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

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2021

It has been a good year for reading to date. So many great reads. I have read just over a book a day. I have read 281 books so far this year and 79 of them this quarter.

This past 2 years have been different year for us all. Last year I had about a 15% drop in my reading totals. I am very happy with this year so far. A bit of a drop this quarter, but part of that was holidays and being busier at work. 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: 79

First Time Reads: 70

Fiction: 34

Non-Fiction: 44

5/5 Stars: 60

5/5 Fiction: 26

5/5 Non-Fiction: 38

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

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:

1. Great Saints Series - The Catholic Truth Society

Augustine of Hippo - Father Ben O'Rourke

Clare of Assisi - John Paul Kirkham

John Bosco - Jennifer Moorcroft

Padre Pio A Holy Priest - Jim Gallagher

Saint Catherine of Siena - Mary O'Driscoll

Teresa of Avila - Jennifer Moorcroft

2. Life if Messy - Matthew Kelly

3. Encounter the Saints Series - Pauline Books and Media

Saint John Paul II: Be Not Afraid - Susan Helen Wallace FSP and Charlie Craig

Saint Andre Bessette Miracles in Montreal - Patricia Edward Jablonski and Barbara Kiwak

Saint Clare of Assisi: A Light for the World - Marianne Lorraine Trouvé and Mary Joseph Peterson

Saint Faustina Kowalska - Susan Helen Wallace and Joan Waites

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini: Cecchina's Dream - Victoria Dority MSC, Mary Lou Andes MSC and Barbara Kiwak

Saint Thomas More: Courage, Conscience, and the King - Susan Helen Wallace FSP and Patricia Edward Jablonski, FSP and Dani Lachuk

4. Finding Frassati: And Following His Path to Holiness - Christine M Wohar

5. The Shepherd Who Didn't Run - Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda - Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma

6. Benedict XV & World War I - Father Ashley Beck - CTS Biographies

7. The Handy Little Guide to Spiritual Communion - Michael Heinlein

8. Nine Days with Saint Joseph - Andrew Offer, O.P. and Jonah Teller O.P., Sebastian White O.P. (Editor)

9. Saint Cloud of Gaul, The Prince Who Traded Kingdoms - Susan Peek

10. A Novena to St Columba - Fr Ross Crichton SJ

Bonus Books:

Saint Ignatius of Loyola - Pat Corkery SJ - A Convert's Story

Blessed John Sullivan SJ - Fergal McGrath SJ

Saint Patrick: An Ancient Saint for Modern Times - Edmond Grace

The Story of Nano Nagle: A Life Lived on the Razor's Edge - Anne Lyons PBVM

The Gunpowder Plot - Herbert Thurston SJ - CTS Onefifties Book 9

Top Ten Fiction Books:

1. Linked - Gordon Korman

2. This Thing of Darkness - Fiorella De Maria and K.V. Turley

3. Dragon Eye PI Books - Karina Fabian

A Winkle in Time

Magic, Mensa, & Mayhem

4. Friends in High Places - Corinna Turner

Old Men Don't Walk to Egypt: Saint Joseph

Child, Unwanted: Margaret of Castello

5. Novella's from Jon Mayhew

6. The Dark Tower - Donal Anthony Foley - The Glaston Chronicles Book 2

7. Corn Dolls - K.T. Galloway - Annie O'Malley Book 1

8. Heaven’s Hunter - Marie C. Keiser

9. The Deadliest Sins - Andrew M. Seddon

10. The Case of the Campground Creature - Karen Kelly Boyce and Sue Anderson Gioulis - Sisters of the Last Straw Book 7

Bonus Books:

Every Mother's Son - Alex Smith - DCI Kett Book 7

Jack of Hearts - Diane Capri - Hunt for Reacher Book 12

McCracken and the Lost Lagoon - Mark Adderley - The McCracken Adventures Book 4

No Time for Sorrow - J.E. Mayhew - DCI Will Blake Book 7

This year was my fastest to 200 books read, it took me 173 days. But Q3 had a bit of a slow down. There were so many great reads so far this year. It was very hard picking the top ten. You should check out my Favourite 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:
281 - 2021 (January-September)

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

Thursday, 30 September 2021

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Third Quarter 2021

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