Christian Fiction

 

 

     The Rock Island Public Library is well supplied with books in the Christian Fiction genre. These books often deal with contemporary life realities, but from the Christian perspective. Authors write in many styles from romance and adventure to historical fiction. Most of them are inspirational.
     The following list is alphabetical according to the authors' last names. It includes the writers and their books which are included in the Rock Island Public Library's collection. The call number is usually "FIC" and the author's last name. Browse through to look for your favorites. If you do not find what you are looking for, a Reference Librarian will be glad to see if a volume can be brought in from another library.
     Here are the authors. Take some time to read today.

Hannah Alexander (FIC ALEXANDER)

  • Double Blind
  • Last Resort
  • Missouri: A Living Soul
  • Hideaway: A Novel

Lynn N. Austin (FIC AUSTIN)

  • Though Waters Roar
  • Until We Reach Home
  • A Proper Pursuit
  • A Woman's Place: A Novel
  • Among the Gods
  • Faith of My Fathers: A Novel
  • The Strength of His Hand: A Novel
  • Gods & Kings: A Novel
  • All She Ever Wanted
  • Fire by Night
  • Candle in the Darkness
  • Eve's Daughters
  • Fly Away

Judy Baer (FIC BAER)

  • The Way We Were (GRAPHIC FIC BAER)
  • Oh, Baby!
  • Slices of Life (LP FIC BAER)
  • The Baby Chronicles
  • Recipes & Wooden Spoons
  • Norah's Ark
  • Million Dollar Dilemma
  • The Whitney Chronicles

Tracey Victoria Bateman (FIC BATEMAN)

  • You Had Me at Good-Bye
  • I Love Claire

Deborah Bedford (FIC BEDFORD)

  • Remember Me
  • Blessing
  • A Morning Like This

James Scott Bell (FIC BELL)

  • Try Darkness
  • Try Fear
  • Glimpses of Paradise
  • A Certain Truth
  • Breach of Promise
  • Deadlock

Terri Blackstock (FIC BLACKSTOCK)

  • Intervention
  • Double Minds
  • True Light
  • Night Light
  • Breaker's Reef
  • Line of Duty
  • Cape Refuge
  • The Gifted
  • Seasons under Heaven
  • The Sun-Coast Chronicles
  • Never Again Good-Bye
  • Broken Wings

Ray Blackston (FIC BLACKSTON)

  • Last Mango in Texas
  • Par for the Course: A Novel
  • A Delirious Summer: A Novel
  • Flabbergasted: A Novel

Lawana Blackwell (FIC BLACKWELL)

  • The Jewel of Gresham Green
  • A Table by the Window
  • Song of a Soul
  • Jewels for a Crown
  • Catherine's Heart
  • The Maiden of Mayfair
  • Measures of Grace

Stephen Bly (FIC BLY)

  • Wish I'd Known You Tears Ago (Large Print)
  • The Last Swan in Sacramento
  • Miss Fontenot
  • False Claims at the Little Stephen Mine

Sigmund Brouwer (FIC BROUWER)

  • Broken Angel: A Novel
  • The Last Sacrifice
  • The Last Disciple
  • The Unrandom Universe
  • Crown of Thorns
  • Out of the Shadows
  • Blood Ties
  • Thunder Voice
  • Sun Dance
  • Double Helix: A Novel
  • Morning Star
  • Moon Basket

T. Davis Bunn (FIC BUNN)

  • Gold of Kings
  • The Centurion's Wife
  • All through the Night
  • Full Circle
  • My Soul to Keep
  • The Lazarus Trap
  • Elixir
  • Winner Take All: A Novel
  • The Great Divide
  • One Shenandoah Winter: A Novel
  • Tidings of Comfort and Joy
  • One False Move
  • Riders of the Pale Horse
  • The Gift
  • The Quilt

Orson Scott Card (FIC CARD)

  • Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis
  • Rebekah

Melody Carlson (FIC CARLSON)

  • Limelight
  • The Christmas Dog
  • All I Have to Give: A Christmas Love Story
  • A Mile in My Flip-Flops: A Novel
  • Winter Wonders
  • An Irish Christmas
  • These Boots Weren't Made for Walking: A Novel
  • Back Home Again
  • On the Day: A Novel
  • The Gift of Christmas Present
  • Armando's Treasure

L. L. Chaikin (FIC CHAIKIN)

  • Threads of Silk
  • The Midwife of St. Petersburg
  • Written on Silk
  • Daughter of Silk
  • Monday's Child

Brandilyn Collins (FIC COLLINS)

  • Crimson Eve
  • Violet Dawn
  • Dead of Night
  • Brink of Death

Lori Copeland (FIC COPELAND)

  • One True Love
  • A Kiss for Cade
  • Outlaw's Bride
  • Three Times Blessed: Belles of Timber Creek
  • Twice Loved
  • Now and Always
  • Bluebonnet Belle (LP FIC COPELAND)
  • Unwrapping Christmas
  • Simple Gifts
  • Monday Morning Faith
  • Yellow Rose Bride
  • The Maverick
  • Mother of Prevention
  • The Drifter
  • The Plainsman
  • The Peacemaker
  • A Case of Nosy Neighbors
  • A Case of Crooked Letters
  • Patience
  • Hearts at Home
  • A Case of Bad Taste
  • Ruth
  • June (LP FIC COPELAND)
  • Hope (LP FIC COPELAND)
  • Faith (LP FIC COPELAND)
  • With this Ring: A Quartet of Charming Stories
  • The Courtship of Cade Kolby

Lyn Cote (FIC COTE)

  • Summer's End
  • Autumn's Shadow

Neva Coyle (FIC COY)

  • Sharon's Hope
  • Inside the Privet Hedge
  • Close to a Father's Heart
  • Megan's Promise

W. Dale Cramer (FIC CRAMER)

  • Summer of Light: A Novel
  • Levi's Will: A Novel
  • Bad Ground
  • Sutter's Cross

Dianna Crawford (FIC CRAWFORD)

  • Lady of the River
  • An Echo of Hope
  • The Gathering Dawn

Donna Fletcher Crow (FIC CROW)

  • Encounter the Light
  • Stephanie
  • Elizabeth
  • Kathryn

Athol Dickson (FIC DICKSON)

  • Winter Haven
  • The Cure
  • River Rising

Linda Dorrell (FIC DORRELL)

  • The Trees of Eden
  • True Believers

Sharon Ewell Foster (FIC FOSTER)

  • Abraham's Well
  • Passing by Samaria

Joseph F. Girzone (FIC GIRZONE)

  • Joshua in a Troubled World
  • The Messenger (Large Print)
  • The Parables of Joshua
  • Joshua, the Homecoming
  • Joshua and the City
  • Joshua in the Holy Land
  • The Shepherd
  • Joshua and the Children
  • Joshua

Philip Gulley (FIC GULLEY)

  • A Change of Heart: A Harmony Novel
  • Life Goes On: A Harmony Novel
  • Signs and Wonders: A Harmony Novel
  • Just Shy of Harmony
  • Home to Harmony
  • Christmas in Harmony

Robin Jones Gunn (FIC GUNN)

  • Coming Attractions
  • Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes!
  • On a Whim
  • Engaging Father Christmas: a Novella
  • Sisterchicks Go Brit!
  • Peculiar Treasures
  • Finding Father Christmas
  • Sisterchicks in Gondolas!
  • Sisterchicks Down Under!
  • Sisterchicks Say Ooh La La!
  • Sisterchicks in Sombreros!
  • Sisterchicks Do the Hula
  • Sisterchicks on the Loose
  • Echoes
  • Secrets

Rene Gutteridge (FIC GUTTERIDGE)

  • Listen
  • Skid
  • Scoop
  • The Splitting Storm

Robin Lee Hatcher (FIC HATCHER)

  • Fit to Be Tied
  • The Perfect Life
  • Hearts Evergreen: Cloud Mountain Christmas
  • Return to Me
  • A Carol for Christmas
  • Loving Libby (Large Print)
  • Another Chance to Love You
  • Veterans Way
  • Legacy Lane
  • Speak to Me of Love
  • Catching Katie
  • Firstborn
  • Ribbon of Years
  • The Forgiving Hour

Kristen Heitzmann (FIC HEITZMANN)

  • The Edge of Recall
  • Echoes
  • Freefall
  • Unforgotten
  • Honor's Disguise

Dee Henderson (FIC HENDERSON)

  • Kidnapped
  • El Testigo (Spanish)
  • The Witness
  • The Rescuer
  • El Negociador (Spanish)
  • True Valor
  • True Honor
  • True Devotion
  • The Healer
  • Danger in the Shadows
  • The Truth Seeker
  • The Protector
  • The Negotiator
  • God's Gift
  • The Marriage Wish

Liz Curtis Higgs (FIC HIGGS)

  • Grace in Thine Eyes
  • Whence Came a Prince
  • Thorn in My Heart

J. Lynne Hinton (FIC HINTON)

  • Christmas Cake
  • Forever Friends
  • Friendship Cake
  • Garden of Faith
  • The Things I Know Best
  • Friendship Cake

B. J. Hoff (FIC HOFF)

  • The Song Weaver (Large Print)
  • Prelude
  • Cadence
  • Prelude
  • Masquerade
  • Dark River Legacy
  • The Winds of Graystone Manor

Marjorie Holmes (FIC HOLMES)

  • The Messiah
  • Three from Galilee

Angela Elwell Hunt (FIC HUNT)

  • Doesn't She Look Natural'
  • The Elevator
  • The Nativity Story
  • A Time to Mend
  • Unspoken: If We Teach Her to Talk...
  • The Debt
  • The Canopy
  • The Shadow Women
  • Rehoboth
  • Jamestown
  • Hartford
  • Dreamers
  • Ingram of the Irish
  • The Troubadour's Quest
  • Afton of Margate Castle

Jerry Jenkins (FIC JENKINS)

  • Riven
  • Midnight Clear
  • Silenced: the Wrath of God Descends
  • Soon: the Beginning of the End
  • Though No One Go With Me

Sally D. John (FIC JOHN)

  • The Winding Road Home (Large Print)
  • Just to See You Smile (Large Print)
  • After All These Years (Large Print)
  • A Journey by Chance (Large Print)
  • Flash Point
  • In a Heartbeat
  • The Winding Road Home
  • A Journey by Chance
  • In the Shadow of Love

Jan Karon (FIC KARON)

  • Home to Holly Springs
  • Light from Heaven
  • Shepherds Abiding
  • In This Mountain
  • Esther's Gift
  • The Mitford Snowmen
  • A Common Life
  • A New Song
  • At Home in Mitford
  • Out to Canaan
  • These High, Green Hills
  • A Light in the Window

Karen Kingsbury (FIC KINGSBURY)

  • Shades of Blue
  • Take Two
  • Take One
  • Every Now and Then
  • Sunset
  • Someday
  • Between Sundays
  • Just Beyond the Clouds
  • Summer
  • Sunrise
  • Forever
  • Found
  • Divine
  • Hannah's Hope
  • Forgiven
  • Fame
  • Beyond Tuesday Morning
  • Reunion
  • Rejoice
  • Oceans Apart
  • Return
  • Remember
  • Maggie's Miracle
  • Redemption
  • A Time to Embrace
  • Waiting for Morning

Jane Kirkpatrick (FIC KIRKPATRICK)

  • A Flickering Light
  • A Mending at the Edge
  • A Clearing in the Wild (Large Print)
  • A Tendering in the Storm

Harry Lee Kraus, Jr. (FIC KRAUS)

  • For the Rest of My Life
  • Could I Have This Dance'

Al & Joanna Lacy (FIC LACY)

  • Outlaw Marshal
  • The Land of Promise
  • Bright Are the Stars
  • Cherokee Rose
  • Touch of Compassion
  • Secrets of the Heart

Tim F. LaHaye (FIC LAHAYE)

  • Matthew's Story: from Sinner to Saint
  • Mark's Story: the Gospel According to Peter
  • Luke's Story: by Faith Alone
  • Always Grace
  • John's Story: the Last Eyewitness
  • Come Spring
  • Babylon Rising: the Edge of Darkness
  • The Europa Conspiracy
  • Babylon Rising: the Secret on Ararat
  • Babylon Rising
  • Black Friday
  • Kingdom Come: the Final Victory
  • Glorious Appearing: the End of Days
  • Armageddon: the Cosmic Battle of the Ages
  • The Remnant: on the Brink of Armageddon
  • Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
  • The Mark: the Beast Rules the World
  • The Indwelling: the Beast Takes Possession
  • Assassins: Assignment Jerusalem, Target Antichrist
  • Apollyon: the Destroyer Is Unleashed
  • Soul Harvest: the World Takes Sides
  • Nicolae: the Rise of Antichrist
  • Tribulation Force: the Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind (Large Print)
  • Left Behind: a Novel of the Earth's Last Days
  • The Rapture: in the Twinkling of an Eye
  • The Regime: Evil Advances
  • The Rising: Antichrist Is Born Before They Were Left Behind

Thom Lemmons (FIC LEMMONS)

  • Blameless
  • Daughter of Jerusalem

Bonnie Leon (FIC LEON)

  • Enduring Love
  • Longings of the Heart
  • The Heart of Thornton Creek

Beverly Lewis (FIC LEWIS)

  • The Missing
  • The Secret
  • The Longing
  • The Forbidden
  • The Parting
  • The Postcard
  • The Brethren
  • The Englisher
  • The Preacher's Daughter
  • The Revelation
  • The Prodigal
  • The Sacrifice
  • The Betrayal
  • The Covenant
  • October Song
  • The Redemption of Sarah Cain
  • The Crossroad
  • The Reckoning
  • The Shunning
  • The Confession

Kathleen Morgan (FIC MORGAN)

  • One Perfect Gift
  • A Fire Within
  • Wings of Morning
  • Child of the Mist
  • Embrace the Dawn
  • Daughter of Joy

Gilbert Morris (FIC MORRIS)

  • The White Hunter
  • The Rough Rider
  • When the Heavens Fall
  • Horror in the Dust
  • Angel Train
  • Sonnet to a Dead Contessa
  • A Conspiracy of Ravens
  • Joelle's Secret
  • Dawn of a New Day
  • The Mermaid in the Basement
  • A Man for Temperance
  • The Courtship
  • Pages of Promise
  • A Season of Dreams
  • Winds of Change
  • The Miracle
  • The White Knight
  • One Shining Moment
  • Santa Fe Woman
  • The Widow's Choice
  • The Hesitant Hero
  • The Dream
  • Hope Takes Flight
  • Daughter of Deliverance
  • The High Calling
  • The Homeplace
  • The Gypsy Moon
  • By Way of the Wilderness
  • A Bright Tomorrow
  • The Virtuous Woman
  • The Tapestry
  • Till Shiloh Comes
  • The Eyes of Texas
  • Charade
  • The Unlikely Allies
  • The Alchemy
  • The Royal Handmaid
  • The Yellow Rose
  • The Gate of Heaven
  • God's Handmaiden
  • The Moon by Night
  • The Shining Badge
  • The Immortelles
  • The Pilgrim Song
  • No Woman So Fair
  • The Exiles
  • The Beloved Enemy
  • Heart of a Lion
  • Around the River's Bend
  • The Flying Cavalier
  • Above the Clouds
  • Over the Misty Mountains
  • Arrow of the Almighty
  • A Time to Weep
  • The Iron Lady
  • The Yukon Queen
  • The Winds of God
  • The Sword of Truth

Victoria Christopher Murray (FIC MURRAY)

  • Lady Jasmine
  • The Ex Files
  • Grown Folks Business
  • Joy
  • Temptation

Bill Myers (FIC MYERS)

  • The Voice
  • Soul Tracker
  • The Face of God
  • Threshold

Janette Oke (FIC OKE)

  • The Centurion's Wife
  • The Distant Beacon
  • The Beloved Land
  • When Tomorrow Comes
  • Dana's Valley
  • The Birthright
  • The Sacred Shore
  • Like Gold Refined
  • A Quiet Strength
  • The Meeting Place
  • Tomorrow's Dream
  • A Searching Heart
  • The Tender Years
  • The Matchmakers
  • Another Homecoming
  • Nana's Gift
  • A Gown of Spanish Lace
  • The Drums of Change
  • The Red Geranium
  • The Bluebird and the Sparrow
  • Too Long a Stranger
  • Heart of the Wilderness
  • A Bride for Donnigan
  • They Call Her Mrs. Doc
  • The Measure of a Heart
  • A Woman Named Damaris
  • The Calling of Emily Evans
  • Love Finds a Home
  • Winter is Not Forever
  • Love Takes Wing
  • The Winds of Autumn
  • Love's Unfolding Dream
  • When Hope Springs New
  • When Breaks the Dawn
  • When Comes the Spring
  • Love's Unending Legacy
  • When Calls the Heart
  • Love's Abiding Joy
  • Love's Long Journey
  • Once Upon a Summer
  • Love's Enduring Promise
  • Love Comes Softly

Jane Orcutt (FIC ORCUTT)

  • All the Tea in China: a Rollicking Regency
  • Lullaby

Catherine Palmer (FIC PALMER)

  • The Courteous Cad
  • Winter Turns to Spring
  • Thread of Deceit
  • Leaves of Hope (Large Print)
  • Sweet Violet
  • Love's Haven (Large Print)
  • Wild Heather
  • Sunrise Song
  • Love's Proof
  • Victorian Rose
  • The Happy Room
  • A Dangerous Silence

Judith Pella (FIC PELLA)

  • Sister's Choice
  • Bachelor's Puzzle
  • Mark of the Cross
  • Homeward My Heart
  • Toward the Sunrise
  • Somewhere a Song
  • Separate Roads
  • Beloved Stranger
  • Distant Dreams
  • Warrior's Song
  • White Nights, Red Morning
  • Blind Faith
  • Stoner's Crossing

Tracie Peterson (FIC PETERSON)

  • Morning's Refrain
  • Dawn's Prelude
  • A Surrendered Heart
  • A Dream to Call My Own
  • A Love to Last Forever
  • A Promise to Believe In
  • An Unexpected Love
  • A Lady of Secret Devotion
  • A Lady of Hidden Intent
  • A Daughter's Inheritance
  • One More Sunrise
  • Where My Heart Belongs
  • Whispers of Winter
  • Under the Northern Lights
  • Summer of the Midnight Sun
  • What She Left for Me
  • The Pattern of Her Heart
  • A Love Woven True
  • The Hope Within
  • The Coming Storm
  • To Dream Anew
  • A Tapestry of Hope
  • Land of My Heart
  • These Tangled Threads
  • Silent Star
  • A Fragile Design
  • Daughter of the Loom
  • Beneath a Harvest Sky
  • Across the Years
  • Shadows of the Canyon
  • Framed

Michael Phillips (FIC PHILLIPS)

  • Dream of Love
  • Miss Katie's Rosewood
  • Never Too Late
  • Dream of Life
  • The Soldier's Lady
  • A Perilous Proposal
  • Dream of Freedom
  • Together Is All We Need
  • The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart
  • A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton
  • Angels Watching Over Me
  • Legend of the Celtic Stone
  • Heathersleigh Homecoming
  • Wild Grows the Heather in Devon
  • A Rose Remembered

Francine Rivers (FIC RIVERS)

  • The Scribe: A Novella
  • The Prophet
  • The Prince
  • The Warrior: A Novella
  • The Priest
  • And the Shofar Blew
  • Unspoken
  • Unshaken
  • Unafraid
  • Unveiled
  • Leota's Garden
  • Redeeming Love
  • The Atonement Child
  • The Scarlet Thread
  • As Sure As The Dawn
  • An Echo in the Darkness
  • A Voice in the Wind

Lisa Samson (FIC SAMSON)

  • Embrace Me
  • Quaker Summer
  • Club Sandwich
  • Songbird
  • The Church Ladies

Marlo M. Schalesky (FIC SCHALESKY)

  • If Tomorrow Never Comes
  • Beyond the Night

Annette Smith (FIC SMITH)

  • A Crooked Path
  • A New Day at Tanglewood (Large Print)
  • A Town Called Rubie Prairie (Large Print)

Debra White Smith (FIC SMITH)

  • Texas Heat
  • Brittan
  • Lorna
  • Heather
  • Possibilities
  • Texas Neighbors: Grace for New Beginnings...
  • Picture Perfect
  • Amanda

Lauraine Snelling (FIC SNELLING)

  • An Untamed Land
  • Tender Mercies
  • The Reaper's Song
  • A Measure of Mercy
  • Yuletide Treasure
  • One Perfect Day
  • Rebecca's Reward
  • A Touch of Grace
  • Breaking Free
  • Race for the Roses (Large Print)
  • Sophie's Dilemma
  • The Brushstroke Legacy
  • A Promise for Ellie
  • Saturday Morning
  • Amethyst
  • Opal
  • Pearl
  • More Than a Dream
  • Ruby
  • An Untamed Land (Large Print)
  • A New Day Rising (Large Print)
  • A Land to Call Home (Large Print)
  • Blessing in Disguise

Ann Tatlock (FIC TATLOCK)

  • The Returning
  • Every Secret Thing (Large Print)
  • Things We Once Held Dear
  • A Room of My Own (Large Print)
  • All the Way Home

Bodie & Brock Thoene (FIC THOENE)

  • Thunder from Jerusalem
  • Shiloh Autumn
  • Jerusalem Vigil
  • Jerusalem's Hope
  • Jerusalem's Heart
  • Ashes of Remembrance
  • Primera Luz (Spanish)
  • Tenth Stone
  • Ninth Witness
  • Seventh Day
  • Sixth Covenant
  • Fifth Seal
  • Fourth Dawn
  • Third Watch
  • Second Touch
  • First Light
  • The Jerusalem Scrolls (Large Print)
  • Winds of Promise
  • Only the River Runs Free

Jacquelin Thomas (FIC THOMAS)

  • The Ideal Wife
  • Defining Moments
  • Simply Divine
  • Have a Little Faith (FIC HAVE)

Robert Whitlow (FIC WHITLOW)

  • Mountain Top
  • Jimmy
  • Life Everlasting
  • Life Support
  • The Sacrifice
  • The Trial
  • The List

Stephanie Grace Whitson (FIC WHITSON)

  • A Claim of Her Own
  • Jacob's List
  • A Garden in Paris
  • Red Bird
  • Soaring Eagle
  • Walks the Fire

Lori Wick (FIC WICK)

  • Bamboo and Lace
  • The Rescue
  • Chestnut Valley Farm
  • Jessie
  • Sabrina
  • Cassidy
  • White Chocolate Moments
  • Leave a Candle Burning
  • Just Above a Whisper
  • Moonlight on the Millpond
  • Every Storm
  • The Visitor
  • The Pursuit
  • The Rescue (Large Print)
  • The Proposal
  • City Girl (Large Print)
  • A Place Called Home (Large Print)
  • Beyond the Picket Fence (Large Print)
  • Sophie's Heart
  • Sean Donovan (Large Print)
  • Every Little Thing About You
  • Donovan's Daughter

Linda Windsor (FIC WINDSOR)

  • For Pete's Sake
  • Wedding Bell Blues
  • Fiesta Moon (Large Print)
  • Blue Moon
  • Paper Moon (Large Print)
  • It Had to Be You