7 Best christian books like Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry

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Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov…

"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

If you liked the christian plot in Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Phantastes

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more

Similar categories in George MacDonald's Phantastes book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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3. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

Cover of Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry

4. Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • british literature
  • historical
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with r…"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

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5. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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6. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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8. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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9. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Meyer's For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3) book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

Similar categories in Beth Moore's All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian
  • audiobook
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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13. 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

Similar categories in Sara Brunsvold's The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • 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

Cover of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

14. 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

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh

15. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1) by Gabrielle  Meyer

16. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Meyer's When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1) book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

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17. The Outlaw Noble Salt

By: Amy Harmon

4.46

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redempt… read more

Similar categories in Amy Harmon's The Outlaw Noble Salt book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline  Martin

18. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Keeper of Hidden Books book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline  Martin

19. The Last Bookshop in London

By: Madeline Martin

4.15

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Books… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Last Bookshop in London book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"You can't save the world, but keep trying in any small way you can."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"...his mistreatment had nothing to do with her, and everything to do with him."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word by word, page by page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never expected and walked in the footsteps of a person she'd never been. (p. 107)"

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word after word, page after page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never experienced and walked in the footsteps of a person she's never been."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

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20. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Patti Callahan Henry's Once Upon a Wardrobe

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

20 Best fiction books like Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry

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Phantastes

George MacDonald

3.48

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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A Place to Hang the Moon

Kate Albus

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Once Upon a Wardrobe

Patti Callahan Henry

4.35

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20 Top fiction books like Go as a River by Shelley Read

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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Ashley Elston

4.05

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