Big Book List 2017

Here are the books I read in 2017...

FICTION:

A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories	O'Connor, Flannery
A Man Called Ove	Backman, Fredrik
Breathing Lessons	Tyler, Anne
Crossing to Safety	Stegner, Wallace
Peace Like a River	Enger, Leif
The High Divide	Enger, Lin
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry	Zevin, Gabrielle *
The Shadow of the Wind(The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)	Zafón, Carlos Ruiz

SCIENCE FICTION:

Ready Player One	Cline, Ernest
That Hideous Strength(Space Trilogy, #3)	Lewis, C.S.
The Invisible Man	Wells, H.G.

MYSTERY:

A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1)	Crombie, Deborah *
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1)	Cavallaro, Brittany *
A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7)	Penny, Louise
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)	Leon, Donna
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)	Penny, Louise
The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)	Penny, Louise
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)	French, Tana*

NONFICTION/COOKBOOK/MEMOIR:

Happily Homemade: Cooking with Love

Schultz, Rachel

An American Childhood	Dillard, Annie
Lab Girl	Jahren, Hope*

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End	Gawande, Atul
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy	Metaxas, Eric*
Redondo Beach	Beach, The Historical Commissio
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics	Brown, Daniel James*
The Essential Enneagram	Daniels, David N.
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well	Wiking, Meik

SPIRITUAL GROWTH:

Calm My Anxious Heart	Dillow, Linda*
Praise Her in the Gates	Wilson, Nancy
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God	Keller, Timothy J.
The Hidden Life of Prayer: The Lifeblood of the Christian	McIntyre, David M.
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith	Keller, Timothy J.
The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering	Risner, Vaneetha Rendall
UnsuperMommy: Release Expectations, Embrace Imperfection, and Connect to God's Superpower	Combs, Maggie *

CHILDREN'S FICTION:

Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)	Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Gulliver's Travels	Vogel, Malvina G.
Homer Price	McCloskey, Robert
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)	Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Mr. Popper's Penguins	Atwater, Richard and Florence
The Children of Noisy Village	Lindgren, Astrid
The Family Under the Bridge	Carlson, Natalie Savage
The Tale of Despereaux	DiCamillo, Kate
Thimble Summer	Enright, Elizabeth

MIDDLE GRADE (Ages 8-12):

Because of Winn-Dixie	DiCamillo, Kate *
Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)	Paulsen, Gary
Ella Enchanted	Levine, Gail Carson *
Emily of New Moon(Emily, #1)	Montgomery, L.M.
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising, #1)	Cooper, Susan *
The Light at Tern Rock	Sauer, Julia L.
The Quiet Little Woman: Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories	Alcott, Louisa May
The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew, #6)	Keene, Carolyn
The Song of Glory and Ghost (Outlaws of Time #2)	Wilson, N.D.*
Through My Eyes	Wilson, Tammy *
When You Reach Me	Stead, Rebecca
Wonder	Palacio, R.J.

YOUNG ADULT:

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)	Meyer, Marissa *
Ghost Hawk	Cooper, Susan *
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)	Meyer, Marissa *
The Geography of You and Me	Smith, Jennifer E. *
The Last of August (Charlotte Holmes #2)	Cavallaro, Brittany *
The Night Circus	Morgenstern, Erin
What I Saw and How I Lied	Blundell, Judy
When Dimple Met Rishi	Menon, Sandhya *
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4)	Meyer, Marissa *

I would not wholeheartedly recommend each and every book listed.  If you are wondering about one, please ask!  It takes too long to differentiate each one in this format.  Happy Reading, Book Friends!