Hi friends! Lots of reading again this year. There’s a good mix of fiction and non-fiction below. I’ve also noticed this was the year of romance books and homeschool inspiration. Much less thriller for me (they seemed to give me more anxiety than anything) and more feel-good stories.
I always like to share everything I read with you guys (and you can always follow me on GoodReads for ratings). I hope that maybe you’ll find something new here to pick up. After sharing the full list, I will attempt to share some of my favorites (in no particular order) but will sort out fiction vs. non-fiction. Let me know in the comments what your favorite reads were this year and if we have anything in common. I’d love to hear from you! x
Here’s what I’ve read this year:
1. My Father’s Dragon (read aloud with my kids)
2. Beach Read (re-read)
3. Little Wishes
4. The Summer I Turned Pretty
5. Relaxed Homeschooling
6. The Confident Homeschooler
7. Lies My Teacher Told Me
8. Balanced and Barefoot
9. Leo (Preston Brothers #3)
10. Sage Homeschooling (re-read)
11. A Season for Second Chances
12. The Hating Game (re-read)
13. Teaching from Rest (re-read)
14. Your Body in Balance
15. The Read-Aloud Handbook
16. An Almost Zero Waste Life
17. Body Positive
18. Reminders of Him
19. More Than Enough: Grow Your Confidence, Banish Burnout, and Love Your Homeschool Life
20. The Alchemist
21. A Literary Education
22. How Not to Die (re-read)
23. Forks Over Knives
24. Einstein Never Used Flashcards
25. The New Health Rules
26. The New Rule of Aging Well
27. The Whole Foods Diet
28. First Frost
29. Eat to Live
30. Marriage for One
31. Twice Shy
32. Better Late Than Early
33. Charlotte Mason Companion
34. Preschool Math at Home
35. Weather Girl
26. Charlotte’s Web (read aloud with kids)
27. The Starch Solution
28. Hunt, Gather, Parent
29. Ageless Vegan
30. The Roughest Draft
31. The Blue Zones
32. The Princess Diarist
33. Healthy at 100
34. A Court of Thorns and Roses (2x)
35. A Court of Mist and Fury (3x)
36. A Court of Wings and Ruin (2x)
37. A Court of Frost and Starlight (2x)
38. A Court of Silver Flames
39. Simplicity Parenting
40. The Power of Fun
41. Raising Critical Thinkers
42. Hook, Line, and Sinker
43. Plant Over Processed
44. Running Wild
45. Homeschool Bravely
46. Lease on Love
47. The Potato Hack
48. Twisted Games
49. The Unhurried Homeschooler (re-read)
50. Punk 57
51. The Heart of Homeschooling
52. Parallel (Parallel #1)
53. Intersect (Parallel #2)
54. The Viscount Who Loved Me
55. Life’s Too Short
56. Blueprint Homeschooling
57. Lovelight Farms
58. Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?
59. Dirt Poor and Lovin’ It!
60. Broke and Happier for It
61. In the Weeds
62. The Homemade Housewife
63. The 5-Hour School Week
64. House of Earth and Blood
65. Under One Roof
66. Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World
67. Book Lovers
68. Messy Minimalism
69. Lightly: How to Live a Simple, Serene, and Stress-Free Life
70. Something Wilder
71. Outer Order, Inner Calm
72. Turn Off the Fat Genes
73. Funny You Should Ask
74. Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home
75. Power Foods for the Brain
76. Simple Ways to Be More with Less
77. The Year of Living Danishly
78. Making Space, Clutter Free
79. 100 Days of Adventure
80. Set the Stars Alight
81. The Cheat Sheet
82. Minimalism for Families
83. Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much
84. The Proof Is In The Plants
85. Secrets of a Successful Homeschool Mom
86. Part of Your World
87. Nora Goes Off Script
88. Fiber Fueled (re-read)
89. House of Sky and Breath
90. Dream On
91. Throne of Glass
92. Crown of Midnight
93. Below Zero
94. Homeschooling The Early Years
95. The Deal
96. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (read aloud with kids)
97. The Homeschooling Handbook
98. The Everything Guide to Homeschooling
99. Heir of Fire
100. School Starts at Home
101. Upgrade
102. Homeschooling: the Art of Real Life Education
103. Queen of Shadows
104. Every Summer After
105. The Big Book of Nature Activities
106. The Imperfect Homeschooler’s Guide to Homeschooling
107. Hygge in the Early Years
108. The Fiber Fueled Cookbook
109. To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma
110. Unschooling Rules (re-read)
111. Wild and Free Book Club
112. Home Grown Kids
113. Oh Crap! Potty Training
114. Mother Nature’s Pedagogy
115. People We Meet on Vacation (re-read)
116. Steady Days
117. 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers
118. Year of Yes
119. Would You Rather
120. No-Sweat Homeschooling
121. Mothering By the Book
122. Love on the Brain
123. Ten Trends to Seduce Your Best Friend
124. Beautiful Stranger
125. The Home Education Handbook
126. Extraordinary Parenting
127. Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace
128. Homeschool Teacher
129. Virgin River
130. The American Roommate Experiment
131. The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss
132. The Happiness Passport
133. Go Hex Yourself
134. These Hollow Vows
135. A Literary Education (re-read)
136. The Wild + Free Family
137. Archer’s Voice
138. Awaking Wonder
139. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
140. The Lifegiving Home
141. The Whole and Healthy Family
142. Spells for Forgetting
143. One Last Gift
144. A Gracious Space: Fall (re-read)
145. A Gracious Space: Winter
146. How Children Acquire “Academic” Skills Without Formal Instruction
147. Seeking Slow
148. What Is Unschooling?: Living And Learning Without School
149. Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life
150. Things To Look Forward To
151. Beyond the Rainbow Bridge
152. Mindset for Moms
153. Seven Times the Sun
154. Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD
155. It Starts with Us
156. Lessons in Chemistry
157. Unschooling as Homeschooling
158. Lore Olympus Volume 1
159. Lore Olympus Volume 2
160. Lore Olympus Volume 3
161. Happy Habits
162. Breathless
163. Mixed Signals (Lovelight Farm)
164. Love You Better
165. Minimalist Moms
166. Curious Unschoolers
167. Let Them Be Kids
168. Don’t Waste Your Time Homeschooling
169. Real Homeschool
170. The Simple Homeschool Journey
171. Raising Worry-Free Girls
172. The Bookshop on the Corner
173. What He Always Knew
174. What He Doesn’t Know
175. Better Together
176. Happy as a Dane
177. Bohemian
178. The Homeschool Highway
179. The End of Dieting
180. Unschooled
181. The Bridge Kingdom
182. Stillness Speaks
183. A Gracious Space: Spring
184. An Unschooling Manifesto
My Top Fiction Reads
– A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas (yes, the entire series is tied for 1st place because they were all 5-star reads, but most especially A Court of Mist and Fury! I think it is my favorite book of ALL TIME!)
– Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
– It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
– Lessons in Chemistry
– Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
– The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley
– Book Lovers by Emily Henry
– The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
– In the Weeds by B.K. Borrison
– Mixed Signals by B.K. Borrison
– Parallel by Elizabeth O’Roark
– Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
– Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
– Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
– Ten Trends to Seduce Your Best Friend
Top Non-Fiction Reads
– A Gracious Space (series) by Julie Bogart
– To Have and To Hold by Molly Millwood
– Wild + Free Family by Ainsley Arment
– Messy Minimalism by Rachelle Crawford
– The Starch Solution by Dr. John McDougall
– Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
– The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
– Better Late Than Early by Raymond S. Moore
– Your Body in Balance by Neal D. Barnard
– Outer Order, Inner Calm
– Balanced and Barefoot
– Seeking Slow by Melanie Barnes
– Seven Times the Sun
– Extraordinary Parenting
