Here we are for part 2 of the books I read this year (click here to check out part 1)! It became very evident, after passing my book goal in the first 3 months of 2020, that I would need to up my numbers. I went for 75 books, and thanks to being on lockdown quite a bit, I was able to achieve that - or exceed it, really, getting in 82 books. Not going to lie, not all of these books were fantastic, but I’ll be doing a roundup of my absolute favorites from the year soon! You will quickly see that I’m a sucker for a series - I just have to figure out what happens even if I’m not totally into it, hehe.
I use a combination of Libby (free library app - you just need a library card!) and Kindle Unlimited (use this link to try it free for 30 days!) to read so that I don’t collect more books than I already own and spend more money that I should probably save. I’ll link the books below (affiliate links that help us keep Maple Alps going!) as well so you can grab your copies easily. You can find some other favorites of mine in my Amazon Storefront as well!
I haven’t sent a book goal for this year of 2021 yet, but I honestly do not anticipate reading as many as I was able to this last year! By the way, if you want to be friends on Goodreads, you can find me here! I finally updated my account.
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Nonfiction
// 1. “Walking From East to West: God in the Shadows” by Ravi Zacharias (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World” by Cal Newport (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature” by Rani Shah (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Night” (The Night Trilogy #1) by Elie Wiesel (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “The Origin of Names, Words, and Everything in Between” by Patrick Foote (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” by Mary L. Trump (get your copy on Amazon here) // 8. “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know” by Malcolm Gladwell (get your copy on Amazon here) // 9. “Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir” by Amanda Knox (get your copy on Amazon here) //10. “Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff” by Myquillyn Smith (get your copy on Amazon here) //11. “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams” by Matthew Walker, Ph.D. (get your copy on Amazon here) //12. “The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row” by Anthony Ray Hinton (get your copy on Amazon here) //13. “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” by John J. Ratey, MD (get your copy on Amazon here) //14. “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo (get your copy on Amazon here) //15. “The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story” by Hyeonseo Lee (get your copy on Amazon here) //16. “Didn’t See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart” by Rachel Hollis (get your copy on Amazon here) //17. “We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel” by Georgia Hunter (get your copy on Amazon here) //18. “Why Not Me?” by Mindy Kaling (get your copy on Amazon here)
Christian Nonfiction
// 1. “Living for God: Reliving the Joy of Christian Virtue” by Frank M. Hasel (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2 . “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered” by Lysa Terkeurst (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are” by Ann Voskamp (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex” by Michael Todd (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “More or Less” by Jeff Shinabarger (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life” by Henry Cloud and John Townsend (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” by Timothy J. Keller (get your copy on Amazon here)
Historical Fiction
// 1. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1) by Heather Morris (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Cilka’s Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) by Heather Morris (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “Land of Silence” by Tessa Afshar (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “A.D. 30” (A.D. #1) by Ted Dekker (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “A.D. 33” (A.D. #2) by Ted Dekker (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “Becoming Mrs. Lewis” by Patti Callahan (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “The Book of Lost Names” by Kristin Harmel (get your copy on Amazon here)
Baxter Family Series
// 1. “Return” (Baxter Family Drama Redemption Series #3) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Rejoice” (Baxter Family Drama Redemption Series #4) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “Reunion” (Baxter Family Drama Redemption Series #5) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Fame” (Baxter Family Drama Firstborn Series #1) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “Forgiven” (Baxter Family Drama Firstborn Series #2) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “Found” (Baxter Family Drama Firstborn Series #3) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “Family” (Baxter Family Drama Firstborn Series #4) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //8. “Forever” (Baxter Family Drama Firstborn Series #5) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //9. “Sunrise” (Sunrise Series #1) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //10. “Summer” (Sunrise Series #2) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //11. “Someday” (Sunrise Series #3) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //12. “Sunset” (Sunrise Series #4) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //13. “Take One” (Above the Line #1) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here)
Christian Fiction
// 1. “Till We Have Faces” by C.S. Lewis (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “The Last Sin Eater” by Francine Rivers (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “Bread of Angels” by Tessa Afshar (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Theif of Corinth” by Tessa Afshar (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “Daughter of Rome” by Tessa Afshar (get your copy on Amazon here)
Non-Christian Fiction
// 1. “The Simple Wild” (Wild #1) by K.A. Tucker (get your copy on Amazon here)
//2. “Wild at Heart” (Wild #2) by K.A. Tucker (get your copy on Amazon here) //3. “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett (get your copy on Amazon here) //4. “Say You Still Love Me” by K.A. Tucker (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman (get your copy on Amazon here)
