I decided not to create a reading challenge for myself this year, after reading 258 books in two years. I’ve reestablished the importance of reading in my life and confirmed the ability to read actively, even with my busy schedule.
So, 2015 will be all about reading for me, not for a challenge.
I am, however, going to continue tracking my monthly reading and posting my list and reviews for you. I know you like reading recommendations, so this list should assist you with those.
January (9 books read)
1. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace (Read my full review.)
2. In the Woods (Read my full review.)
3. Have a Nice Guilt Trip
4. Have You Found Her: A Memoir
5. It Was Me All Along: A Memoir
6. Sea Change
7. You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven
8. The Girl on the Train (Read my full review.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. Bogeyman
February (7 books read)
1. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
2. The Collector
3. The Forgotten Girls
4. The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
5. My Sunshine Away
6. Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell
7. The Last Time We Say Goodbye
March (9 books read)
1. The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
2. Youtility: Why Smart Marketing Is about Help Not Hype
3. Saving Grace
4. Yes Please
5. Shatter (Joseph O’Loughlin)
6. Lacy Eye
7. See How Small ⭐️
8. Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
9. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
April (9 books read)
1. Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide To Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, Conventions, Incentives and Other Special Events (rereading with a class) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. On Deadline: Managing Media Relations
3. Finding Jake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. The Kind Worth Killing ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
6. The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You
7. And Give You Peace
8. Son: a Psychopath and His Victims ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. Inside the O’Briens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May (9 books read)
1. The Stranger
2. Where They Found Her (Read my full review.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
4. The Pocket Wife ⭐️⭐️
5. The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case
6. Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
7. Normal ⭐️⭐️
8. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
9. All the Rage
June (11 books read)
1. Don’t Try To Find Me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Never Never
3. Never Never: Part Two
4. Shave 10 Hours Off Your Workweek (Michael Hyatt’s eBook) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. 52 Headline Hacks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. The Daylight Marriage
7. I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time
8. The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing
9. The Night Stalker
10. Every Last Word
11. Get the Attention Your Message Deserves ⭐️⭐️⭐️
July (8 books read)
1. Before He Finds Her
2. Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story
3. What the Most Successful People Do at Work: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Dark Rooms
5. The Boy ⭐️⭐️
6. As Night Falls: A Novel
7. Easy (Contours of the Heart Book 1)
8. Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions
August (7 books read)
1. Remember Me This Way
2. Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin…Every Inch of It
3. Tell No One
4. Best Friends, Occasional Enemies: The Lighter Side of Life as a Mother and Daughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Remember Mia
6. Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life
7. The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
September (6 books read)
1. Playing Dead ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Rising Strong
3. Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More
4. Paper Towns
5. And Then She Was Gone
6. Who Killed My Daughter?
7. My Sister’s Grave (Read my full review.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
October (9 books read)
1. How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
2. Did You Ever Have a Family
3. Vanished ⭐️⭐️
4. Quitter
5. What We Saw 
6. The Fix
7. I Was Here
8. Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters
9. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
November (8 books read)
1. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently
2. Pretty Girls
3. Friction
4. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
5. Julia’s Daughters
6. The Witches: Salem, 1692
7. The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
8. Precious Victims
December (5 books read)
1. Night Film ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. After You ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. A Checklist for Murder: The True Story of Robert John Peernock
4. A Dark Lure
5. Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life’s Darkest Hours
Hey Kenna! I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink.” Have you read it? If not, it’s a great non-fiction to add to the 2015 list. 🙂 (So is his previous book, “The Tipping Point” for that matter…)
profkrg thanks for sharing your list! See a few on there I’m going to get sooner than later…