Book Reviews and More: Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Second Quarter 2021

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Second Quarter 2021

It has been a good first half of the year. Many great reads. I have read just over a book a day. I have read 201 books so far this year and 104 of them this quarter.

This past year and a half have been different year for us all. Last year I had about a 15% drop in my reading totals. I am very happy with the first half of this year, and especially this quarter. Reading and reviewing books is my hobby, I am grateful to be able to do so.

Back to this quarter. By the numbers:

Books Read: 104

First Time Reads: 95

Fiction: 33

Non-Fiction: 56

5/5 Stars: 85

Here is my top ten fiction and non-fiction books of the second quarter of 2021.

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:

1. Year of Mercy Series from the Catholic Truth Society

Corporal Works of Mercy - Richard Atherton - Mercy in Action

Gospels of Mercy: 12 Steps to the Love of God - Father Adrian Graffy

Mercy The Greatest Gift Meeting the Love of Christ - Barbara Reed Mason

Scriptures of Mercy: The Love of God in the Old Testament - Father Adrian Graffy

Spiritual Works of Mercy - Paul Grogan - Agents of Love

2. Overcoming Sinful Thoughts - Father Thomas G. Morrow

3. Prison Journal, Volume 2: The State Court Rejects the Appeal - George Cardinal Pell

4. Novena Collections by Glynn MacNiven-Johnston and Raymond Edwards - CTS Collections

Handbook of Novenas for Feasts and Seasons

Handbook of Novenas to the Saints

Handbook of Scriptural Novenas

5. Books by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby STD

Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life

The Life and Witness of St. Maria Goretti

We Are the Lord's: A Catholic Guide to Difficult End-of-Life Questions

6. Finding God Series from the Catholic Truth Society

Finding God in Anxiety and Depression – Father Antonio Ritaccio

Finding God in Loneliness - Father Antonio Ritaccio

Finding God When a Loved One Loses Faith - Nick Donnelly

7. What Christ Suffered: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Passion - Thomas W. McGovern

8. CTS Great Saints Series - The Catholic Truth Society

Charles Borromeo - J.B. Midgley

Martin de Porres - Glynn MacNiven-Johnston

Rita of Cascia - Glynn MacNiven-Johnston

9. Hope's Embrace & Other Poems - A. K. Frailey

10. 20 Answers: Relics & Sacramentals - Shaun McAfee - 20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers

11. The Lost Art of Sacrifice - Vicki Burbach - A Spiritual Guide for Denying Yourself, Embracing the Cross, and Finding Joy

Bonus Books:

Model of Faith: Reflecting on the Litany of Saint Joseph - Leonard J. Delorenzo

St. Joseph and His World - Mike Aqualina

Why go to Mass? Encountering Christ in the Eucharist - Bishop Michael Evans

Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission, And How We Can Reclaim It - Eric Sammons

Top Ten Fiction Books:

1. Do Carpenters Dream of Wooden Sheep? - Corinna Turner

2. Dead Means Dead Series - Edwin Torr (aka J.E. Mayhew)

0.0 Blood, Bone and Coffin

1.0 Demons

1.3 Cotton Candy

1.6 The Suitcase in the Hall

1.9 Remurdered

2.0 Angel Hunter

2.5 Cold Caller

3.0 Jigsaw Girl

3. The Secret of Glaston Tor - Donal Anthony Foley - Glaston Chronicles Book 1

4. Space Traipse: Hold My Beer Stories - Karina Fabian

Doall's Do-Over - Season 4 - Season 3

5. I Want To Go Home - Gordon Korman

6. A DragonEye, PI Book - Karina Fabian

Greater Treasures

Murder Most Picante

Of Slings and Feeling Vexed

7. McCracken - Mark Adderley

McCracken and the Lost Island

McCracken and the Lost Valley

McCracken and the Lost City

8. Elfling Books - Corinna Turner

The Most Expensive Alley Cat in London - Elfling

9. Farmgirls Die In Cages - Corinna Turner - Unsparked 4

10. You're Only Old Once!- Dr. Seuss

11. Stone Cold Dead - Alex Smith - DCI Kett Book 6

Bonus:

Fuzzy Mud - Louis Sachar

A Thread of Evidence - Joan L. Kelly - A Mibs Monahan Mysteries

Mitchellsville - Scott Bell - A Western Short Story

Secrets in September - Doreen McAvoy - Fern Valley Mystery Book 1

This year was my fastest to 200 books read, it took me 173 days. There were so many great reads so far this year. It was very hard picking the top ten. You should check out my Favorite Books Year by Year list.

Note: I do not include books that have been read in previous years and were reread this year in my top ten lists; they are in sometimes in the bonus section. It was not easy again this quarter, making my picks.

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Statistics Books Read By Year:
201 - 2021 (January-June)

317 - 2020
392 - 2019
359 - 2018
380 - 2017
272 - 2016
177 - 2015
130 - 2014
88 - 2013
176 - 2012
163 - 2011
302 - 2010
142 - 2009
98 - 2008
83 - 2007
191 - 2006
151 - 2005
60 - 2004
52 - 2003
97 - 2002
50 - 2001
41 - 2000
71 - 1999
73 - 1998
131 - 1997
101 - 1996

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Second Quarter 2021

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