16 must-read christian books like Best Family Ever (Baxter Family Children, #1) by Karen Kingsbury

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Best Family Ever (Baxter Family Children, #1)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.27

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Mom was right. Your best friends are the ones around the dinner table each night. Much-loved sto…

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1. The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member o… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 (Christy Miller, #4-6) by Robin Jones Gunn

2. Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 (Christy Miller, #4-6)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

3.75

Format: 132 pages,

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • fiction
Cover of Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 (Christy Miller, #7-9) by Robin Jones Gunn

3. Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 (Christy Miller, #7-9)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

3.75

Format: 132 pages,

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  • christian
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction
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4. Salty Kisses (Christy & Todd: The Baby Years #2)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.04

Format: 192 pages,

Christy is elated when her best friend and favorite redhead arrives in Newport Beach. The reason fo… read more

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  • fiction
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • young adult

5. Sandy Toes (Christy & Todd: The Baby Years #1)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A new season begins for Christy and Todd with a pregnancy test and a disillusioning visit to the do… read more

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6. Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 4 (Christy Miller, #10-12)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.26

Format: None pages,

Get in on Christy's Senior Year The last three books, collected in one page-turning volume, conclud… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction

7. As You Wish (Christy and Todd: College Years #2)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

More than a million readers have picked up books in the The Christy Miller Seriesmaking Robin Jones… read more

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8. Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 (Christy Miller, #1-3)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.27

Format: 217 pages,

The first twelve books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in four treasured vol… read more

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9. On a Whim (Katie Weldon, #2)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.11

Format: None pages,

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10. Until Tomorrow (Christy and Todd: College Years #1)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

Christy Miller is now an independent nineteen-year-old college student living in Switzerland, where… read more

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11. The Greatest Gift (Heartwood Hotel, #2)

By: Kallie George , Stephanie Graegin

3.48

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Mona the mouse has finally found a place to call home, the cozy Heartwood Hotel, where she works as… read more

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12. Voyage with the Vikings (Imagination Station, #1)

By: Marianne Hering , Paul McCusker

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

While visiting Mr. Whittaker at Whit's Soda Shoppe, Beth and Patrick find a mysterious letter in th… read more

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13. Coming Attractions (Katie Weldon, #3)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.20

Format: 192 pages,

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14. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.36

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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15. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"I got a C because she has no imagination. Who cares about writing essays, anyway, when you can write stories?"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

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16. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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18. The Heirloom

By: Beverly Lewis

4.37

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This heartwarming prequel to The Shunning is a tender story of love, belonging, and the courage to … read more

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  • fiction
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • family
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19. Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3)

By: S.D. Smith

4.58

Format: 480 pages, Perfect Paperback

A harrowing adventure inside enemy territory. Heather and Picket are plunged into the darkness of M… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Just for the Summer

By: Melody Carlson

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ginny Masters manages a popular boutique hotel in Seattle and manages it with aplomb. But the daily… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.45

Format: 160 pages, None

A Green Ember story set during Heather and Picket’s arrival at Cloud Mountain, The Last Archer foll… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I'm fine," Jo said, "according to this fine doctor, Emma, who has a reputation for honesty and smelling good."

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

"No disapproving voices haunted his vision, nor were any angry faces shaking their heads at his shame. Jo believed he was dying, but a weary smile played across his face."

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

"Jo's heart sank. Five fresh wolves against one doe, who was unaware of their presence, and two half-dead bucks on the other side of the clearing. Jo glanced at the Cloud Mountain archer. He wasn't mo…"

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

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22. The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Perfect Paperback

Over a century before Heather and Picket's adventures in The Green Ember, a displaced community fig… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I am afraid... But I keep on loving what's on the other side of this fight, and that will have to make me brave."

-S.D. Smith, The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

"Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler."

-S.D. Smith, The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

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23. The Archer's Cup (Green Ember Archer, #3)

By: S.D. Smith

4.51

Format: 272 pages, None

A Green Ember Archer story set in the midst of the buildup to the last battles for Natalia. In t… read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. Ember Falls (The Green Ember, #2)

By: S.D. Smith

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Perfect Paperback

The stage is set. It's war. Morbin Blackhawk, slaver and tyrant, threatens to destroy the rabbit re… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"He longed for a world where safe places for the weak and vulnerable were common, but that was not this world. Not right now."

-S.D. Smith, Ember Falls (The Green Ember, #2)

"It's better to live as you will want to have lived, rather than spend your time worrying about the end. You are right here in your story. Don't skip ahead"

-S.D. Smith, Ember Falls (The Green Ember, #2)

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25. Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

By: S.D. Smith

4.61

Format: 416 pages, Perfect Paperback

The end is here. Heather and Picket face off for the last time with their tyrannical foes in this f… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It's like being inside a perfect poem, I think."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"It's always hard to forgive, but it's never not worth it."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"Dear Kyle, you are the great nitwit of the world. Love, Jo Shanks."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"We were family then. We are family now. Won't you come home again?"

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

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26. The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Return to Harlem's "wildly entertaining" family in this funny, heartwarming sequel. When catastroph… read more

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  • audiobook
  • chapter books
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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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"Keep calm and garden on! -Oliver"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"Music makes a garden bloom. -Isa"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"Being in a garden makes we want to dance! -Laney"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"A garden should always have a party in it. -Jessie"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

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27. Resistance

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more

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  • middle grade
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  • audiobook
"In the knowing, there was peace."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

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28. The First Fowler (Green Ember Archer, #2)

By: S.D. Smith

4.46

Format: 160 pages, None

A Green Ember story set after the attack on Cloud Mountain and the battle at Jupiter’s Crossing. … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The beginning of something audacious"

-S.D. Smith, The First Fowler (Green Ember Archer, #2)

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29. Best Family Ever (Baxter Family Children, #1)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.27

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Mom was right. Your best friends are the ones around the dinner table each night. Much-loved sto… read more

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  • christian
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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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30. Better Together (Heartwood Hotel, #3)

By: Kallie George

4.39

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Spring has sprung and the animal staff of the Heartwood Hotel gear up for another busy season in th… read more

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  • chapter books
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Cover of Sunset Lullaby (Christy & Todd: The Baby Years #3) by Robin Jones Gunn

31. Sunset Lullaby (Christy & Todd: The Baby Years #3)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.44

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

Sunset Lullaby is Book #3 in the Christy & Todd:The Baby Years Series. These the much loved charac… read more

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24 Best fiction books like Best Family Ever (Baxter Family Children, #1) by Karen Kingsbury

Transform Your Habits

The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 (Christy Miller, #4-6)

Robin Jones Gunn

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 (Christy Miller, #7-9)

Robin Jones Gunn

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Salty Kisses (Christy & Todd: The Baby Years #2)

Robin Jones Gunn

4.04

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20 Top fiction books like Just for the Summer by Melody Carlson

Transform Your Habits

The Summer We Started Over

Nancy Thayer

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Summers at the Saint

Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Just for the Summer

Melody Carlson

3.49

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