10 Best christian books like The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1) by Charles Martin

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The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

By: Charles Martin

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new story of heroism, heartache, and the power of love to heal all wounds. Murphy She…

"Love is an amazing thing. It takes the brokenness, the scars, the pain, the darkness, everything, and makes it all new."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"Love is an amazing thing. It takes the brokenness, the scars, the pain, the darkness, everything, and makes it all new."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"Belonging comes before identity. Ownership births purpose. Someone speaks whose we are, and out of that we become who we are. It's just the way the heart works."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"Belonging comes before identity. Ownership births purpose. Someone speaks whose we are, and out of that we become who we are. It's just the way the heart works."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

If you liked the christian plot in The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1) by Charles Martin , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Scariest Scripture

By: Charles W. Martin

4.11

Format: 188 pages,

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2. 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

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • 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

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3. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Just Once

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) wr… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kingsbury's Just Once book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
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5. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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6. 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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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • romance
  • 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

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8. 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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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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

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9. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. A Million Little Choices

By: Tamera Alexander

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes secrets just won’t stay hidden . . . From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Fragile Designs

By: Colleen Coble

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Family secrets can be the most dangerous of all. When Carly Tucker’s police-officer husband is kill… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Coble's Fragile Designs book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

Similar categories in Beth Moore's All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • christian
  • audiobook
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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14. The Lady's Mine

By: Francine Rivers

4.21

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

A delightful new western romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love Ne… read more

Similar categories in Francine Rivers's The Lady's Mine book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Never underestimate the importance of the woman who rocks the cradle."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"I am not giving up on God because of what one man said from the pulpit."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"I promise I am not going to crush your spirit Kate. Why would I, when that's what I love most about you?"

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"Wealth isn't evil Kate, it's the love of money that is. When no matter how much you have is never enough."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

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15. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Where Butterflies Wander book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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17. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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18. The Masterpiece

By: Francine Rivers

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to her romance roots with this unexpected… read more

Similar categories in Francine Rivers's The Masterpiece book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He saw darkness everywhere. Grace would see stars."

-Francine Rivers, The Masterpiece

"All I can tell you is faith is just the beginning of a long, difficult journey."

-Francine Rivers, The Masterpiece

"You've had more than your share of heartache, honey, but sometimes what looks like a gift is a gift."

-Francine Rivers, The Masterpiece

"I haven't thanked you properly for saving my life." She faced him. "I didn't save your life. God did." "Yes, I know Jesus saved me, but He used you to do it."

-Francine Rivers, The Masterpiece

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19. He Should Have Told the Bees

By: Amanda Cox

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary, until hi… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

By: Charles Martin

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new story of heroism, heartache, and the power of love to heal all wounds. Murphy She… read more

Similar categories in Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1) book and Charles Martin's The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Love is an amazing thing. It takes the brokenness, the scars, the pain, the darkness, everything, and makes it all new."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"Belonging comes before identity. Ownership births purpose. Someone speaks whose we are, and out of that we become who we are. It's just the way the heart works."

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"...we wrestle and search. But regardless of where we search and how we try to answer the question or what we ingest, inject, or swallow to numb the nagging, only the Father gets to tell us who we are…"

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

"...despite the mask we are all so good at wearing, we somehow manage to wake up every day hoping there's still a chance. That maybe, somehow, we can balance the debt ledger we carry in our hearts. Th…"

-Charles Martin, The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #1)

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21. 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

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4.40

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