January's book of the month: 'The Defendant'

These first few weeks of reading Chesterton went fast. I only read four books in January, so there are over ninety to go... Definitely a task on which I can spend a full year. If anything, though, I have become more motivated: Chesterton's writing is fascinating.
Of the four books I read this month, I enjoyed 'The Defendant' most. The loose essays, on various topics, rally introduced me to Chesterton's way of thinking, in a way the novel, stories or poetry could not do. In a sense, the literary books were too limited: they simply have a different objective. They have one theme, beautifully worded and illustrated, but not as rich as the defences.
The next books that are on my reading list are also from Chesterton's relatively early works: 'Twelve types', 'Dickens', 'The man who was Thursday', and 'Heretics'.