My 2025 Booklist

My New Year’s goal for 2025 is to read 3 books a month. That equals 36 books. It sounds like quite the feat, but I am determined to accomplish it. I do realize that as a mother of 5 kids, soon to be 6, life gets chaotic and 3 books a month may not happen, but I also know that some months I may read 6 depending on certain circumstances.

My list contains books for spiritual growth, self-development, nonfiction, fiction, romance, mystery, etc. It also has a plethora of great authors including: J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens. Another exciting feature of the list are books written by amazing saints, such as: St. Louis de Montfort, St. Benedict, St. Therese of Lisieux, and St. John Bosco. Additionally, there is also a book written by friend’s mother, Michelle Pointis Burns.

I am very conscientious of what is in the books I read. I typically don’t enjoy modern fiction or romance because it usually has a lot of content that I don’t particularly enjoy or care to subject myself to, especially when it concerns impurity. There are a few that have been recommended by Catholic content creators that I trust and so I feel comfortable reading the list below.

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January’s Books

1. The Catholic Family Volume III by Fr. Patrick Troadec
2. Characters of the Reformation by Hilaire Belloc
3. Budgeting 101 by Michele Cagan

I’m excited to have a Spiritual reading book, a nonfiction history book, and a practical book as well. I’m adding an extra two books to the list because I will need books to read on my retreat at the end of January.

4. Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: From St. John Bosco’s Biographical Memoirs by St. John Bosco
5. Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness by Father Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure
6. The Catholic Family Volume II by Fr. Patrick Troadec

The following titles aren’t in any particular order. I will post the books I read each month and what I thought of them and if I recommend them. I will also post which books I expect to read for the month as well.

The Rest of the Books 2025

7. The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett
8. The Rule of St. Benedict by St. Benedict
9. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
10. Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley
11. Persuasion by Jane Austen
12. Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
13. The More of Less by Joshua Becker
14. Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
15. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
16. Love in the Eternal City by Rebecca W. Martin
17. Say Cheese and Murder (A Lemington Cheese Company Mystery) by Michelle Pointis Burns
18. Raising Boys to Men: A Simple, Mercifully Short Book on Raising and Homeschooling Boys by Durenda Wilson
19. Stay With Me by Carolyn Astfalk
20. A Song for Nagasaki by Paul Glynn
21. Mother of God
22. The Story of a Soul: Autobiography of a St. Therese of Lisieux by St. Therese of Lisieux
23. The Temperament God Gave Your Kids by Art Bennett
24. Citadel of God: A Novel About Saint Benedict by Louis de Wohl
25. Economics for Helen by Hilaire Belloc
26. In this House of Brede by Rumer Godden
27. The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
28. Death by Minivan by Heather Anderson Renshaw
29. Make My Life Simple by Rachel Balducci
30. Wine of Cana by Fr. Ludger Grun
31. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
32. The Spear by Louis de Wohl
33. True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis De Montfort
34. The Young Man of Character by Bishop Tihammer Toth
35. Preparing for Peer Pressure by James B. Stenson
36. Successful Fathers by James B. Stenson
37. Mother’s Little Helper: 12 Heart to Heart Talks by Angelus Press
38. Buy What You Love Without Going Broke by Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni

Conclusion

*I do want to put a disclaimer on this post that although I’ve linked all the books for 2025 that I intend to read, so that you can easier find them if you are interested in reading them. Most of these books can be found at the library, thrift stores, and on library apps as well. Using my links so that I can get a small commission is greatly appreciated, but please don’t go into debt buying these books. I actually owe a good number of these and wont be purchasing a good number of them and the others I intend to get from my library. *

I hope you come back each month to see which books for 2025 I read and what I thought of them. There is quite the variety here, so it’ll be interesting to see which titles I gravitate toward each month.

Additionally, please leave a comment if you have read any of these books and tell me what you think of them and also leave a comment of any books you think I should add to my list for next year.