2019 Reading List

A list of the books I completed reading in 2019.
(E) = co-read with Elise.

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (E)
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
Peter Pan - JM Barrie (E)
The Wooden Horse - Eric Williams
The Door in the Dragon's Throat - Frank E Peretti
The Normal Christian Life - Watchman Nee
The Magician's Nephew - CS Lewis (E)
The Holy Spirit of Promise - J Oswald Sanders
Ben-Hur - Lew Wallace
Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln (a novel) - Stephen L. Carter
Your God is Too Small - JB Phillips
The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis
Unbroken (biography of Louie Zamperini) - Laura Hillenbrand (E)
The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham
Smoke on the Mountain - Joy Davidman
Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes
Grimm's Fairy Tales - Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
The Hiding Place - Corrie ten Boom (E)
Greenmantle - John Buchan
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Negotiator - Dee Henderson
Cry Freedom - John Briley
Mrs Lirriper - Charles Dickens and others
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien (E)
The Seeds of Time (short stories) - John Wyndham
Timeless at Heart - CS Lewis
Life's Golden Ticket - Brendon Burchard (E)
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (E)
The Horse and His Boy - CS Lewis (E)
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus - Nabeel Qureshi
Gay Girl, Good God - Jackie Hill Perry
Churchquake! - C Peter Wagner
Mission to The Ends of The Earth - Russell Smith
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
God's Smuggler - Brother Andrew (E)
The Pursuit of God - AW Tozer
Bulldog Drummond - Sapper
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien (E)
A Dangerous Little Friar (biography of Titus Brandsma) - Josse Alzin
The Feathered Serpent - Edgar Wallace
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - James Shapiro
Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-world Problems - Randall Munroe


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