9 must-read history books like Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints by Jason R. Combs

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Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints

By: Jason R. Combs

4.41

Format: 716 pages, Kindle Edition

Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints is a historical and theological window on…

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1. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

By: Ari Shavit

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Die große Geschichte IsraelsDer renommierte Journalist Ari Shavit sieht Israel in einer halt- und a… read more

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  • religion
  • history
"As the state became everything, the individual became marginalized. As it marched toward the future, Israel erased the past. There was no place for the previous landscape, no place for previous ident…"

-Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

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2. The Infinite Atonement

By: Tad R. Callister

4.64

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

"Some things simply matter more than others," writes Robert L. Millet in his foreword to this landm… read more

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"The Savior was no ivory-tower observer, no behind-the-lines captain... The Savior was a participant, a player, who not only understood our plight intellectually, but who felt our wounds because they …"

-Tad R. Callister, The Infinite Atonement

"Elder Neal A. Maxwell suggests that the prime reason the Savior personally acts as the gatekeeper of the celestial kingdom is not to exclude people, but to personally welcome and embrace those who ha…"

-Tad R. Callister, The Infinite Atonement

"The powers of the Atonement do not lie dormant until one sins and then suddenly spring forth to satisfy the needs of the repentant person. Rather, like the forces of gravity, they are everywhere pres…"

-Tad R. Callister, The Infinite Atonement

"Part of the human experience is to confront temptation. No one escapes. It is omnipresent. It is both externally driven and internally prompted. It is like the enemy that attacks from all sides. It b…"

-Tad R. Callister, The Infinite Atonement

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3. Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

By now I expected to be a seasoned parish minister, wearing black clergy shirts grown gray from fre… read more

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4. The Kolob Theorem: A Mormon's View of God's Starry Universe

By: Lynn M. Hilton

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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5. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

By: Syrie James

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life--finally, the tr… read more

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6. Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern

By: James E. Talmage

4.62

Format: 747 pages, Paperback

A rich and insightful overview of the Christian belief in Jesus, his life, his teaching and the mea… read more

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"The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ."

-James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern

"Here they [the Jaredites] became a flourishing nation; but, giving way in time to internal dissensions, they divided into factions, which warred with one another until the people were totally destroy…"

-James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern

"probation. Jesus Christ was and is Jehovah, the God of Adam and of Noah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Israel, the God at whose instance the prophets of the ages have spoken, the G…"

-James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern

"Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulge…"

-James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern

7. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ

By: Anonymous , Joseph Smith Jr.

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealin… read more

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8. The Holy Barbarians

By: Lawrence Lipton

3.44

Format: None pages,

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9. Insights from a Prophet’s Life: Russell M. Nelson

By: Sheri Dew

4.85

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

What kind of life preparation does the Lord give the men He will one day call to be prophet? And wh… read more

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10. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

By: Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“The laws or truths I will share in this book are not merely ideas I have studied and examined; the… read more

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"Jesus Christ frequently expressed gratitude. Before raising Lazarus from the dead, before miraculously multiplying loaves and fishes, and before passing the cup to His disciples at the Last Supper, t…"

-Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

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11. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • religion
  • history
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12. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.77

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, wher… read more

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"Horses were less the thundering creatures Of pounding hoof beats and unparalleled speed found in movies and more like golf carts that ran on a tank of grass and occasionally bit you."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

"A little pebble starts as an avalanche," I said. "Life isn't like the craps table, where the next roll has the same chance of winning as the last one. In real life, you lose a little - and that makes…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

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13. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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14. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7

By: Beth Brower

4.77

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

"The image of Pandora’s Box being opened by my own hand flashed across my mind. A sobering and some… read more

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15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

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16. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

By: Beth Brower

4.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

"It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of… read more

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17. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2

By: Beth Brower

4.63

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenan… read more

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18. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman. “What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said. … read more

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19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

By: Beth Brower

4.75

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

"It all began very innocently. Truly." The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her Lon… read more

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20. In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks

By: Richard E. Turley Jr.

4.65

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Dallin H. Oaks may not have seemed the likeliest choice to become an Apostle. His life path had bee… read more

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21. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6)

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

There is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam.This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pl… read more

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22. Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon

By: Adam S. Miller

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Book of Mormon bears witness of Christ’s divinity and atonement. On nearly every page, the core… read more

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Cover of Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

23. Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

We are part of a complex Church community―full of people who think differently than we do, behave i… read more

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24. Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.50

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Eugene England (1933-2001)—one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mo… read more

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Cover of Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6) by Kylie Nielson Turley

25. Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6)

By: Kylie Nielson Turley

4.56

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

". . . that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth." Alma is an idolatrou… read more

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26. Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

By: W. Paul Reeve

4.77

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Few topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are as complex and painful to… read more

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"[Samuel Chambers] explained 'Some think it is small to be a deacon,' but then he countered that, 'I think there is nothing small in the kingdom of God."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"Brigham Young spoke... with extreme hyperbole. He even admitted as much in 1848 when he acknowledged, 'I frequently sa[y] 'cut his infernal throat'; I don't mean any such thing."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"...[Y]ou are free to hate anyone you choose. That is until you take upon yourself the name of Christ. At which point the right to hate is no longer available to you. - Catherine Stokes"

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"One late nineteenth-century memoir recounted... 'that one acquainted with [Mormons] could tell a Mormon when he met him by the look upon his face almost as well as if he had been of a different color."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

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27. 1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #1)

By: Joseph M. Spencer

4.44

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

"I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents. . ." So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon,… read more

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Cover of Into the Headwinds: Why Belief Has Always Been Hard―and Still Is by Terryl L. Givens

28. Into the Headwinds: Why Belief Has Always Been Hard―and Still Is

By: Terryl L. Givens

3.96

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

A deeper look at how people individually and collectively form religious beliefs—and what that mean… read more

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29. Come As You Are

By: Samuel Norton

4.72

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

As membership among the youth and rising generation plummets, parents can often be left wondering w… read more

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30. Learning to Love Isaiah

By: Kerry Muhlestein

4.71

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

The words of Isaiah abound with prophecies for both his time and ours.  With insights so important… read more

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31. Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints

By: Jason R. Combs

4.41

Format: 716 pages, Kindle Edition

Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints is a historical and theological window on… read more

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19 must-read religion books like Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints by Jason R. Combs

Transform Your Habits

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Ari Shavit

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Infinite Atonement

Tad R. Callister

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Kolob Theorem: A Mormon's View of God's Starry Universe

Lynn M. Hilton

3.95

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11 Top religion books like Come As You Are by Samuel Norton

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The Mansion

Henry Van Dyke , Elizabeth Shippen Green

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt

Patrick Q. Mason

4.38

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Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

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Both Things Are True

Kate Holbrook

4.47

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