Christian fiction authors

[sarahdvt]

Has anyone read any Regina Doman books? I just finished her third book, "The Midnight Dancers." She remakes the fairytale of the twelve dancing princesses into a modern day story, which worked really well. Tracie Peterson is one of my favorite Christian authors!

[Acwoolet]

I love Karen Kingsbury, Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti, Julie Klassen, Kristen Heitzmann, and Deeanne Gist! There are many more that I also enjoy, but these are definitely some of my top favorites. They all have such different writing styles and encompass many different genres.

[jesslovesbooks]

The Angelaeon Circle was a great series by Karyn Henley. Great series for readers looking for a Christian author who also enjoy fantasy genre.

[Reading lady]

All the ones mentioned are excellent and there are many many more but Karen Kingsbury is by far the best. What a gift that lady has!

[jmjennings14]

I know this post is a little bit older but if you're still looking for good authors my all time favorite author is Karen Kingsbury. I know someone mentioned that her Baxter Family series is good and I completely agree, but some of her other books are also fantastic. Her book A Thousand Tomorrows is one of my favorites. Also Tracie Peterson is another good one. You can't go wrong with some old Janet Oke and if you're into history at all there is a huge series by Gilbert Morris called House of Winslow that follows the Winslow family from the Mayflower throughout history in America. If you're looking for something scary Ted Dekker and Frank Perreti are both good options! I haven't read Christian fiction in a while and this post is really making me want to dive back in, so thanks!

[Stuck_inabook]

I enjoy reading Robert Whitlow, Julie Klassen, Janette Oke, Dee Henderson, Francine Rivers, Tommy Tenney, Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker. Any author that can keep my attention and develop good story lines with great characters is what I usually look for. There are more but these top my list.

[pretzelsnow]

Hey! I read a lot of Christian Fiction. All of the suggestions you had are great. Here are a few more

Francine Rivers (General fiction prob.)
Lori Wick (Romance)
Beverly Lewis (Amish)
Janette Oke (romance?)
Brock and Brodie Thoen (not really sure, general prob.)
Jerry Jenkins (not sure what sub-genre, but he's good)
Karen Kingsbury (LOVE her Baxter family series!)

Love Lauraine Snelling, Angela Elwell Hunt (LOVE her books!!!) and Lynn Austin

You read my mind.I have read and love all of those authors!

[KristineNicole]

Virginia Smith. Her 'Mayla Strong' books are inspiring, touching reads.

[Miri Faye]

Wayne Thomas Batson and Donita K. Paul

[hnm216]

I absolutely love everything by Beverley Lewis, and Janette Oke. Lori Wicks is pretty good too, however, I haven't ready much of her work.

[HoneyB]

Has anyone read the Christian vampire trilogy by Debbie Viguie (Kiss of Night, Kiss of Death, & Kiss of Revenge)? I'm still reading the first one, but wanted to know if anyone else has read all three and what they thought of them.

[ejcogan]

I really enjoy Ted Dekker. The Circle series and Three were my favorites of his books.

[CJBrightley]

Most of my recommendations have already been mentioned, but here are a few more:

Harold Myra has written some wonderful books. His series that starts with Children in the Night is a beautiful allegory and a wonderful children's fantasy (kind of dark); it's fantastic, on part with the Chronicles of Narnia I think.

Michael Phillips writes historical fiction/general fiction (not romantic, or at least not with a romantic focus). I like The Legend of the Celtic Stone series and A Rift in Time, but he has other good ones as well.

Stephen Lawhead writes very good historical fiction and his books are shelved as Christian fiction, but the Christian themes are fairly subdued. They're heavy on the history and light on the Christian; that might not be what you're looking for, but they are good.

Calvin Miller's work is wonderful. I've mostly read his poetry, but what fiction I've read of his is very good (on the warm-fuzzy end of things). I am not a poetry reader; generally I find it boring and overdone. But Miller's The Singer Trilogy is amazing; poetry that reads with tension like a novel.

Douglas Hirt wrote a fun series that starts with Flight to Eden - it's pre-flood fantasy with dinosaurs and nephilim and spaceships and Atlantis. The paperbacks I have were given horrendously bad covers, but the books are actually well-written and enjoyable.

[csimmons032]

I can't think of any specific authors right now, but I can name off a couple of series that are really good. The Love Finds You series is fantastic, definitely one of my favorites. If you look up that title, then all of these different books will come up. There are over 50 books in the series. I can name a few of my favorites from the series. There is Love Finds You in Sun Valley Idaho, Hope Kansas, Miracle Kentucky, Sisters Oregon, and Valentine Nebraska just to name a few. All of the books I have read from this series have been good, but these are my favorites so far. I would also like to mention the Love Inspired series. You can get these books at your closest Wal-mart. They have romance, historical, and suspense novels. They are just litle pocket books pretty much. They are perfect if you just want a quick and fun book to read that will lift your spirits. What I would suggest is looking at thrift stores for these. You can look online to see what the labels look like, and then you can find them at thrift stores and garage sales for about 25 or 50 cents instead of five dollars each. I hope these suggestions help you out. Then again, if you enjoy Christian novels as much as I do, then you might have heard of them already.

[more_books_please]

I have read books by Francine Rivers and Karen Kingsbury and I really like both of them. Now thank you to all who have posted I have a lot of reading to do... decisions decisions