Another year has passed and my list of books I have read has
increased, but my list of books I want to read hasn't got any shorter!
My most read genre this year was historical fiction.
I've read countless picture books to Harrison and Lydia
throughout the year and didn't keep track of those, but I did include chapter
books I read with Harrison. I think that
will be a fun thing to keep track of through the years as well.
As always, I didn't necessarily like or would recommend all
the books on the list, but these are all the books I finished this year.
I put an asterisk by my favorite books of the year (that
were read for the first time this year).
Books Read in 2016
January
*1. Faith of Our
Fathers: To Make Men Free by N.C. Allen
2. The Healer's
Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (audiobook)
3. Faith of Our
Fathers: Through the Perilous Fight by N.C. Allen
4. Christy by
Catherine Marshall (audiobook)
February
5. See How They Run
by Ally Carter (audiobook)
6. The Nightingale by
Kristin Hannah (audiobook)
7. Peter Pan by J.M.
Barrie (reread) (audiobook) (for book club)
8. Simply Anna by
Jennifer Moore
March
9. Faith of Our
Fathers: One Nation Under God by N.C. Allen
*10. Winter by
Marissa Meyer (audiobook)
11. The Finest Hours:
The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael
Tougias (audiobook)
12. My Fair Gentleman
by Nancy Campbell Allen
13. Red Queen by Victoria
Aveyard (audiobook)
14. Celebrating a
Christ-Centered Easter by Emily Belle Freeman
April
15. Spy Secrets That
Can Save Your Life by Jason Hanson (for
book club)
16. Against the Tide
by Elizabeth Camden (audiobook)
17. Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Frances Hodgson Burnett (audiobook)
18. Honey for a
Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys M. Hunt
19. Stars Above by
Marissa Meyer (just read the stories in the compilation I was most interested
in) (audiobook)
20. Deliberate
Motherhood by The Power of Moms (for book club)
May
21. The Wrath and the
Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (audiobook)
22. Rebel Queen by
Michelle Moran (audiobook)
June
23. The BFG by Roald
Dahl (audiobook)
*24. Kingdom and the
Crown: Come Unto Me by Gerald Lund
July
25. The Princess and
the Goblin by George MacDonald (audiobook)
26. The Crown's Game
by Evelyn Skye (audiobook)
27. The Bands of
Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)
August
28. Forever and
Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton by Josi Kilpack
29. Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (reread who knows how many times)
(audiobook) (for book club)
30. Harry Potter and
the Cursed Child by John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, and J.K. Rowling
31. The Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan (audiobook)
32. Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
September
33. Wolf Hollow by
Lauren Wolk
34. A Torch Against
the Night by Sabaa Tahir (audiobook)
35. How Will You
Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen (audiobook) (for book club)
36. The Three Little
Pigs Go Camping by Tony Bradman (read with Harrison)
37. 1776 by David
McCullough (audiobook)
38. Meet Kaya by
Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
39. Mercy Watson to
the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook with Harrison)
40. Mercy Watson Goes
for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook with Harrison)
October
41. Kaya's Escape by
Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
42. Kaya's Hero by
Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
43. Mercy Watson
Princess in Disguise by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook with Harrison)
44. Mercy Watson
Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo
(audiobook with Harrison)
45. Mercy Watson
Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo (read with Harrison)
46. Kaya and Lone Dog
by Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
47. Kaya Shows the
Way by Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
48. Changes for Kaya by
Janet Beeler Shaw (audiobook)
49. Anne of Windy
Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
50. Mercy Watson
Something Wonky This Way Comes by Kate DiCamillo (read with Harrison)
51. Leroy Ninker
Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo (read with Harrison)
52. Where are You
Going Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo (read with Harrison)
53. The Fairest Poison
by Lauren Skidmore
54. Anne of Green
Gables by L.M. Montgomery (reread) (audiobook) (for book club)
55. The Princess in
Black by Shannon Hale (read with Harrison)
56. The Princess in
Black and the Perfect Princess Party by Shannon Hale (read with Harrison)
57. Francine Poulet
Meets the Ghost Raccoon by Kate DiCamillo (read with Harrison)
November
58. P.S. I Like You
by Kasie West
59. The Princess in
Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde by Shannon Hale (read with Harrison)
60. The Pirate Pig by
Cornelia Funke (read with Harrison)
*61. Anne's House of
Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (audiobook)
62. Big Bad Detective
Agency by Bruce Hale (read with Harrison)
63. Lady Helen Finds
Her Song by Jennifer Moore
64. Miracle on 34th
Street by Valentine Davies
December
*65. The Scarlet
Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (audiobook)
66. The Grift of the
Magi by Ally Carter
67. The Christmas
Shoes by Donna VanLiere (audiobook)
68. The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (reread from childhood) (audiobook)
69. A Christmas Dream
by Louisa May Alcott (audiobook)
70. Favorite Stories
of Christmas Past by Tantor Media (audiobook)
71. More Favorite
Stories of Christmas by Tantor Media (audiobook)
72. The Quiet Little
Woman by Louisa May Alcott
*73. The Sheriffs of
Savage Wells by Sarah M. Eden
74. The Kiss of a
Stranger by Sarah M. Eden
75. The Princess in
Black Takes a Vacation by Shannon Hale (read with Harrison)
76. Farmer Boy by
Laura Ingalls Wilder (audiobook)
77. The Mistletoe
Secret by Richard Paul Evans (audiobook)
78. Teachings of the Presidents
of the Church: Howard W. Hunter
Samuel:
He read parts of a couple different books and listened to "The Lonesome
Gods" and several other books by
Louis L'Amour as audiobooks.
