Bam. The year started out crazy busy and I thought to myself, “there is no way I’m going to get my reading done this year.” So I set out with a book goal of 30 for the year. Last year, due to stay-at-home orders and being able to work from my home office, reading was easier to get to, but from January to May this year, it was a struggle. However, come July, I realized that I hit my book goal of 30! I am not exactly sure how it happened, but it did.

I’ll be doing more book review-type posts in the future because I read some really great volumes this year, but for now, here is the much-requested book list. Please note that this is just a list of the books I read; I didn’t necessarily find them all great to read...you’ll have to wait for my top reads to find out which ones I loved :)

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 than 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!

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. “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” by Mindy Kaling (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “What to Eat When You’re Pregnant: How to Support Your Health and Your Baby’s Development During Pregnancy” by Nicole M. Avena (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5.“Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen” by Donald Miller (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “Business Made Simple: 60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More” by Donald Miller (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth” by Ina May Gaskin (get your copy on Amazon here) // 8. “The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality” by Kimberly Ann Johnson (get your copy on Amazon here) //9. “My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress” by Rachel DeLoache Williams (get your copy on Amazon here) // 10. “Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More” by Courtney Carver (get your copy on Amazon here)

Christian Nonfiction

// 1. “I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman’s Encounter with God” by Bilquiz Sheikh (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2 . “Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage” by Ed Wheat (get your copy on Amazon here) //3. “Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You’re Going to Do About It” by Bob Goff (get your copy on Amazon here) //4. “Boundaries in Marriage” by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend (get your copy on Amazon here) //5. “Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been” by Jackie Hill Perry (get your copy on Amazon here)

Historical Fiction

// 1. “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr (get your copy on Amazon here) //2. “The German Girl” by Armando Lucas Correa (get your copy on Amazon here)

Baxter Family Series

// 1. “Take Two” (Above the Line, #2) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Take Three” (Above the Line, #3) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “Take Four” (Above the Line, #4) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Leaving” (Bailey Flanigan, #1) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “Learning” (Bailey Flanigan, #2) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 6. “Longing” (Bailey Flanigan, #3) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) // 7. “Loving” (Bailey Flanigan, #4) by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //8. “A Baxter Family Christmas” by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here) //9. “Coming Home” by Karen Kingsbury (get your copy on Amazon here)

Christian Fiction

// 1. “Shelter of the Most High” (Cities of Refuge #2) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) // 2. “Until the Mountains Fall” (Cities of Refuge #3) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) // 3. “The Truth Seeker” (O’Malley #3) by Dee Henderson (get your copy on Amazon here) // 4. “Like Flames in the Night” (Cities of Refuge #4) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) // 5. “Counted with the Stars” (Out From Egypt #1) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) //6. “Shadow of the Storm” (Out From Egypt #2) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) //7. “Wings of the Wind” (Out From Egypt #3) by Connilyn Cossette (get your copy on Amazon here) //8. “Judah’s Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees” (The Silent Years #2) by Angela Elwell Hunt (get your copy on Amazon here)

Non-Christian Fiction

// 1. “Forever Wild” (The Simple Wild, #2.5) by K.A. Tucker (get your copy on Amazon here)
//2.“Everything I Never Told You” By Celeste Ng (get your copy on Amazon here) //3. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng (get your copy on Amazon here) //4. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett (get your copy on Amazon here)