40 books in 2022

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Here are the books I’m hoping to read this year! Click here to check out what I read last year plus my reviews of each. Wondering how it’s possible to read this many books? Read this post. Or want a whole list of just books on prayer? I’ve got that here!

RELATIONSHIPS

1. Find Your People – Jennie Allen
2. The Flirtation Experiment  – Phylicia Masonheimer and Lisa Jacobson
3. M is for Mama – Abbie Halberstadt
4. 31 Creative Ways to Build Your Family Team – Jeremy Pryor
5. The Prayer Saturated Family – Cheryl Sacks
6. The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids – Marcus Warner
7. Finding the Hero in Your Husband – Dr. Juli Slattery
8. Habits of the Household – Justin Whitmel Earley
9. Hold on To Your Kids – Gabor Mate

SPIRITUAL

1. Aggressively Happy – Joy Marie Clarkson
2. Food Triggers – Amber Lia
3. Sensitive and Strong – Denise Hughes and Cheri Gregory
4. Fix Your Eyes – Amy Gannett
5. Carved in Ebony – Jasmine L. Holmes
6. Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes – Kenneth Bailey
7. 3 Words That Will Change Your Life – Mike Novotny
8. Suffering is Never for Nothing – Elisabeth Elliott
9. The Shaping of a Christian Family – Elisabeth Elliot
10. Absolute Surrender – Andrew Murray
11. Hide this in Your Heart – Michael Frost
12. Respectable Sins – Jerry Bridges
13. Prayer – Richard  Foster
14. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment – Jeremiah Burroughs
15. Terms of Service – Craig W. Stanfill
16. The Holiness of God – RC Sproul
17. The Imitation of Christ – Thomas a Kempis

BUSINESS / WRITING

1. Change Masters – Barry Moltz
2. Pitch Like Hollywood – Peter Desber
3. Managing for Results – Peter Drucker
4. The Paris Review Interviews
5. On Writing Well – William Zinsser
6. How to Take Smart Notes – Sonke Ahrens
7. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
8. 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing – Gary Provost
9. Unleashed -Frances Frei, Anne Morriss

FICTION

1. Persuasion – Jane Austen
2. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
3. Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyon

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Tiny Habits – BJ Fogg
2. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning – Margareta Magnusson
3. Toxic – Neil Nathan
4. The Comfortable Kitchen – Alex Snodgrass
5. The New Rules of Aging Well – Frank Lipman MD and Danielle 

Are any of these on your reading list for 2022? Let me know in the comments below!

COMING UP NEXT: A peek inside my prayer journal

MISSED THESE?:
My 2022 Word
My 2022 Goals
My 2022 Life-Changers
What I Read in 2021
2021 Goals Recap
2021 Answered Prayers