Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2026

 Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2026

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2024 My Den 2024

It has been a good year for reading so far. I am averaging just over a book a day. It has been a great quarter with a large variety of genres and authors. This quarter was very different. It was very fiction heavy. Typically I try and alternate fiction and nonfiction books.
 
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. But a lot of it goes back to my dyslexia, and once I learned to read there were all these worlds and all this knowledge out there. I have been addicted since then. I wrote about that in 2006 Confessions of a Bibliophile #5 - How I Became a Bibliophile, From Dyslexic to Addict. 

This quarter I read 99 books, tied for my second best third quarter since I started tracking, the comparison with the last 10 years:

     2026 - 99
     2025 - 99
     2024 - 87
     2023 – 102
     2022 – 87
     2022 – 79
     2021 – 79
     2020 – 61
     2019 – 89
     2018 – 91
     2017 – 64
     2016 – 94

But back to this quarter by the numbers:

Books Read: 99
First Time Reads: 77
Fiction: 51
Non-Fiction: 48
5/5 Stars: 74
5 Stars Fiction: 50
5 Stars Non-Fiction: 24

Pretty consistent for my reading typically this quarter.. I can state again that looking back 2016 is a bit of an outlier as late that year I switched jobs and have since had much better work – life balance. In the spring of 2016, I worked through Brandon Vogt’s course Read More Books Now (now available on ClaitasU). The year before that I removed all games from my phone and tablet and my reading had doubled.  

Here is my top ten fiction and non-fiction books of the second quarter of 2024.

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:

 1. St. Michael and His World - Mike Aquilina
 2. The Stations of the Eucharist - Fr. Jonathan Meyer
 3. Frequent Confession - S. Ferigle - Scepter Booklet 000 
 4. Angel of God Devotion to the Guardian Angels for Children - Patrick O'Hearn and Valerie Delgado
 5. Father Aloysius Schwartz: Superhero for the Poor - Fiorella De Maria - Vision Books for Young Readers
8. The Cross in the West - Mark Boesch -  Vision Books for Young Readers
9. Great Spiritual Teachers Series Ave Maria Press
Stay with Me, Lord: 30 Days with Padre Pio - Susan de Bartoli
10. Bead by Bead Mysteries of the Rosary for Children Series - Stephanie Engelman 
Bead by Bead The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for Children
Bead by Bead The Joyful  Mysteries of the Rosary for Children

Bonus Books:
15 Days of Prayer With Series
15 Days of Prayer with Saint Teresa of Avila - Jean Abiven
Just A Minute Meditations - Pauline Books and Media
Finding God in Times of Depression - Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes FSP
Grieving with Christ - Sr Mary Leonora Wilson FSP
Healing After Betrayal - Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes FSP

Top Ten Fiction Books:

 1. Article 7 - D.L. Gray - Brock W. Winters Book 1
 2. He Is Coming Rise of the Antichrist - Joe McClane
 3. The Last Latitude - Cole Winters
 4. Private Road - Eric Paul Chapman
 5. Falling into Place - Susan Brinkmann - Chronicles of Ariella Book 2
 6. Enemy WIthin - Declan Finn - White Ops Book 6
 7. Fen Dead - Cedar Sanderson - Grounds Keeper Book 6
 8. Privateer - Page Zaplendam - Hinterspace Book 1
 9. Joan of Arkansas - Sarah Robsdottir
 10. Guy Hale Books
Shakespeare Murders 2 All Our Yesterdays
Shakespeare Murders 3 Put Out The Light
Shakespeare Murders 4 Sleep No More
Comeback Trail 01 Killing Me Softly
Comeback Trail 02 Blood on the Tracks
11. Order of the Blood - Page Zaplendam - The Unofficial Chronicles of John Grissom Book 1

Bonus Books:

This Saint For Hire - Declan Finn - Saint Tommy NYPD Omnibus Vol. I
Have Saint Will Travel - Declan Finn - Saint Tommy NYPD Omnibus, Vol. II
A Fistful of Relics - Declan Finn - Saint Tommy NYPD Omnibus, Vol. III
Dreams of the Storyteller, Volume I - Richard Paolinelli
Dreams of the Storyteller, Volume II - Richard Paolinelli
The Complete Starquest 4th Age Saga - Richard Paolinelli
Ignite The Wings Of Dawn - Josh Griffing
Title Undecided - T.M. Gaouette (Unpublished manuscript)

The bonus Fiction titles this quarter are all new Omnibus editions and an unpublished manuscript I was asked to read.

My reading has is pretty consistent at about a book a day over the last several years. I attribute in part to Brandon Vogt’s course Read More Books Now, removing all games but 1 brain game from my devices. And I was commuting to work on a bus and read on the bus every day. Working from home reading took a little more discipline, and we are now back to a hybrid model with 5 days a month in the office, so things have changed again.  

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 sometimes in the bonus section.
 
But if you want more options check out my favourite books year by year list. 


Relates Posts: 
Top 10 Fiction Books 1st Quarter 2010
Top 10 Fiction Books 2nd Quarter 2010
Top 10 Reading Goals for 2010
Top 10 Fiction Books 3rd Quarter 2010
Top 10 Fiction Books 4th Quarter 2010
Top Ten Reading Goals For 2010 - Recap
Top 10 Fiction Books 2010
Top 10 Picture Books of 2010
Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2010
Top 10 Graphic Novels for 2010
Top Ten Reading Goals For 2011 
Top Ten Fiction Books 1st Quarter 2011
Top Ten Fiction Books 2nd Quarter 2011
Top Ten Reading Goals for 2011 Update 
Top Ten Fiction Books 3rd Quarter 2011 
Top Ten Fictions Books 4th Quarter 2011
Top Ten Fiction Books 2011
Top Ten Reading Goals 2011 - Recap
Top Ten Reading Goals 2012
Top Ten Fiction Books 1st Quarter 2012
Top Ten Fiction Books 2nd Quarter 2012
Top Ten Fiction Books 3rd Quarter 2012
Top Ten Fiction Books  4th Quarter 2012
Top Ten Fiction Books 2012
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2012
Top Ten Reading Goals 2012 - Recap
Top Ten Reading Goals 2013
Top 10 Fiction Books 1st Quarter 2013
Top 10 Fiction Books 2nd Quarter 2013
Top 10 Books Second Half 2013
Top Ten Fiction Books 2013
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2013 
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2014
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2014
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2014
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2014
Top Ten Fiction Books 2014
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2014
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2015
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2015
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2015
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2015
Top Ten Fiction Books 2015
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2015
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2016
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2016
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2016
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2016
Top Ten Non- Fiction Books 2016
Top Ten Fiction Books 2016
Top Ten Catholic Books
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2017
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2017
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2017
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2017
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2017
Top Ten Fiction Books 2017
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2018
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2018
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2018
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2018
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2018
Top Ten Fiction Books 2018
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2019
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2019
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2019
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2019
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2019
Top Ten Fiction Books 2019
Top Ten Books First Quarter 2020
Top Ten Books Second Quarter 2020
Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2020
Top Ten Books Fourth Quarter 2020 
All Top Ten Lists on Book Reviews and More

Statistics Books Read By Year:
361 - 2026 January-September
424 - 2025 
363 - 2024  
455 - 2023 
438 - 2022
365 - 2021
317 - 2020 
392 - 2019
359 - 2018
380 - 2017 
272 - 2016 
177 - 2015 
130 - 2014 
 88 -  2013
176 - 2012 
163 - 2011
302 - 2010
142 - 2009
 98 - 2008
 83 - 2007
191 - 2006
151 - 2005
 60 - 2004
 52 - 2003
 97 - 2002
 50 - 2001
 41 - 2000
 71 - 1999
 73 - 1998
131 - 1997
101 - 1996




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