Reading in 2019

For the first time ever, I tried to keep track of all of the books I read in a year.  I probably forgot to write down one or two, but overall, it's pretty accurate.  I only included books I read cover to cover, so although I did quite a bit of research on medieval manuscripts and various gardening topics, a lot of those books didn't make the cut, since I only read parts.  I don't necessarily recommend all of these books, but I did read them all.  Here are the books, in chronological order by category:

Fiction:
We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard
Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse
A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano
Living Lies by Natalie Walters
All Manner of Things by Susie Finkbeiner
The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Yours Truly, Thomas by Rachel Fordham
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Finding Lady Enderly by Joanna Davidson Politano
The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal
Unscripted by Davis Bunn
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Over Maya Dead Body by Sandra Orchard
Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters

Non Fiction:
St. Margaret Clitherow (a biography) by Margaret T. Monro
Woman-Powered Farm by Audrey Levatino
Bringing it to the Table by Wendell Berry
Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective by Thomas Buechner
Character Carved in Stone by Pat Williams
When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams: Hope for Today from 12 Women of the Bible by Jill Eileen Smith
Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts by Elizabeth B. Wilson
The Apostles and Their Times by Mike Aquilina
St. Nicholas Owen: Priest-Hole Maker by Tony Reynolds
Seven Lies About Catholic History by Diane Moczar
The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
Letter to a Suffering Church by Bishop Robert Barron
Winning Your Sugar Battle by Richard Furman
Elephant Company by Vicki Constantine Croke
And Still I Rise (poetry) by Maya Angelou
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang
Groundbreaking Food Gardens by Niki Jabbour
Building a Better World in Your Backyard by Paul Wheaton
100 Words of Affirmation Your Husband Needs to Hear by Lisa Jacobson
Upside-Down: Understanding and Supporting Attachment in Adoptive and Foster Families by Shannon Guerra
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art by Elizabeth Lev

Memoirs:
An Immovable Feast by Tyler Blanski
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
A Voice in the Chorus: Memories of a Teenager Saved by Schindler by Abram Zuckerman

Juvenile Fiction (only the longer chapter books):
Will Wilder and the Relic of Perilous Falls by Raymond Arroyo
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton

There are several books I'm still reading, but they weren't finished in 2019, so they will go on my 2020 list.  Several of these books were on the blog in book reviews, but many (most) were my own choices, or ones recommended to me.

And here's a family picture, just for fun: