2009's Top 10 Christian Fiction
Discover the best Christian fiction books of 2009 with our top 10 picks! Explore inspiring stories of faith, hope, and redemption in this curated list of must-read novels.
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The Knight
by Steven James
Realizing that a serial killer has been using clues from an ancient manuscript as a blueprint for murderous acts, FBI criminologist Patrick Bowers must prevent a next attack before discovering that he may be the intended victim.
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The Justice Game
by Randy Singer
When the family of a shooting victim sues the manufacturer of the gun used by the killer, the case's charismatic plaintiff and defendant lawyers are targeted with blackmail for personal secrets that could devastate their careers. By the author of Directed Verdict. Original.
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The Word Reclaimed
by Steve Rzasa
In the far future, the civilized worlds have finally been freed of the curse of religion. No one has been bothered by so much as a hymn in two generations, much less a Torah, Koran, or Bible--until teenager Baden discovers an ancient Bible.
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Ends of the Earth
by Tim Downs
Nick must face the realities of lost opportunities and the passing of time as he struggles to protect a mother and her child from agro-terrorists, in this latest novel from award-winning author Downs.
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Wounded
by Claudia Mair Burney
If a miracle happened to you, wouldn't you tell everyone? What if they thought you were crazy? A young single mother and the junkie she mysteriously heals find out the hard way.
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Last Mango in Texas
by Ray Blackston
Texas Tech student Kyle Mango is attending a fraternity party when he meets Gretchen, an artsy animal lover whose independent spirit immediately sparks his attention. But after a month of bliss, they suddenly find themselves in rough waters. When Kyle inherits four oil wells from his uncle, he sees his affluence as an opportunity to impress Gretchen. But just before he makes his move, Gretchen hears news of an oil tanker spilling its load near the coast of Alaska. Leaving Kyle behind in Texas, she joins a group of campus activists in Alaska for the summer to clean oil from suffering birds. Kyle is torn between managing his business--and being left lonely in the Lone Star state--and risking everything to fly to Alaska to pursue Gretchen. The young oil man soon discovers that oil slicks are nothing compared to relational slicks. The early bird may get the worm, but the oily bird can ruin romance! Through it all, Kyle explores faith in God and His power to change lives.
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The Swiss Courier
by Tricia Goyer
It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi Mueller is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to the CIA) close to Nazi Germany. When she is asked to risk her life to safely "courier" Engel out of Germany, the fate of the world rests in her hands. If she can lead him to safety, she can keep the Germans from developing nuclear capabilities. But in a time of traitors and uncertainty, whom can she trust along the way? This fast-paced, suspenseful novel takes readers along treacherous twists and turns during a fascinating--and deadly--time in history.
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Angel Time
by Anne Rice
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A divinely thrilling series about an assassin with the choice to turn from darkness to light—from the author of Interview with the Vampire The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby O’Dare—a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless soul, a dead man walking, he lives under a series of aliases—just now: Lucky the Fox—and takes his orders from “The Right Man.” Into O’Dare’s nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes a mysterious stranger, a seraph, who offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O’Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest but instead came to embody danger and violence, seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear . . . In this primitive setting, O’Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.