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Reading is one of my favorite past times as a mother, partly because it means the house is unusually quiet but mostly because it’s a chance for me to sit down and learn, laugh, lament. I really enjoy the rest reading brings.
Below is a list of books I’ve really enjoyed, organized by category, with the newest at the top.
C H R I S T I A N L I V I N G
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full by Gloria Furman
You and Me Forever by Francis Chan & Lisa Chan
Beholding and Becoming by Ruth Chou Simons
Dear Daughters by Susie Davis
Have More Fun by Mandy Arioto
A Prairie Girl’s Faith by Stephen W. Hines
Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson
The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado
The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
Falling Free by Shannan Martin
Missional Motherhood by Gloria Furman
The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson
The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson
Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist
No More Faking Fine by Esther Fleece
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Wild and Free by Jess Connolly & Hayley Morgan
Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood by Melissa B. Kruger
The Lifegiving Home by Sally & Sarah Clarkson
Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Simply Tuesday by Emily P. Freeman
A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman
H O M E S C H O O L I N G
The Call of the Wild + Free by Ainsley Arment
Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie
C L A S S I C S
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
C R E A T I V E W R I T I N G
Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
D E C O R A T I N G & D E S I G N
Design Mom: How to Live with Kids by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillyn Smith
The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines
Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith
F I C T I O N
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Where’d you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
H I S T O R I C A L F I C T I O N
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
M E M O I R
Educated by Tara Westover
All The Pretty Things by Edie Wadsworth
Look at You Now by Liz Pryor
Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
T I M E M A N A G E M E N T
Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
My Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner
The House That Cleans Itself by Mindy Starns Clark
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner
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