Oh 2019, the year I returned to my first love of fiction books to help me cope with grad school. And the year I discovered Diana Gabaldon and devoured every word she’s published (I read all the books before watching the show, the books are better, in case you were wondering.)
My favorite books and the ones that really stuck with me are in bold. I highly recommend the bold ones.
1. This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See by Seth Godin
2. A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
3. Don’t Miss It: Parent Every Week Like It Counts by Reggie Joiner
4. Food Freedom Forever by Melissa Hartwig
5. Finding Holy in the Suburbs by Ashley Hales
7. The Tech-Wise Famly by Andy Crouch
8. Everybody, Always by Bob Goff
9. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt
10. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
11. Becoming a Just Church by Adam Gustine
12. Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg – We are South Bend area natives so this was a book about home. <3
13. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
14. Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
15. Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
16. Thief of Corinth by Tessa Afshar
17. Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide by Rebecca Eanes
19. Driftwood Bay by Irene Hannon
20. The Middle Matters by Lisa-Jo Baker
21. An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
22. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
23. A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole
24. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
25. An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole
26. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
27. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
29. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
30. The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
31. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
32. Run the Mile You’re In: Finding God in Every Step by Ryan Hall
33. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
34. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
35. Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
37. Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
38. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
39. Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon
40. The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
41. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon
42. At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
43. Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas
44. Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
45. Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
46. Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
47. Devil’s Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
48. Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World that’s Scary as Hell by Jeremy Courtney
49. Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks