2021

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian

H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian

The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian

Sixty Feet, Six Inches by Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson

Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian

The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian

The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers

The Secret of the Swamp King by Jonathan Rogers

The Way of the Wilderking by Jonathan Rogers

Outlaws of Time, the Last Lost Boy by N.D. Wilson

Right Ho! Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian

So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger

The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian

The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian

The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian

The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TOlkien

 

2020

Speech and Society by George Allen Morgan
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Solomon Says by Mark Horne
The Odyssey by Homer
The Ashtown Burials books 1-3 by Nate Wilson
Peace Like a River by Lief Enger
Being a Writer by
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

 

2019

06 The Wizard by Gene Wolfe
06 The Knight by Gene Wolfe
03 Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb
03 Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb
03 Golden Fool by Robin Hobb
02 Against Christianity by Peter Leithart
02 Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb
02 Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
02 Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
01 The One-Room Schoolhouse by Jim Heynen
01 Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
01 Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
01 On Stories by C.S. Lewis

 

2018
12 The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
09 Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
09 Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
09 Brendan by Frederick Buechner
08 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
02 The Four by Peter Leithart
01 Beate Not the Poore Desk by Walter Wangerin Jr.

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2017
12 Book of Sorrows by Walter Wangerin Jr.
09 Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
08 Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace
07 The Hearts of Men by Nicolas Butler
06 Outlaws of Time, The Song of Glory and Ghost by N.D. Wilson
06 The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
06 The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
04 The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
04 In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
03 Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
02 The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
02 The Return of the Dragon by Alex J. Webster
02 The Machine Stopped by E.M. Forster
02 Eric by Terry Pratchett
02 The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry
01 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
01 Working Days; The Grapes of Wrath Journal of John Steinbeck
01 The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.

 

2016
01 Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse
01 The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers
01 The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George G. Hunter III
01 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
02 Death Comes For The Archbishop by Willa Cather
03 Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
04 The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
04 For the Beauty of the Church Edited by W. David O. Taylor
04 The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
04 The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
05 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe
06 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
06 Uncle Dynamite by P.G. Wodehouse
06 The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor
06 Neverwhere (Author’s Preferred Text) by Neil Gaiman
06 Smith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien
06 Sorcery by Terry Pratchett
07 Nightside The Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
07 The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
07 What I’d Say to Martians and Other Veiled Threats by Jack Handey
07 Lake of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
08 Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
08 Exodus From the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
08 Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse
09 Service With a Smile by P.G. Wodehouse
10 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
10 Longitude by Dava Sobel
10 Living Gently in a Violent World by Jean Vanier and Stanley Hauerwas
10 Food, A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
10 Outlaws of Time, The Legend of Sam Miracle by N.D. Wilson
10 Beowulf, A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien
11 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
12 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
12 The Knight by Gene Wolfe
12 The Wizard by Gene Wolfe

 

2015
01 Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
01 On Writing Well by William Zinsser
01 What If? by Randall Munroe
02 At the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
02 North or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson
02 The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson
02 Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (audio)
02 Bird By Bird by Anne Lamotte
04 The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
05 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
05 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
06 Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
06 The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West
06 No One Writes To The Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
06 Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
07 Living Gently in a Violent World by Jean Vanier and Stanley Hauerwas
08 Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
08 Death By Living by N.D. Wilson
12 Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
12 Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor
12 The Warden and The Wolf King by Andrew Peterson
12 Rhyme’s Reason by John Hollander

 

2014
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
100 Days by Patrick O’Brian
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O’Brian
Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis
The Long Valley by John Steinbeck
The Umpire Strikes Back by Ron Luciano
The Year 1000
The Prodigal God by Tim Keller
Never Let You Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

 

What I Remember Reading before 2014

Smith of Wootten Major by J.R.R. Tolkien
Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien
Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
The Horse and his Boy by C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
The World’s Last Night by C.S. Lewis
The Grand Miracle by C.S. Lewis
Christian Reflections by C.S. Lewis
Planet Narnia by Michael Ward
Jack by George Sayer
C.S. Lewis by A.N. Wilson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Home by Marilynne Robinson
A Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Adam Bede by George Elliot
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Christ the Lord Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
Christ the Lord The Road to Cana by Anne Rice
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
HMS Surprise by Patrick O’Brian
The Maritius Command by Patrick O’Brian
Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian
The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O’Brian
The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian
Treason’s Harbour by Patrick O’Brian
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian
The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O’Brian
The Letter of Marque by Patrick O’Brian
The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O’Brian
The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O’Brian
The Truelove by Patrick O’Brian
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian
The Commodore by Patrick O’Brian
The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O’Brian
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenter by J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Hapworth 16, 1924 by J.D. Salinger
The Short Stories of William Faulkner
If I Forget Thee Jerusalem by William Faulkner
The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
The Long Valley by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
The Clouds by Aristophanes
The Dialogues of Plato
The Republic by Plato
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
This is a Book by Demitri Martin
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Timeline by Michael Creighton
Fair Ball by Bob Costas
Men At Work by George Will
Ball Four by Jim Bouton
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Golem’s Eye by Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy’s Gate by Jonathan Stroud
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

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