2025 Reading Goals!

I thought I would start the year off strong, especially since I no longer have college to think about, but God had other plans for January! In the middle of the month I came down with a bad virus, probably a mix of a cold, walking pneumonia, and the-sickness-that-cannot-be-named (I feel like we are talking about Voldemort here). I knew it was bad when I had no desire to read anything for 10 days! But now I feel like I am starting to get back into the swing of things, and cannot wait to dive into my reading lists!

For 2025, I would like to read 200 books, but this year I have at least 50 titles written down to read. I have plenty of specific books that I own or want to read, and I think the best way to get me to actually read them is to add them to a written list that I get to cross them off of! The main list is just a variety of 25 books, and then there are five lists of fives books each to add more variety into my (already broad-ranging) reading.

Since I am slowly getting back into crocheting, I have added five audiobooks to my list! But I am picky about which audiobooks since I found out that I can only listen to ones that are read aloud by the author themselves. I wanted to add some fun, and some easy, series to read to help me break up my mostly nonfiction reading list (aside from the classics). Plus, I have not actually read the entire Harry Potter series yet (but I have watched all the movies a couple times now). Most of these books (except the audiobooks) have come recommended to me through podcasts I like, or through some of my favorite authors, so find one to pick up and read this year and let me know what you think!

25 Books for 2025

1. Sacred Cow by Robb Wolf

2. Honor Thy Fathers by Zachary Garris

3. You are What you Love by James K.A. Smith

4. Titan (biography of John D. Rockefeller) by Ron Chernow

5. The Other Worldview by Peter Jones

6. When a Nation Forgets God by Erwin Lutzer

7. No Reason to Hide by Erwin Lutzer

8. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

9. Prayer by A.W. Tozer

10. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Trapp

11. Knowing Scripture by R.C. Sproul

12. Ida M. Tarbell by Emily Arnold McCully

13. Running Scared by Edward Welch

14. Peacemaker by Ken Sande

15. On Reading Well by Karen Prior

16. Face to Face by Kenneth D. Boa

17. The Gospel Call and True Conversion by Paul Washer

18. American Marxism by Mark R. Levin

19. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

20. 32 Christians Who Changed Their World by Glenn Sunshine

21. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

22. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Truman

23. Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier

24. Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier

25. Silas Marner by George Elliot

5 Lists of 5 Books for 2025

5 Jerry Bridges' Books

1. The Blessings of Humility

2. Respectable Sins

3. The Fruitful Life

4. The Discipline of Grace

5. The Practice of Godliness

5 Series

1. The City of Ember

2. Sarah, Plain and Tall

3. Love Comes Softly

4. Canadian West

5. Harry Potter

5 Jane Austen Books

1. Pride and Prejudice

2. Mansfield Park

3. Emma

4. Sense and Sensibility

5. Persuasion

5 Health Books

1. The Adrenal Thyroid Connection by Aviva Romm

2. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Izabella Wentz

3. Eat Dirt by Dr. Josh Axe

4. The Soul of Science by Nancy Pearcey

5. The 5th Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

5 Audio Books

1. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

2. Irena’s Gift by Karen Kirsten

3. Oneida by Ellen Wayland-Smith

4. Henry V by Dan Jones

5. Dinner with the Smileys by Sarah Smiley