Books Read

I wanted a quick and easy way to share recommendations outside of my occasional book reviews — hence this page! I plan to update it every time I finish a book, provided I find it to be good, true, and enjoyable. You’ll find fantasy, mythology, historical fiction, children’s literature, and a smattering of other things. I hope you find something of interest!

❧ Books Read so far — 2025 ☙

  • The Carver and the Queen by Emma C. Fox
  • As the Frost Melts by Eris Cardin, Decker J. Martin, etc.
  • The Poet and the Lunatics by G. K. Chesterton
  • Beyond Chittering Cottage: Poems of Place by Rachel S. Donahue
  • The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (reread)
  • Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (reread)
  • The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (reread)
  • The Story Girl by L. M. Montgomery
  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (reread)
  • Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton (selections)
  • Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
  • Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Nauigatio sancti Brendani abbatis, translated by Denis O’Donoghue (excerpts)
  • The Heartbeat of Heaven by Eris Cardin
  • Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
  • Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Christoph Schönborn

Currently Reading: My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Saint Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

❧ Books Read — 2024 ☙

  • The Curious Christmas Trail by Haley Stewart
  • The Vanderbeekers Make A Wish by Karina Yan Glaser
  • The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
  • The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (selections)
  • The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare (re-read)
  • Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis by Gina Dalfonzo
  • Black Beauty by Anna Sewel
  • Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
  • The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
  • Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (re-read)
  • Paradise Lost by John Milton (selections)
  • Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright
  • The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
  • Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (re-read)
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (re-read)
  • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
  • Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
  • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

❧ 2023 ☙

  • The Curse of the Raven Mocker by Marly Youmans
  • At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (re-read)
  • On Fairy-Stories by J. R. R. Tolkien (re-read)
  • Abuse of Language — Abuse of Power by Josef Pieper
  • Present Concerns by C. S. Lewis (selections)
  • God in the Dock by C. S. Lewis (selections)
  • The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser
  • The Green Ember by S. D. Smith (re-read)
  • The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Yan Glaser
  • The High Deeds of Finn MacCool by Rosemary Sutcliff (re-read)
  • The Cattle-Raid of Cooley translated by Joseph Dunn (selections)
  • The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor (selections)
  • Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (selections)
  • Daughter of Arden: Wandering by Loren G. Warnemuende
  • Bright April by Marguerite De Angeli
  • The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore M. Jewett
  • Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Mr. Bliss by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (re-read)
  • The Coralean Islands by Gianna Cruz
  • The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found by Karina Yan Glaser
  • Ourselves: Book 1 – Self-Knowledge by Charlotte Mason

❧ 2022 ☙

  • The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
  • The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
  • The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French
  • The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Völuspá (The Poetic Edda)
  • Skírnismál (The Poetic Edda)
  • Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson
  • The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
  • The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
  • The High King by Lloyd Alexander
  • “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth” by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
  • Red Falcons of Tremoine by Hendry Peart
  • Daughter of Arden: Exile by Loren G. Warnemuende

❧ 2021 ☙

  • The Arrow and the Crown by Emma C. Fox
  • The Hound of Ulster by Rosemary Sutcliff (reread)
  • Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Way of the Wilderking by Jonathan Rogers
  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
  • Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
  • Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
  • Shiloh by Helena Sorensen
  • Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
  • Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (reread)
  • Four Red Banners by Gianna Cruz
  • The Charlatan’s Boy by Jonathan Rogers
  • Caleb’s Story by Patricia MacLachlan

Have you read any of these books? Do you have any recommendations to share? Please let me know in the comments!

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