In 2021 I exceeded by goal of reading 52 books for the year, coming in at 56. If I count all of the children's books I have read to my kids as a part of school, this list would be a lot longer. But I try to keep this particular goal to chapter books that are typically close to 200 pages. Outliers do exist in this list as I read Gooney Girl Greene and it was only 88 pages. I think I more than made up for it though by reading Atlas Shrugged which was over 1,000 pages! The favorite series that my kids and I listened to was about the Melendy Family – a series of 5 books, closely followed by My Side of the Mountain, The Willoughbys, and The Biography of Santa Claus. As for adult books, my favorite were We Stood Upon Stars, Adventuring Together, and Electric City. Though I really enjoyed most of the books I read this year.
Books read in 2021:
1. The Good Earth (Book 1) by Pearl S. Buck
2. The Birchbark House (Book 1) by Louise Erdrich (read aloud to kids)
3. The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (read aloud to kids)
4. You're Not Enough and That's Ok by Allie Beth Stuckey
5. The Terrible Two (Book 1) by Mac Barnett (read aloud to kids)
6. Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
7. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 5) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)
8. Ember's End (The Green Ember Book 4) by S.D. Smith (audio book with kids)
9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
10. Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia Book 2) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)
11. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
12. We Stood Upon Stars by Roger W. Thompson (audio book with kids)
2. The Birchbark House (Book 1) by Louise Erdrich (read aloud to kids)
3. The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (read aloud to kids)
4. You're Not Enough and That's Ok by Allie Beth Stuckey
5. The Terrible Two (Book 1) by Mac Barnett (read aloud to kids)
6. Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
7. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 5) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)
8. Ember's End (The Green Ember Book 4) by S.D. Smith (audio book with kids)
9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
10. Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia Book 2) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)
11. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
12. We Stood Upon Stars by Roger W. Thompson (audio book with kids)
13. Adventuring Together by Greta Eskridge (audio book)
14. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia Book 3) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)
15. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
16. United States of Socialism by Dinesh D'Souza
17. Greenglass House (Book 1) by Kate Milford (read aloud to kids)
18. My Side of the Mountain (Book 1) by Jean Craighead George (read aloud to kids)
19. Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry (read aloud to kids)
20. The Four-Story Mistake (Melendy Family Book 2) by Elizabeth Enright (audio book with kids)
21. Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
22. The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman by Chery Harness (read aloud to kids)
23. 1789 by Marc Aronson (editor)
24. Chasing God by Angie Smith
25. On the Far Side of the Mountain (Book 2) by Jean Craighead George (read aloud to kids)
26. Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr (read aloud to kids)
27. Awakening Wonder by Sally Clarkson
28. Then There Were Five (Melendy Family Book 3) by Elizabeth Enright (audio book with kids)
29. Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
30. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology by Adam Alter
31. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
32. Liberty by Kirby Larson (audio book with kids)
33. Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin
34. Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge by Mark Batterson
35. How am I Smart? by Kathy Koch
36. Uprooted by Grace Olmstead
37. Spiderweb for Two (Book 4) by Elizabeth Enright
38. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
39. The Stormkeeper's Island (Book 1) by Catherine Doyle
40. The Saturdays (Melendy Family Book 1) by Elizabeth Enright (audiobook with kids)
41. Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
42. The Willoughbys (Book 1) by Lois Lowry (read aloud to kids)
43. Gone Away Lake (Book 1) by Elizabeth Enright (audio book with kids)
43. Gone Away Lake (Book 1) by Elizabeth Enright (audio book with kids)
44. The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
45. Casting the Gods Adrift by Geraldine McCaughrean (read aloud to kids)
46. Return to Gone-Away (Book 2) Elizabeth Enright (audio book with kids)
47. Pie by Sarah Weeks (read aloud to kids)
48. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
49. The Willoughbys Return (Book 2) by Lois Lowry
50. Tales from the Odyssey Part 1 by Mary Pope Osborn (read aloud to kids)
51. Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
52. Electric City by Thomas Hager
53. Kingdom's Dawn (Book 1) Chuck Black (read aloud to kids)
54. The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
55. The Bible Recap by Tara-Leigh Cobble
56. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (audio book with kids)
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