2021 Books & Reading
Books
The books I read and/or listened to this past year, and previous years:
2021 — 2020 — 2019 — 2018 — 2017
(Here’s my ongoing list of books completed. And you can shop most of the books here.)
Favorites and ones I’m particularly glad to have gotten to this year (in order of most recent):
The Common Rule — Justin Whitmel Earley
Peace Like A River — Leif Enger
Uprooted — Grace Olmstead
One Beautiful Dream — Jennifer Fulwiler
You Are Not Your Own — Alan Noble
The Weight Of Memory — Shawn Smucker
Once We Were Strangers — Shawn Smucker
A Prayer For Orion — Katherine James
Dedicated — Pete Davis
Turning Of Days — Hannah Anderson
My Father Left Me Ireland — Michael Brendan Dougherty
He Saw That It Was Good — Sho Baraka
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat — Samin Nosrat
French Kids Eat Everything — Karen Le Billon
Prayer In The Night — Tish Harrison Warren
Piranesi — Susanna Clarke
Children’s Books
Favorite purchases or gifts we enjoyed:
Loved: The Lord's Prayer + Found: Psalm 23 — Sally Lloyd Jones
Don't Forget To Remember — Ellie Holcomb
Love Made — Quina Aragon
Bible Basics: A Counting Primer + From Eden To Bethlehem: An Animals Primer + Jesus Heals: An Anatomy Primer + Psalms Of Praise: A Movement Primer + Holy Week: An Emotions Primer — Danielle Hitchen
Book Resources + Things
For organization:
GoodReads — For tracking reading, categorizing to-read books, connecting with other readers.
For audiobooks:
(Most of the books I get to are because I’m able to listen to audiobooks as I go about physical tasks during the day. I love it. You do not, in fact, need to be robbed by Audible in order to listen to several a month!)
Hoopla (app) — One option for free audiobooks through your library. This one tends to have more of the smaller authors/less popular titles.
OverDrive (Libby app) — Another option for free audiobooks through your library. This one tends to have more of the bigger names/popular titles
For physical books:
Thrift Books — For used books, this is a great place to look (and I love the Wish List feature).
Bookshop — If you must buy a new book, support your local bookstore as you do so. It’s as easy as buying from Amazon.
Libraries — Don’t forget about yours!
For inspiration & ideas:
How To Read Really Long Books (with Sarah Clarkson) — Joy Clarkson chats with her sister and provides encouragement for enjoying those hefty, old books.
Anne Bogel — She has a whole website of reading lists, and more than one podcast about books, reading, etc.
Englewood Review Of Books — I signed up for their emails a while back. They have kindle deals, round-up lists, reviews, new release announcements, and even a podcast with authors, hosted by Jen Pollock Michel.
Ekstasis Essential Reader — A collection of categorized titles from the Ekstasis community.
Reading Everybody Black — A collection of categorized titles from Jasmine Holmes and Charaia Callabrass.
Help Me Populate A 2022 Reading List — Seth Haines asks his readers, and they weigh in with their favorites.
