Saturday, January 1, 2022

Books Read in 2021

1. Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)

2. Home Body by Rupi Kaur (2020)

3. The Devil You Know by Charles Blow (2021)

4. On Hallowing One's Diminishments by John Yunglut (1990)

5. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (2014)

6. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall (2020)

7. The Prophets by Robert Jones (2021)

8. Gospel Order: A Quaker Understanding of Faithful Church Community by Sandra Lee Cronk (1991)

9. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (2020)

10. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)

11. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020)

12. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (2020)

13. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (2020)

14. The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (2019)

15. Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity by Saundra Dalton-Smith (2017)

16. God's Invitation to Creative Play by Jesse White (2021)

17. Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice: An African American Quaker Scholar-Activist Challenges Conventional Narratives by Harold D. Weaver, Jr. (2020)

18. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle (2020)

19. A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin (2019)

20. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia (2021)

21. The Sea Accepts All Rivers & Other Poems by Judy Brown (2000)

23. Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe (2021)

24. Hunger for Hope: Prophetic Communities, Contemplation, and the Common Good by Simone Campbell (2020)

25. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (2021) 

26. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall (2021)

27. Raising King by Joseph Ross (2020)

28. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Simone Simard (2021)

29. This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism by Don Lemon (2021)

30. Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God by Kaitlin B. Curtice (2020)

31. What If I'm Wrong and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership by Simon Rodberg (2020)

32. Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley (2021)

33. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown (2021)

34. Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope by Albert Woodfox (2019)

35. Failure: A Love Story by Phil Dawkins (2014) 

36. Sweet Tooth: Volumes 1-6 by Jeff Lemire (2009-2013)

37. Individual Spiritual Discernment: Receiving, Testing, and Implementing Leadings from a Higher Power by Jerry Knutson (2017)

38. Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott (2021)

39. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown (2017) 

40. The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (2021)

41. No Study without Struggle: Confronting Settler Colonialism in Higher Education by Leigh Patel (2021)

42. Surviving 2020: Henry's Poetry of the Journey, and the Effort by Henry Walker (2020)

43. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (2021)

44. The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (2021)

45. Healing the Heart of DemocracyThe Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit by Parker Palmer (2011)

46. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (2015)

47. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (2020)

48. Reclaiming Rest: The Promise of Sabbath, Solitude, and Stillness in a Restless World by Kate Rademacher (2021)

49. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay: A Graphic Novel by David Lester with Marcus Rediker and Paul Buhle (2021)

50. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz (1997) 

51. Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human Centered Planet by John Green (2021)

52. Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (2019)

53. Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm by Hamish Brewer (2019)