Nick’s Reading Log (2003 – Present)

2024 (11)

  • The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
  • The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
  • The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
  • The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

2023 (41)

  • Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
  • Devotional Classics edited by Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith
  • The Truelove by Patrick O’Brian
  • The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O’Brian
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon
  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O’Brian
  • The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
  • King Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare
  • Romola by George Eliot
  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf
  • Love’s Labours Lost by William Shakespeare
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  • The Letter of Marque by Patrick O’Brian
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
  • The Gospel of John (Volume 1): The New Daily Study Bible by William Barclay
  • Silas Marner by George Eliot
  • King Richard II by William Shakespeare
  • King John by William Shakespeare
  • Richard III by William Shakespeare
  • Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
  • Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
  • Henry VI, Part I by William Shakespeare
  • The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
  • Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
  • The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
  • The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
  • The Passion and the Cross by Ronald Rolheiser
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O’Brian
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • Beartown by Fredrik Backman
  • Adam Bede by George Eliot
  • The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian
  • Toward God: The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer by Michael Casey
  • Greatness in Smallness: A Vision for Catholic Microschools by Jill Annabale
  • Virtue-Based Restorative Discipline by Lynne M. Lang

2022 (29)

  • The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
  • A Spring Within Us by Richard Rohr
  • 50 Great Short Stories edited by Milton Crane
  • Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
  • Open Wide My Heart by Macrina Wiederkehr
  • Everyday Simplicity: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Growth by Robert Wicks
  • Lectio Divina at the School of Mary by Jean Khoury
  • Building a Bridge by James Martin
  • Treason’s Harbour by Patrick O’Brian
  • Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas
  • The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian
  • A Light in the Window by Jan Karon
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  • A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness by David Steindl-Rast
  • The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
  • Imagine You Walked with Jesus  by Jerry Windley-Daoust
  • Awareness by Anthony de Mello
  • The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O’Brian
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
  • Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
  • Better Off Dead by Lee and Andrew Child
  • The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian
  • Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker
  • The Lion, the Mouse and the Dawn Treader by Carl McColman
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
  • Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian
  • Divine Intimacy, Volume 1 (Revised edition) by Fr. Gabriel
  • The Big Book of Christian Mysticism by Carl McColman
  • In Conversation with God: Advent/Christmas (Vol. 1) by Francis Fernandez

2021 (43)

  • Flatland by Edwin Abbott
  • The Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
  • A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
  • Murder Racquet edited by Alfred Hitchcock
  • Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
  • Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge
  • Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ Through Mary – Fr. Hugh Gillespie, SMM
  • Happiness Is a Warm Corpse – Alfred Hitchcock, editor
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill – Cynthia Manson, editor
  • Return – Brandon Vogt
  • The Mauritius Command – Patrick O’Brian
  • Happy Deathday! – Alfred Hitchcock, editor
  • At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
  • David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
  • H.M.S. Surprise – Patrick O’Brian
  • Life and Holiness – Thomas Merton
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo
  • The Precious Present – Spencer Johnson
  • No Middle Name – Lee Child
  • Younger Next Year – Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge
  • The Living Wood – Louis De Wohl
  • Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan
  • Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
  • The Sentinel by Lee Child
  • Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz (translated by W. S. Kuniczak)
  • Blue Moon by Lee Child
  • Past Tense by Lee Child
  • The Midnight Line by Lee Child
  • Night School by Lee Child
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
  • Make Me by Lee Child
  • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  • Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
  • Interpreting the Old Testament by Daniel Harrington
  • Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
  • Interpreting the New Testament by Daniel Harrington
  • The Nameless Breed by Will C. Brown
  • The Booklover’s Guide to Wine by Patrick Alexander
  • A Short Summa by Peter Kreeft
  • Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy by Patrick O’Brian

2020 (39)

  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • The Light Princess by George MacDonald
  • How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
  • Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future – Pope Francis
  • A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
  • The Liturgy of the Hours – A.M. Roguet
  • Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina – Michael Casey
  • Praying the Liturgy of the Hours: A Personal Journey – Timothy M. Gallagher
  • Deacons and the Church – Owen Cummings
  • Fratelli Tutti – Pope Francis
  • Falling Upward – Richard Rohr
  • Armchair Mystic: Easing into Contemplative Prayer – Mark Thibodeaux
  • Hope Against Darkness – Richard Rohr
  • Personal – Lee Child
  • Never Go Back – Lee Child
  • Death in Springtime – Magdalen Nabb
  • The Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux
  • A Wanted Man – Lee Child
  • City – Clifford Simak
  • The Affair – Lee Child
  • The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything – James Martin
  • Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster
  • The Golden Ocean – Patrick O’Brian
  • Gateway to the Great Books Volume 1 – Robert Hutchins
  • Reading God’s Word Today – George Martin
  • Listening for Truth – James Keating
  • A Deacon’s Retreat – James Keating
  • The Diary of a Country Priest – Georges Bernanos
  • Deacons: Servants of Charity – Pope Francis
  • Seeking a Center: My Life as a Great Bookie – Otto Bird
  • Worth Dying For – Lee Child
  • The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • A Coffin for Dimitrios – Eric Ambler
  • 61 Hours – Lee Child
  • Gone Tomorrow – Lee Child
  • Nothing to Lose – Lee Child
  • The King of Elfland’s Daughter – Lord Dunsany
  • Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Liturgical Year Volume 1 – Adrien Nocent

2019 (30)

  • The Old Curiosity Shop – Charles Dickens
  • The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
  • 75 Short Masterpieces – Roger Goodman, editor
  • The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Lilith – George MacDonald
  • Bad Luck and Trouble – Lee Child
  • The Hard Way – Lee Child
  • One Shot – Lee Child
  • The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
  • The Man Who Loved Books – Allison Hoover Bartlett
  • The Shadow of the Wind – Carlo Ruiz Zafon
  • The Enemy – Lee Child
  • The Rosie Result – Graeme Simsion
  • Wrestling with God – Ronald Rolheiser
  • As You Wish – Cary Elwes
  • Persuader – Lee Child
  • Without Fail – Lee Child
  • Pasta Al Dente – Mark Hartley
  • Echo Burning – Lee Child
  • Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes
  • Poor Students, Rich Teaching – Eric Jensen
  • Gaudete et Exsultate – Pope Francis
  • The Man in the Iron Mask – Alexandre Dumas
  • Louise de la Valliere – Alexandre Dumas
  • The Vicomte de Bragelonne – Alexandre Dumas
  • One Word That Will Change Your Life – Jon Gordon
  • Bernini – Howard Hibbard
  • The 200 Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions for Educators – Nathan Essex
  • A Room with a View – E.M. Forster
  • The Fisherman’s Tomb – John O’Neill

2018 (38)

  • The Spy and the Traitor – Ben Macintyre
  • Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
  • Lord Peter Views the Body – Dorothy Sayers
  • The October Country – Ray Bradbury
  • The Hardboiled Dicks – Ron Goulart, editor
  • The Montanans – Bill Pronzini, editor
  • Powerless to Powerful – Charles Salina
  • The Dream Manager – Matthew Kelly
  • Mindset – Carol Dweck
  • Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
  • The Principal – Michael Fullan
  • To-Do List Formula – Damon Zahariades
  • The One Thing – Gary Keller
  • Running Blind – Lee Child
  • BrandED – Eric Sheninger
  • To the Far Blue Mountains – Louis L’Amour
  • Good to Great – James C. Collins
  • Sackett’s Land – Louis L’Amour
  • She – H. Rider Haggard
  • No Limits – John Maxwell
  • School Leadership That Works – Robert Marzano
  • Digital Leadership – Eric Sheninger
  • Lost Stage Valley – Frank Bonham
  • Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
  • Collision Course – Joseph McCartin
  • Notes from the Upside Down – Guy Adams
  • Cries from the Earth – Terry C. Johnston
  • These High, Green Hills – Jan Karon
  • The Red House Mystery – A.A. Milne
  • Captain Alatriste – Arturo Perez-Reverte
  • Rumpole and the Golden Thread – John Mortimer
  • Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
  • The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Drifter – William W. Johnstone
  • Prayer in the Digital Age – Matt Swaim
  • Tripwire – Lee Child
  • Twenty Years After – Alexandre Dumas
  • Pope Francis and the Joy of the Gospel – Edward Sri

2017 (56)

  • 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV – Alfred Hitchcock, editor
  • A Spring Within Us – Richard Rohr
  • The Apothecary Rose – Candace Robb
  • The Ballad of the White Horse – G.K. Chesterton
  • The Ultimate Gift – Jim Stovall
  • 12 Stories for Late at Night – Alfred Hitchcock, editor
  • Hunted Down – Charles Dickens
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Alex Haley
  • Kristin Lavransdatter – Sigrid Undset
  • Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
  • Hard Day at the Scaffold – Alfred Hitchock, editor
  • Dead Souls – Nikolai Gogol
  • The Violent Land – Wayne D. Overholser
  • Ghost Stories of an Antiquary – M. R. James
  • The Worm Ouroboros – E.R. Eddison
  • The Story Knife – Brad Reynolds
  • The Murder at the Vicarage – Agatha Christie
  • The Last Queen of England – Steve Robinson
  • The Lincoln Lawyer – Michael Connelly
  • Romola – George Eliot
  • The Man Who Was Poe – Avi
  • The Man in the Brown Suit – Agatha Christie
  • Emma – Jane Austen
  • Empire of the East – Fred Saberhagen
  • The End of the Third Age (LOTR #6) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The War of the Ring (LOTR #5) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Die Trying – Lee Child
  • O Pioneers! – Willa Cather
  • Killing Floor – Lee Child
  • Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry
  • The Ring Goes East (LOTR #4) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • A Journal of the Plague Year – Daniel Defoe
  • The Trial – Franz Kafka
  • The Treason of Isengard (LOTR #3) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Zuleika Dobson – Max Beerbohm
  • The Ring Goes South (LOTR #2) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
  • The Novel of the Century – David Bellos
  • The Ring Sets Out (LOTR 1) – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Crucible – Arthur Miller
  • The Sapphire Rose – David Eddings
  • The Ruby Knight – David Eddings
  • The Diamond Throne – David Eddings
  • 4:50 from Paddington – Agatha Christie
  • How Green Was My Valley – Richard Llewellyn
  • The Sorrows of Young Werther – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu – Sax Rohmer
  • The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox – Barry Hughart
  • Zen the Art of Writing – Ray Bradbury
  • Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis – Mark Shriver
  • Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
  • To the Bright Edge of the World – Eowyn Ivey
  • Nineteen Eighty-four – George Orwell
  • The Mystery of the Yellow Room – Gaston Leroux

2016 (38)

  • Battlefield Earth – L. Ron Hubbard
  • A Child’s Christmas in Wales – Dylan Thomas
  • Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation – Richard Rohr
  • Conan: The Definitive Collection – Robert E. Howard
  • The Prestige – Christopher Priest
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Thornton Wilder
  • Lord of the World – Robert Hugh Benson
  • Three Hearts and Three Lions – Poul Anderson
  • The House on the Borderland – William Hope Hodgson
  • The Betrothed – Alessandro Manzoni
  • How to Publish and Sell Your Article on the Kindle – Kate Harper
  • Tea with the Black Dragon – R.A. MacAvoy
  • To the Grave – Steve Robinson
  • Executive Privilege – Phillip Margolin
  • Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
  • The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
  • Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
  • The Short Drop – Matthew FitzSimmons
  • No One Cries the Wrong Way – Joe Kempf
  • Hermann and Dorothea – Goethe
  • You Are a Writer – Jeff Goins
  • Contemplating the Trinity – Raniero Cantalamessa
  • Gilgamesh: The New Translation – Gerald Davis, translator
  • Lord Darcy Investigates – Randall Garrett
  • Swords and Deviltry – Fritz Leiber
  • Running with the Demon – Terry Brooks
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Washington Irving
  • The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith
  • The Cuckoo’s Calling – Robert Galbraith
  • Trent’s Last Case – E.C. Bentley
  • The Chocolatier’s Wife – Cindy Lynn Speer
  • The Eight – Katherine Neville
  • The Iliad; The Odyssey – Homer
  • An Experiment in Criticism – C.S. Lewis
  • Reliving the Passion – Walter Wangerin, Jr.
  • Digital Leadership – Eric Sheninger
  • Sometimes the Magic Works – Terry Brooks
  • How to Make a Living as a Writer – Jeff Goin

2015 (23)

  • The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
  • In His Spirit – Richard Hauser
  • Healing – Francis MacNutt
  • The Prayer that Heals – Francis MacNutt
  • Sober Intoxication of the Spirit – Raniero Cantalamessa
  • The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
  • Leadership in Organizations – Gary Yukl
  • Heraclitean Fire – Michael Carey
  • Simple Dreams – Linda Ronstadt
  • Challenge – Mark Link
  • The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes – Bill Watterson
  • Praying the Liturgy of the Hours – Timothy Gallagher
  • A Light in the Window – Jan Karon
  • Spiritual Life: The Foundation for Preaching and Teaching – John Westerhoff
  • Patrick O’Brian: A Life Revealed – Dean King
  • 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey – Patrick O’Brian
  • Blue at the Mizzen – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Hundred Days – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Yellow Admiral – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Essential Calvin and Hobbes – Bill Watterson
  • The Rosie Effect – Graeme Samson

2014 (44)

  • The Commodore – Patrick O’Brian
  • In the Blood – Steve Robinson
  • The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams
  • Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
  • Minecraft: Essential Handbook – Stephanie Milton
  • Dracula – Bram Stoker
  • Queen of Sorcery – David Eddings
  • How to Pray Always – Raoul Plus
  • The Darkest Road – Guy Gavriel Kay
  • The Wandering Fire – Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Awaken the Learner – Darrell Scott and Robert Marzano
  • The Summer Tree – Guy Gavriel Kay
  • The Gift of Being Yourself – David Benner
  • The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
  • The Professor & the Madman – Simon Winchester
  • Longing and Belonging (Audiobook) – John O’Donohue
  • The Wine-Dark Sea – Patrick O’Brian
  • Attachments – Rainbow Rowell
  • Pawn of Prophecy – David Eddings
  • The Writing Life – Annie Dillard
  • The Face in the Frost – John Bellairs
  • Sacred Fire – Ronald Rolheiser
  • The Truelove – Patrick O’Brian
  • Show Your Work! – Austin Kleon
  • Paperless – David Sparks
  • Write for Life – Sheppard Kominars
  • Casino Royale – Ian Fleming
  • The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion
  • The Wishsong of Shannara – Terry Brooks
  • The Elfstones of Shannara – Terry Brooks
  • The Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
  • Reading for Preaching – Cornelius Plantinga
  • The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
  • Old Yeller – Fred Gipson
  • At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
  • Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
  • Writing the Breakout Novel – Donald Maass
  • How to Read a Poem – Edward Hirsch
  • S. – JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
  • Awareness – Anthony de Mello
  • Quiet – Susan Cain
  • Company of Voices – George Guiver
  • Younger Next Year – Chris Crowley

2013 (40)

  • The Joy of the Gospel – Pope Francis
  • Too Many Magicians – Randall Garrett
  • Murder and Magic – Randall Garrett
  • The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged) – Alexandre Dumas
  • Nothing O’Clock – Neil Gaiman
  • Out of Solitude – Henri Nouwen
  • Silverlock – John Myers Myers
  • History of Rock and Roll 101 – Vook
  • Blue – Lou Aronica
  • The Global War on Christians – John Allen
  • The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage – Derek Landy
  • The Nutmeg of Consolation – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Beast of Babylon – Charlie Higson
  • Spore – Alex Scarrow
  • Quo Vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz, ed James Bell
  • The Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas
  • The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle
  • The Ripple Effect – Malorie Blackman
  • J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth – Bradley Birzer
  • The Everyday Catholic’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours – Daria Sockey
  • The Origins of Tolkien’s Middle-earth for Dummies – Greg Harvey
  • Alternate Worlds – James Edwin Gunn
  • Something Borrowed – Richelle Mead
  • Meditations on Middle-earth – Karen Haber
  • The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
  • Glory Hunters – Michael J. Moran
  • Tip of the Tongue – Patrick Ness
  • And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
  • Moneyball – Michael Lewis
  • The Lost City of Z – David Grann
  • Travels with Charley – John Steinbeck
  • The Roots of Evil – Philip Reeve
  • The Spear of Destiny – Marcus Sedgwick
  • The Devil’s Advocate – Morris West
  • The Nameless City – Michael Scott
  • Forming Intentional Disciples – Sherry Weddell
  • A Big Hand for the Doctor – Eoin Colfer
  • 11/22/63 – Stephen King
  • Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

2012 (42)

  • Out of the Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis
  • From Wild Man to Wise Man – Richard Rohr
  • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
  • Wool Omnibus Edition – Hugh Howey
  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute – Patrick O’Brian
  • Why Be Catholic? – Richard Rohr
  • Spiritual Life: The Foundation for Preaching and Teaching – John Westerhoff
  • Teach Like a Champion – Doug Lemov
  • Imagining a Sermon – Thomas Troeger
  • The Homiletical Plot – Eugene Lowry
  • How to Defend the Faith Without Raising Your Voice – Austen Ivereigh
  • Cover Her Face – P.D. James
  • Imaginal Preaching – James Wallace
  • An Introduction to the Homily – Robert Waznak
  • Preaching Basics – Edward Foley
  • Engaging a New Generation – Frank Mercadante
  • The Letter of Marque – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Reverse of the Medal – Patrick O’Brian
  • Grace Notes – Brian Doyle
  • Tools for Teaching – Fred Jones
  • The Far Side of the World – Patrick O’Brian
  • Our One Great Act of Fidelity – Ronald Rolheiser
  • The Maze Runner – James Dashner
  • Between Heaven and Mirth – James Martin
  • Beauty: The Invisible Embrace – John O’Donohue
  • Let Us Pray: A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass – Paul Turner
  • The Art of Confession – Paul Wilkes
  • A New Friendship – Edward Buelt
  • The Emerging Diaconate – William T. Ditewig
  • Deus Caritas Est: God Is Love – Pope Benedict XVI
  • Treason’s Harbour – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Catholic Imagination – Andrew Greeley
  • Secularity and the Gospel – Ronald Rolheiser
  • The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
  • The Four Things that Matter Most – Ira Byock
  • Seedfolks – Paul Fleischman
  • The Ionian Mission – Patrick O’Brian
  • Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Study Edition
  • The Surgeon’s Mate – Patrick O’Brian
  • Organized Simplicity – Tsh Oxenreider
  • The Fortune of War – Patrick O’Brian
  • Learn Me Good – John Pearson

2011 (43)

  • The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Poverty of Spirit – Johannes Baptist Metz
  • The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Desolation Island – Patrick O’Brian
  • Deacons and the Church – Owen Cummings
  • To the Field of Stars – Fr. Kevin Codd
  • With Fire and Sword – Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Reading Scripture as the Word of God – George Martin
  • The Prayer that Changes Everything – Jim Manney
  • Paradise on the Steppe – Joseph Height
  • Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom – John O’Donohue
  • Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
  • Mr. Midshipman Hornblower – C.S Forester
  • Scaramouche – Rafael Sabatini
  • The Warden – Anthony Trollope
  • No Man Is an Island – Thomas Merton
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp – Rick Yancey
  • Why Preach? – Peter John Cameron
  • Christology – Matthias Neuman
  • Elements of Rite – Aidan Kavanagh
  • Conceived Without Sin – Bud Macfarlane, Jr.
  • Theological Reflection: Connecting Faith and Life – Joye Gros
  • Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons – Congregation for Catholic Education
  • The Ball and the Cross – G.K. Chesterton
  • Do the Work – Steven Pressfield
  • Exodus from Hunger – David Beckman
  • The Mauritius Command – Patrick O’Brian
  • How Big is Your God? – Paul Coutinho
  • H.M.S Surprise -Patrick O’Brian
  • Poke the Box – Seth Godin
  • Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian
  • Responses to 101 Questions on the Bible – Raymond Brown
  • Imaginary Jesus – Matt Mikalatos
  • Confessions – Ryne Pearson
  • Splendor in the Ordinary – Thomas Howard
  • Avempartha – Michael Sullivan
  • The Crown Conspiracy – Michael Sullivan
  • My Life with the Saints – James Martin
  • How to Make Homilies Better, Briefer and Bolder – Alfred McBride
  • Preaching Better – Ken Untener
  • The Spirit of the Liturgy – Pope Benedict XVI
  • Walking a Literary Labyrinth – Nancy Malone
  • The Golden Age – John C. Wright

2010 (32)

  • Crossfire – James Patterson
  • A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
  • Fulfilled in Your Hearing – US Bishop’s Committee
  • The Deacon at Mass – William Ditewig
  • Into the Silent Land – Martin Laird
  • The Naked Now – Richard Rohr
  • Models of the Church – Avery Dulles
  • Awake My Soul – Fr. James Martin, ed.
  • Be a Man! – Fr. Larry Richards
  • Here There Be Dragons – James Owen
  • Confession – Tom Curran
  • Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
  • Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
  • Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
  • The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
  • The Secret Cardinal – Tom Grace
  • The Book of Three – Lloyd Alexander
  • The Road – Cormac McCarthy
  • Once Upon a Fastball – Bob Mitchell
  • Charles Dickens – G.K. Chesterton
  • The Great Mysteries – Andrew Greeley
  • Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
  • The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything – James Martin
  • Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
  • A Travel Guide to Heaven – Anthony DeStefano
  • The Silmarillion – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Passage — Justin Cronin
  • The Children of Hurin – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Northanger Abby – Jane Austen
  • Heaven: The Heart’s Deepest Longing – Peter Kreeft
  • Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer – Fr. Thomas Dubay

2009 (31)

  • Confessions – St. Augustine
  • A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror – Mortimer Adler
  • Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Biography – Mortimer Adler
  • Reading Scripture as the Word of God – George Martin
  • The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
  • Gloria’s Miracle – Jerry Brewer
  • Reaching Out – Joseph Lynch
  • Quest for the Living God – Elizabeth Johnson
  • Teaching Adolescent Writers – Kelly Gallagher
  • The Wanderers – Deacon Henry Garon
  • The Deacon Reader – James Keating, ed.
  • Managing Your Mind – Gillian Butler
  • Truth in Religion – Mortimer Adler
  • The Interpretation of Scripture – Joseph Fitzmyer
  • Opening to God – Thomas Keating
  • Everything Belongs – Richard Rohr
  • Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality – Richard Rohr
  • The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka
  • Difficult Conversations – Douglas Stone
  • Lyonesse: Suldrun’s Garden – Jack Vance
  • The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
  • The Shack – William Paul Young
  • Little Dorrit – Charles Dickens
  • Here’s My Heart, Here’s My Hand – William Barry, SJ
  • His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
  • The Thirty-nine Steps – John Buchan
  • Our Lady of Kibeho – Immaculee Ilibigaza
  • Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibigaza
  • Priestblock 25487 – Jean Bernard
  • Abandonment to Divine Providence – Jean-Pierre de Caussade

2008 (31)

  • Lectio Divina – M. Basil Pennington
  • What’s So Great About Christianity? – Dinesh D’Souza
  • Forgotten Among the Lilies – Ronald Rolheiser
  • Journey of a Soul – Pope John XXIII
  • 101 Questions and Answers on Deacons – Deacon William Ditewig
  • Armageddon’s Children – Terry Brooks
  • Odd Thomas – Dean Koontz
  • Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life – Fr. Robert Spitzer
  • Praying the Word – Enzo Bianchi
  • Called, Formed, Sent – Richard Rohr
  • The Fulfillment of all Desire – Ralph Martin
  • A Poetry Handbook – Mary Oliver
  • Brain Rules – James Medina
  • Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
  • Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
  • New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
  • In the Zone – Nancie Atwell
  • Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
  • Freak the Mighty – Rodman Philbrick
  • Maximum Ride – James Patterson
  • The House of the Scorpion – Nancy Farmer
  • The Rosary: Path to Prayer – Liz Kelly
  • Called to Communion – Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Layman and His Conscience – Ronald Knox
  • Healing the Culture – Robert Spitzer, S.J.
  • Jesus of Nazareth – Pope Benedict XVI
  • Peace of Soul – Fulton Sheen
  • Abandonment to Divine Providence – Jean-Pierre de Caussade
  • The Vein of Gold – Julia Cameron
  • Writing Alone and With Others – Pat Schneider
  • If You Want to Write – Brenda Ueland

2007 (23)

  • Guys Write for Guys Read – Edited by John Scieszka
  • Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pies – Jordan Sonnenblick
  • Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
  • Confessions of a Closet Catholic – Sarah Darer Littman
  • The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
  • The Reading Zone – Nancie Atwell
  • Marginalia – H.J. Jackson
  • The Paideia Classroom – Terry Roberts and Laura Billings
  • Going with the Flow – Michael Smith and Jeffrey Wilhem
  • Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
  • Word of Mouth Marketing – Andy Sernovitz
  • Storm Front – Jim Butcher
  • Literature Circles – Harvey Daniels
  • The 4-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss
  • Riches in Niches – Susan Friedmann
  • Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes
  • Made to Stick – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • The Samurai – Shusaku Endo
  • The Book on the Bookshelf – Henry Petroski
  • How to Think About the Great Ideas – Mortimer Adler
  • The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien

2006 (37)

  • A Vision of the Future – Mortimer Adler
  • Ten Philosophical Mistakes – Mortimer Adler
  • Lysistrata – Aristophanes
  • Preparation for Total Consecration – St. Louis de Montfort
  • The Clouds – Aristophanes
  • The Great Conversation – Robert Hutchins
  • A Fine Young Man – Michael Gurian
  • Oedipus Rex – Sophocles
  • The Courage to Be Brilliant – Marta Monahan
  • The Paideia Program – Mortimer Adler
  • A Guidebook to Learning – Mortimer Adler
  • How to Speak How to Listen – Mortimer Adler
  • Reforming Education – Mortimer Adler
  • The Paideia Proposal – Mortimer Adler
  • “Ordinary” Children, Extraordinary Teachers – Marva Collins
  • Socratic Circles – Matt Copeland
  • Socratic Seminars and Literature Circles – Moeller and Moeller
  • Marva Collins’ Way – Marva Collins
  • Inspiring Active Learning – Merrill Harmin
  • The Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine Aron
  • The Rhythm of Life – Matthew Kelly
  • The Millionaire Next Door – Thomas Stanley and William Danko
  • Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey
  • Saint Vidicon to the Rescue – Christopher Stasheff
  • Father Elijah – Michael D. O’Brien
  • Where Eagles Dare – Alistair MacLean
  • Captain Alatriste – Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • The Anubis Gates – Tim Powers
  • The Fencing Master – Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  • Crocodile on the Sandbank – Elizabeth Peters
  • The Rule of Four – Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
  • The Club Dumas – Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke
  • The Quincunx – Charles Palliser
  • The Secret History – Donna Tartt
  • Bridge of Birds – Barry Hughart

2005 (24)

  • On the Beatitudes – St. Augustine
  • Pickwick Papers – Charles Dickens
  • Prometheus Bound – Aeschylus
  • Aristotle for Everybody – Mortimer Adler
  • Lying Awake – Mark Salzman
  • Mariette in Ecstasy – Ron Hansen
  • Divine Intimacy – Fr. Gabriel
  • Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton
  • Introduction to Mary – Mark Miravalle
  • Lord Peter – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Lake Wobegon Days – Garrison Keillor
  • Cannery Row – John Steinbeck
  • The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Unnatural Death – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Clouds of Witness – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Whose Body? – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Letters of Spiritual Direction – St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal
  • True Devotion to the Holy Spirit – Luis Martinez
  • Fire Within – Thomas Dubay
  • Quo Vadis? – Henryk Sienkiewicz (Translated by Jeremiah Curtin)
  • The Lord – Romano Guardini
  • True Devotion to Mary – St. Louis De Montfort
  • Triumph – H.W. Crocker
  • Leaving Home – Garrison Keillor

2004 (13)

  • The Imitation of Christ – Thomas a Kempis
  • This Tremendous Lover – M. Eugene Boylan
  • Ethics – Aristotle
  • The Portable Plato – Plato
  • The Peloponnesian War – Thucydides
  • The Analects – Confucius
  • Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
  • The Histories – Herodotus
  • Moby-Dick – Herman Melville
  • The Red and the Black – Stendhal
  • The Ramayana – Valmiki, abridged, translated by Romesh Dutt
  • Tristram Shandy – Laurence Sterne
  • The Tale of Genji – Murasaki Shikibu

2003 (17)

  • The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Mahabharata – Vyasa, retold by William Buck
  • Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
  • Gulliver’s Travels – by Jonathan Swift
  • Tom Jones – Henry Fielding
  • The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri
  • Candide – Voltaire
  • Paradise Lost – John Milton
  • Aeneid – Virgil
  • Odyssey – Homer, translated by Stanley Lombardo
  • Iliad – Homer, translated by Stanley Lombardo
  • Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
  • The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoyevski
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
  • War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
  • Gargantua and Pantagruel – Francois Rabelais
  • Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes