all the books I read in 2024

and my goal for this year

Welcome to another day on the South Porch.

As we enter a new year, I’m going to share all the books that I read in 2024. My goal the past couple of years has been to read at least one book per month. While I’ve far surpassed reading twelve books both years, I’m sticking with this goal again this year because every month is different. Some months I can read a bunch of books, but other months are really hard and I can barely get through one. My goal is to be continually reading, regardless of how many books end up on this list.

Common sense disclaimer: I read a lot of books for all different reasons, including research. Just because I read it, does not mean I agree with everything in it or recommend it.

The Books I Read in 2024

1. 5 Puritan Women by Jenny-Lyn de Klerk

2. Just be Honest by Clint Watkins

3. In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God by Colleen Chao

4. Digital Liturgies by Samuel James

5. Even if He Doesn’t by Kristen LaValley

6. The Giver by Lois Lowry

7. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

8. Messenger by Lois Lowry

9. Son by Lois Lowry

10. Tears and Tossings by Sarah Walton

11. The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

12. Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler

13. The Hot Young Widows Club by Nora McInerny

14. Talking Back to Purity Culture by Rachel Joy Watson

15. What God Has to Say About Our Bodies by Sam Allberry

16. What’s Your Grief? by Eleanor Haley, Litsa Williams

17. Rejoicing in Lament by J. Todd Billings

18. Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson

19. The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

20. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

21. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

22. God’s Grace for Every Family by Anna Mead Harris

23. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

24. Family Discipleship by Matt Chandler, Adam Griffin

25. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

26. No Greater Love by Rebecca McLaughlin

27. Embodied Hope by Kelly Kapic

28. What Did the Cross Achieve? by J.I. Packer

29. Heaven is a World of Love by Jonathan Edwards

30. Home: A Memoir of Early Years by Julie Andrews

31. We Shall All Be Changed by Whitney Pipkin

32. Suffering is Never for Nothing by Elisabeth Elliot

33. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

34. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

35. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

36. This Homeward Ache by Amy Baik Lee

37. The Narnian by Alan Jacobs

38. What Cannot Be Lost by Melissa Zaldivar

39. Doing it All as a Solo Parent by Harvard Business Review

40. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

41. On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria

What was your favorite book you read last year?

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Thanks for joining me today!

Alyson