I read 22 books last year, but my goal was 30, just as in 2015. This is terribly disappointing, but I’m taking steps this year to make sure I get closer to my goal, which is still 30.
So, without further ado, here are the books I’ve read in 2017:
January
- Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy Amazon – Audiobook
- Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life On Purpose by Claire Diaz-Ortiz Amazon
- The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are by Claire Diaz-Ortiz Amazon
- Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist Amazon – Audiobook
- America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation by Grant Wacker Amazon – Audiobook
Running Total = 5
February
- Green Lantern: Rebirth Amazon (One-Half)
- The Flash: Rebirth Amazon (One-Half)
- Batman, Volume 1: I Am Gotham Amazon (One-Half)
- DC Universe: Rebirth #1 Amazon (One-Half)
- I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson Amazon – Audiobook
- Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris Amazon – Audiobook (One-Half – Abridged)
- Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Amazon (One-Half)
- Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today by Joan Chittister Amazon
- Superman, Volume 1: Son of Superman Amazon (One-Half)
Running Total = 10.5
March
- Prince Caspian by CS Lewis Amazon
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller Amazon
- Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Amazon
- October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World by Martin Marty Amazon
- Action Comics, Volume 1: Path of Doom Amazon (One-Half)
- Detective Comics, Volume 1: Rise of the Batmen Amazon (One-Half)
Running Total = 15.5
April
- One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor–And Why You’ll Benefit from Being One by Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz Amazon Review
Running Total = 16.5
May
- Batman, Volume 2: I Am Suicide Amazon (One-Half)
Running Total = 17
June
- Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson Amazon
- Justice League, Volume 2: Outbreak Amazon (One-Half)
Running Total = 18.5
July
- The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis Amazon
Running Total = 19.5 – I took two graduate school courses in July. Not a ton of time to read those first few weeks.
August
- The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth Amazon
- Superman in Action Comics #750, November 4, 1998 Amazon (One-Quarter)
Running Total = 20.75
September
- Trinity, Vol 1: Better Together Amazon (One-Half)
- Justice League, Vol 3: Timeless Amazon (One-Half)
- Superman #87, March 1994 Amazon (One-Quarter)
Running Total = 22.25
October
- Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer by CS Lewis Amazon
- Titans, Vol 1: The Return of Wally West Amazon (One-Half)
- Martin Luther: In His Own Words by Martin Luther Amazon (Audiobook/One-Half)
- Action Comics, Volume 2: Welcome to the Planet Amazon (One-Half)
- Superman, Volume 2: Trial of the Super Sons Amazon (One-Half)
- Justice League: Darkseid War – Power of the Gods Amazon (One-Half)
Running Total = 27.75
November
- Flash, Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness Amazon (One-Half)
- Justice League: Darkseid War, Part II Amazon (One-Half)
- Meet Martin Luther: A Sketch of the Reformer’s Life by Anthony Selvaggio Amazon (Audiobook/One-Half)
- Reformation Profiles by Stephen Nichols Ligonier Ministries (Lecture/One-Quarter)
- Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better Than Batman Amazon (One-Half)
- Owned: Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom by Joshua A. T. Fairfield Amazon
- Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken Amazon (Audiobook)
- Why We’re Protestant: An Introduction to the Five Solas of the Reformation by Nate Pickowicz Amazon
- The Flash, Vol. 3: Rogues Reloaded Amazon (One-Half)
- Nightwing, Vol. 2: Back to Blüdhaven Amazon (One-Half)
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Amazon
- Super Sons, Vol. 1: When I Grow Up Amazon (One-Half)
- All-Star Batman, Vol. 2: Ends of the Earth Amazon (One-Half)
- Neither Here nor There by Bill Bryson Amazon (Audiobook-Abridged/Three-Quarters)
Running Total = 36
December
- Superman Reborn Amazon (One-Half)
- African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865: Slavery, Freedom and the West by Dale Edwyna Smith Amazon
- A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works Amazon
- The Carols of Christmas: A Celebration of the Surprising Stories Behind Your Favorite Holiday Songs by Andrew Gant Amazon
Cumulative Total = 39.5