While we have a substantial number of non-fiction volumes. I am convinced that what will draw adults to our library is an excellent selection of Christian fiction books. We do have the Jan Karon series and about 50 other titles, but I am looking for some really excellent must-have choices to include. If I head to Barnes and Noble I find an extensive number of books from which to choose, but I really would appreciate anyone's suggestions.......
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I hope we keep this thread going! I'm getting a lot of ideas for new authors for our library.
Keith,
In our small library, we, too, rely heavily upon our Christian fiction section. Some of the works have such Godly content, I value each one. Aside from the Amish type romances, our folks enjoy the works of authors such as Collene Coble (the Bar Harbor series-mysteries) and the works of Robert Whitmore and Walt Larimore, etc. Another author that I rely upon and really enjoy is Joel Rosenberg and his "Last Jihad" series, including "The Twelfth Imam, The Copper Scroll", etc. Those books are like reading today's newspaper with the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel in your lap! Hope this helps!
midge wilson
It's our largest section and I know I'm leaving out a bunch but some of our favorite authors are:
June Masters Bacher (I'm not sure if they are still in print, but she was one of my first Christian Fiction Faves)
Wanda Brunstetter
Robin Jones Gunn
Grace Livingston Hill
Dee Henderson
Karen Kingsbury
Al & JoAnna Lacy
Beverly Lewis
Janette Oke
Jane Peart
Tracie Peterson
Eugenia Price
Lauraine Snelling
Brodie & Brock Thoene
Lori Wick
Here is a list of my favorite Christian fantasy authors:
1) Stephen Lawhead
2) Karen Hancock
3) L. B. Graham
4) Sharon Hinck
5) George Bryan Polivka
Because he is so popular, I didn't include C.S. Lewis.
Some excellent authors with many books to choose from are: Lynn Austin, Traci Peterson, Beverly Lewis, Lisa Wingate, Elizabeth Musser, Kristen Heitzman, Tim Downs, Irene Hanon, Kathy Herman, Beth Wiseman, Serena Miller, Mel Odom, Tamera Alexander, Brandylin Collins, Jamie Langston Turner...to name just a few. All these authors are popular in our church library.
Yes, "Some wildflower in my heart" by Turner is one of my all-time favorites! I don't read a lot of books (anyone else in library work like me?) but I really want to read more of hers.
I don't care for "cookie cutter" fiction - where someone just changes the names and locations and some details and makes a new novel. I have personally enjoyed Athol Dickson's "The Cure" - like nothing I'd read before. Got to meet him when he spoke at our librarians' group's "Festival of Authors" in 2009!
Jamie Langston Turner is one of the best current Christian fiction writers; Susan May Warren is good as well, and Travis Thrasher. Modern "Christian fiction" can be a minefield, but there are some treasures there too!
Really good older works include Hannah Hurnard's "Hind's Feet on High Places" and "Mountains of Spices" (allegory similar to Pilgrim's Progress, which is a must-have; also good is John Bunyan's "The Holy War"); J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (fantasy); G.K. Chesterton's "Father Brown" mysteries and other fiction by him; Elisabeth Elliot's "No Graven Image" (missions novel; older, may be hard to find); Elisabeth Prentiss' "Stepping Heavenward" (spiritual growth/romance written as a journal; she also has several youth fiction works); Walter Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" and its sequel (fantasy/allegory)...
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