This year, I’m not doing a reading challenge. They’ve guided and expanded my reading in previous years, but more recently have felt constraining and somewhat joyless. Continuing with one then, seems silly. So this year, I’m reading whatever brings me joy and fits my mood. But I’m going to use a few guiding principles based on things that I want to accomplish. I want to continue or finish some book series that I’ve already started. I want to read primarily from books that I already own. I want to read one fiction, one nonfiction, and one devotional/spiritual/wellness book per month. So without further ado, here is my August 2022 Reading List!

Books Finished:

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice

Masada by Ernest K. Gann

Sayonara by James Michener

Learning to Pray by James Martin SJ

The Big Lie by John Mankiewicz

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

Tricked by Kevin Hearne

The Book of Forgiving by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu

Bones of Paradise by Jonis Agee

Find Your People by Jennie Allen

Camino Winds by John Grisham

Belle Epoche by Elizabeth Ross

The Repulsors by Emile Zola

Summer of  ’85 by Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Charlemagne Tha God

A Couple of Blauguards by Malachy McCourt and Frank McCourt

Green Angel by Alice Hoffman

Build or Remodel Your Own House by Carl Heldmann

Be Your Own House Contractor by Carl Heldmann

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Books In Progress:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears

Mornings with Tozer: Daily Devotional Readings by A.W. Tozer

Books Abandoned:

The Appearance of Annie van Sinderin by Katherine Howe