Merry Christmas! As a gift to you I'm posting CFB's Gospel Fiction Top Ten List. We also have four notable favorites that didn't make the list, but was a great good read. My top pick this year is announced. If you haven't read any of these books, please pick them up. Check in to CFB in 2008 and subscribe. A few of these books we gave away this year, so who knows what we will give in 2008. Also, if you're an email subscriber, check into the blog at the top of each month I feature our top ten christian-fiction titles of the month. Now onto the list:My top pick: Patricia Haley's No Regrets .
Synopsis: For eighteen years, Karen and Johnny Clark have been blessed with a perfect life: an enviable lifestyle, three bright children and a great marriage. However time has begun to unravel their relationship. So when Karen becomes ill, the holes in this perfect union stands out. Johnny turns to other women, while Karen turns toward the church for answers. As she struggles to regain her health and belief in God's abiding love, Johnny must come to grips with his weaknesses and fears--if he's to truly appreciate the love of a good woman...and discover what being a real man is all about.
The Top Ten(in random order):
- Nicole Seitz' sThe Spirit of Sweetgrass
- Sherri Lewis' My Soul Cries Out
- John Aubrey Anderson's And If I Die (The Black or White Chronicles #3)
Linda Hargrove's The Making of Isaac Hunt
- Marilynn Griffith's If The Shoe Fits
Victoria Christopher Murray's The Ex Files: A Novel About Four Women and Faith
Stacy Hawkins Adams' Watercolored Pearls: A Novel
Jacquelin Thomas' Redemption
DiAnn Mill's When the Nile Runs Red
Stephanie Perry Moore's Chasing Faith
Notables:
- Linda Hudson Smith's Time For Hope
- Reshonda Tate Billingsley's The Pastor's Wife
- Kimberly Lawson Roby's
Sin No More
- Ann H. Gabhart's Orchard of Hope: A Novel
This compilation is based on rankings by Dee's Books Reviewed-reviewer service, Christian Fiction Blog mailing list nominations, Dee's Books Reviewed bookstore owner compiled books sold stats, Amazon.com readers ratings, and Romantic Times BookClub Reviews by Dee Y. Stewart. In 2007 I reviewed more than thirty books that exemplifies a Gospel fiction novel. In January I will reveal these books. Kudos to all. The numbers have grown leaps and bounds in four years.
Oops. Who do you think should have made the list and why?
3 comments:
Dear Dee! Thank you so much for including The Spirit of Sweetgrass on this list. It is quite an honor. I hope you get a chance to read (and enjoy) Trouble the Water, my next book coming in March. Much love!
Nicole
Thanks, Dee, for naming my book, Orchard of Hope, as one of your notable books. While top ten is great, notable is next best, so thanks bunches. The next story about Jocie and her family and friends, Summer of Joy, comes out in February. Hope you and your blog readers will have joy all year long. Ann H. Gabhart
Dee,
I don't know how I missed this but thank you very much for including me!
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