~ Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter – Thomas Cahill
~ The Bacchae – Euripides
~ Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity – David Allen
~ What Is a Healthy Church Member? – Thabiti M. Anyabwile
~ Republic – Plato
~ Augustus Caesar’s World – Genevieve Foster
~ Art and the Bible – Francis A. Schaeffer
~ The War With Hannibal – Livy (selections)
MARCH
~ The Lost World – Arthur Conan Doyle
~ Get Outta My Face! How To Reach Angry, Unmotivated Teens With Biblical Counsel – Rick Horne
~ Antony and Cleopatra – Shakespeare
~ The Blind Side – Michael Lewis
APRIL
~ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas – Jules Verne
~ The Annals of Imperial Rome – Tacitus
~ Eclogues and Georgics – Virgil
~ Phantastes – George MacDonald
MAY
~ In the Beginning Was the Word: Language, A God-Centered Approach – Vern Sheridan Poythress
JUNE
~ Punic Wars & Culture Wars: Christian Essays on History and Teaching – Ben House
~ Blonde: A Novel – Joyce Carol Oates
JULY
~ Peace Like a River – Leif Enger
~ The Overton Window – Glenn Beck
~ The Help – Kathryn Stockett
~ Practical Theology for Women: How Knowing God Makes a Difference in Our Daily Lives – Wendy Horger Alsup
~ That Old Cape Magic – Richard Russo
AUGUST
~ Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome – Robert Harris
~ Nine Dragons – Michael Connelly
~ Face of Betrayal – Lis Wiehl
SEPTEMBER
~ The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
~ Anna of Byzantium – Tracy Barrett
~ Four Seasons In Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
~ Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
~ Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Togethe
OCTOBER
~ The Vikings – Virginia Schomp
~ So Brave, Young, and Handsome – Leif Enger
~ More Than Dates & Dead People: Recovering a Christian View of History – Stephen Mansfield
~ Home – Marilynne Robinson
~ War – Sebastian Junger
NOVEMBER
~ Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press – Fran Rees
~ New York: The Novel – Edward Rutherfurd
~ The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin – Douglas Bond
DECEMBER
~ The Confession: A Novel – John Grisham
~ The Plague – Albert Camus
It was a good reading year for me. I found some new (to me) authors, and I had time to read for pleasure. My fairy godfriend gave me a Kindle, and I remain surprised at how much I love it. It has made travel easier, and I love the highlighting ability.
Here are my top 5, in no particular order:
1. Phantastes – George MacDonald
2. Punic Wars & Culture Wars: Christian Essays on History and Teaching – Ben House
3. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
4. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
5. Peace Like a River – Leif Enger
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