So I’m going to the library tomorrow. I’m already planning on checking out "Blue Like Jazz" and "The Five Love Languages." Does anyone know of any really interesting or unique Christian books that I will not be able to put down? I don’t care if it’s a novel or a devotional, fiction or non-fiction. I just need some good, interesting summer reads. I’m getting married in a few weeks and I’m 23 years old if that helps! Thank you:-)
I really liked Blue Like Jazz… if you find that you like it, you might want to check out "Searching for God Knows What" by the same author.
Also, The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Living a Purpose-Full Life: What Happens When You Say Yes to God by Jan Johnson
Christian Fiction:
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Bridge by Lisa Tawn Bergren
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
December 31st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I really enjoy Dee Henderson. Her O’Malley series is one I read every year. I enjoy her other series as well and her last new book was great, thogh it left us allup inthe air and we are waiting for some resolution!
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December 31st, 2009 at 6:23 pm
chicken soup books are really good.
You can get any type of chicken soup books
for moms for teens for kids
for anyone!!
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December 31st, 2009 at 6:59 pm
You’ll like Blue Like Jazz. It’s great! Best spiritual book I’ve read. Try anything by C.S. Lewis such as The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. He has a lot of books like that that are inspirational and such. If you want a list of books to look through then check out this link:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiction-Poetry-Christianity-Books/b/ref=amb_link_14?ie=UTF8&node=172806&pf_rd_p=283599101&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=12290&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0J1HMXX7C1SN77ZCSBJH
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December 31st, 2009 at 7:29 pm
You should read Harry Potter.
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December 31st, 2009 at 8:11 pm
This is a list of Christian authors. If you go to the link below you will find titles for everyone on this list AND in most cases if you click on the author’s name you will be taken to their official website where you can learn more about their books.
Stephen P. Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Isabella Macdonald Alden, Ernest Angley, Lynn Austin, June Masters Bacher, Karen Ball, Joseph T. Bayly, Deborah Bedford, William J. Bennett, Terri Blackstock, Lawanna Blackwell, Wanda Brumstetter, T. Davis Bunn, John Bunyan, Taylor Caldwell, Melody Carlson, Linda Chaikin, G. K. Chesterton, Mindy Starns Clark, Lori Copeland, Henry W. Coray, Thomas B. Costain, Dante, Jan de Hartog, Ted Dekker, Sandy Dengler, Lloyd C. Douglas, Martha Finley, Margaret Frazer, Graham Greene, David Gregory, Joseph Girzone, Beatrice Gormley, Elizabeth Goudge, Robin Jones Gunn, Robin Lee Hatcher, G. A. Henty, Dee Henderson, Kathy Herman, Grace Livingston Hill, B. J. Hoff, Marjorie Holmes, Parker Hudson, Angela Hunt, Hannah Hurnard, Dave and Neta Jackson, Grant Jeffrey, Douglas M. Jones III, Jan Karon, Sue Monk Kidd, Esther Ahn Kim, Karen Kingsbury, Peter Kreeft, Al Lacy, Beverly LaHaye, Joyce Landorf, Wendy Lawton, Tamara Leigh, Tracy Michele Leininger, Beverly Lewis, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Paul Maier, Catherine Marshall, Lurlene McDaniel, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jean McAnlis McMurdie, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gilbert Morris, Robert Boyd Munger, Andre Norton, Janette Oke, Virginia Stem Owens, Donita K. Paul, Jane Peart, Judith Pella, Frank Peretti, Alicia Peterson, Tracie Peterson, Michael Phillips, Eugenia Price, Piet Prins, Mary Ray, Francine Rivers, Margaret Rogers, Charles Sheldon, Lauraine Snelling, Elizabeth George Speare, Patricia St. John, Barbara M. Sutryn, Brock and Brodie Thoene, Tommy Tenney, David K. Todd, Lucille Travis, Ellen Gunderson Traylor, Louise A. Vernon, Laura Jensen Walker, Sydney Watson, Marian Wells, Morris West, Joe Wheeler, Lori Wick, Brenda Wilbee, Charles Williams, Joanne Williamson, Douglas Wilson, and Sally Wright.
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http://books4teensandadults.googlepages.com/christian
December 31st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I really liked Blue Like Jazz… if you find that you like it, you might want to check out "Searching for God Knows What" by the same author.
Also, The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Living a Purpose-Full Life: What Happens When You Say Yes to God by Jan Johnson
Christian Fiction:
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Bridge by Lisa Tawn Bergren
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
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December 31st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
The Wedding Treasury, By Grace Hill I wished I could Have read it before I got married.
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December 31st, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I love Jan Karon’s Mitford Series. It starts with At Home in Mitford. They are funny and fun and heartwarming without being too sappy, and not very preachy though there is a definite Christian theme.
I also love anything written by Brock and/or Bodie Thoene.
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December 31st, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I would suggest anything Francine Rivers has written. My favorite is "Redeeming Love," a retelling of the story of Hosea and his prostitute wife. Another good one is "The Last Sin-Eater," which you might recognize as having been made into a movie.
The Mark of the Lion trilogy is amazing – set in ancient Rome in the days of the gladiators, etc. You won’t be able to put them down until you finish. Amazing.
The other book of hers that I’ve read is "And the Shofar Blew," which is set in modern times.
All are fictional, but amazing. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love them.
If you haven’t read any CS Lewis, like "Mere Christianity," "Screwtape Letters," or "The Great Divorce," I’d highly recommend them. They’re not hard to read and are really interesting.
I also think it’s interesting to check out some "anti-Christian" books to test my beliefs against what others have to say. Next on my list is Dawkins’ "The God Delusion." Should be a good romp, I’m sure.
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December 31st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
might as well not bother any book that hasnt been considered atheist propaganda isnt any good anyway
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December 31st, 2009 at 10:49 pm
In my early years as a believer I began reading anything I could get my hands on, and it spiraled out from there.
Anything by C.C. Lewis…the best being The Chronicles of Narnia (lots of spiritual food there), Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Surprised by Joy, and his science fiction trilogy.
Then I started reading C.S.Lewis’ friends’ books (all members of the Inklings…their writing group) Dorothy Sayers, Charles Williams ( my favorite The Place of the Lion), J.R.R.Tolkien.
That led to the people who influenced them: George MacDonald and G.K. Chesterton.
Anything by Flannery O’Connor. (that will give you lots to ponder) Also Annie Lamont: (Travelling Mercies )
I’m reading Blue Like Jazz at present.
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