I’ve decided to make a list of some of the books I want to read in 2013. I will probably be reading books that are not on this list as well, but I figured this would be a good starting point.  ***Update 12/30/2013 – I finished all these books (with a day or two to spare). Here’s my book list for 2014.

Family

• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs Pretty good book. . . I’m curious to see what Josiah would have to say. I didn’t like it enough to write a review on it, though.
• Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David S. Thomas Check out my review here
• Creative Play for Your Toddler by Cristopher Clouder and Janni Nicol. I will have to make some of the projects for David.

Faith

• Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn: Didn’t write a review, but such a challenging read. I want to be more generous in my giving.
• Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• The Poor Will Be Glad:Joining the Revolution to Lift the World Out of Poverty by Peter Greer and Phil Smith  All about poverty, the church, and micro-finance – written by the CEO of Hope International. Very readable, also a good book for me to read after Alcorn’s.
• Toxic Charity by Robert D. Lupton Thought-provoking. Read my review here.

Health

• Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz
• Digestive Wellness by Elizabeth Lipski

Other Nonfiction

• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker Loved it! Review here.
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  Very empowering read for me.

Classics – aka Great Books (Susan Wise Bauer’s The Well-Educated Mind influenced this goal)  I downloaded all of these on my Kindle for free! I didn’t put the links to these because you can find them and read them online on multiple sites. Classicreader.com is one such site.

• Don Quixote- Miguel de Cervantes  Finally finished this the second time around. Can’t say that it was my style.
• The Pilgrimʼs Progress- John Bunyan
• Gulliverʼs Travels- Jonathan Swift  I enjoyed this book more than I thought that I would.
• Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens   This was a re-read for me. I’ve always loved Dickens.
• Moby-Dick- Herman Melville
• Madame Bovary- Gustave Flaubert
• Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
• The Return of the Native- Thomas Hardy – once I got past the first 70 pages, I began to enjoy it.
• The Portrait of a Lady- Henry James  I started this as a teenager, finally finished it as an adult
• Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
• The Red Badge of Courage- Stephen Crane
• Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad Not a huge fan of this one. I googled “Why is Heart of Darkness a classic?”
• The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton

Have you read any of these books?  What is on your list of books to read?