So here's what I hope to complete this autumn.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - After a friend from my church praised this book to the skies and told me I had to read it, I decided to purchase my own copy. I got a beautiful version of the book, so that's an extra motivator. I don't know much more about the story than that it follows a man wrongfully imprisoned as he seeks revenge on the men responsible.
Hawthorne: A Life by Brenda Wineapple - I picked up this biography in a bookstore in Salem, Massachusetts, last fall and haven't got around to reading it yet. It follows the life of American literary giant Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter). I've only heard good things about Wineapple's skill as a biographer.
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction by William Zinsser - Tim Challies says this about On Writing Well: "Zinsser’s [book] is brilliant, though you will have to be willing to overlook his left-leaning ideologies ... Now in it’s 30th anniversary edition, On Writing Well contains hundreds of helpful lessons on being a better writer."
Schaeffer on the Christian Life by William Edgar - The second William on my list, this one is much different than the first. In this addition to Crossway's Theologians on the Christian Life series, Edgar looks at how Francis Schaeffer's teachings and life addressed the practical grind of being a Christian.
Spurgeon: A New Biography by Arnold Dallimore - My parents were the ones who raved about this book to me. They laughed, they cried (well, Mom did), they were thoroughly inspired of how God used this man. And they loved Dallimore's writing. I definitely have to read it.
Anna and the King by Margaret Landon - I just found out this was a book before a movie! I picked up the book at a used bookstore last week, and I'm looking forward to it. Amazon says:
When Anna arrives on a crowded dock in Siam in 1862, she is afraid her friends might have been right: A country as "backward" as Siam is no place for a proper young Englishwoman. And when she meets the king, who is unbearably headstrong and arrogant, she is quite positive she has made a huge mistake. But then Anna begins her post as governess to the royal children (all sixty-seven of them!), and it's not long before they taught her to love the beauty and excitement of this strange new land.
Things Not Seen by Jon Bloom - Bloom's debut, Not By Sight, was the best book I read in 2014 (see my review here). I was only too eager to order his new book. The premise is similar. He takes familiar stories from Scriptures and offers a fresh, biblical perspective on them.
What are you reading this fall?