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by David The Good March 23, 2015January 8, 2024

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2025 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

Finished Reading

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor
Padre Pio: Man of Hope by Renzo Allegri
Blood and Idiocy by Tom Sensible
Helena by Evelyn Waugh
The Catholic Guide to Miracles by Adam Blai
St. John Bosco by Catherine Beebe
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stephenson
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South by Dianne Flynt
Apples of North America: A Celebration of Exceptional Varieties by Tom Burford
Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh
Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Pomegranate by Gregory M. Levin
Apple Growing by M.C. Burritt
Uncultivated by Andy Brennan
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Great Catholics ed. Claude Williamson
Southern Crucifix, Southern Cross: Catholic-Protestant Relations in the Old South by Dr. Andrew Henry Stern
St. Philip of the Joyous Heart by Fr. Francis X. Connolly
Robespierre by Hilaire Belloc
Marie Antoinette by Hilaire Belloc
The French Revolution, 1789-1799 by Peter McPhee
Thomas Cranmer by Hilaire Belloc
The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc
The Truth About the Titanic by Archibald Gracie
The Sinking of the Titanic by Logan Marshall
The Children of Fatima by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
1001 Ways To Cut Your Expenses by Jonathan D. Pond
Alfred the Great by Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Story of a Soul by St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley
If You Want Something Done Right, You Don't Have to Do It Yourself by Donna Gennett
The Millionaire Dropout by Vince Stanzione
Don't Be a Chump by Nick Schaffzin
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
The Retail Leader's Field Guide by Kit Campoy
My Brother Pier Giorgio: His Last Days by Luciana Frassati
Characters of the Reformation by Hilaire Belloc
Napoleon by Hilaire Belloc
Danton by Hilaire Belloc

Started then Ditched

How to Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre
The Education of Millionaires by Michael Ellsberg

2024 Reading List

Finished Reading

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey
Earth Afire by Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The Independent Farmstead by Shawn and Beth Dougherty
The Forest Garden Greenhouse by Jerome Osentowski
The Light Root: Nutrition of the Future: A Spiritual–Scientific Study by Ralf Roessner
Unabridged Christianity by Fr. Mario P. Romero
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Believe! by Giuseppe Filotto
In The Shadow of Monte Castello by Giuseppe Filotto
Mary and the Fathers of the Church by Luigi Gambero
The Lean Micro Farm by Ben Hartman
Natural Health, Sugar and the Criminal Mind by J. I. Rodale
The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort
How the Reformation Happened by Hilaire Belloc
The First Epistle to the Corinthians by St. Clement
The Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch by St. Ignatius
The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin
St. Philomena: The Story of a Stubborn Little Princess by Courtney C. Filomena Lee
From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe
The First Catechetical Instruction by St. Augustine
Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson
The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe
The Amatuer Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
St. Bernadette Soubirous by Francis Trochu
The Curé d'Ars by Francis Trochu
Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn
St. Justin the Martyr by Cyril Martindale

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Not by Faith Alone by Robert Sungenis

2023 Reading List

Finished Reading

The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Timothy Ware
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating
The Mini-Forest Revolution by Hannah Lewis
Weekend Makeover by Don Aslett
Suprised by Truth by Patrick Madrid (editor)
Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
The Youtube Formula by Derral Eves
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Blessed John Henry Newman
The Case for Catholicism by Trent Horn
Evangelical is not Enough by Thomas Howard
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond by Judith Anger, Dr. Immo Fiebrig and Martin Schnyder
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H.W. Crocker III
The Lost Art of Potato Breeding by Rebsie Fairholm
Infiltration by Taylor Marshall
Pasture Perfect by Jo Robinson
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
The Apostasy that Wasn't by Rod Bennett
Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words by Rod Bennett
Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VI by Edward Gibbon
Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn
The Early Church was the Catholic Church by Joe Heschmeyer
Crossing the Tiber by Steven Ray
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VII by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VIII by Edward Gibbon
Biological Transmutation by C. Lewis Kervan
The Catholic Controversy by James R. White
Memoirs by Edward Gibbon
Organic Gardening: The natural no-dig way by Charles Dowding
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla
The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb
Reformation Myths by Rodney Stark
The Sacrament of Confession by Very Reverend Canon Héctor R G Pérez
Forest Gardening: Rediscovering Nature and Community in a Post-industrial Age by Robert Hart
The Catholic Controversy by St. Francis de Sales
Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics by Keith O. Mikkelson
The Dead Came Knocking by Ib Meyer
Restoring the Soil by Roland Bunch
Stunned by Scripture by Dr. John S. Bergsma
Leaf for Life Handbook by David Kennedy
How to Make a Forest Garden by Patrick Whitfield
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Human Evolution: The Astonishing Record by John M. Wynne
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
21st Century Greens by David Kennedy
Edible Forest Gardens Vol. I by Jacke and Toensmeier
Cottage Economy by William Cobbett
More Food From Soil Science by V. A. Tiedjens
The Autobiography of George Müller
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Explanation of the Christian Religion by Spirago/Clarke
Yams: Botany, Production and Uses by Anthony Keith Thompson and Ibok Oduro
The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God

Started Then Ditched

Practical Religion by J.C. Ryle
The Devout Life by St. Francis De Sales

2022 Reading List

Finished Reading

Born Again Dirt by Noah Sanders
An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse
The Contagion Myth by Thomas S. Cowan and Sally Fallon Morrell
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 1 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 2 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 3 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 4 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
A Soil Owner's Manual by Jon Stika
Comeback Farms by Greg Judy
Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown
Keeping Bees with a Smile by Fedor Lazutin and Leo Sharashkin
Balanced Beekeeping I: Building a Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler
Balanced Beekeeping II: Managing the Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
The Rooted Life by Justin Rhodes
The Complete Guide to Restoring Your Soil by Dale Strickler
Soil Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis
The Wheel of Health: The Sources of Long Life and Health Among the Hunza by Dr. G. T. Wrench
For the Love of the Soil by Nicole Masters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 5 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
Metabolical by Dr. Robert Lustig
Satyricon by Gaius Petronius
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
The History of Early Rome by Livy
Dissolving Illustions by Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
Less: A Visual Guide to Minimalism by Rachel Aust
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus
De Agricultura by Cato
Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Coppice Agrofrestry by Mark Krawczyk
Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson
The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker
Aeneid by Virgil
Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines by Tim Staples
Becoming Orthodox by Peter Gilquist
The Holy Bible (NKJV) by God

Started then Ditched

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Barefoot Beekeeper by Philip Chandler
Holistic Management, Third Edition: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment by Allan Savory

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