Thursday, January 26, 2012

I want a good christian Fiction book to read any ideas?

I already like Deborah Bedford

any others

remember Fiction!I want a good christian Fiction book to read any ideas?
4 book Seasons Series by Terri Blackstock and Beverly LaHaye -- grab tissues for this series!!!:

Seasons Under Heaven

Showers In Season

Times and Seasons

Season Of Blessing



Million Dollar series by Mindy Starns Clark (5 books in this series):

A Penny For Your Thoughts

Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels

A Dime a Dozen

A Quarter for a Kiss

The Buck Stops Here



A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury



Cape Refuge Series by Terri Blackstock:

Book 1 / Cape Refuge

Book 2 / Southern Storm

Book 3/River's Edge

Book 4 / Breaker's Reef



Newpointe 911 series:

Book 1 / Private Justice

Book 2 / Shadow of Doubt

Book 3/ Word of Honor

Book 4 / Trial by Fire

Book 5/Line of Duty



Baxter series by Kathy Herman:

Tested by Fire (book 1)

Day of Reckoning (book 2)

Vital Signs (book 3)

High Stakes (book 4)

A Fine Line (book 5)



A Shred of Evidence by Kathy Herman



Ivy Malone Mystery series by Lorena McCourtney:

Invisible (book 1)

In Plain Sight (book 2)



Blossom Street series by Debbie Macomber:

The Shop on Blossom Street

A Good Yarn

Back on Blossom Street
A bible... plenty of characters.. but no plot though.I want a good christian Fiction book to read any ideas?
I am a sucker for the older stuff. Personally, I love C.S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia are good but aimed at a younger crowd. Try his Silent Planet trilogy.
Anything by Karen Kingsbury:

Redemption Series

Redemption

Remember

Return

Rejoice

Reunion



911 Series

Lost Love Series

Women of Faith Series..............her series would keep you reading all of your break..www.karenkingsbury.com



check out this website too: www.faithfulreader.comI want a good christian Fiction book to read any ideas?
Try anything by Gilbert Morris. My favorite set that he has written is 'The Winslow Family'. The ia a pastor and a very good writer.
My favorites are:



Karen Kingsbury

Lori Wick

Lynn Austin

Francine Rivers

Traci Peterson
You could try the True Color series by Melody Carlson...Color me Dark Blue is a big emphasis on God.
ANY karen kingsbury book.

karenkingsbury.com

she's an AMAZING writer then really captures everything about a character. any book by her is really good but i'd start with Oceans Apart or Redemption



Melody Carlson has great books like True Colors (Dark Blue, Deep Green, Torch Red)

melodycarlson.com



Terri Blackstock has a really great series called the Restoration series

Last LIght

Night Light

True LIght

terriblackstock.com



hope this helps!
I would suggest that you do a internet search on Christian Fiction. Google lists authors, books, publishers, etc... any of these will take you to a bunch. Amazon also has a Christian Fiction section...
I echo Gilbert Morris' series The House of Winslow. It's very lengthy, but excellent. The first in the series is called The Honorable Imposter. This series begins in the 1600s (I think I'm remembering correctly) and follows the family all the way into the present. (Some others: 2-The Captive Bride, 3-The Indentured Heart, 4-The Gentle Rebel, 5-The Saintly Buccaneer, etc.)



I would also suggest Jane Peart's series The Brides of Montclair. This is also a lengthy series, but it is excellent and follows the family from colonial times in Williamsburg, VA to the present day. The first book in the series is The Valiant Bride. Some other titles include: 2-The Ransomed Bride, 3-Fortune's Bride, 4-Folly's Bride, 5-Yankee Bride/Rebel Bride, etc.



The next author I would recommend is Lawanna Blackwell. She has a great series called The Gresham Chronicles (1-The Widow of Larkspur Inn, 2-The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 3-The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark).



There is also Janette Oke who wrote the Love series (among many others): Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise, Love's Long Journey, Love's Abiding Joy. (They have made these into movies that have aired on Hallmark channel.)



Some other authors I would suggest are Eugenia Price, Robin Lee Hatcher, Karen Kingsbury, Laura Jensen Walker, Tamara Leigh, Melody Carlson, Neta Jackson and others. A good place to check for more authors/novels is http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/B鈥?/a> - which allows you to check by fiction and then narrow it down by contemporary, fantasy, historical, etc.



I enjoy the books by Frank Peretti (The Oath, The Cooper Kids Adventure series, The Veritas Project books, This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness), but they are very different than Deborah Bedford's books (more like spiritual thrillers).
So many good books out there. I certainly recommend Karen Kingsbury - Redemption Series, Firstborn Series and Sunrise Series are my faves and if you read in that order there are twelve books with a continuing story though focusing on different characters. There are still two more books in the Sunrise series to be released so it will be 14 between the 3 series when she is done.



Karen Ball is good suspense, romance, etc. Family Honor series book 3 What Lies Within is good.



Michael Phillips has some great historicals out there, my favorite is the Secret of the Rose series and his American history series Shenandoah Sisters and Carolina Cousins.



Beverly Lewis books all set in Amish areas are good too.



And last but not least one of the newest additions to my favorites list is Time Masters Book One: The Call by Geralyn Beauchamp.



You'll find info about some of these books and authors on my blog at http://forstrose.blogspot.com Many of the authors or books would be available through Christianbook.com or local Christian Bookstores in the US. Geralyn's book is on Barnes and Noble.com, Amazon.com and through the publishers site coldtreepress.com



Hope this helps - I tried to include a variety as you didn't specify your genre or type of book you are looking for outside the broad category of fiction and Christian.
If you like Deborah Bedford you will also like Robin Lee Hatcher and Francine Rivers...



However, it really depends on what type of fiction read you are after - The following sub-genre's (if there is such a word) in Christian fiction have great authors:



Christian Sci-Fi: Bill Myers - Soul Tracker, The Presence, Eli



Warfare/Horror: Frank Peretti - This Present Darkness, The Visitation, House also

Chantay James- Valley of Decisions (this book is great for a quick read and has strong women characters)



End times/Prophecy - Left Behind Series (Tim Lahaye)



Witty Small Town: The Midford Series



The Joshua stories by Joseph Girzone are awesome!
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