List of Books Read 2026

Books Read 2026

(Note: this list will grow and be updated through out the year.)

In April of 2023 I wrote a piece called How I Read So Much? Because I get asked the question so often, read the piece linked above if you are looking for some ideas on ways to read more. 

January

A Treasury of Irish Saints - John Irvine and Ruth Brandt 

Moving Target - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 2 

The Handy Little Guide to Adoration - Michelle Jones Schroeder 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler  

A Voice in the Dusk – John Irvine 

Tracking Jack - Diane Capri - Hunt for Reacher Book 24 

With No Changed Voices: Poems - John Irvine 

Art and Prayer - Mary Charles-Murray - Deeper Christianity Series   

Exit Strategy - Lee Child and Andrew Child - Jack Reacher Book 30  

Wind From the South - John Irvine 

Companion in Faith The Lord's Prayer - T.J. Burdick 

Jack Rabbit - Diane Capri - Hunt for Reacher Book 23  

Green Altars: Poems - John Irvine 

With Your Whole Heart: Family Devotions and Activities for Lent - Amy Welborn 

15 Days of Prayer with Saint Bernadette of Lourdes - François Vayne 

New Kid In Town - Andrew Child - A Jack Reacher Story   

Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter - Amy Welborn 

Lost Sanctuary and Other Poems - John Irvine 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Translated by Rev James Socias 

A Stranger Among Us - Connor Gallagher 

A Rock and a Hard Place - J.D. Kirk - DCI Logan Book 21 

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions 

No Greater Love Stations of the Cross for Teens and Young Adults - Amy Welborn 

True Serenity 30 Days with Thomas à Kempis - John Kirvan - Great Spiritual Teachers Series   

Nocturne: Poems - John Irvine 

The Cyber Exorcist & The Haunted River - A.R.K. Watson 

A Pocket Guide to Living the Divine Mercy - George W. Kosicki 

The Quiet Stream - John Irvine

Black Dog - Dean Hamilton - A Tyburn Filos Novella

A Pocket Guide to Living the Divine Mercy - George W. Kosicki  

Willow Leaves: Lyrics in the Manner of the early Chinese Poets - John Irvine 

Sharing the Sorrow - Theresa Linden and Kelsey Doherty - Caitlyn and Peter's Rosary Adventures Book 2 

Discovering A Mission - Alexandre Havard - My Way to Virtuous Leadership  

First Among the Dead - J.D. Kirk - A Constable Tyler Neish Novella 

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi – John Irvine 

Translation of Wonder The Mysteries of the Rosary and Stations of the Cross in Verse - Tim Bete 

Coached by Paul the Apostle Lessons in Transformation - Father Nathan Cromly

Selected Poems - John Irvine  

The Boston Rob Rulebook Strategies for Life - Robert C Mariano 

The Snow - Adam Roberts 

15 Days of Prayer with Dorothy Day - Michael Boover 

Fountain Of Hellas Poems From The Greek Anthology - John Irvine 

My First Saint Nicholas Book - Amanda Lauer and Julia Seal 

Fountain Of Hellas Poems From The Greek Anthology - John Irvine 

My First Saint Nicholas Book - Amanda Lauer and Julia Seal 

I Don't Like Lent - Daniel Lord S.J. 

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

A Serpent's Pursuit - M.P. McBride 

Benedict & the Rule - Katie Warner and Leah Ballard 

The Monks Stand Guard - Sylvia Dorham and Christopher Tupa 

Fractured - Karin Slaughter - Will Trent Book 2 

By Winding Roads - John Irvine 

The Kidnapped Prince - Roger B. Thomas - The Chronicles of Caol, Book 1 

Dare to Hope - Father James McTavish, FMVD - CTS Books 

Stations of the Cross with Servant of God Emil Kapaun - edited by Scott Carter 

February

Saint Patrick: The Boy Who Forgave - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

The Game Show Killer - William Harrington - TOR Columbo Series Book 4 

Living in Peace - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby - OSV Companion in Faith 

No Escape - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 3

The Forgotten Way: The Saint James Master Plan - Matthew Kelly 

The Flowering Branch: An Anthology of Irish Poetry Past and Present - Edited by John Irvine 

15 Days of Prayer with Chiara Lubich - Florence Gillet 

Finding Inner Peace - Kathryn J. Hermes, FSP - Just A Minute Meditations 

Stations of the Cross - Saint Alphonsus Liguori - The Way of Divine Mercy 

We Are Beloved 30 Days with Thea Bowman - Karianna Frey - Great Spiritual Teachers 

The Ultimate Blindside - Leslea Wahl - Blindside Series Book 3 

My Road Goes Ever On Rise Again - A.K. Frailey 

The Way of the Cross Booklet by Saint Josemaría Escrivá and Michael O'Brien 

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

A Christmas Garland an Anthology of Verse - Edited by John Irvine as J. Pennington Irvine 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

A Christmas Garland an Anthology of Verse - Edited by John Irvine as J. Pennington Irvine 

Stations of the Cross for Young Catholics - Sister Anne Flanagan, FSP 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

The Way of the Cross for our Enemies - Fulton J. Sheen 

15 Days of Prayer with Blessed Chiara Badano - Florence Gillet 

Scriptural Way of the Cross - Fr Adrian Graffy - CTS Devotions 

30 Days of Prayer with Mary - Father Francis Gargani, CSsR 

My Wounded Hands A Way of the Cross - Renzo Sala and Fulvia Simonato 

Children's Way of Cross - Sister Anne Flanagan FSP and Dick Smolinski 

The Way of the Cross with the Saints - TAN Books 

Tales From Wakken Wood - E. P. Cowley 

The Stations of the Cross - Father Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. - St. Joseph Picture Books Series 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Stations of the Cross: In Light of the Work of the Society of St Vincent De Paul - Fr Gerard Bogan - CTS Devotions 

Hypergifted - Gordon Korman - Ungifted Book 3 

Conspiracy 365 March - Gabrielle Lord 

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions  

March

The Stations of the Cross With Pope John Paul II - Joseph M Champlin and Gunter Grady  

Kill Shot - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 4 

The Way of the Cross - Caryll Houselander 

John Paul II's Biblical Way of the Cross - Amy Welborn, Michael Dubruiel, and Michael D. O'Brien 

The Stations of the Cross: A Via Dolorosa - Fr Marcus Holden - CTS Devotions 

Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby STD 

Ted Talk - Karina Fabian - A DragonEye, PI, Short Story 

Way of the Cross - Saint Josemaria Escriva 

You Have Redeemed the World: Praying the Stations in the Holy Cross Tradition - Andrew Gawrych C.S.C. and Kevin Grove C.S.C. 

Embracing Hope in Christ - Kris Frank - Just A Minute Meditations 

Begotten - Antony Barone Kolenc - Incarnate Book 2 

357 Sunset - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 5 

Praying the Stations with Faith and Courage - Father Richard Gribble 

15 Days of Prayer with Thomas Merton - André Gozier 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

The Stations of the Cross With Pope John Paul II - Joseph M Champlin and Gunter Grady 

Praying the Stations with Teenagers - Gwen Costello 

Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - TAN Books 

Living in the Presence of God The Everyday Spirituality of Brother Lawrence - John J. Kirvan - Great Spiritual Teachers Series 

The Ruling Class - Jennifer Lynn Barnes - The Fixer Book 1 

The Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Susan Tassone 

Conspiracy 365 April - Gabrielle Lord 

Stations of the Cross with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus - Fr. William F. Prospero and Fr. James Kubicki 

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions 

Pilgrim Tales An anthology of fiction by the Catholic Writers Guild

Stations of the Cross - Saint Alphonsus Liguori - The Way of Divine Mercy 

Lessons in Power - Jennifer Lynn Barnes - The Fixer Book 2  

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Praying the Stations with Catechists - Gwen Costello 

Saint Michael the Archangel Through the Ages - Fr. Frederick Schmit O.Praem and Fr. Peregrine Fletcher O.Praem 

Mac's Mission Diary: Operation Save the Summer - S.J. Engelman 

Praying the Stations For Today's Disciples - Sr Christine Kresho 

Pogue Too - Edited by Liska McCabe - Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 72 

An Illustrated Stations of the Cross - Reverend Jim Nisbet 

Stations of the Cross & Resurrection - J.B. Midgley - CTS Devotion 

Calvary Through the Eyes of Mary - Helen Pepper - CTS Devotions 

Way of the Cross: Uniting Our Sufferings to Christ - Michael Campbell - CTS Books 

Stations of Strength: Praying the Stations of the Cross in Times of Suffering - Alice Camille 

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

Redline - Jude Hardin - The Reacher Experiment Book 6 

Praying the Stations with Children - Gwen Costello 

The Biblical Way of the Cross - Michael Dubruiel and Amy Welborn 

Via Lucis the Way of Light Praying the Stations of the Resurrection - Glenn Byer  

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

With Jesus in Jerusalem: The First Way of the Cross - Étienne Méténier 

Stations of the Cross - Saint Alphonsus Liguori - The Way of Divine Mercy              The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to Your Life - Michael Dubruiel 

The Way of the Passion: 40 Stations with Jesus - Julien Chilcott-Monk 

Lent for Little Folk - Father Roderick Vonhögen 

That You May Have Life: Let the Mystics Be Your Guide for Lent - John J. Kirvan - Great Spiritual Teachers 

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

April

Wise Home - A.K. Frailey - Wise Home Book 1 

Praying the Stations with Pope John Paul II - Bill Huebsch 

The Fighter - Jim Sano - Father Tom Book  7 

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

Wise Home - A.K. Frailey - Wise Home Book 1 

The Way of the Cross - All You Drink of this - The Liturgical Press - Popular Liturgical Library  

Visions of Hope Reflections for Chronic Patients Based on the Stations of the Cross - Eva Déli and Mark O'Malley 

Scriptural Way of the Cross - Fr Adrian Graffy - CTS Devotions 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler  

Why Suffer - Mary Ann Budnik - Scepter Booklet 121 

Closing Accounts - E. P. Cowley 

Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation - Miriam James Heidland and Valerie Delgado 

Wilderness Within: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation - Sr. Josephine Garrett CSFN and June Jameson 

Crux: Daily Lenten Meditations - Fr. Columba Jordan, CFR 

Conspiracy 365 May - Gabrielle Lord 

Savannah Paranormal Detective Agency 1 & 2 - Patrick Abbott 

Hamlet - William Shakespeare and Ted Neill - Post Apocalyptic Space Shakespeare  Book 1 

15 Days of Prayer With Charles De Foucauld - Michael Lafon 

The Tide Runners - Marie-Hélène Lebeault - Tidepost Chronicles Book 1 

Coached by Catherine of Siena Lessons in Charity - Joan Watson 

The Baptism of Lucid A Sacrament in the Red Silence of Mars - Simone Nespolo - Catholic Science Fiction Book 1 

The Timeless - Richard Paolinelli - Dreams Of The Storyteller 17 

Two Discourses on Our Lady The Present and Future of British Catholicism - John Henry Newman 

The Tempest Pelican Shakespeare - William Shakespeare 

End Games - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 7 

Cardinal Newman: The Story of a Miracle - Peter Jennings 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

Amelia Counterrevolution - edited by Clayton Barnett - Tales from the Lemurverse Anthology Two  

15 Days of Prayer With Saint Jeanne Jugan - Michel Lafon 

Words from the Cross - Stephen C. Rowan 

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 

A Midsummer Night's Dream Pelican Shakespeare - William Shakespeare 

Mission to Love: 30 Days with Óscar Romero - Todd Walatka - Great Spiritual Teachers 

May

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions 

Running Out of Sand - Mary Jo Thayer - Sand and Soul Book 2 

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

Saint Catherine of Bologna: The Artist Saint: A Catholic Story of Creativity, Practice, and Faith - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

Freak the Mighty - Rodman Philbrick - Freak the Mighty Book 1 

Saint Sebastian: The Soldier Who Wouldn’t Stay Down - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

Conspiracy 365 June - Gabrielle Lord 

Max the Mighty - Rodman Philbrick - Freak the Mighty Book 2 

Holy Nurses - Dr. Gosia Brykczynska - CTS Books 

Saint Andrew Kim Taegon: The Boy Who Crossed the Mountains - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

Holy Scientists - Fr Douglas McGonagle - CTS Books 

Growing in Self Esteem - Marie Paul Curley, FSP - Just A Minute Meditations 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

The Last Book in the Universe - Rodman Philbrick 

Novena & Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe: for Nine Days or Nine Months - Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke 

St. Vincent Ferrer: Angel of the Judgment - Fr. Andrew Pradel 

Stations of the Cross - Saint Alphonsus Liguori - The Way of Divine Mercy  

Spice of Life: And Other Stories - A.K. Frailey 

15 Days of Prayer With Saint Bernard - Pierre-Yves Emery 

Conspiracy 365 July - Gabrielle Lord 

Secret Of The Sphinx - Richard Paolinelli and Gibson Buffa - The Timeless 02 

I AM Historical Chronicles of the Birth of Artificial Consciousness - Simone Nespolo - Catholic Science Fiction Book 1 

Stations of the Cross with Servant of God Emil Kapaun - edited by Scott Carter 

Othello Pelican Shakespeare - William Shakespeare 

Oldtown Brothers Born - A.K. Frialey - Oldtown Book 2 

Ricochet - Jude Hardin - The Jack Reacher Experiment Book 8 

Far Distant Shores and Other Stores - Fiorella de Maria 

Othello Pelican Shakespeare - William Shakespeare

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha The Girl Who Walked Two Hundred Miles - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

Othello - William Shakespeare and Ted Neill - Post Apocalyptic Space Shakespeare  Book 2 

Astrodeist Manifesto: Manifesto for a Christian Spirituality in Space - Simone Nespolo 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

Possum Creek Massacre - Cedar Sanderson - Witchward Book 2 

Child of Crows Wings of Broken Magic - Cedar Sanderson - Witchward Book 3 

June 

In the Midst of a River - Clayton Barnett - Tales from the Lemurverse Anthology One 

Smashed, Mashed, Boiled, and Baked-and Fried, Too! - Raghavan Iyer 

Conspiracy 365 August- Gabrielle Lord 

ERROR 404: LOVE NOT FOUND: A Romeo and Juliet Reboot - Ty Balt - Shakespearean Shorts

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

Grace Through Simplicity The Practical Spirituality of Evelyn Underhill - John J. Kirvan - Great Spiritual Teachers 

Stations of the Cross - Saint Alphonsus Liguori - The Way of Divine Mercy  

Hostile Takeover: A Macbeth Remix - Rex MacDuff - Shakeapearean Shorts 

15 Days of Prayer With Saint Louis De Montfort - Veronique Pinardon 

Coffins - Rodman Philbrick 

Trusting in God’s Love - Kathryn J. Hermes FSP - Just a Minute Meditations 

The Glitter Murder - William Harrington - TOR Columbo Series Book 5 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler  

The Croaking Raven - Guy Hale - Shakespeare Murders Book 1 

The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence  with Dr. Matthew K. Minerd, Fr. Gregory Pine, Rebecca Dougherty - Ascension Catholic Classics 

Who Killed Darius Drake? - Rodman Philbrick 

The Hoover Files - William Harrington - TOR Columbo Series Book 6 

Stories of Saints and the Beatitudes - Sr Marie Paul Curley FSP 

The Fruit of Her Womb: 33-Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary - Boniface Hicks 

The People of the Way of the Cross: Walking with Jesus through the Eyes of 14 Witnesses - Marci Alborghetti 

Stations of the Cross with Servant of God Emil Kapaun - edited by Scott Carter 

Elon Musk: The Prophet of the Star Ark: Why becoming a multiplanetary species is a divine obligation - Simone Nespolo 

Conspiracy 365 September - Gabrielle Lord 

Book of Prayers with St. Pier Giorgio Frassati - Frassati Society Philippines   

Letter to a Friend on the Prayer of the Heart - Dom André Poisson and Erik Varden - CTS Books 

Rescued II: True Stories for Catholic Kids - Kathryn Griffin Swegart 

Lioness Lost - Susan Brinkmann - Chronicles of Ariella Book 1 

15 Days of Prayer with Saint Philip Neri - Jean-François Audrain 

Platform Decay - Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries Book 8 

Gliding to Glory - Theresa Linden and Kelsey Doherty - Caitlyn and Peter's Rosary Adventures Book 3 

Seven Saints for Boys: A First Communion Collection of Courage and Faith - Paddy Bréagnamh - Mini Saints & Missionaries Library 

St John Henry Newman: A New Doctor of the Church - Fr Hermann Geissler, FSO - CTS Books 

Gone - Jude Hardin - The Jack reacher Experiment Book 9 

The Sonnets - William Shakespeare - Pelican Classics Edition 

Dragon Noir - Cedar Sanderson - Pixie for Hire Book 3 

July

Every Hunter Is Hunted - Barry Lyga - I Hunt Killers Book 4 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá  

The Gospel of Mark - Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz - CTS Scriptures 

The Gospel According to Mark - Henry Wansbrough OSB - CTS Scriptures 

All Our Yesterdays - Guy Hale - Shakespeare Murders Book 2 

Revelations of Catalina on the Holy Mass: The story of an encounter between the Virgin Mary and the Bolivian Mystic - Catalina Rivas 

Finding God in Times of Depression - Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes FSP - Just A Minute Meditations 

Private Road - Eric Paul Chapman 

Cooking With Columbo Suppers With The Shambling Sleuth - Jenny Hammerton 

Brother Roger and Taizé: A New Springtime - Bryan Wells - CTS Biographies 

War at Home and at the Front - A Chaplain - CTS Onefifties 

15 Days of Prayer with Brother Roger of Taizé - Sabine Laplane  

Sleepless - Gordon Korman 

God Awaits You: Based on the Classic Spirituality of Meister Eckhart - Richard Chilson - Great Spiritual Teachers Series 

The Quintland Sisters - Shelley Wood 

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Captured  - Edited by Page Zapledam - Quanta Publishing Anthology 

The Dark Lady and Pandora: Two Plays - Jessica B. Hill 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

The Giver - Lois Lowry 

What If Artificial Intelligence Chose Mystery Instead of War? - Simone Nespolo 

The Young Man and the Sea - Rodman Philbrick - aka Lobster Boy

Lobster Boy - Rodman Philbrick - aka The Young Man and the Sea 

Title Undecided - T.M. Gaouette 

15 days of Prayer with Saint Clare of Assisi - Marie-France Becker 

Meditations on Stations of the Cross - John Henry Newman - CTS Devotions 

Father Aloysius Schwartz: Superhero for the Poor - Fiorella De Maria - Vision Books for Young Readers 

Piloncilus - John Sester, LC - A Rhentarri Story 

Conspiracy 365 October - Gabrielle Lord 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

 

August 

Fen Dead - Cedar Sanderson - Grounds Keeper Book 6 

Healing After Betrayal - Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes FSP - Just A Minute Meditations 

Better the Devil - J.D. Kirk - DCI Logan Book 22 

Privateer - Page Zaplendam - Hinterspace Book 1 

everyone’s way of the cross - Clarence Enzler 

Falling into Place - Susan Brinkmann - Chronicles of Ariella Book 2 

Abide in Love The Gospel Spirituality of John the Evangelist - John Kirvan - Great Spiritual Teachers Series 

Taiwan Under Attack: Operation Reunification - Simone Nespolo 

Put Out The Light - Guy Hale - The Shakespeare Murders Book 3 

15 days of Prayer with Saint Vincent de Paul - Jean-Pierre Renouard 

Joan of Arkansas - Sarah Robsdottir 

Strange Invaders - Rodman Philbrick and Lynn Harnett - Visitors Book 1 

Praying the Stations of the Cross with St. Josemaria Escriva - Josemaría Escrivá 

Killing Me Softly - Guy Hale - The Come Back Trail Book 1                     

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I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. and Catholic Books by year since 2016. I have lists for:

Catholic Books Read by Year

All Books Read by Year

Favorite Books By Year

All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year

Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year

I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)