The Stranger in the Lifeboat
By: Mitch Albom
4.12
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days…
Want to Read $ 13.49"God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"...the stories we tell ourselves long enough become our truths."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
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1. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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- christian fiction
- christian
- religion
- fiction
"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
2. Mere Christianity
By: C.S. Lewis
4.36
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more
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- christian
- religion
- spirituality
"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
3. The Screwtape Letters
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more
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- christian fiction
- christian
- religion
- fiction
"It is always the novice who exaggerates."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
4. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski , Chris Tomlin
4.17
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the unive… read more
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- christian
- religion
- inspirational
- spirituality
"True faith manifests itself through our actions."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
5. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
6. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
7. The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
By: William Paul Young
3.83
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and e… read more
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- christian fiction
- christian
- inspirational
- religion
- spirituality
- fiction
"Did I hear God call me an idiot? "-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
"Love is not the limitation; love is the flying."-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
"Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship."-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
"Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive."-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
8. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
9. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
10. Go as a River
By: Shelley Read
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Women endure. That’s what we do."-Shelley Read, Go as a River
"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."-Shelley Read, Go as a River
"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"-Shelley Read, Go as a River
"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"-Shelley Read, Go as a River
11. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
12. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
13. Counting the Cost
By: Jill Duggar
4.06
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more
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- christian
- adult
- religion
- audiobook
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
14. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
16. The Stranger in the Lifeboat
By: Mitch Albom
4.12
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days… read more
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- christian fiction
- christian
- inspirational
- religion
- spirituality
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"...the stories we tell ourselves long enough become our truths."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
17. The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
By: Kim Michele Richardson
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Mi… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Though Mama and I were the last of the Blues, the very last of our kind, and different from others, the books united every one of us."-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
18. The Measure
By: Nikki Erlick
3.99
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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- christian fiction
- christian
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
20. Wish You Were Here
By: Jodi Picoult
3.92
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'T… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"My eyes are swollen shut. The sun rises. I don't."-Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here
"Nobody’s all good or all bad. They just get painted that way."-Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here
"Other things that leave you breathless: love so big that it tumbles you like a wave."-Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here
"How come the people who don't even notice you exist are the ones you can't stop thinking about?"-Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here
21. Shepherd's Notes: Proverbs
By: Duane A. Garrett
3.96
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
You grew up using the well known black and yellow striped Cliff's Notes to help you grasp everythin… read more
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