Books Read - 2018

Here is a quick list of books I read last year. Honestly I had no intention of reading so much, but the number 1 rule of writing is to read.

Reading saved my life this year. Reading great writing, and some not so great writing, made me a better writer. Reading saved my faith; I am not alone in my spiritual journey, and this journey is filled with more beauty and mystery than one life can comfortably hold. Reading drew me closer to my fellow humans.

The first book I read was one of the best books I have ever read and will be a reread for 2019. The last book was the most instructional. I only abandoned one book this year, though I wanted to abandon at least one more.

All The Crooked Saints - Maggie Stiefvater
The Bridge - Jill Cox
The Road Back To You - Cron & Stabile
Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
The Shadow Of What Was Lost - James Islington (693 pgs)
Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuval
At Home In The World - Tsh Oxenreider
Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk - Kathleen Rooney
Lost Women of the Bible - Carolyn Custis James
Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
Age of Swords - Michael J Sullivan
The Sacred Enneagram - Christopher Hueretz
The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
The Illuminae 1 - Kaufman & Kristoff
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel
Bigfoot CSI - K Osborne Sullivan
A Study In Charlotte - Brittany Cavallaro
A Darker Shade of Magic - V E Schwab
I Thought It Was Just Me - Brene Brown
The Day The Angels Fell - Shawn Smucker
The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater
The Path Between Us - Suzanne Stabile
Cinnamon & Gunpowder - Eli Brown
Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne
Gemina - Kaufman & Kristoff
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
What Happened - Hillary Clinton
Out of Sorts - Sarah Bessey
The Bible Tells Me So - Peter Enns
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
The Evolution of Adam - Peter Enns
The Great Emergence - Phyllis Tickle
Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
An Echo of Things to Come - James Islington (716 pages)
The Jesus Heist - C. Andrew Doyle
Times Convert - Deborah Harkness
The Long Walk - Jill Cox
The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin
Girl Wash Your Face - Rachel Hollis
Boundaries - Cloud & Townsend
The Almost Sisters - Joshilyn Jackson
The Ministry of Ordinary Things - Shannan Martin
A Secret History of Witches - Louisa Morgan
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy 2018 - NK Jemison
Books abandoned
The Women In The Castle - Jessica Shattuck (pg 137 of 354...too dark)

Did you read any of these books? If you did, who was your favorite? What are you reading this year? Find me on Goodreads and lets connect!