Sample Reading Lists [Updated]

Here are some strictly  hypothetical examples of how my current reading list might look at any given time.  A # means that I'm actually reading the book mentioned at the time of this writing.  Books that fit two categories are listed twice, and are marked with an asterisk. *

I'm giving the titles only.

1
The shortest list I could have... 11 books

Bible book :
Romans

Daily Devotional: 
Saint And Thought For Every Day#

Catholic spirituality or biography/autobiography:
The Story Of A Soul*

Judaica:
Try For A Dream*

Play or collection of plays:
As You Like It

Poetry:
Come Hither#

Essays:
Enjoy, Enjoy


Nonfiction:
What A Word! 

Educational:
Teach Yourself Visually Algebra

Autobiography, biography, or collection of short biographies:
The Story Of A Soul*

Fiction:
Try For A Dream*

Comic book:

Sugar And Spike Archives Vol. 1

Potpourri:
Peppermint: The Best From The Scholastic Writing Awards Junior Division#

2
The longest list I could have.... 17 books

Bible book :
Sirach

Daily Devotional: 
Saint And Thought For Every Day#

Catholic spirituality or biography/autobiography:
The Secret of the Rosary

Judaica:
The Other Side Of The Story

Play or collection of plays:
Humorous Plays For Teenagers 

Poetry:
Leaves of Grass

Essays:
Emerson's Essays


Nonfiction:
What A Word! 
Of Swedish Ways
Spice On The Wind

Educational:
Teach Yourself Visually Algebra

Autobiography, biography, or collection of short biographies:
The Alcotts As I Knew Them

Fiction:
Rose In Bloom#
How Green Was My Valley
Told Under The Stars and Stripes

Comic book:

Little Lulu In Paris

Potpourri:
A Jesse Stuart Reader

 3
A list that falls in the middle... 14  books

Bible book :
1st Corinthians

Daily Devotional: 
Saint And Thought For Every Day#

Catholic spirituality or biography/autobiography:
The Imitation of Christ

Judaica:
The Chosen

Play or collection of plays:
The Glass Menagerie#

Poetry: 
This Singing World

Essays:
Reproachfully Yours#

Nonfiction:
Why Did They Name It?
Love and Knishes

Educational:
Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics#

Autobiography, biography, or collection of short biographies:
Fifth Chinese Daughter

Fiction:
The Chosen
Told Under The Stars And Stripes

Comic book:

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told

Potpourri:
The Saturday Evening Post Treasury

New Category

I've added a new category, Potpourri, to my daily reading plan. Potpourri, in my system, simply means any book containing more than one kind of writing, for example, a mixture of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
I'm starting off with "Peppermint: The Best From Scholastic Writing Awards Junior Division," a book
I've loved since I was in junior high school.

Yearly Reading Customs, and My Current System

My regular readers know that I've been reading "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens every December 24th for many years now.

Well, for the past several years, I have read "Norah and the Cable Car," by Rita Shields, on St. Patrick's Day.  This is the perfect choice, because the book covers the year from St. Patrick's Day 1873 to St. Patrick's Day 1874.

Of course, I'm not skipping any of the other books I'm currently reading, and since I started that system, I don't read ANY book in one sitting. One day, sometimes, but not one sitting.

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