2014 Reading List

There are a lot of lists about books showing up on blogs this week. Literary sites are listing the best or most notable (whatever that means) books of the year and some bloggers are listing the books that made the greatest impression on them this year.

For the past couple of years I’ve read books exclusively on my Kindle so it’s pretty easy to get a list of the books I’ve purchased this year. A few years ago I released myself from the burden of finishing a book if it wasn’t holding my attention, so there are a few books I purchased but chose not to read to the end. I have not included those on this list.

Here, in no particular order, is the list of books I read, finished, and enjoyed, in 2014.

Family History by Dani Shapiro
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand
The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison
Watch How We Walk by Jennifer LoveGrove
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Writing From Life: For Women With Stories To Tell by Susan Wittig Albert
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Sailing Down the Moonbeam by Mary Gottschalk
Ever Faithful To His Lead by Kathleen Pooler
Bonnet Strings by Saloma Miller Furlong
Where There’s Smoke by Jodi Picoult
Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl by Carol Bodensteiner
The Simple Life by Rhonda Hetzel
Go Away Home by Carol Bodensteiner
The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
The Search Angel by Tish Cohen
The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons
Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
Down To Earth by Rhonda Hetzel
Always Watching by Chevy Stevens
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
That Night by Chevy Stevens
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
Good Girls Don’t by Patti Hawn
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman

If you find a few new-to-you books on this list I hope you’ll consider checking them out. It’s always a treat to find a new author’s work to enjoy–as evidenced by the number of books I read by Canadian author Chevy Stevens this year!