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

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2019

This quarter I have read 89 books, and a total of 297 to date this year. I am reading at the pace of about a book and a quarter a day. Of those a total of 46 books received 5/5 stars and are first time reads and are therefor eligible for this quarters top ten list. That left me to choose from 16 non-fiction and 28 fiction.

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

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:
1. Rediscover the Saints - Matthew Kelly
2. Saint José Boy Cristero Martyr - Fr. Kevin McKenzie
3. CTS Saints of the Isles

Robert Southwell - Fiorella De Maria

Saint Thomas More - Alvaro De Silva

4. Take Five: On-The-Job Meditations with St. Ignatius - Mike Aquilina and Kris D. Stubna
5. CTS Biographies of John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman Apostle to the Doubtful Biographies - Meriol Trevor and Leonie Caldecott

Newman: His Life and Legacy - Ian Ker

6. Jerzy Popieluszko: Victim of Communism - Grazyna Sikorski - CTS 20th Century Martyrs
7. Eucharistic Miracles - Joan Carroll Cruz
8. Prayer in the Family - John Viatori and Beth Viatori - CTS Family Matters Series
9. Our Lady of Good Help: Prayer Book for Pilgrims - Edward Looney
10. Jean Vanier Logician of the Heart - Michael W. Higgins

Bonus:
In Conversation with God - Francis Fernandez

Volume 4 Part 1 Weeks 13 - 18 in Ordinary Time

Volume 4 Part 2 Weeks 19 - 23 in Ordinary Time

Top Ten Fiction Books:
1. Fiorella de Maria's Fiction

A Most Dangerous Innocence

Do No Harm

Poor Banished Children

We'll Never Tell Them

2. The Unteachables - Gordon Korman
3. Father Gabriel Mysteries - Fiorella De Maria

The Sleeping Witness

The Vanishing Woman

4. Gifts: Visible & Invisible - Catholic Teen Books Anthology
5. For Eden's Sake - T.M. Gaouette
6. Breach! Corinna Turner - unSPARKed Book 0
7. Dragon Assassin 6 Royal Blood - Arthur Slade
8. Restart - Gordon Korman
9. Power Engaged - J.S. Criado - Memories of Twilight Book 2
10. Liars - Jack Heath

No Survivors - Armageddon

Bonus:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis - Chronicles of Narnia
Books by Maureen Jennings

Night's Child - Detective Murdoch Book 5

Poor Tom is Cold - Detective Murdoch Book 3

Vices of My Blood - Detective Murdoch Book 6

The K Handshape - Christine Morris Book 2

Jack Reacher Books by Lee Child

A Wanted Man - Jack Reacher Book 17

Echo Burning - Jack Reacher Book 5

Make Me - Jack Reacher Book 20

Never Go Back - Jack Reacher Book 18

Personal - Jack Reacher Book 19

One of the big differences for a second time this quarter is reading mystery – suspense – crime novels. Especially those by Lee Child and Maureen Jennings. Also this quarter I have read 7 of the 9 books available by Fiorella de Maria. All 7 received 5/5 stars. My reading has been up over each of the last few years. I attribute part of it to Brandon Vogt’s course Read More Books Now, removing all games but 1 brain game from my devices. And I now commute to work on a bus and read on the bus every day. Last quarter was an almost equal balance between fiction and non-fiction, this time it was about 2/3rds fiction.

Note: I do not include books that have been read in previous years and were reread this year in my top ten lists, they are in the bonus section. It was no easy task making this quarter. But if you want more options check out my favorite books year by year list.

Monday 30 September 2019

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2019

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