Books I Read in 2019

This is one of my favorite posts to write all year. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, and I enjoy tracking the books I read and getting to share with y’all. (Check out the books I read last year)

Some of the books I read this year were for spiritual formation, others were for personal development, and others were for sheer pleasure. I read more fiction than I have in years past, but next year, I’d like to incorporate even more.

I truly did thoroughly enjoy most of the books I read this year, and it’s nearly impossible for me to list my top three. But these three have deeply impacted my life and have stayed with me, long after I finished the last page. In my humble opinion, they are worth you time.

Top Three –

1. The Righteous Mind – Jonathan Haidt
2. What is a Girl Worth? – Rachel Denhollander
3. The Common Rule – Justin Whitmel Earley

Honorable Mentions –

1. The Aquariums of Pyongyang – Kang Chol-Hwan
2. God’s Grace in Your Suffering –  David Powlison
3. Educated – Tara Westover

Books I Read in 2019: (in the order I read them)

1. The Bruised Reed – Richard Sibbes
2. Where The Crawdads Sing –  Delia Owens
3. The Terrible Speed of Mercy – A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O’Connor – Jonathan Rogers
4. The Promises of God – Discovering the One Who Keeps His World – RC Sproul
5. The Coddling of the American Mind – Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (Audible)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
7. Welcoming the Stranger – Matthew Soerens & Jenny Yang
8. Educated – Tara Westover
9. High-Performance Habits – Brendon Burchard (Audible)
10. Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult
11. Digital Minimalism – Cal Newport
12. The Righteous Mind – Jonathan Haidt
13. How the Nations Rage – Jonathan Leeman
14. Disruptive Witness – Alan Noble
15. Automatic Habits – James Clear
16. Becoming – Michelle Obama
17. God’s Grace in Your Suffering –  David Powlison
18. The Aquariums of Pyongyang – Kang Chol-Hwan
19. The Last Girl – Nadia Murad
20. Suffering Is Never for Nothing – Elisabeth Elliot
21. The Second Mountain – David Brooks
22. Dead Wake – Eric Larson
23. The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism – Carl F. Henry
24. The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
25. What is a Girl Worth? – Rachel Denhollander
26. The Common Rule – Justin Whitmel Earley
27. His Testimonies, My Heritage – Multiple Contributors
28. From Red Earth – Denise Uwimana
29. Hermanas – Multiple Contributors
30. To Hell with the Hustle – Jefferson Bethke
31. Drop the Ball – Tiffany Dufu (Audible)
32. The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
33. Made for Friendship – Drew Hunter
34. With All Due Respect – Nikki Haley (Audible)
35. The Soul of Shame – Curt Thompson
36. Talking to Strangers – Malcolm Gladwell (Audible)