Fall Reading 2025

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My favorite time of year has rolled back around. Among so many other things–changing leaves, cooler temps, college football, Halloween, Thanksgiving–it means I need a new reading list. My summer list was great.

Here’s what I’m planning to read before the end of the year:

  • The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
  • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
  • Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  • Killer Librarian by Mary Lou Kirwin
  • Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
  • The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal by Jodi Taylor
  • Holy Disruption: Discovering Advent in the Gospel of Mark by Tracy S. Daub

A few novels, some season-appropriate reading, and of course something for Advent.

What are you planning to read this fall?

Here are a few suggestions if you need them.

Published by Jeff Nelson

Rev. Jeff Nelson serves as Minister for Ministerial Calls and Transitions as part of the MESA Team at the UCC national setting. He also serves as pastor of a small church in northeast Ohio. He is also a certified spiritual director in the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola. His latest book, The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition, released on April 15th, 2025.

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