2024 was my biggest reading year yet. I “consumed” 149 books (mostly read, but a few audiobooks). (I can already say that I will be reading much less this year…as I think reading can be a way for me to not have to face certain things.) Of these books, 85 were non-fiction. I’m only going to list my top books read this past year.
Non-Fiction
What Is a Girl Worth? (Rachel DenHollander)
Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores (Diane Langberg)
The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope (Curt Thompson)
A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ (John Andrew Bryant)
Broken and Beloved: How Jesus Loves Us Into Wholeness (Sammy Rhodes)
One with My Lord (Sam Allberry)
The Lord of Psalm 23 (David Gibson)
The Night Is Normal: A Guide through Spiritual Pain (Alicia Britt Chole)
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget (Lysa TerKeurst)
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others without Losing the Best of Who You Are (Lysa TerKeurst)
Beyond Boundaries: Learning to Trust Again in Relationships (Townsend & Cloud)
I Want to Trust You but I Don’t (Lysa TerKeurst)
The Lord Is My Courage (K.J. Ramsey)
The Book of Common Courage (K.J. Ramsey)
No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Kate Bowler)
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day (Kate Bowler)
Digging in the Dirt: Musings on Missions, Emotions, and Life in the Mud (Jonathan Trotter)
The Deeply Formed Life (Rich Villodas)
Searching for Enough: The High Wire-Walk Between Doubt and Faith (Tyler Staton)
The Understory (Lore Wilbert)
Made for People (Justin Whitmel Earley)
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (David Brooks)
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (Ruth Haley Barton)
Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling (Anna Broadway)
Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships (Rob Dixon)
Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World
Why Won’t You Apologize? (Harriet Lerner)
Stand All the Way Up (Sophie Hudson)
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us (Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross)
Decluttering at the Speed of Life
Memoirs & Biographies (and other such books)
The Unwinding of the Miracle (Julie Yip-Williams
It Wasn’t Roaring, It Was Weeping (Lisa-Jo Baker)
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
By the Fire We Carry (Rebecca Nagle)
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
Fiction
Down Here Looking Up 