Bibliophile

What books do you want to read?

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So many!!!!!!!!!! I love books. I have an entire category in my budget dedicated to books. I was practically raised in a library. I am a bibliophile through and through. What books do I not want to read is a better question.

My favorite types of books are informational or biographical nonfiction books. I love growing in knowledge and understanding. Knowledge fuels faith, and faith fuels joy. Three things I greatly value!

I have a lonnng wishlist on Goodreads. Here are a few near the top of my list:

• This Is Your Brain on Joy: How the New Science of Happiness Can Help You Feel Good and Be Happy, by Dr. Earl Henslin
• When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy, by John Piper
• Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, by Julie Andrews
• Holiness, by JC Ryle
• The Problem of Pain, by CS Lewis
• The Hidden Art of Homemaking, by Edith Schaeffer
• Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women, by Nancy Wilson
• Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age, by Nancy Wilson
• Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology–And the Biblical Alternative, by Richard Ganz
• Dune, by Frank Herbert
• Atomic Habits, by James Clear
• Let Me Be A Woman, by Elisabeth Elliot
• Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, by Dane Ortlund

I’ve already re-read one of my favorites: Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren’t, by Henry Cloud & John Townsend. Here are a few more favorites I’ll be re-reading this year:

• The Sacred Search: What If It’s Not about Who You Marry, But Why?, by Gary Thomas
• What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter, by Voddie Baucham
• You’re Not Enough (and That’s Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love, by Allie Beth Stuckey
• The More of Less, by Joshua Becker
• Off the Clock, by Laura Vanderkam

A friend of mine read a grand total of 400 books last year. Yes, FOUR HUNDRED. Phenomenal. Absolute goals. Who knows how far I’ll get in my booklist this year. I have high hopes since I’ve cut out a lot of the negative things draining my energy! I am extremely hungry for deep literature right now. I got sucked into a lot of humanism last year which affected my emotional and spiritual health. I’m already feeling the fog clear from my head as I shift my gaze from psychology back to theology! Whew. I’m ready to get back to reading what I love.

What books are on your list? I think I’ll go make a cup of tea right now and read for a while before turning in. 📚