2019 Reading List

1. We Were the Lucky Ones (Georgia Hunter)
2. Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
3. Endurance (Scott Kelly)
4. Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
5. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (Roald Dahl)
6. Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
7. Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
8. Boy (Roald Dahl)
9. Homesick: My Own Story (Jean Fritz)
10. My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
11. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
12. Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
13. Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
14. Skeletons on the Zahara (Dean King)
15. Reconstruction: A Concise History (Allen C. Guelzo)
16. The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
17. Educated (Tara Westover)
18. Marilla of Green Gables (Sarah McCoy)
19. In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
20. The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
21. Daring Greatly (Brene Brown)
22. How to Hear God's Voice (Mark & Patti Virkler)
23. Speaking of Jesus (Carl Medearis)
24, The House of God (Samuel Shem)
25. The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
26. Becoming (Michelle Obama)
27. Choosing Gratitude (Nancy Leigh DeMoss)
28. Liturgy of the Ordinary (Tish Harrison Warren)
29. The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
30. Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall (Emily Bearn)
31. Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
32. A Place for Us (Fatima Farheen Mirza)
33. Devotion (Dani Shapiro)
34. Heating & Cooling (Beth Ann Fennelly)
35. Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion (Rebecca McLaughlin)
36. The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
37. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Michael Finkel)
38. Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement (Jessie Morgan-Owens)
39. Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
40. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottleib)
41. Class Mom (Laurie Gelman)
42. The Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
43. Mating in Captivity (Esther Perel)
44. Fleishman is in Trouble (Taffy Brodesser-Akner)
45. The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
46. The First Adventure, from Alanna: Song of the Lioness (Tamora Pierce)
47. The High Shelf (Nadia Colburn)
48. Boundaries for Your Soul (Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller)
49. In The Hand of the Goddess, from Alanna: Song of the Lioness (Tamora Pierce)
50. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, from Alanna: Song of the Lioness (Tamora Pierce)
51. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Melinda Gates)
52. Cherokee America (Margaret Verble)
53. Lioness Rampant, from Alanna: Song of the Lioness (Tamora Pierce)
54. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine (Gail Honeyman)
55. You've Been Volunteered (Laurie Gelman)
56. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (James Forman Jr.)
57. The Confidence Code (Katty Kay & Claire Shipman)
58. The Prodigal God (Tim Keller)
59. Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)