I just spent the week visiting with a lovely friend. We talked a lot about books and cooking and drank an unreasonable amount of coffee. She mentioned that her husband’s grandmother kept track of every book she had ever read. And gave it a rating. How brilliant.
I currently have 600 books in my home. Give or take. I’ve read 33 books by Ted Dekker, 10 by C.S. Lewis, 11 by Louisa May Alcott, 15 by Madeline L’Engle, 6 Jane Austen… I know I will never be able to go back and remember every single book I have ever read (there must be thousands), but I’m going to start keeping track now!
1. Love Does: Bob Goff
2. Mary Poppins: P.L. Travers
3. The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas
4. Anne of Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery
5-11. The Chronicles of Narnia (all 7): C.S. Lewis
12. Crazy Love: Francis Chan
13-20. Harry Potter (all 7) & The Beedle and the Bard: J.K. Rowling
8-11. Black, White, Red, Green: Ted Dekker
12-14. Showdown, Saint, Sinner: Ted Dekker
15-23. Anne of Green Gables (9 books) by Lucy Maude Montgomery
24. My Life in France: Julia Child
25. The Girl On The Train: Paula Hawkins
26. If You Feel Too Much: Jamie Tworkowski (This book is amazing, everyone should read it)
27. The Fault In Our Stars
28. Looking for Alaska
29. Paper Towns
30. The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
31. Cold Mountain
32. Cutting for Stone
33. Attachments: Rainbow Rowell
34. Longbourne: Jo Baker (I loved this book because it made Pride and Prejudice not perfect, and I always thought those people’s lives were too perfect)
35. Delicious: Ruth Reichl (seriously probably one of my very favorite novels ever)
36. Garlic & Sapphires: Ruth Reichl
37. Bittersweet: Shauna Niequist (Favorite Author)
38. Cold Tangerines: Shauna Niequist
39. Bread & Wine: Shauna Niequist
40. 1000 Gifts: Ann Voskamp (so so poetic and amazing)
41. Seven: Jen Hatmaker (I want to be her)
42-46. Game of Thrones: George R R Martin (not for everyone, but I’m addicted)
47. Man’s Search For Meaning: Victor Frankl
48. Peter Pan
49. The Three Musketeers
50. The Man in the Iron Mask
51. Eat, Pray Love: Elizabeth Gilbert
52. The Signature of All Things: Elizabeth Gilbert
53-63. Books by Madeliene L’Engle (My all time favorite)
64. In a pit with a lion on a snowy day: Mark Batterson
65. Forgotton God: Francis Chan
66. Simply Tuesday: Emily P. Freeman
67. Bel Canto: Ann Patchett
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