List of Favorite Books 2017

Favorite Books 2017

A Kiss for Little Bear - Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
Why Am I Here? A Story about Becoming The Best Version of Yourself! - Matthew Kelly and Hazel Mitchell
Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy Missionary Handbook - Michael E. Gaitley
The Strangers at the Manger - Lisa M. Hendey and Jenn Bower - Chime Travelers Book 5
The Catholic Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Origins of Catholic Christianity - Taylor R. Marshall - The Origins of Catholicism Book 2
Live Well Today - Fr. Thomas Dailey
The Landry News - Andrew Clements
Bane's Eyes - Corinna Turner - I Am Margaret Book 4
Teach Yourself Linux Administration and Prepare for the LPIC-1 Exams - David Clinton
In Conversation with God Volume 1 Part 2 Christmas and Epiphany - Francis Fernandez
The Deacon Reader - James Keating
Choosing Happiness: Workingwithin - Francisco Ugarte
7 Riddles to Nowhere - A.J. Cattapan
Seven Words of Jesus and Mary - Fulton J. Sheen
A Man Who Knew How to Forgive - Francesc Faus
Practical LPIC-1: Linux Certification Study Guide - David Clinton
Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary - Fulton J. Sheen
Sermons of St. Francis de Sales for Lent - St. Francis de Sales
Hit the Ground Running - Mark Burley
Married Men as Ordained Deacons - Wilhelm Schamoni
In Conversation With God Volume 3 Part 1 Ordinary Time Weeks 1-6 - Francis Fernandez
Saving Faith - T.M. Gaouette - Faith & Kung Fu Book 2
20 Answers Mary - Tim Staples - 20 Answers Series Book 13
A Practival Guide to Discern God's Will - Philip Kosloski
Five Weird Catholics Beliefs that Actually Make Sense - Kevin Lowry
Take Away the A - Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo
You're Amazing: A Message of Hope That Will CHange Your Life Forever - Justin Fatica
20 Answers Miracles - Karlo Broussard - 20 Answers Series Book 18
1001 Reasons Why It's Great to be Catholic! - Robert M. Haddad
The Ideas of March: A Short Story - Barry Lyga
Way of Wonder: Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton - G.K. Chesterton
20 Answers The Papacy - Jim Blackburn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers Book 10
a.k.a. Genius - Marilee Haynes
How to Read Your Way to Heaven - Vicki Burbach
Marrying the Rosary to the Divine Mercy Chaplet - Shane Kapler
How to Become a Heroic Catholic - Catherine Stewart
Way of the Cross, Centennial Edition - St. Josemaria Escriva
20 Answers The Eucharist - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers Book 11
20 Answers God - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers Book 12
Brigid and the Butter - Pamela Love and Apryl Stott
Patrick and the Fire - Cornelia Mary Blinsky and Maggie Coburn
Pictures of Me - Marilee Haynes
20 Answers The Sacramanets - Fr. Mike Driscoll - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
Consoling the Heart of Jesus: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat Inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius - Michael E. Gaitley
The Way, Furrow, The Forge - St. Josemaria Escriva
Bench Press - Sven Lindqvist
Jacob the Baker - Noah benShea
Jacob's Ladder - Noah benShea
Jacob's Journey- Noah benShea
Jacob's Children - Noah benShea
20 Answers Salvation - Jimmy Akin - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
Calvary and the Mass: A Missal Companion - Fulton J. Sheen
In Converastion with God Volume 6 Part 1 Special Feasts January - March - Francis Fernandez
20 Answers End of Life Issues - Jason Negri - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers Death and Judgement - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers Faith & Science - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers Divorce and Remarriage - Jim Blackburn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
Four Minutes - Barry Lyga - A Short Story
Champions of the Rosary - Donald H. Calloway, MIC
20 Answers The Real Jesus - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
Saint Magnus the Last Viking - Susan Peek
20 Answers Scripture and Tradition - Jim Blackburn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers Angels and Demons - Fr. Mike Driscoll - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
To Be a Man: Life Lessons for Young Men - James B. Stenson
The Donkey at the Waterwheel - Malcolm M. Kennedy
Seeking Chris in Reading - Eugene Boylan
20 Answers Mormonism - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers Jehova's Witnesses - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers The Bible - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
The Artsy Mistake Mystery - Sylvia McNicoll - The Great Mistake Mysteries Book 2
In Conversation with God Volume 2 Part 1 Lent and Holy Week - Francis Fernandez
Meditations for Lent - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Quetzalcoatl's Zahir - Manuel Alfonseca - The Sleuths of the Spanish Transition Book 1
Bang - Barry Lyga
40 Days to Mercy - Michael E. Gaitley
Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter - Amy Welborn
Fatima for Today - Andrew Apostoli
Fatima: The Apparation that Changed the World - Jean M. Heimann
13 Powerful Ways to Pray - Eamon Tobin
Heart of the Diaconate - James Keating
Pulse vs. The Killiong Fiend: A Short Story - Barry Lyga
The Last Monks of Skellig Michael - Philip Koloski
The Fathers Know Best - Jimmy Akin
Saint Damien of Molokai - Virginia Helen Richards and D. Thomas Halpin - Encounter the Saints
The Secret of the Shamrock - Lisa M. Hendey and Jenn Bower - Chime Travelers Book 1
Saint Edith Stein: Blesed by the Cross - Mary lee Hill and Mari Goering - Encounter the Saints
The King's Prey: Saint Dymphna of Ireland - Susan Peek
Abandonment to Divine Providence - Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Mitt Brennender Sorge On the Church and the German Reich - Pope Pius XI
Gregor and the Code of Claw - Suzanne Collins - Underland Chronicles Book 5
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassanti: An Ordinary Christian - Maria Amata Di Lorenzo
Saint John Bosco Champion for the Young by Emily Beata Marsh - Encounter the Saints
Saint John Neumann: Missionary to Immigrants - Laura Rhoderica Brown
A Graduates Guide to Life - Frank J. Hanna
Exodus 90 Day 91 Life After Exodus 90 - Fr. Brian Doerr
Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto Shepherds of Fatima - Anne Eileen Heffernan
Norms of Piety: A Plan of Life for Everyday Living - J.M. Muntadas
Exodus 90 Exercise Guide - Mike Short
A Daily Defense 365 Days (Plus One) to becoming a Better Apologist - Jimmy Akin
The Saints Pray for Us - Christina Wedendt Editor - Encounter the Saints
Exodus Ninety Days: Freedom Through Prayer, Asceticism, & Brotherhood - Fr. Brian Doerr
Saint Martin de Porres: Humble Healer by Elizabeth Marie DeDomenico
The Father Capranica Mysteries: Stories of the Strange and Supernatural - Fr. Mike Driscoll
In Conversation with God Volume 2 Part 2 Eastertide - Francis Fernandez
The Mystery of the Haunted House - Manuel Alfonseca - The Sleuths of the Spanish Transition Book 2
For Better Forever: A Catholic Guide to a Lifelong Marriage - Gregory K. Popcak
Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) - Brandon Vogt
The Sign of the Carved Cross - Lisa M. Hendey - Chime Travelers Book 2
Roland West, Loner - Theresa Linden
A Battle for the Faith: Two Short Stories -  John Paul Wohlscheid and Theresa Linden
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Courageous Faith - Lillian M. Fisher - Encounter the Saints
Self-Esteem Without Selfishness - Michel Esparza
Mirari Vos: On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism - Pope Gregory XVI
Why We're Catholic - Trent Horn
Saint Anthnoy of Padua: Fire and Light - Margaret Charles Kerry - Encounter the Saints
Praying the Rosary Like Never Before: Encounter the Wonder of Heaven and Earth - Edward Sri
Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School - David Kirk
St. Gianna Beretta Molla The Gift of Life - Susan Helen Wallace and Patricia Edward Jablonski - Encounter the Saints Series
Chasing Liberty - Theresa Linden - Chasing Liberty Trilogy Book 1
The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier and Korean War Hero - Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying
In Conversation with God Volume 6 Part 2: Special Feasts: April - June - Francis Fernandez
Teresa of Calcutta: The Novel of a Soul - Maria Amata Di Lorenzo
In Conversation with God Volume 3 Part 2 Weeks 7 - 12 in Ordinary Time - Francis Fernandez
Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah - Chris Stepien
Journeys with Mary: Apparitions of Our Lady - Zerlina De Santis - Encounter The Saints Books 9
The Story of Chaplain Kapaun, Patriot Priest of the Korean Conflict - MSGR Father Arthur Tonne
The Profession - Eric Sammons
The Old Evangelization: How to Spread the Faith Like Jesus Did - Eric Sammons
Life in God's Presence - A Simple Approach to Prayer - A. Carthusian
Crusader King: A Novel of Baldwin IV and the Crusades - Susan Peek
20 Answers Apparitions & Revelations - Michael O'Neill - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers The Church - Trent Horn - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
Saint Catherine Labourae And Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal  - Marianne Lorraine Trouvé
God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades - Rodney Stark
Bobby - Barry Lyga - A Short Story
The Grunt Padre: Father Vincent Robert Capodanno Vietnam 1966-1967 - Daniel L. Mode
Learning the Virtues: That Lead You to God - Romano Guardini
Saint Thomas Aquinas: Missionary of Truth - Marianne Lorraine Trouvae and Cathy Morrison
Saint Teresa of Kolkata - Mary Kathleen Glavich
In Conversation with God Volume 4 Part 1 Weeks 13 - 18 in Ordinary Time - Francis Fernandez
The Apostles and Their Times - Mike Aquilina
The Shadow of His Wings - Gereon Goldmann
Saint Paul: The Thirteenth Apostle - Mary Lea Hill
The Last Namsara - Kristen Ciccarelli - Iskari #1
Saint Joan of Arc: God's Soldier - Susan Helen Wallace
Trading Worlds: A Short Story - Barry Lyga
Hide and Seek: The Irish Priest in the Vatican who Defied the Nazi Command - Stephen Walker
The Mystery of the Sapphire Bracelet - Manuel Alfonseca - The Sleuths of the Spanish Transition Book 3
Nicholas Gilroy: Our Lady and the Guardian - Father Stephen and Deacon George
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: Journey to the Summit - Ana María Vázquez
In Conversation with God Volume 4 Part 2 Weeks 19 - 23 in Ordinary Time - Francis Fernandez
Broken Birthday - Courtney Sheinmel and Jennifer A. Bell - Stella Batts Book 10
Polar Bear Night - Lauren Thompson and Stephen Savage
Standing Strong - Theresa Linden - West Brothers Series
In Conversation with God Volume 7 Part 1 Special Feasts July - September - Francis Fernandez
The Flash Hocus Pocus - Barry Lyga
Saint Teresa of Avila: Joyful in the Lord - Susan Helen Wallace
Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Way of Love - Mary Kathleen Glavich
The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard - David A. Goodman
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Cecchina's Dream - Victoria Dority and Marylou Andes
In Conversation with God Volume 5 Part 2 Ordinary Time Weeks 29-34 - Francis Fernandez
Vallista - Steven Brust - Vlad Taltos Book 15
Perfectly Yourself Discovering God's Dream For You New and Revised Edition -  Matthew Kelly
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
St Elizabeth Ann Seton Daughter of America - Jeanne Marie Grunwell
The Monks' Castle - A.J. Cattapan
The Autopsying of Michael Edward Morgan - Barry Lyga
The Snake Mistake Mystery - Sylvia McNicoll - The Great Mistake Mysteries #3
Rediscover the Rosary: The Modern Power of an Ancient Prayer - Matthew Kelly
Catholic Guide to Loneliness - Kevin Vost
New Technologies and the Christian Life - J. C. Vásconez and R. Valdés
20 Answers: Homosexuality - Jim Blackburn - 20 Answers series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers: Bible Prophecy - Jimmy Akin - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
20 Answers: The Reformation - Steve Weidenkopf - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers
DOCAT: What to Do? - YOUCAT
Reform Yourself! : How to Pray, Find Peace, and Grow in Faith with the Saints of the Counter-Reformation - Shaun McAfee
Drive! - Corinna Turner - unSPARKed book 1.0
Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose - Matthew Kelly
Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist - Christopher West
Storm of Fire and Blood - Taylor R. Marshall - Sword and Serpent Book III
In Conversation with God  Volume 5 Part 2 Ordinary Time Weeks 29-34 - Francis Fernandez
Meet Me Tonight: A Short Story - Barry Lyga
Beautiful Hope: Finding Hope Every Day in a Broken World - Matthew Kelly
Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe - Josephine Nobisso and Virginia Esquinaldo
Faith and Reasons According to Benedict XVI
Brothers: A Short Prequel Novella - Corinna Turner - I am Margaret #0.5
In Conversation with God Volume 7 Part 2 Special Feasts: October - December - Francis Fernandez
Margo's Diary & Notebook - Corinna Turner - I Am Margaret Companion
Dying for Compassion - Barbara Golder - The Lady Doc Murders  Book 2
Island of Doom - Arthur Slade - The Hunchback Assignments Book 4
Dying For Revenge - Barbara Golder - The Lady Doc Murders #1
The Mystery of the Egyptian Vulture Country House - Manuel Alfonseca - The Sleuths of the Spanish Transition Book 5
YOUCAT: The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church - Christoph Schönborn
In Conversation with God - Volume 1 Part 1: Advent - Francis Fernandez
Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons and Prison Writings, 1941-1944 - Alfred Delp
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I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. I have lists for:
All Books Read by Year
Favorite Books By Year
All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year
Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year


I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)