What I read in 2023 Non-Fiction(14) The Mountain is YouBrianna Wiest FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi Africa is Not a CountryDipo Faloyin How to Watch FootballTifo The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz The Sea in YouDavid Whyte BreathJames Nestor Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert Mindset: How You an Fulfil Your PotentialCarol Dweck Your Brain on ArtSusan Magsamen and Ivy Ross The ToolsPhil Stutz When the Body Says NoDr. Gabor Mate The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a HobbyAnnie F Downs Fiction(10) The Last Devil to DieRichard Osman Windsor KnotS.J. Bennett The Wind Knows My NameIsabel Allende The Collected Regrets of CloverMikki Brammer Hang the MoonJeannette Walls The Making of Another Major Motion Picutre MasterpieceTom Hanks A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and PoisonsKate Khavari The Keeper of StoriesSally Page All the Broken PlacesJohn Boyne Daisy Jones & the SixTaylor Jenkins Reid Memoir(10) What I Mean When I Say I’m AutisticAnnie Kotowicz All My Knotted-Up LifeBeth Moore Ask Me About My UterusAbby Norman GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey The Lion Tracker’s Guide to LifeBoyd Varty Finding MeViola Davis CalypsoDavid Sedaris Strong Female CharacterFern Brady SparePrince Harry Girl Gone LondonKalyn Franke Leadership(8) Rising StrongBrené Brown The Magic Happens in the SilenceRosie Nice The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing ControlKatherin Schafler Morgan The Book of Beautiful QuestionsWarren Berger Finding Your Way in a Wild New WorldMartha Beck Finding Your Own North StarMartha Beck Unlocking PotentialMichael K Simpson Professional TroublemakerLuvvie Ajayi Jones Diversity(2) The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s HouseAudre Lord Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About RaceReni Eddo-Lodge Spiritual(3) Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionRainn Wilson Heart MindedSarah Blondin The Light We CarryMichelle Obama Business(6) Do What You Love. Love What You Do.Holly Tucker MBE 50 Top Tools for CoachingGillian Jones and Ro Gorell Simplifying CoachingClaire Pedrick The Life Coaching HandbookCurly Martin The Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman The Pyramid PrincipleBarbara Minto Biography(1) Hidden Valley RoadRobert Kolker
What I read in 2022 Non-Fiction(14) An Emotional DictionarySusie Dent The Hormone Repair GuideLara Briden The Good Girls: An Ordinary KillingSonia Faleiro POWERKemi Nekvapil The Road Less TraveledM. Scott Peck All About LoveBell Hooks Choose YourselfJames Altucher How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan ChatterEthan Kross Recovering from Gaslighting & Narcissistic AbuseDon Barlow The Comfort BookMatt Haig The High Five HabitMel Robbins The Way of IntegrityMartha Beck Atlas of the HeartBrene Brown Fiction(27) HesterLaurie Lico Albanese Crazy Rich AsiansKevin Kwan Fairy TaleStephen King Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver Bear TownFredrick Backman The Bullet That MissedRichard Osman People We Meet on VacationEmily Henry Crying in HMartMichelle Zauner Last Scene AliveCharlaine Harris The Lost Girls of WillowbrookEllen Marie Wiseman This Is How It Always IsLaurie Frankel Lessons in ChemistryBonnie Garmus Ask Again, YesMary Beth Keane The Good SisterSally Hepworth The Last White ManMoshin Hamid In the ClearingRobert Dugoni Paper PalaceMiranda Cowley Heller HorseGeraldine Brooks The Dictionary of Lost WordsPip Williams One Two ThreeLaurie Frankel The SentenceLouise Erdrich MomoMichael Ende The Sweetness of WaterNathan Harris Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982Cho Nam-Joo The Man Who Died TwiceRichard Osman Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJK Rowling Harry Potter and the Half Blood PrinceJK Rowling Memoir(11) Luck Follows the BraveAida Sibic Beyond the WandTom Felton I’m Glad My Mom DiedJeannette McCurdy Happiness Becomes YouTina Turner UnboundTarana Burke We Have Always Been HereSamra Habib Imperfect CourageJessica Honegger Between the StopsSandi Toksvig Rainbow WarriorGilbert Baker The Storyteller: Tales of Life and MusicDave Grohl Leaving the SaintsMartha Beck Leadership(5) From Strength to StrengthArthur C. Brooks Love + WorkMarcus Buckingham Leading with GratitudeAdrian Gostick The Power of RegretDaniel Pink The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary ExecutivePatrick Lencioni Diversity(1) Better AlliesKaren Catlin Spiritual(7) Yes, AndRichard Rohr Living BeautifullyPema Chodron The Rebirthing of GodJohn Philip Newell Wild MercyMirabai Starr Handling Your FireHandling Your Fire Faith After DoubtBrian Mcclaren Tarot for ChangeJessica Dore Business(7) How Google WorksErik Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg The 6 Types of Working GeniusPatrick Lencioni Why Startups FailTom Eisenmann The FourScott Galloway Career ChangeJoanna Penn Ikigai – How to Choose your Career Path and Discover Your StrengthClement Harrison The MotivePatrick Lencioni Biography(2) Deer Creek DriveBeverly Lowry America’s First Female Serial KillerMary Kay McBrayer Child/YA(1) Anne of Green GablesL.M. Montgomery
What I read in 2021 Non-Fiction(10) Little Pieces of HopeTodd Doughty A Mindful YearAria Campbell - Dinesh Boundary BossTerri Cole Read People Like a BookPatrick King The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben Don’t Call It a CultSarah Berman In Cold BloodTruman Capote The Man Who Played with FireJan Stocklassa What Happened to YouOprah Winfrey & Dr. Bruce Perry Under the Banner of HeavenJon Krakauer Fiction(23) Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJK Rowling Harry Potter & the Goblet of FireJK Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJK Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJK Rowling Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s StoneJK Rowling Apples Never FallLiane Moriarty TidelandsPhilippa Gregory Ancillary JusticeAnne Leckie The Forest of Vanishing StarsKristin Harmel While Justice SleepsStacy Abrams Murder in the CathedralTS Eliot Once and Future WitchesAlix E Harrow WhereaboutsJhumpa Lahiri Midnight LibraryMatt Haig LaterStephen King The Paris LibraryJanet Skeslien Charles Writers and LoversLily King The Four WindsKristen Hannah Sorrow and BlissMeg Mason The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman Transcendent KingdomYaa Gyasi HamnetMaggie O'Farrell Memoir(9) Dolly Parton: SongtellerDolly Parton Somebody’s DaughterAshley C Ford Lab GirlHope Lahren My Time Will ComeIan Manuel BrokenJenny Lawson Broken HorsesBrandi Carlisle Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult TimesKatherine May Dusk Night DawnAnne Lamott How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: EssaysKiese Laymon Leadership(9) The Thin Book of TrustCharles Feltman Dare to LeadBrene Brown The End of LeadershipBarbara Kellerman Transforming LeadershipJames McGregor Burns A Hidden WholenessParker J Palmer An Everyone Culture Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey Organizational Development: The Process of Leading Organizational ChaneDonald Anderson The Courage to be DislikedIchiro Kishimi Conversations Worth HavingJackie Stavros and Cheri Torres Diversity(3) Rage Becomes HerSoraya Chemaly CasteIsabel Wilkerson The Body is Not an ApologySonya Renee Taylor Spiritual(4) Books on Human DesignKaren Curry & Chetan Parkyn The Gifts of ImperfectionBrene Brown The Immortality KeyBrian Muraresku Magic Words and How to Use ThemGenevieve Davis Business(3) Product MindsetDavid Dewolf & Jessica Hall Action ResearchJean McNiff The Designing for Growth Field BookJeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie, & Rachel Brozenske Biography(1) Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann
What I read in 2020 Non-Fiction(5) The Year of the Introvert: A Journal of Daily Inspiration for the Inwardly InclinedMichaela Chung TribeSebastian Junger Gendered LivesJulia T Wood The Irresistible IntrovertMichaela Chung The Year of the IntrovertMichaela Chung Fiction(16) The Night WatchmanLouise Erdrich The Pull of the StarsEmma Donoghue DevotedDean Koontz The Curious Charms of Arthur PepperPhaedra Patrick Such a Fun AgeKiley Reid Redhead by the Side of the RoadAnne Tyler The OverstoryRichard Powers Pride & PrejudiceJane Austin Behold the DreamersImbolo Mbue The Book of Lost FriendsLisa Wingate The Book of LongingsSue Monk Kidd Once Upon a RiverDiane Setterfield The Starless SeaErin Morgenstern American DirtJeanine Cummins An Easy DeathCharlaine Harris Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens Memoir(10) Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s MemoirNatasha Trethewey Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneLori Gottlieb How to be ChampionSarah Millican The Dragons The Giant The WomenWayétu Moore Fierce, Free, & Full of FireJen Hatmaker The Opposite of CertaintyReid, Janine Urbaniak More Myself: A JourneyAlicia Keys UntamedGlennon Doyle If You TellGregg Olsen Miracles and Other Reasonable ThingsSarah Bessey Leadership(8) You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It MattersKate Murphey The Fifth DisciplinePeter M Senge Systems Thinking BasicsVirginia Anderson & Lauren Johnson The Coaching HabitMichael Bungay Stanier The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s MindJonah Berger Organizational EthicsCraig E. Johnson Communication Ethics LiteracyRonald C. Arnett Fierce ConversationsSusan Scott Diversity(6) Sex Power MoneySara Pascoe A Black Women’s History of the United StatesBerry & Gross Me and White SupremacyLayla F Saad Lean InSheryl Sandberg Gender, Communication & the Leadership GapCarolyn Cunningham Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for MenCaroline Criado Perez Spiritual(4) Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for AdventWalter Brueggemann Kitchen Table TarotMelissa Cynova When Things Fall ApartPema Chodron Holy EnvyBarbara Brown Taylor Business(9) Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the WorldAdam Grant The Pragmatic ProgrammerAndrew Hunt 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should KnowEssays AccelerateNicole Forsgren Stories that StickKindra Hall Influencing Virtual TeamsHassan Osman Measure What MattersJohn E Doerr Cracking the C Suite CodeCassandra Frangos What you do is who you areBen Horowitz Writing(1) One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and CraftSusan M. Tiberghien Biography(2) Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper LeeCasey Cep A Promised LandBarack Obama
What I read in 2019 Non-Fiction(39) Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell Leadership and the New ScienceMargaret Wheatley The Courage to TeachParker J. Palmer Heraclitean Fire: Journeying on the Path to LeadershipMichael Carey Leadership: Theory & PracticePeter Northouse Pedagogy of the OppressedPaulo Freire Trillion Dollar CoachEric Schmitd The Art of the Good LifeRolf Dobelli Why We SleepMatthew Walker Find Your WhySimon Sinek Conformity: The Power of Social InfluenceCass Sunstein Seven Thousand Ways to ListenMark Nepo Sapiens: A Brief History of Human KindYuval Noah Harari PowerfulPatty McCord EmpathAlex C. Wolf It’s About TimeSafwan Shah The Moment of LiftMelinda French Gates The Path Made ClearOprah Winfrey The Witch’s Book of Self CareArin Murphy Hiscock Bring Your Human to WorkErica Keswin Chief Joy OfficerRichard Sheridan Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They DoDaniel M. Cable The Alter Ego EffectTodd Herman It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at WorkJason Fried Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees LoveJosh Levine 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t DoErin Morin FactfulnessHans Rosling Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader GinsburgIrin Carmon Shameless: A Sexual ReformationNadia Bolz-Weber This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field GuideGeneen Roth Llewellyn’s 2019 Magical AlmanacMultiple Boundless AwarenessMichael A Rodriguez The Miracle MorningHal Elrod The 12 Week YearBrian P Moran and Michael Linnington The Fearless OrginizationAmy C. Edmondson Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve JobsKen Kocienda Gift & Task: A Year of Daily Readings & ReflectionsWalter Brueggemann Eating by the Light of the MoonAnita Johnston Atomic HabitsJames Clear Fiction(15) Her Final BreathRobert Dugoni The Dutch HouseAnn Patchett The Water DancerTa Nihisi Coats GhostedRosie Walsh SourdoughRobin Sloan The DryJane Harper A Fool and His HoneyCharlaine Harris FaithfulAlice Hoffman City of GirlsElizabeth Gilbert Shadow of NightDeborah Harkness A Discovery of WitchesDeborah Harkness My Sisters’s GraveRobert Dugoni QuicksandMalin Persson Giolito The Lying GameRuth Ware Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty Memoir(15) The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the WorldTorre DeRoche VacationlandJohn Hodgeman Of Mess and MoxieJen Hatmaker Girl, Wash Your FaceRachel Hollis On Being HumanJennifer Pastiloff Let Love Have the Last WordCommon Savage ParkAmy Fusselman BraveRose McGowan Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible AgainRachel Held Evans Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash our Power, and Change the GameAbby Wambach The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris BecomingMichelle Obama A Tale of Love & DarknessAmos Oz EducatedTara Westover I’m Still HereAustin Channing Brown
What I read in 2018 Non-Fiction(12) Dare to LeadBrene Brown Mindwise:Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and WantNicholas Epley The Modern Witchcraft Book of TarotSkye Alexander You are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present MomentThich Nhat Hanh German Men Sit Down To Pee & Other Insights Into German CultureNiklas Frank and James Cave Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New BerlinPaul Hockenos Your Best Year EverMichael Hyatt Attached: The New Science of Adult AttachmentLevine & Heller Work Rules!Laszlo Bock Wired for DatingStan Tatkin Will I Ever Be Good Enough?Karyl McBride A Year with RumiJalaluddin Mevlana Rumi & Coleman Barks Fiction(3) The MiniaturistJessie Burton The Weight of InkRachel Kadish A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles Memoir(2) Almost Everything: Notes on HopeAnne Lamott Living with a Wild GodBarbara Ehrenreich
What I read in 2017 Non-Fiction(24) Own Your GlowLatham Thomas The Gifts of ImperfectionBrene Brown Unfu*k YourselfGary Bishop How to be Swedish: A Quick Guide to SwedishnessMatthias Kassman The President’s Devotional: The Daily Readings That Inspired President ObamaJoshua DuBois Jesus for PresidentShaine Claiborne The Power of IntentionsDr. Wayne Dyer ConsolationsDavid Whyte Women in ClothesSheila Heti What is the Bible?Rob Bell The Crossroads of Should and MustElle Luna Modern Day VikingsChristina Johannsson Robinowitz The Almost Nearly Perfect PeopleMichael Booth White Hot TruthDanielle LaPorte An American SicknessElisabeth Rosenthal Our Final InventionJames Barratt Radical CandorKim Scott The Little Book of HyggeMeik Wiking No Mud, No LotusThich Nhat Hahn Emotional AgilitySusan David Joy IncRichard Sheridan The Art of Extreme Self-CareCheryl Richardson The Book of JoyBishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama Sacred SpaceThe Irish Jesuits Fiction(20) Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeyman Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult Promise Not to TellJennifer McMahon Everything We Left BehindKerry Lonsdale The Girl with All the GiftsMR Carey News of the WorldPaulette Jiles Dead over HeelsCharlaine Harris The Round HouseLouise Erdrich Diana, Herself: An Allegory of AwakeningMartha Beck The Julius HouseCharlaine Harris The Zookeeper’s WifeDiane Ackerman American GodsNeil Gaiman The Secret CordGeraldine Brooks Three Bedrooms, One CorpseCharlaine Harris Midnight CrossroadCharlaine Harris A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava LavenderLeslye Walton The Sun is Also a StarNicola Yoon The Lone WolfJodi Picoult Memoir(19) PettyWarren Zanes Permission to Screw UpKristen Hadeed Theft by FindingDavid Sedaris Braving the WildernessBrene Brown The Crazy Ladies of Pearl StreetTrevanian PriestdaddyPatricia Lockwood Hunger: A Memoir of My BodyRoxane Gay EnLIGHTenedJessica Berger Gross Wishful DrinkingCarrie Fisher Make Your BedWilliam H McRaven Spilled MilkKL Randis Hallelujah AnywayAnne Lamott NeverthelessAlec Baldwin Two Turns from ZeroStacey Griffith Talking as Fast as I CanLauren Graham When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi 10% HappierDan Harris Drinking: A Love StoryCaroline Knapp A Broken HallelujahLiel Leibovitz
What I read in 2016 Non-Fiction(36) What We Talk About When We Talk About GodRob Bell Sensual OrthodoxyDebbie Blue The Universe Has Your BackGabrielle Bernstein The 5 Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lecioni Crucial ConversationsPatterson, Grenny, McMillan, & Switzer Designing Your LifeBill Burnett Warrior Goddess TrainingHeatherash Amara Coming Closer to OurselvesPema Chodron End Emotional EatingJennifer Taitz H is for HawkHelen Macdonald Leaders Eat LastSimon Sinek The Coaching HabitMichael Stanier Courage: Overcoming Fear and Igniting Self-ConfidenceDebbie Ford The Obesity CodeJason Fung The Lean StartupEric Reis The Botany of DesireMichael Pollan TriggersMarshall Goldsmith Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMary Roach Tears to TriumpthMarianne Williamson The Body Never LiesAlice Miller The Drama of the Gifted ChildAlice Miller and Ruth Ward The Marshmallow TestWalter Mischel Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of SuccessAngela Duckworth Women Who Run With the WolvesClarissa Pinkola Estes Toxic WorkplaceMitchell Kusy The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of TraumaBessel A. van der Kolk How to Be HereRob Bell A Little Daily Wisdom: Christian Women MysticsCarmen Acevedo Butcher Sacred Space: The Prayer Book for 2016The Irish Jesuits GroundedDiana Butler Bass The Naked NowRichard Rohr The Four Agreementsdon Miguel Ruiz Earth PrayersElizabeth Roberts and Elias Amadon Fit From WithinVictoria Moran A Course in Weight LossMariann Williamson The Sea in YouDavid Whyte Fiction(30) Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronte Dash and Lily’s Book of DaresRachel Cohn & David Levithan Everything We KeepKerry Lonsdale Woman of GodJames Patterson Everything I Never Told YouCeleste Ng The WonderEmma Donaghue CommonwealthAnn Patchett Lady Cop Makes TroubleAmy Stewart Hollow City (2nd Mrs. Peregrine book)Ransom Riggs Secrets of a Charmed LifeSarah Meissner The GirlsEmma Cline Truly Madly GuiltyLiana Moriarty After YouJoJo Moyes The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood Miller’s ValleyAnna Quindlen EligibleCurtis Sittenfeld RunAnn Patchett Freddy and FredrickaMark Helprin The Last AnniversayLiane Moriarty The NestCynthia d'Aprix Sweeney The Financial Lives of PoetsJess Walter Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar ChildrenRansom Riggs Counting by 7sHolly Goldberg Sloan A Man Called OveFredrick Bachman The Witches of EastwickJohn Updike Trigger WarningNeil Gaiman The Invention of WingsSue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your FistSunil Yapa Orphan TrainChristina Baker Kline Three WishesLiane Moriarty Memoir(14) Running Ransom RoadCaleb Daniloff The Girl with the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer Born a CrimeTrevor Noah For the LoveJen Hatmaker Big GirlKelsey Miller Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance Love WarriorGlennon Doyle Melton Truth & BeautyAnn Patchett Post Traumatic Church SyndromeReba Riley Wearing GodLauren Winner Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling OutMarc Ecko My Life on the RoadGloria Steinam The Year of YesShonda Rimes
What I read in 2015 Non-Fiction(28) Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest ChallengesAmy Cuddy MojoMarshall Goldsmith The Book of ForgivingDesmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu Leaders Eat LastSimon Sinek Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big ChangesTom Rath Why We Get FatGary Taubs Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert Mindfulness: An 8 Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic WorldMark Williams Rising StrongDr. Brene Brown In Defense of FoodMichael Pollen The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown Fellowship of DifferentsScot McKnight Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing WorldBrian J. Robertson The God We Never KnewMarcus Borg Emotional Intelligence 2.0Travis Bradberry The Life-changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo Inner Critic Inner SuccessStacey Sargent WomanomicsKatty Kay and Claire Shipman The Greatest PrayerJohn Dominic Crossan The DipSeth Godin The Thin Woman’s BrainDilia Suriel Flipped: The Provocative Truth that Changes Everything We Know about GodDoug Pagitt Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary Roach The Heart of ChristianityMarcus Borg The Drunken BotanistAmy Stewart Women Food and GodGeneen Roth 52 Small Changes: One Year to a Happier, Healthier YouBrett Blumenthal We Make the Road by WalkingBrian McLaren Fiction(38) Fat ChanceNick Spalding Girl Waits with GunAmy Stewart Hector and the Search for HappinessFrancios Lelord The Book of SpeculationErika Swyler The VacationersEmma Straub Barbara the Slut and Other PeopleLauren Holmes Fates and FuriesLauren Groff Big Stone GapAdriana Trigiani The Hypnotist’s Love StoryLiane Moriarty The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time IndianSherman Alexi We are All Completely Beside OurselvesKaren Joy Fowler Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour BookstoreRobin Sloan Go Set a WatchmanHarper Lee The End of the AffairGraham Greene What Alice ForgotLiane Moriarty The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night TimeMark Haddon Luckiest Girl AliveJessica Knoll At the Water’s EdgeSara Gruen Eight Girls Taking PicturesWhitney Otto The Language of FlowersVanessa Diffenbaugh The Husband’s SecretLiane Moriarty Big Little LiesLiane Moriarty All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr The Silver StarJeanette Wells The Storied Life of A.J. FikryGabrielle Zevin RubyCynthia Bond A Spool of Blue ThreadAnne Tyler X: A NovelIlyasah Shabazz The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins A Bone to PickCharlaine Harris To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee The NightengaleKristin Hannah Real MurdersCharlaine Harris Daughter of Gods and ShadowsJayde Brooks Eleanor and ParkRainbow Rowell Wolf HallHilary Mantel Beautiful RuinsJess Walter The Light Between the OceansM.L. Stedman Memoir(17) Holidays On IceDavid Seders Out There: A Story of Ultra RecoveryDavid Clark and Marshal Ulrich Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible ThingsJenny Lawson Accidental SaintsNadia Bolz Webber The Short and Tragic Life of Robert PeaceJeff Hobbs Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coats Take This BreadSara Miles Not My Father’s SonAlan Cumming Fearless LeadershipCarey D. Lorehnz Searching for SundayRachel Held Evans I suck at relationships so you don’t have toBethenny Frankel The Andy Cohen DiariesAndy Cohen Monkey Mind: A Memoir of AnxietyDaniel B. Smith Scary CloseDonald Miller #GirlbossSophia Amoruso Fight Back with JoyMargaret Feinberg The Daily LoveMastin Kipp
What I read in 2014 Non-Fiction(47) The Motivation ManifestoBrendon Buchard The Drunken BotanistAmy Stewart What are you hungry for?Deepak Chopra The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work for YouLois Zachary and Lori Fischler The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to BeMark Nepo An Alter in the WorldBarbara Brown Taylor When Things Fall ApartPema Chodron Skinny RulesBob Harper Falling UpwardRichard Rohr Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the TimeJeff Sutherland Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top MindsCarmine Gallo How the World Sees YouSally Hogshead The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at WorkShawn Achor The Confidence CodeKaty Kay & Claire Shipman Simply JesusNT Wright Galatians: The NIV Application CommentaryScot McKnight Convictions: How I Learned What Matters MostMarcus Borg You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome LifeJen Sincero The Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting What You WantMary Hartley The Singing GodSam Storms Hard ChoicesHillary Rodham Clinton One Way LoveTullian Tchividjian Paul for Everyone: Galatians and ThessaloniansNT Wright Love WinsRob Bell A Scandalous FreedomSteve Brown No Kidding: Women Writers On Bypassing ParenthoodEdited by Henriette Mantel Writing Down Your SoulJannet Conner Finding the Space to Lead: A Practical Guide to Mindful LeadershipJanice Maurturano Traveling with PemegranatesSue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor Learning to Walk in the DarkBarbara Brown Taylor Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History’s Greatest SpeakersJames C Humes Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful LifeGlennon Doyle Melton QuietSusan Cain The Velvet RageAlan Downs I Can Barely Take Care of MyselfJen Kirkman Lent for Everyone: MatthewNT Wright 12 Steps to a Compassionate LifeKaren Armstrong David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling GiantsMalcolm Gladwell Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith WorldBrian McLaren Polishing the MirrorRam Dass The Anatomy of PeaceThe Arbinger Institute Eating MindfullySusan Albers, psy.d. Leadership and Self-DeceptionThe Arbinger Institute The Tapping SolutionNick Ortner The Daily LoveMastin Kipp The Monks and MeMary Patterson The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You CryKathleen Flinn Fiction(24) Looking for AlaskaJohn Green The Boston GirlAnita Diamant Prince LestatAnne Rice A Book of Common PrayerJoan Didion PrimordialDavid Shawn Interview with a VampireAnne Rice The InterestingsMeg Wolitzer A Tale for the Time BeingRuth Ozeki RosieAnne Lamott Flat Out LoveJessica Park The Rosie ProjectGraeme Simsion Me Before YouJojo Moyes The Hundred Foot JourneyRichard Morais The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green The Uninvited GuestsSadie Jones The House at the End of Hope StreetMenna Van Praag Rules of CivilityAmor Towles ResurrectionLeo Tolstoy Caleb’s CrossingGeraldine Brooks A Long Way DownNick Hornby The GiverLois Lowry This is Where I Leave YouJonathan Tropper The Invention of WingsSue Monk Kidd Oryx and CrakeMargaret Atwood Memoir(9) On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftStephen King Yes, Please!Amy Poehler Small VictoriesAnne Lamott Not That Kind of GirlLena Dunham Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food LifeBarbara Kingsolver Men Explain Things to MeRebecca Solnit Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeAnne Lamott Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays vs. Christians DebateJustin Lee Leaving Church: A Memoir of FaithBarbara Brown Taylor
What I read in 2013 Non-Fiction(32) WonderstruckMargaret Feinberg Women, Food, & GodJaneen Roth Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln’s KillerJames L. Swanson UncertainlyJonathan Fields The Way of the Happy WomanSara Avant Stover TribesSeth Godin The Idolatry of GodPeter Rollins The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner PeaceDon Miguel Ruiz The Mastery of LoveDon Miguel Ruiz What We Talk About When We Talk About GodRob Bell The NKJV BibleNew King James Version VaginaNaomi Wolff The Places that Scare YouPema Chodron Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your ValueMarc C. Thompson & Bonita Thompson The Furious Longing of GodBrennan Manning Abba’s ChildBrennan Manning Daring GreatlyDr. Brene Brown Gulp: Adventures in the Alimentary CanalMary Roach My Family and Other AnimalsGerald Durrell The Zen LeaderGinny Whitelaw Salvation on the Small ScreenNadia Bolz-Weber CreativityMatthew Fox The Sacred RomanceCurtis & Eldridge The 8 Habits of LoveEd Bacon Finding Your Way in a New Wild WorldMartha Beck 40 Days and 40 Nights: Taking Time Out for Self-DiscoveryIlene Segalove Fit From WithinVictoria Moran The Gifts of ImperfectionDr. Brene Brown The As If PrincipleRichard Wiseman Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus ChristReza Aslan From Gutterballs to StrikesMike Durbin Speaking of FaithKrista Tippett Fiction(18) MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot Charis: Journey to Pandora’s JarNicole Conard Walters The Dalai Lama’s CatDavid Michie The Forgotten GardenKate Morton IllusionFrank Peretti The School of Essential IngredientsErica Bauermeister Gone GirlGillian Flynn And the Mountains EchoedKhaled Hosseini NeverwhereNeil Gaiman Nights at the CircusAngela Carter The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman Cover of SnowJenny Milchman Where’d You Go, BernadetteMaria Semple World War ZMax Brooks The Eyes of the DragonStephen King The Signature of All ThingsElizabeth Gilbert The Lust Lizard of Melancholy RoadChristopher Lamb The Theory of EverythingKari Luna Memoir(15) Does This Church Make Me Look FatRhoda Janzen Spirit JunkieGabrielle Bernstein Evolving in MonkeytownRachel Held Evans One Thousand GiftsAnn VosKamp Lean InSheryl Sandberg Mom & Me & MomDr. Maya Angelou Let’s Explore Diabetes with OwlsDavid Sedaris AdultingKelly Williams Brown PastrixNadia Bolz-Weber A Long FaithfulnessScot McKnight BossypantsTina Fey I Am MalalaMalala Yousafzai StitchesAnne Lamott The Year of Biblical WomanhoodRachel Held Evans Jesus FeministSarah Bessey
What I read in 2012 Non-Fiction(23) JamesBeth Moore JustificationN. T. Wright Hungry for GodMargaret Feinberg She Who IsElizabeth Johnson The Four AgreementsMiguel Ruiz Sexual PoliticsKate Millett Prophetic ImaginationWalter Bruegmann Wishes FulfilledDr. Wayne Dryer The PowerRhonda Byrne Reason for HopeJane Goodall The Untethered SoulMichael Singer What Most Successful People Do Before BreakfastLaura Vanderkam The MagicRhonda Byrne The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg The Meaning of WifeAnne Kingston Grace Eventually: Thoughts on FaithAnne Lamott Wheat BellyWilliam Davis State of WonderAnn Patchett Invisible Acts of PowerCaroline Myss Clear CutGinny Jordan How to Be a WomanCaitlin Moran The Power of IntentionDr. Wayne Dyer A Return to LoveMarianne Williamson Fiction(16) The Winter SeaSusanna Kearnsley I Don’t Know How She Does ItAllison Pearson The TalismanStephen King The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins Long LostHarlan Corban The Weird SistersElanor Brown Bel CantoAnne Patchett Dead in the FamilyCharlaine Harris Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams The Night CircusErin Morgenstern The Fire Starter SessionsDanielle Laporte The Casual VacancyJ. K. Rowling A Discovery of WitchesDeborah Harkness Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë The 12 Tribes of HattieAyana Mathis LambChristopher Moore Memoir(8) The Mennonite in the Little Black DressRhoda Janzen PoserClair Dederer WildCheryl Strayed Let’s Pretend This Never HappenedJenny Lawson Yoga BitchSuzanne Morrison QuitterJon Acuff Help, Thanks, WowAnne Lamott Dying to Be MeAnita Moorjani
What I read in 2011 Non-Fiction(24) Steering by StarlightMartha Beck Loving What IsByron Katie The Miracle of MindfulnessThich Nat Han Living JesusLuke Timothy Johnson DishJeanette Wells The Joy DietMartha Beck Excuses be GoneWayne Dryer The Sexual Politics of MeatCarol Adams Blue ParakeetScot McKnight Eating MindfullySusan Albers A Course in Weight LossMarianne Williamson Good to GreatJim Collins We Were the MulvaneysJoyce Carol Oates Vegan: The New Ethics of EatingErik Marcus Love WinsRob Bell Recipes for Life from God’s GardenRhonda Malkmus Forgotten GardenKate Morton In the Heart of the SeaNathan Philbreck ANDMatt Smay & Hugh Halter UnbrokenLaura Hillenbrand Salt: A World HistoryMark Kerlansky Falling AngelsTracy Chevalier A Thousand Days in VeniceMarlena de Blasi Black Like MeJohn Howard Griffen Fiction(13) Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellSusanna Clarke Lost in a Good BookJasper Fforde Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens Major Pettigrew’s Last StandHelen Simonson RoomEmma Donoghue Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver Her Daughter’s DreamFrancine Rivers Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë Brave New WorldAldous Huxley The Three KingsAlisa Valdez Rodriguez SocksBeverly Cleary RebeccaDaphne du Maurier Memoir(9) Punk MonkAndy Freeman & Pete Greig The Bicycle DiariesDavid Byrne The Cloister WalkKathleen Norris VeganistKathy Freston Even Silence Has An EndIngrid Bettancourt Place of YesBethanny Frankle UnlimitedJillian Michaels Such a Pretty FatJennifer Landcaster Dance of the Dissident DaughterSue Monk Kidd