7 best-selling christian books like Overcoming Life’s Sorrows by R. Reed Lessing

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Overcoming Life’s Sorrows

By: R. Reed Lessing

4.41

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Think about your life for a moment. What personal trials or disasters have you overcome? The Book o…

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1. Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals & Groups

By: James Bryan Smith , Richard J. Foster

3.29

Format: 80 pages,

Fifty-two Christian devotional classics paired with biblical readings for individual study and grou… read more

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2. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

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3. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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4. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

5. The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, #1)

By: Carolyn Keene , Sara Paretsky , Russell H. Tandy

4.04

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

This is a facsimile reprint of the first ever Nancy Drew book, published 1930. Nancy Drew's keen mi… read more

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6. The Pursuit of God

By: A.W. Tozer

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit … read more

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7. The Light on Farallon Island

By: Jen Wheeler

3.88

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

From debut author Jen Wheeler comes a spellbinding tale about the dangers a nineteenth-century woma… read more

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8. Fortune

By: Ellen Won Steil

3.69

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

In this explosive novel about a decades-old mystery, shocking revelations of the past and the secre… read more

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9. The Ghost Writer

By: Loreth Anne White

3.96

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

A reclusive author with a lurid history is ready to divulge her most infamous secret to the world i… read more

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10. The Other Side of the Road

By: Andrea Bartz

3.73

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A couple preparing for the future discovers that their dream house will cost them far more than the… read more

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11. Everywhere You Look (Never Tell Collection, #1)

By: Liv Constantine

3.48

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

All it takes is one shocking revelation on a New York street for a woman to unlock the secrets and … read more

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12. Night Angels

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.22

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more

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13. Maureen (Harold Fry #3)

By: Rachel Joyce

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a moving novel told from… read more

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14. The Hike

By: Susi Holliday

3.59

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy? Or treachery? When sisters … read more

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15. Dear Santa

By: Debbie Macomber

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A special holiday wish list brings about hope, love, and second chances in this nostalgic novel fro… read more

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16. Swan Light

By: Phoebe Rowe

4.21

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping, emotional tale of hope and perseverance, Swan Light weaves together the stories of two … read more

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"There were as many parts of a story as there were people who remembered it."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"It was the story of the wrecks that hadn't happened, of the lives people got to keep living because of a light in the darkness ..."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"But shipwrecks were rarely like that, she’d learned later, proud and upright, perched whimsically on the seafloor. Wrecks were wrecked, sure and violent. Shattered and flattened, rotting edges under …"

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

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17. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

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18. Lights Out (Kate Green, #1)

By: Elise Hart Kipness

4.03

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

9 hours, 48 minutes In this exciting debut novel comes a fast-paced thriller that follows a spo… read more

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19. Extra Nos: Discovering Grace Outside Myself

By: Flame

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

GRAMMY®-nominated and Stellar Award-winning hip-hop artist FLAME invites you to step up to his mic … read more

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20. Martin Luther on Mental Health: Practical Advice for Christians Today

By: Stephen M. Saunders

4.38

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the last several years, our world has vastly increased its awareness of mental health issues. To… read more

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21. The Saints of Whistle Grove

By: Katie Schuermann

4.85

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

After 150 years of preaching the Gospel, the little country parish of Whistle Grove has closed its … read more

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22. From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith

By: Louis A. Markos

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What does Plato have to do with the Christian faith? Quite a bit, it turns out. In ways that might … read more

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23. Emotions and the Gospel: Created for Connection

By: Heidi Goehmann

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Embracing positive emotions seems easy to do. Things like joy, gratefulness, and excitement are all… read more

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24. Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue

By: Michael T. Fieberkorn

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

You slam on the brakes, fuming, and a few choice words pop into your head to spew at the person who… read more

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25. Overcoming Life’s Sorrows

By: R. Reed Lessing

4.41

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Think about your life for a moment. What personal trials or disasters have you overcome? The Book o… read more

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26. Ten Questions to Ask Every Time You Read the Bible

By: Andrew R. Jones

4.43

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Reading the Bible by yourself can be intimidating. Knowing how to study Scripture is a skill. Think… read more

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27. Life in Christ: Rooted, Woven, and Grafted Into God's Story

By: Adam Filipek

5.00

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

When reading the Bible, it is easy to get lost or to focus on one individual story. The danger in t… read more

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28. Rediscovering the Issues Surrounding the 1974 Concordia Seminary Walkout

By: Concordia Publishing House

4.42

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Explore the important doctrinal issues from a confessional Lutheran perspective that led to the spl… read more

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29. Red Letter Challenge - A 40 Day Life Changing Experience

By: Zach Zehnder

3.90

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

We’ve blown up the typical, boring book and teamed up with Plain Joe Studios to create something fr… read more

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30. Promised Rest: Finding Peace in God’s Presence

By: Michelle Diercks

4.68

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Living in a broken, unfixable world weighs heavy on every individual's heart. How can you find rest… read more

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31. Day 7: For Work, Rest, or Play

By: Joel Biermann

4.36

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

What is the meaning and purpose of human life? Founded on Biblical revelation and in the context… read more

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4.00

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4.26

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4.28

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