5 Top biography books like Far Above Rubies: The Life of Bethan Lloyd-Jones by Lynette G. Clark

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Far Above Rubies: The Life of Bethan Lloyd-Jones

By: Lynette G. Clark

3.98

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

The galleries of the great heroes of faith contain many inspirational women; although not always pl…

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1. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

By: Darlene Deibler Rose

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage and triumph of faith in the j… read more

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  • biography
"What you don't know cannot be beaten out of you."

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

"As we stepped into the large mess hall, a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Old Glory was unfurled before us. I came undone. I couldn't help it; I began to sob. This was the first Am…"

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

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2. Stepping Heavenward

By: Elizabeth Payson Prentiss

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"Stepping Heavenward" is the fictional coming of age story of a young Christian girl named Katherin… read more

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"Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Him--this is all!"

-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

"Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward."

-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

"Go home and say to yourself, ‘I am a wayward, foolish child. But He loves me! I have disobeyed and grieved Him ten thousand times. But He loves me! I have lost faith in some of my dearest friends and…"

-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

"...God notices the most trivial act, accepts the poorest, most threadbare little service, listens to the coldest, feeblest petition, and gathers up with parental fondness all our fragmentary desires …"

-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

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3. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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4. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

By: John Bunyan

4.22

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners is one of the great classic autobiographies, part of the Ch… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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6. Let Me Be a Woman

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“In order to learn what it means to be a woman, we must start with the One who made her.” Working f… read more

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"The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"--so the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts..."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

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7. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

8. A Call to Prayer

By: J.C. Ryle

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

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9. 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)

10. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

By: C.S. Lewis

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more

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11. Future Men

By: Douglas Wilson

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

How do we build our sons to be tough but not arrogant? mannered but not soft? imaginative but not l… read more

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12. 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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13. Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure

By: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

3.50

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

This enduring collection of twenty-one sermons by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, each originally delivered … read more

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14. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

By: Jonathan Edwards , David Brainerd

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

"He was one of distinguished natural abilities, as all are sensible who had acquaintance with him. … read more

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15. Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who Shaped Christianity's Rebirth

By: Rebecca van Doodewaard

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

In Reformation Women, Rebecca Vandoodewaard introduces readers to twelve sixteenth-century women wh… read more

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16. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.42

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more

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"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

17. The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones - 1899-1981

By: Iain H. Murray

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

This book is a re-cast, condensed and, in parts, re-written version of the author's two volumes D. … read more

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18. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more

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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

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19. 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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"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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20. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.61

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more

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21. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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22. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

By: Andrew Wilson

4.51

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more

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23. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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24. The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom

By: Larry Loftis

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Florida Book Awards Gold Medalist New York Times bestselling author and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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25. The Covenant Household

By: Douglas Wilson

4.59

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Families are formed by covenants. But what is a covenant, and what does that mean for your family?T… read more

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26. Sir Gibbie

By: George MacDonald

4.33

Format: 550 pages, Paperback

This new illustrated translation of George Macdonald's beloved tale features all the complete origi… read more

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"May had now set in, but up here among the hills, she was May by curtesy only; or if she was May, she would never be might. She was, indeed, only April with her showers and sunshine, her tearful, chil…"

-George MacDonald, Sir Gibbie

"May had now set in, but up here among the hills, she was May by curtesy only; or if she was May, she would never be might. She was, indeed, only April with her showers and sunshine, her tearful, chil…"

-George MacDonald, Sir Gibbie

Cover of Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon by Ray Rhodes Jr.

27. Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon

By: Ray Rhodes Jr.

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Susannah Spurgeon. While many Christians recognize the name of Charles … read more

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  • biography
Cover of Divine Providence: A Classic Work for Modern Readers by Stephen Charnock

28. Divine Providence: A Classic Work for Modern Readers

By: Stephen Charnock

4.54

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Rigorous, practical, and deeply reverent, Divine Providence speaks to the struggles of believers to… read more

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Cover of The Good Portion – Scripture: Delighting in the Doctrine of Scripture by Keri Folmar

29. The Good Portion – Scripture: Delighting in the Doctrine of Scripture

By: Keri Folmar

4.52

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

As women in the modern world, sometimes life is overwhelming and sometimes it is just mundane. God … read more

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30. Far Above Rubies: The Life of Bethan Lloyd-Jones

By: Lynette G. Clark

3.98

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

The galleries of the great heroes of faith contain many inspirational women; although not always pl… read more

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  • biography

13 Best nonfiction books like Far Above Rubies: The Life of Bethan Lloyd-Jones by Lynette G. Clark

Transform Your Habits

Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

Darlene Deibler Rose

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

John Bunyan

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Let Me Be a Woman

Elisabeth Elliot

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

Timothy J. Keller

4.42

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Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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