10 Reads to Help You Be Better in 2020

While fiction shines on this blog, front and center, nonfiction titles naturally dominate this list for self-improvement in 2020. No diet or exercise books here, just some books that are both easy to read and helpful in growing in one way or another without becoming another task to tick off of your list or adding a radical change to employ overnight.

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  • Be Brave in the Scared
  • Know Thyself
  • Finish by Jon Acuff
  • Day by Day with Saint Faustina
  • Side by Side
  • Don't Forget to Say Thank You
  • Unrepeatable
  • Giving Thanks and Letting Go
  • Cultural Literacy
  • The Bright Unknown

LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES

Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God During the Most Difficult Days of My Life by Mary Lenaburg

GET ORGANIZED

Know Thyself: The Imperfectionist’s Guide to Sorting Your Stuff by Lisa Hess

GET IT DONE

Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff

FOCUS

Day by Day with Saint Faustina: 365 Reflections by Susan Tassone

GROW CLOSER

Side by Side: A Catholic Mother-Daughter Journal by Lori Ubowski

LEARN FROM LIFE

Don’t Forget to Say Thank You: And Other Parenting Lessons that Brought Me Closer to God by Lindsay Schlegel

SET A COURSE

Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person by Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller, PhD

MOVE FORWARD

Giving Thanks and Letting Go: Reflections on the Gift of Motherhood by Danielle Bean (Coming in February – pre-order now!)

BE INFORMED

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Ever America Needs to Know by Ed D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil

BUILD EMPATHY

The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts


What book do you recommend for starting the new year off right?


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