19 must-read christian books like Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse

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Almost Home

By: Valerie Fraser Luesse

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exp…

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1. Saving Amelie

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Increasingly wary of her father's genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip wit… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When the Church stops standing for Jews- for anyone- then we stop being the church. Grace is costly-it took the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, our savior to achieve that grace. It requires just as m…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"Personal belief system? Is that the problem? That we've all just assumed that truth is what we individually believe? Or is it a collective assumption? That the truth for Germany-and the truth for Bri…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"That is what our Fuhrer maintains- that some are more worthy of life than others. Indeed, he asserts that an elite few in the world are worthy of life and procreation. Ask yourself, if you do not bel…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"What Jason knew at the end of the hour was that Dietrich Bonhoeffer had forseen the strippping of Christ from the altars of Germany. He had seen the Nazification of the German church as they had acce…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

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2. 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

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. 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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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Edge of Belonging

By: Amanda Cox

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she soon discovers that her grandm… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I guess the longer you hold a secret, the harder it is to let it go."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"You find a use for everything. Yet you discard yourself at every opportunity."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"It was freeing in a way, to have a family built on love by choice and not relational obligation."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

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5. 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
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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6. Night Bird Calling

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Cathy Gohlke, whose novels have been called “haunting” ( Library Journal … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I sighed. I don't know what to do. Velma Richards seems like a woman who will carry out her threat". "No Doubt It's a crusade for her. " Moments passed. "Not much Christian about it is there?" I felt…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

"Jesus called Jews of every social rank. He called women and children and people from Samaria and tax collectors and prostitutes and the down and out to himself. He called unlearned fishermen for the …"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

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7. Under the Tulip Tree

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when t… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Ladies of the Lake

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Count the Nights by Stars

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Christianity Today Book of the Year Award-winner! Count your nights by stars, not shadows… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Divine Proverb of Streusel

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.29

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. If It Rains

By: Jennifer L. Wright

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments―the Dust Bowl. I… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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13. 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
  • novels
  • audiobook
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14. Julia Monroe Begins Again (Beignets for Two)

By: Rebekah Millet

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Julia Monroe has just turned forty and hopes this next decade goes much better than the last, in wh… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery

By: Amanda Cox

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. We Hope for Better Things

By: Erin Bartels

4.22

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

When Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request--that she l… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I’d always had mixed feelings about maples. While others pointed them out as happy harbingers of the cozy season to come, they had always seemed to me to be reckless—the first small flames of fall, e…"

-Erin Bartels, We Hope for Better Things

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17. All Manner of Things

By: Susie Finkbeiner

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Right Kind of Fool

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Autumn Skies (Bluebell Inn Romance, #3) by Denise Hunter

19. Autumn Skies (Bluebell Inn Romance, #3)

By: Denise Hunter

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Facing the past is easier if you don’t have to face it alone. The Bluebell Inn is turning a prof… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Almost Home

By: Valerie Fraser Luesse

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exp… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Fraser Luesse's Almost Home book and Valerie Fraser Luesse's Almost Home

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • audiobook
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21. The Sowing Season

By: Katie Powner

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laning… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

21 Top fiction books like Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse

Transform Your Habits

Saving Amelie

Cathy Gohlke

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Appalachian Song

Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Transform Your Habits

A Million Little Choices

Tamera Alexander

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Edge of Belonging

Amanda Cox

4.45

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21 Best fiction books like He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox

Transform Your Habits

The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Appalachian Song

Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Transform Your Habits

All My Secrets

Lynn Austin

4.45

Transform Your Habits

For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

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