2020

• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson ★★★★☆
• The Outsider by Stephen King ★★☆☆☆
• A Column of Fire by Ken Follett ★★★☆☆
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris ★★★☆☆
• The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory ★★★☆☆
• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander ★★★★★
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson ★★★★☆
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• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ★★★★★
• The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis ★★★★☆

2021

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis ★★★★☆
• The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett ★★★★☆
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• The Fallen (Audio Edition) by David Baldacci ★★★☆☆
• The Escape Artist (Audio Edition) by Brad Meltzer ★★★☆☆
• Quantuum: A Thriller – Captain Chase Book 1 by Patricia Cornwell ★☆☆☆☆
• Spin – Captain Chase Book 2 by Patricia Cornwell ★☆☆☆☆
• I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen ★★★☆☆
• Before We Were Yours (Audio Edition) by Lisa Wingate ★★★★☆
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• Wicked by Gregory Maguire ★★★★☆
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• American Gods by Neil Gaiman ★★★☆☆
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• No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler ★★★★★
• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis ★★★★☆
• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr ★★★★★
• How the Bible Actually Works* by Peter Enns ★★★★★
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2022

• Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection by Kate Bowler & Jessica Richie ★★★★★
• Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon ★★★★★
• The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death by Lee Strobel ★★★★☆
• The Reckoning (Audio Edition) by John Grisham ★★★★☆
• Answering the Call – Candidacy Guidebook
• Living Our Beliefs – The United Methodist Way by Kenneth L. Carder
• The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks ★★★★★
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• In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson ★★★★☆
• The Rooster Crows – A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles by Maud & Miska Petersham [Caldecott Medal] ★★★★☆
• The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• Ginger Pie by Eleanor Estes [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos [Newbery Medal]
• United Methodists and the Sacraments Gayle C. Felton
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton [Caldecott Medal]
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg [Caldecott Medal]
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen / John Schoenherr [Caldecott Medal]
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman [Caldecott Medal]
• The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster / Chris Raschka [Caldecott Medal]
• The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney [Caldecott Medal]
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead / Erin Stead [Caldecott Medal]
• The Adventures of Beekle: The Un-Imaginary Friend by Dan Santat [Caldecott Medal]
• Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell [Caldecott Medal]
• Never by Ken Follett
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli [Newbery Medal]

2023

• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink [Newbery Medal]
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
• Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire ★★★★☆
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Audio Book)
• Sacred Duty: A Soldier’s Tour at Arlington National Cemetery by Tom Cotton
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology by Randy L. Maddox
• The Sentence by Geraldine Brooks ★★★★☆
• About Grace by Anthony Doerr ★★★★☆
• Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade ★★★★☆
• The Lost Art of Dying by L.S. Dugdale
• When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller [Newbery Medal]
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata [Newbery Medal]
• Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
• A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire ★★★★☆
• Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth (Audio Book) ★★★★☆
• Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire ★★★★☆
• Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★☆
• Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★☆
• The Armor of Light by Ken Follett ★★★★☆
• Introduction to Theology for Ministry by Elaine A. Robinson ★★★★☆
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ★★★★☆
• The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum ★★★★☆

2024

• Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
• Longing to Belong: Learning to Relate As the Body of Christ by Beth Crissman
• Team of Rivals by Dors Kearns Goodwin
• If You Want Something Done by Nikki R. Haley
• Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
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• How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
• Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina [Newbery Medal}
• Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis [Newbery Medal]
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
• Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• By the Shores of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Women’s March by Jennifer Chiaverini
• Conformed to His Image by Kenneth Boa
• The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis ★★★★★
• These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Will of God by Leslie D. Weatherhead
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavlier & Clay by Michael Chabon ★★★★☆
• Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach ★★★★☆

2025

• The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan ★★★★☆
• Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer [Newbery Medal] ★★★☆☆
• Being Methodist in the Bible Belt by F. Belton Joyner Jr. ★★★★☆
• An Introduction to Christian Theology by Justo L. González / Zaida Maldonado Pérez ★★★★☆
• The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It Matters by Luke Timothy Johnson ★★★★☆
• The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen ★★★☆☆
• Citizen K-9 by David Rosenfelt ★★★☆☆
• 24 Hours by Greg Iles ★★★☆☆
• On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt ★★★☆☆
• Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• Responsible Grace by Randy Maddox
• The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships by Suzanne Stabile
• Hello Universe by Erin Etrada Kelly [Newbery Medal] ★★★★☆
• In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen ★★★★☆
• Grace to Lead by Kenneth Carder & Laceye Warner
• You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace ★★★☆☆
• Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes ★★★★☆
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• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• James by Percival Everett
• To Love as God Loves: Conversations with the Early Church by Roberta C. Bondi
• The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity by Robert Louis Wilken
• Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson [Newbery Medal]
• Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth (Audio Book)

 

★★★★★ Awesome! Tops on Re-Read List. Want with me if ever stranded on a desert island.
★★★★☆ Great! Would Re-Read if have time.
★★★☆☆ Good. Would Re-Read if nothing else available at the time.
★★☆☆☆ Okay.
★☆☆☆☆ Not Good. Struggled to Finish.

(No Rating) Usually means is a sort of niche book assigned or read for a particular personal reason. Or that I’ve been lazy and just haven’t gotten around to updating that part. Or I’m just completely unable to decide due to having boxed myself into a rating system that I don’t really like.

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