Favorite Books of 2019

Favorite Classics:

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

One I’ve Been Meaning to Read for Forever and so Glad I Did:

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Favorite Christmas Book:

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

Best Children’s Audio Books:

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret

Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

Favorite Parenting Book:

The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman

Favorite Thriller:

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Favorite Romance:

The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot

Favorite Read-Alouds:

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Favorite Historical Fiction:

Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan

Favorite Book Club Book:

The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

Favorite Biography:

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Favorite Sports Book:

Levels of the Game by John McPhee

Favorite Young Adult:

Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Favorite Mystery:

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Favorite Young Hoosier Nominated Picture Books:

The Bad Seed by Jory John

Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds

Overall last year,

Read to myself: 61 books
Listened to by myself: 23 books
Read to Isaac: 1 book
Read to Jane: 1 book
Read to Jane & Isaac: 13 books
Family Audio Books in the Car: 15 books
Total Books Read: 114 books