2016 Reading List {Fiction}
What books do you plan on reading in 2016?
Do you plan what you will read, or just read what happens along?
My 2014 Reading List [Fiction} books was a first. I used to go to the library, find what I like, bring home a big stack, and proceed to read. No plan. That changed in 2014. To read more on how the list came to be, read Reading Priorities {What I Learned in 2013}.
The second year my 2015 Reading List {Fiction} was published. Due to circumstances which I created, namely packing up and relocating, I was unable to complete the list this year. My list for 2016 is comprised of the remaining titles from 2015 and a few others.
That being said, here is the plan. Specific authors, chosen for their clean writing style, clean content, moral characters, and in most cases a strong element of faith being lived in a character’s life. Faith being a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of God, that is.
I am super pleased to report that my 2014 and 2015 fiction reading was edifying and wholesome. Not a shred of regret for doing this. I have had more excellent new authors and readers introduced to me than I have time to read. It has been a blessed year of reading, far beyond my expectations. Read more about what I read on Top Reads in 2014 and Top Reads in 2015.
Here’s my 2016 Reading List {Fiction}, authors first, then titles and authors:
My authors are:
My books are:
All Things New by Lynn Austin
A Home for My Heart by Anne Mateer
Rebekah’s Treasure by Sylvia Bambola
Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock
Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin
On Sparrow Hill by Maureen Lang
Glastonbury by Donna Fletcher Crow
Emily Davis by Miss Read
Tyler Row by Miss Read
Sarah’s Patchwork by Stephanie Grace Whitson
A Common Life: the wedding story by Jan Karon
Beloved Invader by Eugenia Price
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Winter in Thrush Green by Miss Read
A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin
Gone Without A Trace by Patricia Bradley
I used to be able to get all of these authors through my public library, and I’m hoping to do the same in my new library. If your church has a library that may also be a good source for Christian fiction. I am also starting to blog for books in 2016. That is a way to get free copies of new releases. The question is whether or not my favorite authors will be among the choices.
Check out my Goodreads account for a complete list of Want to Read books. There are numerous new authors I am anxious to read, some of whom I follow on Twitter.
You might also be interested in reading the 2015 Favorite Author List post and the 2015 FICTION AUTHOR INDEX.
What about you? Do you have a list? What are your reading plans for 2016?