MY 2024 READING / LISTENING

 Top 10 in bold...

January 

1. Adam Sisman, The Secret Life of John le Carre
2. Alice Winn, In Memoriam 
3. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown 
4. Alister McGrath, Through a Glass Darkly: Journeys through Science, Faith & Doubt
5. Thomas Eidson, St. Agnes' Stand 
6. JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers [Audiobook]
7. John Owen, Communion with God (Abridged by RJK Law)
8. Philipp Meyer, American Rust
9. Arinze Ifeakandu, God's Children Are Little Broken Things 
10. JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King [Audiobook]

February

1. Penelope Fitzgerald, The Blue Flower
2. Monica Guzman, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times  
3. Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful [Audiobook] 
4. Sam Allberry, What God Has to Say about Our Bodies: How the Gospel Is Good News for Our Physical Selves  

March

1. Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water [Audiobook]
2. Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 
3. Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. [Audiobook] 

April 

1. Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex 
2. John W Kleinig, Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body
3. Larry McMurty, The Last Kind Words Saloon  
4. Jon Ransom, The Whale Tattoo 
5. Nay Dawson, She Needs: Women flourishing in the church 
6. Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry [Audiobook] 

May 

1. Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
2. Marilynne Robinson, Reading Genesis 
3. Michael Magee, Close to Home 
4. John Wyatt, Transforming Friendship: Lessons from John Stott & Others 
5. Dorothy Canfield Fisher, The Home-Maker 
6. Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
7. Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe 
8. Ferdinand Mount, Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca 
9. Walker Percy, The Moviegoer 
10. Wallace Stegner, Wolf Willow 
11. Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunsson: Vows
12. Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway 
13. JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit [Audiobook]
14. Dale Ralph Davis, God's Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-36 
15. David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion and Host
16. Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
17. Claire Keegan, Antarctica 
18. Henri JM Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
19. Gary Thomas, Sacred Pathways: Nine ways to connect with God

June

1. Niall Williams, This is Happiness
2. Jean Trumpington, Coming up Trumps: A memoir 
3. John Grisham, A Painted House 
4. Ken Clarke, Kind of Blue: A political memoir
5. Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunsson: Providence
6. Laura Freeman, Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists
7. Makoto Fujimura, Art and Faith: A Theology of Making 

July 

1. John Hindley, Weakness Our Strength: Learning from Christ Crucified 
2. Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunsson: Crossroads 
3. Monty Don, The Ivington Diaries 
4. Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunsson: Winter 
5. Dorothy L Sayers, The Mind of the Maker 
6. Rebecca MacLaughlin, Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships? Examining 10 Claims about Scripture and Sexuality

August 

1. Ian Dunt, How Westminster works...and why it doesn't [Audiobook] 
2. Elizabeth Oldfield, Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times 
3. Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
4. Adam Ramsey, Faithfully Present: Embracing the Limits of Where and When God Has You 
5. Rory Carroll, Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown [Audiobook]  
6. Dave Harvey, The Plurality Principle: How to Build and Maintain a Thriving Church Leadership Team 
7. Peter J Williams, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher

September 

1. Lucy M Boston, The Children of Green Knowe 
2. Gavin Ortlund, Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage
3. Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying 

October 

1. Steve Richards, The Prime Minister We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn [Audiobook] 
2. Richard Norton Smith, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R Ford 
3. Tim Winton, Dirt Music 
4. Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman 
5. Carys Davies, West 
6. Simon Cozens, Looking Shame in the Eye: a path to understanding grace and freedom 

November 

1. Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings [Audiobook] 
2. Pete Grieg: How to Pray: A simple guide for normal people 
3. Dominic Hibberd, Wilfred Owen 

December

1. Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss
2. Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything 
3. Phil Knox, The Best of Friends: Choose Wisely, Care Well 
4. Matt Searles, Comfort & Joy: Advent Devotions from Isaiah 40-55