Dewey's Treehouse: Mama Squirrel's Reading List: Books Read in 2021

These are the titles that Goodreads says I read to the end this year. A number of them, especially the mysteries and other fiction, were rereads. There are also books that I haven't officially completed...they'll have to go on next year's list.

As always, just because a book's on the list doesn't mean I recommend it, but only that I got through it.

What were my top five new-to-me books for 2021?

1. Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher

Munroe, Jeffrey

2. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

Esolen, Anthony

3. How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

Jacobs, Alan

4. Why French Women Wear Vintage: And other secrets of sustainable style

Guinut, Alois

5. The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

Adachi, Kendra

Faith, Thought, and Education

The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks With Charlotte Mason

Bestvater, Laurie

Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

Esolen, Anthony

Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith

Foster, Richard J.

How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

Jacobs, Alan

Surprised by Laughter: The Comic World of C.S. Lewis

Lindvall, Terry

Book of Hymns

Manser, Martin

School Education, and other volumes

Mason, Charlotte

Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher

Munroe, Jeffrey

Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman

Ortlund, Anne

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

Smith, James K.A.

Poetry

The Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 Anthology

Buffam, Suzanne

The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems

Collins, Billy

The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things

Crozier, Lorna

The Victorian Triumph and Other Poems

Rogerson, Isabella Whiteford

Poems

Rogerson, Isabella Whiteford

Laurentian Lyrics and Other Poems

Bourinot, Arthur Stanley

Pattering Feet

Bourinot, Arthur Stanley

Among the Millet and Other Poems

Lampman, Archibald

Lyrics of Earth

Lampman, Archibald

Lifestyle, Simplicity, Finance, Organizing

The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

Adachi, Kendra

Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More

Boyle, Erin

Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More

Carver, Courtney

The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good

Cline, Elizabeth L.

The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

Dalton, Tonya

Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life

Kondo, Marie

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Kondo, Marie

Living with Less: How to Downsize to 100 Personal Possessions

Lambert, Mary

The Ultimate Guide to Frugal Living: Save Money, Plan Ahead, Pay Off Debt & Live Well

Luther, Daisy

An Edited Life: Simple Steps to Streamlining Your Life, at Work and at Home

Newton, Anna

What to Do with Your Money When Crisis Hits: A Survival Guide

Singletary, Michelle

Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

White, Dana K.

Clothes, Style, Home Decorating, Sewing, Crafts

Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

Apfel, Iris

Wearing Vintage

Bardey, Catherine

New from Old: How to Transform and Customize Your Clothes

Emerson, Jayne

The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart

García, Nina

Why French Women Wear Vintage: And other secrets of sustainable style

Guinut, Alois

Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home and Change Your Life

Rien, Paige

Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching

Ross, Heather

Small Space Living: Expert Tips and Techniques on Using Closets, Corners, and Every Other Space in Your Home

Sandenbergh, Roberta

William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Home

Todd, Pamela

The Arts and Crafts Home

Turgeon, Kitty

Mysteries

The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

Allingham, Margery

Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery, #2)

Allingham, Margery

Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery, #4)

Allingham, Margery

Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)

Allingham, Margery

The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery, #17)

Allingham, Margery

4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

Christie, Agatha

The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)

Christie, Agatha

Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season

Gayford, Cecily

Law & Disorder (Camilla MacPhee #6)

Maffini, Mary Jane

The Dead Don't Get Out Much (Camilla MacPhee #5)

Maffini, Mary Jane

Little Boy Blues (Camilla MacPhee #3)

Maffini, Mary Jane

The Devil's in the Details (Camilla MacPhee #4)

Maffini, Mary Jane

The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

Peters, Ellis

The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)

Peters, Ellis

The Pilgrim of Hate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #10)

Peters, Ellis

An Excellent Mystery (The Cadfael Chronicles, #11)

Peters, Ellis

The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

Peters, Ellis

The Holy Thief (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #19)

Peters, Ellis

Brother Cadfael's Penance (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #20)

Peters, Ellis

Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

Sayers, Dorothy L.

Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

Stout, Rex

The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

Tey, Josephine

The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

Tey, Josephine

Children’s Books

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

Park, Linda Sue

Chagall: My Sad and Joyous Village (Art for Children)

Loumaye, Jacqueline

The Long Way Home

Benary-Isbert, Margot

Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep

Farjeon, Eleanor

Fiction, General

The Tryst

Hill, Grace Livingston

Re-Creations

Hill, Grace Livingston

At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)

Karon, Jan

A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)

Karon, Jan

These High, Green Hills (Mitford Years, #3)

Karon, Jan

Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)

Karon, Jan

A Common Life: The Wedding Story (Mitford Years, #6)

Karon, Jan

In This Mountain (Mitford Years, #7)

Karon, Jan

To Be Where You Are (Mitford Years, #14)

Karon, Jan

The Dean's Watch

Goudge, Elizabeth

A City of Bells (Torminster, #1)

Goudge, Elizabeth

The Sister of the Angels (Torminster, #2)

Goudge, Elizabeth

Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

Lewis, C.S.

Sarah's Cottage (Sarah Morris Book 2)

Stevenson, D.E.

Thúy, Kim

Reunion

Uhlman, Fred

To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel #2)

Willis, Connie

Books I wrote or worked on (because those count too)

Canadian Companion to the AmblesideOnline Poetry Anthology: Arthur S. Bourinot, Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, Archibald Lampman