Church Librarian Picks - Contemporary Christian Adult Fiction
Discover top contemporary Christian adult fiction picks curated by a church librarian. From Francine Rivers' Redeeming Love to Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness, explore inspiring novels by Ted Dekker, Karen Kingsbury, Jan Karon, and more—perfect for your next faith-filled read.
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Lord Foulgrin's Letters
by Randy Alcorn
This repack of Randy Alcorn's gripping bestseller delivers us from ignorance of the devil's schemes. Foulgrin, a high-ranking demon, instructs his subordinate on how to deceive and destroy Jordan Fletcher and his family. It's like placing a bugging device in hell's war room, where we overhear our enemies assessing our weaknesses and strategizing attack. Lord Foulgrin's Letters is a Screwtape Letters for our day, equally fascinating yet destinctly different -- a dramatic story with earthly characters, setting, and plot. A creative, insightful, and biblical depiction of spiritual warfare, this book will guide readers to Christ-honoring counterstrategies for putting on the full armor of God and resisting the devil. Alcorn says to win the battle we must know our God, know ourselves, and know our enemy. Lord Foulgrin's Letters, in unparalleled and compelling fashion, helps us better know each.
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Hideaway
by Hannah Alexander
Devastated by her sister's death, E.R. doctor Cheyenne Allison retreats to an isolated farm in Hideaway, Missouri. But a dangerous vandal terrorizes the town, and Cheyenne finds an unexpected demand for her medical skills.
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Norah's Ark
by Judy Baer
From the author of the Christian bestseller "The Whitney Chronicles" comes a hilarious new novel featuring memorable characters of both the two-legged and four-legged variety.
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No Legal Grounds
by James Scott Bell
After finally getting his life back on track, thanks to his love of Christ, attorney Sam Trask hears from an old college dorm mate, Nicky Oberlin, who seems anxious to reconnect, but when Sam tries to back out gracefully, he soon learns that Nicky is a sociopath who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Original. 15,000 first printing.
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Cape Refuge
by Terri Blackstock
Thelma and Wyane Owens are found dead and their son-in-law is arrested for the crime.
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The Lost Wagon Train
by Stephen A. Bly
In 1852, Retta, a twelve-year-old girl constantly looking for adventure on the Oregon Trail, gets lost in a storm and shares shelter and friendship with a Shoshone family.
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Imposter
by Davis Bunn
Matt Kelly returns from the federal training academy on the brink of an identity crisis, but his personal challenges must be put aside when a bomb brings personal tragedy to Kelly's life and forces him to join with a diverse group of both allies and enemies in his quest for justice.
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Distant Echoes
by Colleen Coble
When testing for a new missile defense system results in the destruction of a tour boat, dolphin researcher Kaia Oana and Navy officer Jesse Matthews investigate, putting their lives in danger even as sparks fly between them.
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Black
by Ted Dekker
Thomas Hunter works to save the world from a deadly virus by travelling through time and space.
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Abraham's Well
by Sharon Ewell Foster
Armentia, an aged black Cherokee woman, remembers her youth, her family, and their struggle to hold on to their dreams.
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My Life As a Doormat
by Rene Gutteridge
Playwright Leah Townsend doesn't like conflict one bit, but these days she can't seem to avoid it. Conflict resolution has never been so fun in this lively new romp from the author of "Boo."
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The Restorer
by Sharon Hinck
When Susan stumbles into an alternate universe, she must overcome tremendous odds to deliver a desperate people and restore hope to a world far from her own.
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Three from Galilee
by Marjorie Holmes
A fictional account of the lost years of Jesus' young manhood, a period not mentioned in the Bible. Also looks at the feelings of Mary, His mother, and Joseph, His father.
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At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s beloved series set in America’s favorite small town: Mitford. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.
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One Tuesday Morning
by Karen Kingsbury
I'm a firefighter, God, so I know I've been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing. Not rushing with his teammates up the stairway of the south tower to help trapped victims. Not being blasted from the building. And not the woman sitting by his bedside who says she is his wife. Jamie Bryan will do anything to help her beloved husband regain his memory, and with it their storybook family life with their small daughter, Sierra. But that means helping Jake rediscover the one thing Jamie has never shared with him: his deep faith in God. Jake's fondest prayer for his wife is about to have an impact beyond anything he could possibly have conceived. One Tuesday Morning is a love story like none you have ever read: tender, poignant, commemorating the tragedy and heroism of September 11 and portraying the far-reaching power of God's faithfulness and a good man's love.
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Could I Have This Dance?
by Harry Kraus
Claire McCall has overcome adversity to become one of the top surgical residents at the local hospital, but the "Stoney Creek Curse" threatens to destroy her career, and Claire must find the truth behind the curse, despite the objections of her friends and family.
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Left Behind
by Tim LaHaye
After millions of people around the world vanish in one moment, in what many claim to be the Rapture, Rayford Steele begins a search for the truth amidst global chaos.
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The Shunning
by Beverly Lewis
She knew the Amish ways, but with only visit to the attic her world began to crumble.
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Till We Have Faces
by Clive Staples Lewis
This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister, who posessively and harmfully loves Psyche. Much to Orual's frustration, Psyche is loved by Cupid, the god of love himself, setting the troubled Orual on a path of moral development.
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The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
In this humorous and perceptive exchange between two devils, C. S. Lewis delves into moral questions about good vs. evil, temptation, repentance, and grace. Through this wonderful tale, the reader emerges with a better understanding of what it means to live a faithful life.
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Christy
by Catherine Marshall
In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two remarkable young men, and by a heart torn between true love and unwavering devotion. And don't miss another heart-soaring bestseller from Catherine Marshall: Julie
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The Dead Don't Dance
by Charles Martin
Dylan Styles, content living on his grandfather's farm in Digger, South Carolina, with his wife, Maggie, is thrown into confusion when his son is stillborn and Maggie lapses into a coma, and must wrestle with questions of life, death, and faith, while hoping and praying for her recovery.
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The Singer
by Calvin Miller
Calvin Miller tells the allegorical story of the Singer and his fight against the World Hater in this classic book that has thrilled Christian readers for generations.
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Love's Abiding Joy
by Janette Oke
Book 4 of Love Comes Softly. Reuniting with their daughter's family, grandparents Clark and Marty's hope and faith are tested by a tragedy. Another Janette Oke bestseller!
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This Present Darkness
by Frank E. Peretti
When a reporter and a prayerful pastor begin to compare notes on the town of Ashton, they find themselves fighting a New Age plot to subjugate the townspeople, and eventually the entire human race.
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Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • The classic story that has captured the hearts of millions worldwide: a tragically wounded soul, the man called to marry her, and the only love that heals all. “A literary masterpiece, reminding us that God’s love is unconditional.”—Debbie Macomber California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation, until despite her resistance, her frozen heart begins to thaw. But with her unexpected softening comes overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear. And so Angel runs. Back to the darkness, away from her husband’s pursuing love, terrified of the truth she no longer can deny: her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does . . . the One who will never let her go. A powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love. Includes a six-part reading group guide!
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A Voice in the Wind
by Francine Rivers
A Christian slave girl in ancient Rome fights to save her family and the man she loves.
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The Healing Quilt
by Lauraine Snelling
After her Aunt Teza’s test results turn out to be inconclusive, Dot Cooper resolves to raise money for a new mammogram machine, through the creation and auction of a magnificent, king-sized quilt to be sewn by the women of Jefferson City. Dot’s efforts quickly draw the support of disparate members of the community, including newcomer Beth Donnelly, married to a local pastor; Elaine Giovanni, the stylish wife of a local surgeon; and an ailing Aunt Teza. But as the four different generations work the squares of the quilt, they are also confronted with ragged pieces of their own lives. Though the women could not be more different on the surface, they hold in common quiet suffering triggered by painful circumstances: the death of children, the abandonment of husbands, the loneliness of depression. Yet their struggles will bring them closer together than they ever could have anticipated, and their lives will be dramatically changed, as together they experience the curative powers of The Healing Quilt.
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Vienna Prelude
by Bodie Thoene
Her own identity was safely disguised. But what about those she loved most. They would soon disappear with all the others unless ...
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Life Everlasting
by Robert Whitlow
Though Alexia's client's life no longer hangs in the balance, eternal questions linger. The music stopped, the room emptied, and Baxter Richardson opened his eyes for the first time in months. He should have died from his involuntary plunge off a cliff. But he's alive, and mortal danger remains. Familiar enemies stalk him. New ones hover close at hand. Meanwhile, haunted by accusing apparitions and the tightening dragnet of criminal investigation, Baxter's wife, Rena, is losing her patience. And quite possibly her mind. Caught in the middle of it all is Alexia Lindale, a lawyer forced to find her way through deceptive alliances, uncertain romances, and courtroom intrigue. It's a struggle of life, death . . . and life everlasting.