Kay Arthur

Israel, My Beloved. Harvest House, 1996.
Tells the dramatic story of the Jewish people through the unforgettable characters of the beautiful yet strong-willed Sarah, the endearing couple Enoch and Rebecca, and the devoted Samuel.

Lynn M. Austin

Candle in the Darkness. Bethany House, 2002.
Caroline Fletcher, the daughter of a wealthy slave-holding Virginia family, has been raised to believe the slavery is biblically acceptable, until she finally somes to understand the cruelty of holding other human beings in bondage. Followed by: Fire By Night (2003) and A Light to My Path (2004).

Carrie Bender

Birch Hollow Schoolmarm. Herald, 1999.
Told in a diary format, tells the adventures of young Dora who goes to teach for an Amish community in Minnesota and later works as a hired girl, caring for nine young children.

Ron & Janet Benray

Little White Lies. B&H, 2001.
Having pretty much written God off, Pippa Hunnechurch struggles to make a go of her executive headhunter business. Then, when he new partner dies under mysterious circumstances, she finds herself caught in a web if deceit due to the harmless "little white lies" the deceased had written into her resumes. Only by accepting the Lord back into her heart can Pippa save her reputation...and her life.

Joseph Bentz

A Son Comes Home. Bethany, 1999.
After fleeing Indiana following the death of his idolized older brother, Chris LaRue returns home upon word of his father's illness. As he tries desperately to patch together his family, Chris discovers that his brother's presence still echoes through the house.

Stephen A. Bly

Red Dove of Monterey. Crossway, 1998.
In California before the Gold Rush, Alena, a feisty red-haired entrepreneur, meets a rancher with a tragic secret in his past. Followed by: The Last Swan in Sacremento (1999) and Proud Quail of the San Joaquin (2000).

T. Davis Bunn

The Quilt (1993)
Mary is a grandmother whose gnarled, arthritic hands represent so many skills, so many memories, so many stories to be told. She has always been there to listen and comfort and encourage those who were in pain. Now, in the twilight of her days, Mary feels that there is something left undone. She becomes convinced that the task still unfinished is to make one more very special quilt, with every stitch sewn in prayer and thankfulness, the impact on her family and the surrounding community cannot be contained. Also by T. Davis Bunn: Tidings of Comfort and Joy (1997); The Great Divide (2000).

Ann Burton

Abigail's Story. Signet, 2005.
To settle her brother's gambling debt, Abigail of Carmel convinces her boorish lord to marry her. After he exiles her o the life of a shepherdess, she grows to love David, the warrior son of Jesse, who will come face-to-face with her husband in a senseless war-and destroy her hopes of peace.

Orson Scott Card

Sarah: Women of Genesis. Shadow Mountain, 2000.
A re-telling of the story of Sarah, Abraham's virtuous, loyal and resilient wife. Pledged to be a priestess of Asherah, Sarah becomes convinced that her destiny lies with Abraham, and waits eight years for his promised return. Meanwhile, her worldly and selfish sister becomes Lot's wife. The first in a new historical fiction series on biblical women.

Melody Carlson

Armando's Treasure. Tyndale, 2003.
A 23-year-old Hispanic man on the run from a troubled past finds shelter with a feisty octogenarian who needs help on her neglected farm.

Linda Chaiken

For Whom the Stars Shine. Bethany, 1999.
During the reign of Hawaii's last queen Eden Derrington returns home from her nurse's training drawn by her love of the Hawaiian people and her desire to uncover the truth behind the mystery of her mother's death.

Brandilyn Collins

Color the Sidewalk for Me. Zondervan, 2002.
Celia has never been able to understand why her mother has never loved her. When she returns home following her father's stroke, mother & daughter must find a way to let go of the past before the rift between them can be healed.

Lori Copeland

The Island of Heavenly Daze. WPG, 2000.
The visitors to the island off the coast of Maine dotted with lovely Victorian mansions are unaware that the place is inhabbited by angels sent by God to help those who are in need of who have lost their way. Followed by: A Warmth in Winter (2000), Grace in Autumn (2001), A Perfect Love (2002) and Hearts at Home (2003).

W. Dale Cramer

Bad Ground. Bethany, 2004.
In this novel of hope and redemption, 17-year-old Jereny honors his mother's dying request and seeks out the uncle who was badly injured in the same accident that killed Jeremy's father. He finds his uncle Aidan a bitter, lonely man working as a miner and not at all happy that Jeremy joins the crew.

A. J. Cronin

The Keys of the Kingdom. LB, 1969, 1941.
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. There he encounters hostility, disease, and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

Penny Culliford

Theodora's Diary. Zondervan, 2004, 2001.
It’s been one of those days for Theodora. Her mother has become the Greek equivalent of Delia Smith, her boyfriend would rather watch 22 men kick a ball around a field than go shopping with her, and chintzy Charity Hubble wants to pray for her. And worst of all, she is out of chocolate. Followed by: Theodora's Wedding (2003).

John Dalton

Heaven Lake. Scribner, 2004.
College graduate Vincent Saunders leaves his small Illinois town to serve as a Christian volunteer in Taiwan where he encounters a businessman who offers him a large sum of money to travel to China and "marry" the girl he loves, then bring her back to Taiwan so that he can then marry her legitimately. Seeing marriage as something sacred, Vincent refuses.When events force him to reconsider the proposition, Vincent learns a great deal about himself, his views of the Far East, and his faith.

Linda Dorrell

The Trees of Eden. Revell, 2004.
In 1918, Wren Birdsong of Bethel Creek, SC, dreams of an education, travel and wome's rights, but her mother believes she should follow in her footsteps as a student of the Bible and of herbal medicines. Their differences seem insurmountable until the great flu epidemic causes Wren to examine both soul and her true purpose in life.

Lloyd C. Douglas

The Robe. HM, 1942.
Marcellus, a young Roman soldier from a prominent family, is placed in charge of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He wins Christ's robe shooting dice. Thus begins a journey that will lead to his conversion. Followed by: The Big Fisherman (1948). Also by Lloyd C. Douglas: Magnificent Obsession (1929).

Shusaku Endo

Deep River. New Directions, 1994.
Four Japanese tourists visiting the Ganges in India are driven by a desire to resolve their personal feelings of loneliness, guilt, fear of death and spiritual disorientation and become true spiritual pilgrims.

C. Hope Flinchbaugh

Daughter of China. Bethany, 2002.
Mei Lin risks her both future and her life by spreading the Word in Communist China.

Sharon Ewell Foster

Passing by Samaria. Alabaster, 2000.
After making a horrible discovery that makes her question all she believes in, Mississippi-born Alena struggles to find herself and her lost faith in post WWI Chicago.

Joseph Girzone

Joshua: A Parable for Today. Macmillan, 1983.
A quiet and simple carpenter moves to rural NY where he supports himself solely by his woodworking for which he charges very little. Soon rumors start to fly. A deathly ill child suddenly recovers after he visits her. He quietly urges all around him to break down the walls that separate them. Followed by: Joshua in the Holy Land (1992); Joshua and the City (1995); Joshua, the Homecoming (1999); The Parables of Joshua (2001).

Robin Jones Gunn

Gardenias for Breakfast. Westbow, 2005.
Abby has just one wish: that her daughter Hannah might be touched by the beauty of her 92-year-old great-grandmother's stories before it's too late, but when they arrive home to Louisiana, she finds that the elderly lady cannot live up to her fond memories.

Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer

The Last Disciple. Tyndale, 2004.
In the time of Nero, with the enemy seeking to decipher the code of John's Book of Revelation and destroy the church, believers cling to the hope Revelation provides as they face the greatest of all persecutions.

Denise Michelle Harris

Sweet Bye-Bye. Warner, 2004.
When twenty-something Chantelle Meyers, who has been living the good life with a great job, a fabulous wardrobe, and a handsome boyfriend, comes home to find her father unconscious, stricken with a heart attack, she prays to God and promises that if her father gets well she will begin to live a good life and put the shallowness of her past behind her.

Ethel Herr

The Dove and the Rose. Bethany, 1996.
Pieter-Lucas, a gifted Dutch artist, and Aletta, the daughter of a bookseller, are caught up in the religious struggles of the 16^th century Holland. Followed by: The Citadel and the Lamb (1998).

Patricia Hickman

Fallen Angels. Warner, 2004.
During the Great Depression, three abandoned children wind up with a trucker on the lam for attempted murder. When they are stopped by the law, the eldest sibling, Angel, claims that they are the truckers family. The "family" arrives in Nazareth, Arkansas, where the locals mistake Jeb for the new preacher.Filled with a sense of beloning, Angel teaches Jab all he needs to make it as a preacher while molding the rag-tag group into a real family. Followed by: Nazareth's Song (2004.)

Patti Hill

Like a Watered Garden. Bethany, 2004.
Struggling with her grief following the death of her husband in a tragic accident, garden designer Mibby Garrett finds solace in her work until her faith is further shaken when she discovers that Scott had a secret past.

B. J. Hoff

The Penny Whistle.
In the late 1800s, in the small Kentucky coal mining town of Skingle Creek, teacher Jonathan Stuart hovers on the precipice between hope and despair, two young friends plan to give a gift that may save a life, and a one-room schoolhouse provides the setting for a miracle.

Angela Elwell Hunt

The Pearl. W. Pub. 2003
After tragedy strikes, Diana turns from God to to medical science in the hopes that technology will heal her broken heart and her obsession alienates her from her husband and daughter. By the same author: The Debt (2004), The Awakening (2004).

Carol Hutton

Eternal Journey. Warner, 2000.
When psychotherapist Anna loses her best friend Beth to cancer, she flees to Martha's Vineyard where she finds that her path keeps crossing that of persistent stranger and learns that love never dies.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Electric God. S&S, 2000.
Life has not been kind to middle-aged Hayden Reese, who, although he has lost virtually everything that ever mattered to him, refuses to give up and after years of struggling, experiences a moment of insight that enables him to understand why he has been tested so harshly by a seemingly unfeeling deity. A modern-day re-telling of the story of Job. By the same author: Pay It Forward (1999).

Jerry B. Jenkins

Though None Go With Me. Zondervan, 2000.
Born at the turn of the 20^th Century, Elisabeth Grace LeRoy begins a journey of faith that carries her through two world wars, the Great Depression, and personal tragedy.

Annie Jones

The Double-Heart Diner. Waterbrook, 1999.
Padgett "Jett" Murphy hopes to purchase a piece of land in Texas along Route 66, demolish the crummy diner in the middle of it, and make a bundle by selling the property to a land developer. But Georgia Darling is equally determined to save the Double Heart Diner. Both find more than they bargained for in each other. Also by Annie Jones: Cupid's Corner (1999); Lost Romance Ranch (2000).

Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days. Tyndale, 1996.
On a flight to London, several passengers aboard Capt. Rayford Steele's plane mysteriously disappear. He soon discovers that this phenomenon has occurred worldwide, that the Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation for the coming apocalyptic battle between good and evil and that those who have been left behind must face seven dark years in which they must decide which side to join. Followed by:Tribulation Force: The Continuing Story of Those Left Behind (1997), Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist (1997), Soul Harvest: The World takes Sides (1998), Apollyon: The Destroyer is Unleashed (1999), Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (1999) , The Indwelling: The Beast takes Possession (2000), The Mark: The Beast Rules the World (2000).

Shelly Leanne

Joshua's Bible. Warner, 2003.
During the Great Depression, African-American missionary Joshua Clay is sent to spread the Good Word in South Africa and quickly discovers the dark side of the beautiful country.

Thom Lemmons

Daughter of Jerusalem. Multnomah, 1999.
Tells the story of Mary Magdalen and the birth of the church as seen through her eyes.

Frederick Lenz

Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure. St. M., 1995.
A young American snowboarder who has traveled to the Himalayas seeking the ultimate high, surfs into a far more transcendent experience after he accidentally plows into a Buddhist monk, who then takes him on as a spiritual apprentice.

Beverly Lewis

The Covenant. Bethany, 2002.
The Amish community of Gobbler’s Knob in Lancaster, PA, holds everything plain and practical Leah Ebersol has ever desired until her father choses a husnad for her and her older sister becomes pregnant by an "English" man who subsequently abandons her. Followed by: The Betrayal (2003) and The Sacrifice (2004).

Dave McCasland

Pinstripe Parables: Searching Stories about Things that matter Most to a Man. Discovery, 1995.
What if an event in the Bible took place in your neighborhood, your office, or the nation's capital? These stories retell familiar Bible tales as they might look if they happened today.

Og Mandino

The Twelfth Angel. Fawcett Columbine, 1993.
John Harding had a high-powered career, a loving wife, and a beautiful son, but has lost it all. He returns home to New Hampshire, teetering on the brink of suicide. But when an old friend asks him to manage his old Little League team, the Angels, John reluctantly agrees, and meets a hopeless player who bears a striking resemblance to his dead son. Also by Og Mandino: The Spellbinder's Gift (1995).

Charles Martin

The Dead Don't Dance. WestBow, 2004.
After his first son is stillborn and his wife slips into a coma, Dylan Styles struggles with his loss and refuses to give up hope of her recovery.

Cindy McCormick Martinusen

Winter Passing. Tyndale, 2000.
Darby Evans is puzzled by her grandmother Celia's last request: for Darby to return to Austria and seek out the truth about Tatianna, Celia's best friend from childhood. She discovers that Tatianna had sacrificed herself during the war by posing as the half-Jewish Celia thus allowing Celia to escape the Nazis. It is a 60-year-old secret that some people are willing to kill for, and the revelation rekindles her faith in the Lord.

Calvin Miller

The Book of 7 Truths. HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.
Left homeless in Chicago with his mother when his father goes to Duluth to look for work, 10-year-old Anton Beaufort is hit by a truck and left paralyzed from the waist down, causing him to question God's love and compassion. A mysterious stranger named Hajji, gives them shelter, food, and a small red booklet containing the seven truths--the seven things that brought Hajii closer to God-and teaches Anton about trusting God's love.

Lynn Morris & Gilbert Morris

The Stars for a Light. Bethany, 1994.
Just after the Civil War, Cheney Duvall graduates from Woman's Medical College but cannot get a job because of her sex. When she accepts a job as ship's doctor on a three-month voyage around Cape Horn, caring for two hundred potential brides-to-be for the frontiersmen in the West, and encounters a whole new set of problems--and adventures. Followed by: Shadows of the Mountains (1994); A City Not Forsaken (1995); Toward the Sunrising (1996); Secret Place of Thunder (1996); In The Twilight, In The Evening (1997); Island of the Innocent (1998).

Tom Morrisey

Turn Four. Zondervan, 2004
After an off-track injury ends his career as a NASCAR driver, Chance Reynolds delves into the Bible looking for answers.He channels his twin loves for race cars and God into a new calling: as chaplain ministering to his fellow drivers.

Nancy Moser

The Seat Beside Me. Multnomah, 2002
With a plot-line "ripped from the headlines," a jet liner crashes into an icy river just after takeoff and only a handful survive. One of them inexplicably passes up his own chance for rescue so that the others may be plucked from certain death. Those survivors are left to re-examine their priorities and wonder why they were spared. By the same author: The Sister Circle (2003) and Crossroads (2006).

Elizabeth Musser

The Swan House. Bethany, 2001.
Mary Swan Middleton's life is changed forever when her mother dies in a car crash. having always taken for granted the advantages of her family's wealth, she accepts the challenge of her maid to find meaning in her life by helping those less fortunate, something that alters her views on race and faith. Followed by: The Dwelling Place (2005).

Bill Myers

Eli. Zondervan, 2000.
After a car crash sends a TV journalist into a coma, he awakens into a Santa Monica that isn't quite like the one he left. For one thing, it's the 1960s. And why can he find no New Testament in any printed Bible? He encounters young Eli Shepherd, a charismatic young "teacher" in a T-shirt blue jeans and blue jeans. Born to a homeless girl in a motel laundry, he spreads his gospel to one and all. Is he the son of God come at long last?

Catherine Palmer

Prairie Rose. Tyndale, 1997.
In the 1860s, Rosie Mills impulsively heads to the Kansas prairie to care for a widower's young son. This first in the "A Town called Hope" series is followed by: Prairie Fire (1997) and Prairie Storm (1999).

Also by Catherine Palmer: The Happy Room (2002).

Jane Peart

The American Quilt Trilogy
Spanning from pre-Civil War through the late 19^th century, these stories center around three traditional American quilts that tell the stories of the adventurous women who made them-heroines of courage, character, and faith. Titles are: The Pattern (1996) The Pledge (1996), The Promise (1996).

Other series by Jane Peart: Westward Dreams ; The Brides of Montclair

M. Scott Peck

In Heaven as on Earth. Hyperion, 1996.
73-year-old Daniel Turpin, a writer and psychiatrist, dies and begins his journey into the afterlife, finding it a place of both wonder and familiarity. By the author of The Road Less Traveled.

Judith Pella

Texas Angel. Bethany, 1999.
Married into a successful family, Angela Toussaint Hearne thought the fact that her mother was a runaway slave could be hidden. But when her secret is revealed, she and her infant daughter are cast out. Captured by the cruel slave owner who still holds her ancestors, Angela is forced to make the journey to frontier Rio Grande as a slave. There she meets a fire-and-brimstone New England evangelist named Benjamin Sinclair, and a borrowed New Testament changes her life forever. Followed by: Heaven's Road (2000).

Other series by Judith Pella: Lone Star Legacy; The Russians; The Stonewycke Trilogy; The Stonewycke Legacy; The Highland Collection; The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister; Portraits

Jodi Picoult

Keeping Faith. Morrow, 1999.
In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression while her 7-year-old daughter, Faith, seeks solace in an imaginary new friend. Then, although she has had no religious education, Faith begins to recite passages from the Bible, develops stigmata and begins to perform miraculous healings. Could her imaginary friend be God?

David Porter

The Vienna Passage. Crossway, 1995.
Toby Burgate's first encounter with the glamorous musical capital of the world, with its culture and anti-Semitism, shocks him to the core. Friendly and fun-loving music student Sally introduces him to a wider world. He cannot put her out of his heart, yet she is not "one of the Lord's People." In light of his deepening faith, what will Toby do about his feelings for her?

Francine Rivers

The Last Sin Eater. Tyndale, 1998.
In 1850s Appalachia, 10-year old Cadi Forbes becomes intrigued by the "sin eater" he sees at the gravesite of Granny Forbes and resolves to find him. It doesn't matter that no one knows where he lives. All that matters to her is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her. Also by Francine Rivers: The Atonement Child (1997); Redeeming Love (1997); Unveiled (2000), And the Shofar Blew (2003).

Marilyn Robinson

Gilead. FSG, 2004.
in 1956, as the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets. The letter becomes a meditation on the relationship between fathers and sons, on faith, and on the imperfectability of man.

Lee Roddy

Days of Deception. Chariot Victor, 1998.
Being a spy for the famous Pinkerton Detectives not only suited Laurel Bartlett's adventurous nature, it was her way of avenging her brother's death. But now the war casts a long shadow over Laurel's future happiness. Followed by: Yesterday's Shadows (1999); Tomorrow's Promise (2000).

Mark Salzman

Lying Awake. Knopf, 2000.
A celebrated poet, Carmelite nun Sister John of the Cross experiences visions of such dazzling power and insight that she is looked upon as a spiritual master. But when she begins to suffer mild epileptic seizures her doctors inform her that her so-called "visions" are the result of a life-threatening brain abnormality. This revelation about the true source of her Godly images sends Sister John into a crisis of faith that threatens the rest of the nunnery as well as her own peace of mind.

Lisa Samson

The Church Ladies. Multnomah, 2001.
Having difficulty adjusting to her new life as a minister's wife in a small town, Poppy Fraser strikes up friendships with the wives of other congregations. By the same author: Quaker Summer (2007).

James C. Schaap

The Secrets of Barneveld Calvary. Baker, 1997.
The private joys and sorrows of the parishioners of the Barneveld Baptist Church are related by their pastor, whose message is that peace and redemption are available to all those who seek God.

Penelope J. Stokes

The Amethyst Heart. Word, 2000.
At 93, Miss Amethyst Noble has no intention of moving out of what her son refers to as her "drafty old house" and backs up her words with a 12-gauge shotgun. It is her hope that her great-granddaughter will inhabit the house where generations of Nobles have lived and loved, wear the amethyst heart that generations of Noble women have worn, and pass on the family stories to a new generation. Also by Penelope J. Stokes: The Blue Bottle Club (1999).

Ann Tatlock

Bodie Thoene

The Gate of Zion. Bethany, 1986.
In 1947 Jerusalem, a young American photojournalist finds herself a pawn in a political chess game after she innocently photographs some ancient scrolls. Through it all, she discovers a people, a spirit, and a person who profoundly change the direction of her life. First in the "Zion Chronicles." Followed by: The Daughter of Zion (1987); The Return to Zion (1987); A Light in Zion (1988); The Key to Zion (1988).

Other series by Bodie Thoene are: Zion Legacy; Zion Covenant

Leo Tolstoy

Divine and Human and Other Stories. Zondervan, 2000.
Stories that probe the complexities of life and faith, the consistency of the human heart, and the power of truth.

Walter Wangerin

Paul. Zondervan, 2000.
The story of Saul of Tarsus, whom the gentiles know as Paul, whose determination to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ alters the history of the world.

Penelope Wilcock

The Hawk and the Dove: Trilogy. Crossway, 2000.
Follows the lives of two medieval monks who learn to accept their own failings as they grow together in their understanding of Christ.

Vinita Hampton Wright