Happy 2024! Every year, I read a mix of nonfiction and fiction and share at the end of the year my favorite reads. You’ll find here a mix of health and psychology, memoir and fiction, parenting and religion.
Detoured: The Messy, Grace-Filled Journey from Working Professional to Stay-at-Home Mom, by Jen Babakhan
The Montessori Toddler: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being, by Simone Davies
Flex Mom: The Secrets of Happy Stay-at-Home Moms, by Sara Blanchard
Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person, by Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller, Ph.D.
Cycle Charting for Single Women: The Catholic woman’s guide to charting your menstrual cycle for health and wholeness, by Christina Valenzuela
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
Carry Strong: An Empowered Approach to Navigating Pregnancy and Work, by Stephanie Kramer (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
Dirt: Growing Strong Roots in What Makes the Broken Beautiful, by Mary Marantz
I Would Like to Travel the World: Thérèse of Lisieux: Miracle-Worker, Doctor, and Missionary, by Guy Gaucher (reviewed here for CatholicMom.com)
Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment, by Bethany Saltman
Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power, by Dr. Julia DiGangi (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church, by Rachel L. Swarns
With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life, edited by Rachel Bulman
The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower, by Morra Aarons-Mele (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing, by Emily Lynn Paulson
Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood, by Ashlee Gadd
The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon
How Women Decide: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choices, by Therese Huston
Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Thérèse: A Life of Thérèse of Lisieux, by Dorothy Day
The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence
Ambition Redefined: Why the Corner Office Doesn’t Work for Every Woman & What to Do Instead, by Kathryn Sollmann
Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence, by Alexandre Havard
Pineapple Street, by Jenny Jackson
Sweet Cross: A Marian Guide to Suffering, by Laura Mary Phelps
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power, by Katherine Morgan Schafler (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
Mothers of the Church: The Witness of Early Christian Women, by Mike Aquilina
Holiness for Everyone: The Practical Spirituality of St. Josemaria Escriva, by Eric Sammons (reviewed here for Catholic Women in Business)
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Catherine de Hueck Doherty: Essential Writings, by Catherine de Hueck Doherty
What were your favorite reads of the year? Let me know in the comments!
Taryn DeLong 