Monday, January 01, 2024

books read: 2023

this year I read 94 books! My goal next year is to read less!

~  Nonfiction  ~

HISTORY
  The Roman Revolution (Nick Holmes, 2022)
  The Fall of Rome (Bryan Ward-Perkins, 2005)
  Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon (B. H. Liddell Hart, 2004)
  Justinian's Flea (William Rosen, 2008)
  The History of the Medieval World (Susan Wise Bauer, 2010)
  Life in a Medieval Village (Francis Gies, 1975)
  Victory of the West (Niccolò Capponi, 2006)
  The Greatest Knight (Thomas Asbridge, 2014)
  The Glory of the Crusades (Steve Weidenkopf, 2014)
  A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain (Marc Morris, 2008)
  Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures (George Makepeace Towle, 1880)
  Worldly Saints (Leland Ryken, 1986)
  A Helmet for My Pillow (Robert Leckie, 1957)
  Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila (James M. Scott, 2018)
  The War Below (Scott, 2013)
  Goodbye, Darkness (William Manchester, 1980)
  With the Old Breed (Eugene Sledge, 1981)
  Hiroshima (John Hersey, 1946)
  Plutarch's Lives
    Theseus
    Romulus
    Lycurgus
    Numa Pompilius
    Solon
    Poplicola 
  Nick Needham's 2000 Years of Christ's Power 
    The Early Church (2016)
    The Middle Ages (2016)
    Renaissance and Reformation (2016)
RELIGION
  Thoughts for Young Men (J.C. Ryle, 1886)
  The Gospel of Jesus Christ (Paul Washer, 2016)
  Commentary on Galatians (John Calvin, 16th century)
  Commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Calvin, 16th century)
  Essential Truths of the Christian Faith (R.C. Sproul, 2021)
  Salvation Belongs to the Lord (John Frame, 2006)
  The Case for Heaven (Lee Strobel, 2020)
  When Watchers Ruled the Nations (Brian Godawa, 2020)
  Giants: Sons of the Gods (Douglas Van Dorn, 2013)
  Chosen by God (Sproul, 1984)
  Prayer Changes Things (Charles L. Allen, 1964)
  Developing a Healthy Prayer Life (James and Joel Beeke, 2010)
  On the Christian Life (Calvin, 16th century)
  The Boniface Option (Andrew Isker, 2023)
  Post-Christian (Gene Veith, 2020)
  The Return of the Gods (Jonathan Cahn, 2002)
  Origins Controversies
    The Genesis Flood Revisited (Andrew Snelling, 2022)
    Biblical Geology 101 (Michael J. Oard, 2021)
    The New Creationism (Paul A. Garner, 2009)
    The Young Earth (John Morris, 2007)
    The Global Flood: Best Evidences (Ham & Snelling, 2009)




~  Fiction  ~

HISTORICAL FICTION
  Noah Primeval (Godawa, 2011)
  The Priest: Aaron (Francine Rivers, 2004)
  Clash of Empires (Ben Kane, 2018)
  Centurion (Simon Scarrow, 2007)
  The Gladiator (Scarrow, 2009)
  Holy Warrior (Angus Donald, 2010)
  The Bastard (John Jakes, 1977)
  The Rebels (Jakes, 1975)
  Redcoat (Bernard Cornwell, 1987)
  Rise to Rebellion (Jeff Shaara, 2001)
  Cain at Gettysburg (Ralph Peters, 2012)
  The Old Lion (Shaara, 2023)
  The Iceman (P.T. Deutermann, 2018)
  The Last Paladin (Deutermann, 2022)
  Cross of Iron (Willi Heinrich, 1956)
  A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles, 2016)
  Thin Red Line (James Jones, 1962)
  Tales of the South Pacific (James Michener, 1947)
  The Frozen Hours (Jeff Shaara, 2017)
  Fields of Fire (Jim Webb, 1978)
MODERN FICTION
  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne, 1870)
  The Passenger (Cormac McCarthy, 2022)
  The Sentinel (Lee Child, 2020)
  Salem's Lot (Stephen King, 1975)
  The Long Walk (King, 1979)
  Christine (King, 1983
  Later (King, 2021)
  The Outsider (King, 2018)
  Motor City Blue (Loren D. Estleman, 1980)
  The Mediterranean Caper (Clive Cussler, 1973)
  The Chase (Cussler, 2010)
  Iceberg (Cussler, 1975)
  Mirage (Cussler, 2012)
  Science Fiction and Fantasy
    By Schism Rent Asunder (David Weber, 2008)
    On Basilisk Station (Weber, 1993)
    Hunter's Run (George R.R. Martin, 2007)
    Lost in Time (A.G. Riddle, 2022)
    The Call of the Bone Ships (R.J. Barker, 2020)
    Red Country (Joe Abercrombie, 2012)
    The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang, 2018)
    Animorphs #16: The Warning (1998)
    Animorphs #17: The Underground (1998)
    Animorphs #18: The Decision (1998)
  American Westerns
   To the River's End (Johnstone, 2022)
   Blood on the Divide (Johnstone, 1992)
   Outlaw Country (Johnstone, 2021)
   The Book of Murdock (Loren D. Estleman, 2010)
   Journey of the Dead (Estleman, 1998)
   Gun Man (Estleman, 1985)
   Horseman, Pass By (Larry McMurtry, 1961)
   The Oregon Trail (Ralph Compton, 1995)
   The Dark Horse (Craig Johnson, 2009)
   Carry the Wind (Terry C. Johnston, 1982)


No comments:

where we're headed

Over the last several years, we've undergone a shift in how we operate as a family. We're coming to what we hope is a better underst...