My 2019 Book List

Book lists are among my favorite blog posts to read from other writers. Likewise, I enjoy sharing my book list with all of you each year. My 2019 book list, like every year prior, is a list of aspirations. These are the books that I hope to read, but each year, I add the disclaimer that I may take a detour from the list to whichever books call my name in that particular season!

I love reading new releases and books that friends or readers recommend. I always begin with my list for the year, get happily sidetracked by another lovely book or two, and then return to my list for new inspiration when I come to a pause in my reading list. This flexibility has served my reading life rather well, I tell you.

These are the books that I hope to read in 2019:

Non-fiction Books

1) Stretched Too Thin by Jessica N. Turner

2) Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

3) Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground by Jess Connolly

4) The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford

5) On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior

6) Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis

7) Living Beloved: Lessons from my Little Ones about the Heart of God by Erin Hawley

8) The Way of Abundance by Ann Voskamp

9) I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemnas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel

10) Homebody by Joanna Gaines

11) Imperfect Courage by Jessica Honneger

12) Finding the Love of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

Fiction Books

1) Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan

2) Caroline, Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller

3) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows

4) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

5) Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

6) Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

7) The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

8) Night Road by Kristin Hannah

9) No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert

Books to Finish Reading

I began reading these titles last year and haven’t completed them just yet. However, they were all off to such a great start, that I cannot wait to finish reading them this year.

1) The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

2) The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

3) The Lifegiving Table by Sally Clarkson

4) Reading People by Anne Bogel

5) Becoming the Teacher You Wish You’d Had by Scott Holley

6) Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist

7) An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

8) Moments & Days: How our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith by Michelle Van Loon

Friends, I would love to hear what you’re reading this year! Please tell me all about the book you are most excited to read in 2019!

I hope your year is full of good books and warm cups of coffee.

From my heart to yours,

~Courtney