24 Best fiction books like Loving Isaac by Heather Kaufman

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Loving Isaac

By: Heather Kaufman

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Pastor Matthew Schofield loves his books, his writing, and his small Oklahoma congregation. His lif…

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1. Long Way Gone

By: Charles Martin

4.34

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“No matter where you go, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no gone is too far g… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction
"This side of the grave, no one--and I don't care who they are or what sin or sins they have or are committing--is too far gone."

-Charles Martin, Long Way Gone

"No matter where you go, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no gone is too far gone. You can always come home."

-Charles Martin, Long Way Gone

"That was the night I learned the value of an old hymn. How something so old and "out-of-date" could say words my heart needed to hear and didn't know how to say."

-Charles Martin, Long Way Gone

"Sometimes we have to sing through the scars. Sometimes a song is the only thing that heals the broken places in us. Only thing that breaks the chains on the heart."

-Charles Martin, Long Way Gone

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2. House of Living Stones

By: Katie Schuermann

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

The first book in the Anthems of Zion series! In the small Illinois town of Bradbury, change doesn'… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) by Joan Aiken, Pat Marriott

3. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)

By: Joan Aiken , Pat Marriott

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leav… read more

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  • fiction

4. These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

By: Nancy E. Turner

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1) by Jan Karon

5. At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)

By: Jan Karon

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In t… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction
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6. Half Broke Horses

By: Jeannette Walls

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly)… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

7. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more

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  • fiction

8. Root of All Evil? A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel

By: Ray Keating

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

KFUO radio's "BookTalk": Ray Keating is a "great novelist." Do God, politics and money mix? In ROOT… read more

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9. O Pioneers!

By: Willa Cather

3.90

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged ma… read more

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  • fiction
"Things away from home often look better than they are."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

Cover of The Princess and the Goblin  (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes

10. 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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  • christian
  • fiction
"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)

11. Bridge to Haven

By: Francine Rivers

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver scr… read more

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12. The Choir Immortal

By: Katie Schuermann

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

The second book in the beloved Anthems of Zion series! The people of Zion are at it again. Two of t… read more

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13. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)

By: Laurie R. King

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more

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14. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

15. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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16. A Time to Bloom (Leah's Garden #2)

By: Lauraine Snelling

4.45

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is stacked against them? Delphinium N… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1) by Lisa Wingate

17. Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1)

By: Lisa Wingate

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Librarian Note: This is the updated cover for ISBN 9780451203076 Author Lisa Wingate drew upon h… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"Time passes... but memories do not."

-Lisa Wingate, Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1)

"...It's hard to feel like much is wrong in the world when you're looking into the eyes of a happy baby."

-Lisa Wingate, Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1)

"...The best times of my life, the times that passed by me the most quickly, were the times when the roses grew wild."

-Lisa Wingate, Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1)

"Sometimes life moves so fast, the road splits in an instant, and you only have a heartbeat to decide which way to turn."

-Lisa Wingate, Tending Roses (Tending Roses, #1)

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18. The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

By: Katherine Reay

3.98

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Love, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshop One of Madeline Cullen’s… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"Blood might be thicker than water, but both were thinner than money"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"That's what books do, Maddie used to say; they are a conversation, and introduce us to ourselves and others."

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"But it's not the same - I know. Family means more. You can miss your family so much you have to look down to see your chest rise and fall, to confirm that it hasn't been cut open and you're not bleed…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"I have no way to tell him of the cacophonous emotions jangling within me - to feel wired for others yet irrelevant; to need community but equally to be unable to find one; that cleaning, cooking, and…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

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19. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

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  • fiction
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20. The Little Village of Book Lovers

By: Nina George

3.41

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true lo… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Remember Me (Pictures of the Heart, #1) by Tracie Peterson

21. Remember Me (Pictures of the Heart, #1)

By: Tracie Peterson

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16) by Louise Penny

22. All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

By: Louise Penny

4.43

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sû… read more

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  • fiction
"You were going to say the Death Star, weren’t you?"

-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

"I just sit where I'm put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will pick your…"

-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

"Regarding Notre Dame cathedral: "He could see the huge rose window that had, incredibly, survived the fire. It looked, behind the works, like a giant third eye. Gazing perpetually out at the City of …"

-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

"I just sit where I’m put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will come with…"

-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

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23. The Peasant King

By: Tessa Afshar

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Jemmah has always thought of herself as perfectly ordinary . . . until she faces extraordinary circ… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Afshar's The Peasant King book and Heather Kaufman's Loving Isaac

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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24. Becoming Mrs. Lewis

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.05

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found he… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"I'm trying because I must."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

"Desperation fuels one to believe idiocy is insight"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

"You tolerate what you must when it becomes your reality."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

"If you knew all the answers, there'd be no need for trust, little one."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

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25. 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
  • fiction
Cover of Lady of Disguise (The Dericott Tales, #6) by Melanie Dickerson

26. Lady of Disguise (The Dericott Tales, #6)

By: Melanie Dickerson

3.89

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

England, 1388 All her life, Louisa has dreamed of finding the rumored “Giant’s Treasure,” a coll… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of The Saints of Whistle Grove by Katie Schuermann

27. 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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  • christian fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Potiphar's Wife (The Egyptian Chronicles, #1) by Mesu Andrews

28. Potiphar's Wife (The Egyptian Chronicles, #1)

By: Mesu Andrews

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The drama of the Old Testament comes to life as one of the Bible's most infamous women longs for Jo… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of Hadley Beckett's Next Dish by Bethany Turner

29. Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

By: Bethany Turner

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Celebrity chef Maxwell Cavanaugh is known for many things: his multiple Michelin stars, his top-rat… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction
"If you don't know what a hot brown is, let me just put it this way: it takes the perfection of bread, turkey, and bacon, and then sends it all into a different dimension with a Mornay sauce worth tra…"

-Bethany Turner, Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

"But don't try to sugarcoat this." "But that's what I do. I coat things with sugar." I reached behind me and grabbed the plate of vanilla doughnut drops, then held them in front of me with an innocent…"

-Bethany Turner, Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

" Are you saying now wouldn't be the best time to tell you (in excruciatingly appetizing detail) about the dishes I intend to prepare on Renowned? 1:45. 1:46. 1:47. You're free to do as you like, Chef…"

-Bethany Turner, Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

"What should I be apologizing for?" Ah. There he was. There was the cocky, egocentric Max Cavanagh with the special "something" no one quite knew how to define. Well, I could define it. Not with any w…"

-Bethany Turner, Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

Cover of My Rock and My Refuge (Once Upon a Western #4) by Rachel Kovaciny

30. My Rock and My Refuge (Once Upon a Western #4)

By: Rachel Kovaciny

4.36

Format: 506 pages, Paperback

Beauty and the Beast... re-imagined Marta knows she shouldn't feel this way toward Mr. Wendell. … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
Cover of Loving Isaac by Heather Kaufman

31. Loving Isaac

By: Heather Kaufman

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Pastor Matthew Schofield loves his books, his writing, and his small Oklahoma congregation. His lif… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction

7 must-read adult books like Loving Isaac by Heather Kaufman

Transform Your Habits

Long Way Gone

Charles Martin

4.34

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At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)

Jan Karon

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls

3.28

Transform Your Habits

The Little Village of Book Lovers

Nina George

3.41

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16 Top fiction books like The Saints of Whistle Grove by Katie Schuermann

Transform Your Habits

The Bronze Bow

Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

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Jane of Lantern Hill

L.M. Montgomery

3.37

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

George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

Barbara Robinson

4.22

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