Another enjoyable reading year "in the books." This post recaps the year and presents what I consider the best of the bunch.
According to my spreadsheet, I completed 44 books this year, but read a percentage (10%-80%) of 9 more works. Those 'partials' totaled 1,362 pages read, so I feel obligated to include them- that's a lot of time. So let's make it 53 books read, and those totaled 14,008 pages- about 38 pages a day. That takes less than an hour- it's not nearly as imposing as some think, especially when 2,249 of those pages were listened to on my commute into work.
Of the 53 books, 4 were audiobooks, 2 were eBooks, and 5 came from the library or friends. I rated 23 a solid 'A' or higher, and 2 a 'C' or lower. By category, I read 12 history books, 14 religion, 7 fantasy, 5 literature, 4 Arthurian/Robin Hood, and a smattering of other genres.
Here are my top ten reads from this year:
Glen Paauw: Saving the Bible from Ourselves
T.H. White: The Once and Future King
Bram Stoker: Dracula
David Dark: Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious
Robert K. Massie: Nicholas and Alexandra
Barbara Mertz: Temples, Tombs, and Heiroglyphs
Keith Martel: Storied Leadership
Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy
And three honorable mentions:
Hear the Word ESV Audio Bible [we should read the Bible every year, which is why it normally doesn't appear on my lists- it's a given. I included it this year because audio bibles vary in quality (mainly due to the narrator's performance), and this was an excellent choice.]
And three honorable mentions:
Hear the Word ESV Audio Bible [we should read the Bible every year, which is why it normally doesn't appear on my lists- it's a given. I included it this year because audio bibles vary in quality (mainly due to the narrator's performance), and this was an excellent choice.]
C.S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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