I already like Deborah Bedford
any others
remember Fiction!
2007-12-12 06:05:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
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
2007-12-12 06:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by junebug 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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!
2007-12-12 18:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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/Books/easy_find?event=ETRS&N=1014650&Ne=1014650&Nso=1&Nu=product%2Eendeca%5Frollup&Ns=customer%5Freview%2Erating%5Fscore - 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).
2007-12-12 06:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by ck1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-12-15 09:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by forest_rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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!
2007-12-12 07:53:15 · answer #5 · answered by Jesus=Savior<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read part of the Left Behind: The Kids series. There's 40 (like 100 pg) books in the series. It talks about 4 teens who are left behind after the rapture. Its actually pretty interesting, and I'm not even an "all-out" Christian anymore
2016-05-23 05:59:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorites are:
Karen Kingsbury
Lori Wick
Lynn Austin
Francine Rivers
Traci Peterson
2007-12-12 07:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by Salli B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-12-12 07:21:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-12-12 06:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by dragonmomof3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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...
2007-12-12 06:31:03 · answer #10 · answered by Wanda K 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋