8 must-read inspirational books like Up from Dust: Martha's Story by Heather Kaufman

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Up from Dust: Martha's Story

By: Heather Kaufman

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

No stranger to adversity, Martha of Bethany is a woman of dust, undone and unseen in her hurt and l…

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1. Up from Dust: Martha's Story

By: Heather Kaufman

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

No stranger to adversity, Martha of Bethany is a woman of dust, undone and unseen in her hurt and l… read more

Similar categories in Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story book and Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • biblical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. All My Secrets

By: Lynn Austin

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opul… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. 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

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
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5. The Divine Proverb of Streusel

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.29

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Sisters of Corinth (The Emissaries, #2)

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.50

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When the new provincial governor arrives in Corinth, the esteemed chief magistrate Narkis Ligus is … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
Cover of The Woman from Lydia (The Emissaries, #1) by Angela Elwell Hunt

7. The Woman from Lydia (The Emissaries, #1)

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Widowed Euodia, known to her neighbors as "the Lydian woman," seeks to make a fresh start by moving… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • biblical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
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8. Embers in the London Sky

By: Sarah Sundin

4.22

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Juliet Code (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #3)

By: Pepper Basham

4.41

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New My… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

By: Angela Bell

4.02

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Miss Clara Marie Stanton's family may be eccentric, but they certainly aren't insane. London, En… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You are "

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"You are a maker. Not the Maker."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"Dearest Clara, I would rather be absurd with you than normal with anyone else."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"Heaven knows you're precious and worth protecting even when men don't, and heaven will defend you even when men fail."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

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11. A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

By: Roseanna M. White

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Parks is known throughout high society as G. M. Parker, a columnist renowned for her commenta… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Perhaps she didn't need her own forgiveness. Perhaps she could rely on His."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"Once upon a time, he’d have leaned in for a kiss, and she’d have counted it a victory to have distracted him for even a moment."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"It wasn't the same, their mourning. The grief of a mother and the grief of a father - they weren't the same. But sharing them made them a little bit easier to bear."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"But the thought of not forgiving him, of drifting away until she'd scarcely recognize him on the street, of living the rest of her life alone... that terrified her even more, lit an even deeper flame…"

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

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12. The Seamstress of Acadie

By: Laura Frantz

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shor… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's The Seamstress of Acadie book and Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Night Falls on Predicament Avenue

By: Jaime Jo Wright

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 1910, Effie James is living a dream for two. Her younger sister is harboring a secret that has l… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Effie couldn't disregard the awful sight of the blood that cursed this room with its stains. Stains that someone had taken the time to hid by rearranging the furniture."

-Jaime Jo Wright, Night Falls on Predicament Avenue

"We're afraid of death in part because we're afraid of the grief that follows. Death is momentary, but grief is what's left behind. The remnants of every memory, every moment, every emotion. Grief is …"

-Jaime Jo Wright, Night Falls on Predicament Avenue

"I can hear the darkness. It is like a breeze on a frigid winter's night that rattles the leafless branches. It is like the cold that travels through your open mouth and down your throat, a frozen kis…"

-Jaime Jo Wright, Night Falls on Predicament Avenue

Cover of Voice of the Ancient (The King's Men, #1) by Connilyn Cossette

14. Voice of the Ancient (The King's Men, #1)

By: Connilyn Cossette

4.58

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

As the eldest son of a Levite and a Philistine, Avidan is torn between his duty to his family legac… read more

Similar categories in Connilyn Cossette's Voice of the Ancient (The King's Men, #1) book and Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • biblical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
"Those songs don't each us about ourselves, son. They teach us about the God who freed us. Because if we forget who Yahweh is, if we let ourselves slide down that slippery slope, then we are no differ…"

-Connilyn Cossette, Voice of the Ancient (The King's Men, #1)

"When I'd told the stories of our ancestors at the fire last night, not only had the shepherds and their families been both fascinated and entertained, but there had been something exhilarating about …"

-Connilyn Cossette, Voice of the Ancient (The King's Men, #1)

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15. These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of Biltmore E… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore book and Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Irish Matchmaker

By: Jennifer Deibel

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--and s… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Song of Sourwood Mountain

By: Ann H. Gabhart

4.41

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

While the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mo… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Ark and the Dove: The Story of Noah's Wife by Jill Eileen Smith

18. The Ark and the Dove: The Story of Noah's Wife

By: Jill Eileen Smith

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Zara and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives, and they have done thei… read more

Similar categories in Jill Eileen Smith's The Ark and the Dove: The Story of Noah's Wife book and Heather Kaufman's Up from Dust: Martha's Story

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • biblical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
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19. The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

By: Joanna Davidson Politano

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When did people come to see stories as mere fancy? As indulgence? All our flaws and questions dressed up in other people's clothing, strolling about in front of us so we may more clearly see what's t…"

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

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20. Of Love and Treason

By: Jamie Ogle

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Valentine defies the emperor and becomes a hero . . . and the most wanted man in the empire. Compel… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • biblical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shield of the Mighty (The King's Men, #2) by Connilyn Cossette

21. Shield of the Mighty (The King's Men, #2)

By: Connilyn Cossette

4.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Captured by the Philistines as a young boy, Zevi has grown into a formidable warrior. As a captain … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • biblical fiction
  • audiobook

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All My Secrets

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Heather Kaufman

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For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

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Tessa Afshar

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