Friday, January 10, 2025

Yearly Reading Challenge Part 2

One of my COVID year successes was changing up the way I read to be more intentional. I have been doing this now for 5 years and it fits well. Each target is tied to a month of the year and it makes it easier to track and meet the targets. I have not made it every year by December 31, but I have finished within days almost every year. In 2025, I hit all the categories! Check out the first 5 years here. 

I have shared the reading list on my personal FB page, but here it is for wider perusal.  Note: this list has categories that reflect my Christian worldview, especially March and July, as well as choices in each category that are Christian books. In past years, I have included a Spanish language choice as well as a teacher/education choice. (I also spent many years in a GK Chesterton book group and so read a Chesterton or C.S. Lewis book too.)  I share to inspire you to think of categories that would fit you and to share my reading life too. 

 I italicized the potential picks in each category for 2026. I am trying to read books I already have or that are already on my to read list, but something new always catches my eye too! 

January Social Justice for Martin Luther King Day:

February Marriage for Valentine's Day:
2026: Love Life 

March Christian Living for Lent: 

April Environment for Earth Day: 



May Biography: 
2026: Awake, The Hiding Place (reading this one aloud to the family right now)

June Parenting for Children's Day: 
2025: Woven

July Christian Fiction for summer: 

August Children's for summer: 
 
September Classics for Back to School: 


October Food for Harvest: 

November Science: 

December Global Issues for Christmas: 
2026: Being Mortal 

Related Posts: Yearly Reading Challenge (Books from 2020-2024) 
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