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Recommended Reading: Inspirational

 

 

 • Popular Authors    • Classic Reads   • Recommended Reads

• Biblical Fiction     • A Christian Life     • Fantasy & Sci-Fi     • Historical

• Mysteries & Thrillers     • Romance     • Sagas     • Westerns

 

Classic Reads
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ  Lew Wallace
The Brothers Karamazov  Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Canticle for Leibowitz  Walter M. Miller
Christy  Catherine Marshall
The Heart of the Matter  Graham Greene
The Idiot  Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In His Steps  Charles Sheldon
Julie  Catherine Marshall
The Pilgrim's Progress  John Bunyan
The Robe  Lloyd C. Douglas
The Screwtape Letters  C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chalice  Thomas Costain
C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy     
       1. Out of the Silent Planet
       2. Perelandra
       3. That Hideous Strength
The Vicar of Wakefield  Oliver Goldsmith
The Visionary Novels of George MacDonald  George MacDonald
 

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Biblical Fiction
The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel  Walter Wangerin
The Fifth Mountain Paulo Coelho
The Gospel According to the Son Norman Mailer
Great Lion of God Taylor Caldwell
The Red Tent  Anita Diamant
To the Ends of the Earth  T. Davis Bunn

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A Christian Life  
Ain't No River  Sharon Ewell Foster
The Atonement Child  Francine Rivers  
The Happy Room Catherine Palmer  
Harmony Series by Philip Gulley  
       1. Home to Harmony  
       2. Just Shy of Harmony  
I Heard the Owl Call My Name  Margaret Craven  
Long Train Passing  Steven Wise  
The Mitford Years Series  Jan Karon  
Passing by Samaria  Sharon Ewell Foster  
Praise Jerusalem!  Augusta Trobaugh  
Saint Maybe  Ann Tyler  
The Wind in the Wheat  Reed Arvin  
Wings of a Dove  Beverly Bush  
The Youngest Hero  Jerry B. Jenkins  

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Fantasy & Sci-Fi  
Eli  Bill Myers  
Ender Wiggins Saga by Orson Scott Card  
       1. Ender's Game  
       2. Speaker for the Dead  
       3. Xenocide  
       4. Children of the Mind  
       5. Ender's Shadow  
       6. Shadow of the Hegemon  
       7. Shadow Puppets  
       8. Shadow of the Giant  
Left Behind Series Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins  
The Prodigy  Alton Gansky  
Piercing theDarkness  Frank Peretti
Transgression  Randall Ingermanson  
Untitled Series  Bill Myers  
       1. Blood of Heaven  
       2. Threshold  
       3. Fire of Heaven  

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Historical  
The Celtic Crusades Series  Stephen R.Lawhead  

       1. The Iron Lance

  
       2. The Black Rood  
       3. The Mystic Rose  
Go Down to Silence  G.K. Belliveau  
The Rain From God  Mark Ammerman  
Saints and Villains  Denise Giardina  
Two Testaments  Elizabeth Musser  
Jerusalem Vigil  Bodie & Brock Thoene  

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Mysteries & Thrillers  
Black and Secret Midnight  Laurel Schunk  
Burke Anderson Mysteries  by Gary E. Parker  
       1. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt  
       2. Death Stalks a Holiday  
The Chairman  Harry Lee Kraus  
Garr Reed Mysteries  by Athol Dickson  
       1. Whom Shall I Fear?  
       2. Every Hidden Thing  
Gideon's Torch  Charles Colson and Ellen Santilli Vaughn
The Great Divide  T. Davis Bunn  
Justifiable Means  Terri Blackstock  
Obsessed  Ted Dekker  
Margaret's Peace  Linda Hall  
True Valor  Dee Henderson  
The Truth Seeker  Dee Henderson  
The Will  Reed Arvin  

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Romance  
All Things New  Donna Fletcher Crow  
Beyond the Picket Fence  Lori Wick  
Blind Trust  Terri Blackstock  
Coming Home  Barbara Jean Hicks  
The Forgiving Hour  Robin Lee Hatcher  
A Moment of Weakness  Karen Kingsbury  
Redeeming Love  Francine Rivers  
Sharon's Hope  Neva Coyle  
Sunset Coast  Susan Devore Williams  
Sweet Violet  Catherine Palmer  
Temptation  Victoria Christopher Murray  
Three Weddings and a Giggle  Liz Curtis Higgins, Caryolyn Zane, Karen Ball
When Dreams Cross  Terri Blackstock  
Whispers From Yesterday  Robin Lee Hatcher  


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Sagas  
Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England  Donna Fletcher Crow
The Starbridge Novels  by Susan Howatch  
         1. Absolute Truths  
         2. Glamorous Powers  
         3. Glittering Images  
         4. Mystical Paths  
         5. Scandalous Risks  
         6. Ultimate Prizes  

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Westerns  
Bitter Thistle, Sweet Rose  Ruth Glover  
Brides of the West Series  by Lori Copeland  
         1. Faith  
         2. Hope  
         3. June  
Chase the Dream  Constance Colson  
The Devil's Eye  H.L. Richardson  
Ghost Riders Series  by Sigmund Brouwer  
            1. Morning Star  
            2. Moon Basket  
The Legend of Storey County  Brock Thoene  
 

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Updated: October 19, 2011

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