Matt read 29 books in 2014, up from 4 in 2013. Ben read 116 books in 2014.

2014 Books

New Authors

Matt

• Neil Gaiman
• Allen and Aaron Reini
• Richard Adams

Ben

• Miguel Cervantes
• John Steinbeck
• Thomas Merton
• Nic Pizzolatto

Matt is going to quit reading books this year.

Most Challenging Read

• Matt: The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
• Ben: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Biggest Disappointment

• Matt: Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis
• Ben: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

Biggest Surprise

• Matt: Flight of the Angels by Allen and Aaron Reini
• Ben: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Patrick won both contests: he guessed Matt would read 32 and Ben would read 116. The hosts sent him their biggest surprise books.

Favorite Re-Read

• Ben: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Matt: The Giver by Lois Lowry

Favorite Old Book

• Matt: A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
• Ben: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes

Favorite New Book

• Matt: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
• Ben: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Favorite Non-Fiction Book

• Ben: The Devil in the White City by
• Matt: Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe

Favorite Fiction Book

• Ben: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Matt: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Favorite First-Time Read

• Ben: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Matt: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

2015 Plans

Number to read

• Matt: 35
• Ben: 100

To Reread

• Matt: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Ben: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Challenging Read

• Ben: Soren Kierkegaard
• Matt: The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

Fun Read

• Matt: Truist by Jackie Lea Summers
• Ben: The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons