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton | 4 |
| The Ship of Brides | Jojo Moyes | 5 |
| The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | 5 |
| The Woman in Cabin 10 | Ruth Ware | 3 |
| Truly Madly Guilty | Liane Moriarty | 3 |
| What She Knew (Jim Clemo #1) | Gilly Macmillan | 5 |
| You Will Know Me | Megan Abbott | 2 |
| The Last Anniversary | Liane Moriarty | 3 |
| Ministry/Spiritual Development | ||
| Clout | Jenni Catron | 3 |
| Don’t Quit : The Best Things in Ministry Come Over Time | Jessica Bealer | 5 |
| Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions | Timothy J. Keller | 4 |
| Gospel Centered Kids Ministry | Brian Dembowczyk | 4 |
| Relational Children’s Ministry: Turning Kid-Influencers Into Lifelong Disciple Makers | Dan Lovaglia | 4 |
| Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life | Donald S. Whitney | 4 |
| Talk Now and Later: How to Lead Kids Through Life‰Ûªs Tough Topics | Brian Dollar | 5 |
| The Formula for Building Great Volunteer Teams | Dale Hudson | 3 |
| The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company | Stephen Drotter James Noel Ram Charan | 4 |
| The Myth of Balance: Thriving in the Tension of Ministry, Work, and Life | Frank Bealer | 3 |
| Turning Everyday Conversations into Gospel Conversations | Jimmy Scroggins | 5 |
| Non-Fiction | ||
| 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You | Tony Reinke | 5 |
| A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | Ishmael Beah | 5 |
| A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today‰Ûªs World | John Stonestreet | 4 |
| Capture His Heart: Becoming the Godly Wife Your Husband Desires | Lysa TerKeurst | 3 |
| Daring to Hope: Finding God’s Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful | Katie Davis Majors | 4 |
| Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis | J.D. Vance | 5 |
| In the Land of Blue Burqas | Kate McCord | 4 |
| Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson | 4 |
| Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General | Bill O’Reilly | 4 |
| Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family | Paul David Tripp | 2 |
| Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes… in You and Your Kids | Scott Turansky | 3 |
| Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity | Nabeel Qureshi | 4 |
| Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential | Peg Dawson | 4 |
| The Smart Stepfamily: New Seven Steps to a Healthy Family | Ron L. Deal | 5 |
| When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanith | 4 |
| You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity | Francis Chan | 4 |
