Book Reviews and More: Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books First Quarter 2019

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books First Quarter 2019

This quarter I have read 123 books. Of those 123 a total of 53 books received 5/5 stars and are first time reads and are therefor eligible for this quarters top ten list. That left me with 15 to choose from for the fiction and 30 for the non-fiction. For a few of the selections I have picked series. I could just not narrow it down to 10 books.

Here is my top ten fiction and non-fiction books of the first quarter of 2019.

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:
1. Called by Name: Twelve Guideline Meditations for Diocesan Priests - Michael E. Giesler
2. Illustrissimi: The Letters Of Pope John Paul I - Albino Luciani - Pope John Paul I
3. Life Lessons Fifty Things I Learned in My First Fifty Years - Patrick Madrid
4. The Lamb Will Conquer: Reflections on the Knock Apparition - Nigel Woollen
5. Remember Your Death Memento Mori - Theresa Aletheia Noble

Devotional - Journal

6. Devotions to St Thomas Becket - John S. Hogan
7. Christian Shrines Series - Catholic Truth Society

Fatima A Pilgrim's Companion - David Baldwin

Glastonbury A Pilgrim's Companion - David Baldwin

Message of Guadalupe - Gillian Rae

Rome A Pilgrim's Companion - David Baldwin

Santiago de Compostela The Pilgrim Way of St James - David Baldwin

Why pilgrimage? - David Baldwin

8. Understanding the Diaconate: Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundations - W. Shawn McKnight
9. Saints of the Isles Series - Catholic Truth Society

Edmund Campion - Alexander Haydon

Margaret Clitherow - Jean Olwen Maynard

John Southworth - Michael Archer

10. Be Saints! An Invitation from Pope Benedict XVI - Amy Welborn and Ann Kissane Engelhart

Top Ten Fiction Books:
1. Tortured Soul - Theresa Linden
2. With Two Eyes Into Gehenna - Jane Lebak
3. Dragon Assassin - Arthur Slade

Shadow Hunter - Dark Wings

4. No Middle Name - Lee Child - Jack Reacher 21.5
5. Seven Angels Short Story Bundle - Jane Lebak - Seven Archangels Short Stories
6. I Am God's Storyteller - Lisa M. Hendey and Eric Carlson
7. The Friendship War - Andrew Clements
8. The Adventures of Lee and Bucky - Jane Lebak

Honest and For True - Forever and for Keeps

9. Toward the Gleam - T.M. Doran
10. Relic of His Heart - Jane Lebak

This quarter has been my most prodigious in reading since I started keeping track. Some of that is attributed to lifestyle changes. I now commute to work on a bus and read on the bus every day. A few years ago, I removed all games from my phone and tablet, except for a brain training game. And over the last six months or so I have been reading far more non-fiction again than fiction. And many i find hard to put down.

Note: I did not include books that have been read in previous years and were reread this year in my top ten lists, they were in the bonus section. As stated it was no easy task making this quarter. But if you want more options check out my favorite books year by year list. This post is going up early because of the end of the quarter falling during holy week.

Saturday 30 March 2019

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books First Quarter 2019

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