Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Hi, everyone! Now that the year is well and truly winding down, I thought I would post a fresh thread for folks to share their top reads of 2017!

I'm looking forward to getting recommendations for 2018 based on everyone's top reads!

Edited to add - if you can, try to stick to a top 10! I'm terrible at this, so no judgement here if you have to go over! :D

Edited again to add, if you prefer to do it by genre, that's fine, too!

I have a top 11. It was so tough to narrow down!!

My top read:


Other favorites (not listed in any particular order):

My top reads:



Not CF but clean stories:



Classic:

Fun!! Ive found two new (to me) authors this past December, and they are both listed in staci's and maria's top reads. Amanda Dykes and Melissa Tagg. And in fact i just purchased "the message in a bottle" from amazon and cant wait to start reading it 😊

Hope you love it Windi! I am not much into novellas, but was swept away by that collection.

I don't usually pick a favorite, but I think I can say that this was my favorite book of 2017--


Then these are my top reads


And I read some wonderful non-fiction in 2017 - these were my top 3:

My top fiction reads of last year were:
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2. and

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My top non-fiction reads of last year were:

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2.
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3.

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My two favorite reads for 2017:


My other top reads:

Beth wrote: "I don't usually pick a favorite, but I think I can say that this was my favorite book of 2017--


Then these are my top reads
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Beth, glad you enjoyed Confessions of X. That was a favorite from 2016. So good!

Loving Luther and Catching the Wind are both on my TBR.

Staci i am not much for novellas either but due to health reasons in december i needed something short but interesting. I stumbled onto amanda dykes and WOW! I was disappointed she hadnt already written more that i could dive into but definitely looking forward to this collection. 😁

Favourite reads of 2017:
(secular)

Here are my 2017 favorites by genre:

Historical Fiction:


Contemporary Fiction:


Biblical Fiction:


Bible Study:


Children's Fantasy:


Autobiography:


Contemporary Suspense:


My top three favorites were:
and

Here are my favorites from 2017, out of the 136 that I read.

Rereads:


New-to-Me Authors:


Other Favorites:

I read very little in 2017 ((can link anyone interested to my reads of the year if asked)) but my favorite was



I had waited about a year for my library to get it and then they did and I was so happy!

My favorite novel of 2017 was, without a doubt, A Voice In The Wind by Francine Rivers... absolutely amazing!

Kerry ✨ wrote: "My favorite novel of 2017 was, without a doubt, A Voice In The Wind by Francine Rivers... absolutely amazing!"

That is a really good book!

Kerry ✨ wrote: "My favorite novel of 2017 was, without a doubt, A Voice In The Wind by Francine Rivers... absolutely amazing!"

Definitely one of my top favorite books!

My fav read of 2017 is actually a re-read. I hope that counts. I cant link the cover or title since we lost our hard drive last night, but i did finally see how to do that before it went kaplooey! So for now i am using my phone and i will just list it.
Charles Martin is my fav author, hands down, and i hope to re-read most of his books this year. I started with "When Crickets Cry" and of all the books i read last year that is the one that stands out as a fav. First, for me to re-read says a lot by itself. Because there are far too many great books still waiting to be read, I tend to spend little time rereading. When I do i feel as if i am visiting with an old friend.
"When Crickets Cry" moved me just as much if not more than the first time I read it several years ago. I wonder are there other Charles Martin fans here? I havent seen any of his titles in any lists yet nor seen him referenced. Just curious.

Top reads:

Other favourites:

Windi - I am also a Charles Martin fan. One of my favorite books last year was Long Way Gone

So difficult to narrow down! I'm going to choose only one from each author and assume re-reads are obviously favorites haha

Top reads in no particular order

Windi wrote: ""When Crickets Cry" moved me just as much if not more than the first time I read it several years ago. I wonder are there other Charles Martin fans here? I havent seen any of his titles in any lists yet nor seen him referenced. Just curious. ..."

I've read about 3 books by Charles Martin and my favourite was When Crickets Cry, but I enjoyed the others I read too!

Jackie and Angie ... im happy to see other Charles Martin fans here 😊

Book covers are shown below.

Pride and Prejudice (reread and my favorite book)
The Making of Pride and Prejudice
Macbeth
The Flames of Rome
Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division
Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids
The Painter's Daughter
A Note Yet Unsung
Redemption
Remember
Forever



I loved all of the books in Karen Kingsbury’s Redemption and Firstborn series, even though I gave five stars to only three of them. I’m rather stingy with stars.

I understand that, Alegna. I only gave four stars to each of these books but really loved them too. There were just a couple of things I was unhappy with in both books, which took off a star each.

Can anyone help me find a book I read in the past year but can neither remember the author or the title?! The storyline that I remember goes as follows:

A girl marries, not long after marriage, her husband and either his parents or her her parents are killed in a carriage accident after the carriage slides on ice going over a bridge, a river is involved anyhow. She gets very depressed and eats a lot of chocolate. A friend who married and went west invites her to come and stay. Reluctantly she agrees and on the train out, meets a doctor who turns up staying near the ranch she's staying at. On the ranch, she gets involved in ranch work and looses weight and gets over her depression and ends up falling in love with the doctor who has some sort of past.

I'm sorry I haven't the details more specific, my memory of it is a bit blurry. It is Christian fiction set in the 1800s or so I think. If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated! TIA

Elizabeth, I'm not sure what book that is, but it sounds interesting. I've put the word out on my general update on GR and will also post it on FB.

My top four (out of over a hundred!) that were published in 2017:



Also worth mentioning are:



I have a strong affinity for books that are authentic and deal with difficult topics. I especially love Christian authors who don't shy away from pointing out the good AND the not so good things the church does and how believers (and nonbelievers) respond, both positively and negatively, to those things. I appreciate strong character growth and an original story, or at least an original twist on a concept.

I gave more feedback on each book on my website: https://jayceeweaver.com/2018/01/02/f...

Jaycee wrote: "My top four (out of over a hundred!) that were published in 2017:

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Jaycee, you have described my favorite types of books perfectly! :)

I thought Lady Jayne Disappears was an excellent debut, can't wait to read her follow-up novel!

I thought I would add my favorites of 2017 here, so in no particular order;
Beyond Justice by Cara Putman
Space Between Words by Michele Phoenix
Crooked Path by Irma Joubert
Captive Heart by Michelle Griep
Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
To the Farthest Shores by Elizabeth Camden
Jane of Austen by Hilary Manton Lodge
and one that wasn't published in 2017 but I read in 2017...
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

These were my top six CF reads of the year: