Summer is here! One thing I love about summer is having time to relax and dive into a good book. I wanted to beef up my “to be read” pile and asked a few of my fellow writers what books they loved and would recommend. Here they are:
My pick!
Once Upon a Prince by Rachel Hauck
Every young woman wants to be swept away by a handsome prince! Rachel’s writing is fun and delightful!
Mary DeMuth
After the Leaves Fall by Nicole Baart
This is a beautifully written coming of age piece that has stayed with me long after I put the book down. Baart writes with gritty beauty, and her characters are flawed but amazingly real.
Brandilyn Collins
Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock:
Our book club recently read this wonderful novel. Ann’s writing is simple yet profoundly elegant as she tells the story of two little girls and their dreams to reunite with their absentee fathers.
James L. Rubart
Hacker by Ted Dekker
Hacker is a modern-day allegory that will open your eyes to the world all around us that God longs for us to see.
Anne Mateer
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Full Steam Ahead is a fun historical romance build around some interesting historical facts and a very unique hero and heroine that will make you smile as well as think.
Hannah Alexander
Insight by Deborah Raney
I know it’s a few years old, but it still speaks to me with a fresh voice, deep characters and believable challenges we might face someday.
Gayle Roper
Restoration by Wanda Dyson
A fascinating look at the problems, human and spiritual, in restoring an abandoned church.
DiAnn Mills
The Book Thief by Makus Zusak
A masterful story that weaves a young girl’s passion for books during a time in Germany when many books were outlawed.
Janet Chester Bly
The Turning by Davis Bunn
I suggest it because it’s a multi-layered, high drama story with compelling characters who each hear a voice they must decide whether to obey or not.
Kathleen Y’Barbo-Turner
A Table at the Window by Hilary Manton Lodge
I LOVED Hilary Manton Lodge’s A Table at the Window. I loved the food, family and romance that Lodge writes about so well.
What book do you hope to read this summer? Or what book do you recommend?
To get your summer reading pile started, enter below for the chance to win an AMAZING prize pack including:
Moms’ Night Out by Tricia Goyer
Watching the Tree Limbs by Mary DeMuth
Sidetracked by Brandilyn Collins
Spirit Bridge by James L. Rubart
At Every Turn by Anne Mater
Hallowed Halls by Hannah Alexander
Firewall by DiAnn Mills
Stuart Brannon’s First Shot by Michael Bly, Aaaron Bly, Janet Chester Bly, and Stephen Bly
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I really want to read Mom’s Night Out because I just watched the movie and it was hilarious! Can’t wait to read the companion book! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
I would like to read Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
I want to read some of Ann Tatlock’s and Rachel Hauck’s books! I read Karen Witemeyer’s Full Steam Ahead and I loved it!
I want to read your book Plain Faith this summer. I come from an area with a lot of Amish and their simple lifestyle always intrigues me.
Let me know if you get the chance to read it!
Of your picks, The Book Thief has been on my list to read for a while so this summer, it’s a definite! What a great opportunity you are offering. Thank you!
While I’ll be gone most of the summer, I do hope to get a few more books in before I leave – including Kim Vogel Sawyer’s newest (“Through the Deep Waters”) and Dee Henderson’s (“Full Disclosure”). 🙂 Both look great!
I’m a quarter of the way through Full Disclosure but stopped to read some others as I had a hard time getting into it. Weird since I love Dee Henderson’s writing. My favorites of her are definitely the O’Malley series. Have you read those?
Great ideas!
The Divergent trilogy and The Book Thief are on my short list.
Jennifer,
I just finished Divergent last week & loved it!! I’m still waiting on book 2 to be available at the library so I can read it. I haven’t read the Book Thief but watched the movie and it was so good. Hope you enjoy them!
This summer I’ve got a TON of books on my “to read” list, especially since I re-discovered my love for the local library and discovered the adult bookworm program. 🙂
So far I’ve enjoyed Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and am currently reading The One & Only by Emily Griffin. Books that are “on deck” are Water Walker by Ted Dekker and Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee. Not to mention a couple of others that are part of my book club’s list.
It’s going to be a busy summer full of reading!!!!
I would like Mom;s night out!
I would love to read Anne Mateer’s latest!
I have already read Once upon a prince I love Rachel Huack…but I am currently reading Tamera Alexander Beyond This Moment it is the second book of a 3 book series!! Cant wait to read Moms night out I just watched the movie with my mom and mawmaw it was hilarious…Oh and I just picked up the kissing bridge from the library..lol, so I have lots to read!! 🙂
I recommend By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Tricia Goyer. It is not only an exciting adventure aboard one of the greatest ships in history, but also a good romance. This story also reads clearly as a Christian novel which not all Christian fiction does.
I plan in reading Mark of Distinction, sidetracked, a long time gone , Ghost Ship, and Mr. Mercedes. Also lots more.
I hope to read Gloria Furman’s Glimpses of Grace, Sally Clarkson’s You are Loved, and a wide array of fiction. I would LOVE to win this book pack!
Anything by Tamara Alexander is a good read! Am currently reading a book by Dee Henderson! Am always ready for another book!
I’d like to read Hallowed Halls and Full Steam Ahead.
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From the books mentioned I would like to read Mom’s Night Out and At Every Turn. On my tbr pile right now I have Chateau of Secrets, and A Season of Change.
I really want to read the second Rachel Hauck book. The first one was great!! Also, The Kissing Bridge is sitting on my Kindle. Cant wait!
Of the books above, I’m wanting to read Full Steam Ahead, Hacker, and The Book Thief…And I totally recommend “After the Leaves Fall” by Nicole Baart! I LOVE her books. 🙂
I am looking forward to Diana Gabaldon’s long-awaited Written in My Own Heart’s Blood!
that night by chevy stevens – I would also like to read the new one by alafair burke
I would like to read Brandilyn Collins new book. My Kindle is full of summer reading material and I have a stack of “real” books on my shelf to read. But I can always add some more 😉
How can I pick just one? Good choices on your giveaway too, btw! It Happened at the Fair by Deeanne Gist is going with me in the car when we travel…since who doesn’t love a fair with fun thrown in.
They all look great the one above by Ann Tatlock I hope to find it. Love her books.
I have The Last Bride in my TBR stash. I have read The Kissing Bridge and loved it. Would
love any of Tricia’s books. Thank you for the chance to win these
I’d truly love to read more practical books, but I am super excited to read Jocelyn Green’s new book “Yankee of Atlanta”! It’s book # 3 in her Civil War Heroines of the Lines series.
This looks awesome!! I just finished reading Head in the Clouds by Karen Witemeyer and it was amazing, so I know she is a great author!!! 🙂
Oh my how could i pick one, they all look so good and are great authors, i would love to have any of them.
Shirley Blanchard
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I am currently reading The Turning by Davis Bunn. I would recommend The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen, any books by her are great. Thanks for the chance to win the books.
My top pick would be Mom’s night out, But love Sandra D Bricker, Nancy Mehl, Margaret Daley Dianne Mills are all some great authors. Any of their books are great. Carrie Daws and Jordyn Reedwood too.
I am looking forward to reading The Midwife by Jolina Peterschiem, Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy, and Plain Faith.
I really want to read Hallowed Halls
I just want to read MORE this summer. I’ll go with Mom’s Night Out.
I highly recommend ” The Fault in Our Stars”. What I want to read this summer- “Atlas Girl”.
There’s a whole bunch of books I want to read this Summer. I haven’t had a chance to read in awhile so I want to finish the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, I also have a bunch of Christian fiction books that I need to read such as The anonymous Bride by Vicki McDonough
I am SO excited to read this summer. I teach 4th grade so normally I am just reading guided reading books! I can’t wait to read “Restless” by Jennie Allen, and Robin Jones Gunn is coming out with a new book that I have been waiting for YEARS to read. Also I am ready to just read pretty much anything!!
🙂 Carmen
I just met author Tosca Lee, who gifted me with a copy of “Iscariot”. So that’s up on my summer reading list! I’m excited to get into it!!
I’ve read Sidetracked but want to read Moms Night Out because I’ve seen the movie. It was so much fun to watch. Hopefully the book.Will be the same.
A Fault in Our Stars……before I see the movie!!
Love anything by Tamera Alexander and Dee Henderson! Reading Coleen Coble’s Hope Beach Series now. Love Stephanie Landsem’s The Well and The Thief.
Love all Rachel Hauck books too! Especially The Wedding Dress!
I want to read The Fault in Our Stars. I’d like to see the movie, too, but I know i will need to buy stock in Kleenex beforehand!
I’m getting ready to read The Fault in Our Stars a book club I started!
Love all Rachel Hauck books too! Especially The Wedding Dress.
I can’t wait for the sequel to Adam Rex’s The True Meaning of Smekday. 🙂
What do I want to read this summer? I don’t know! I did enjoy the Rachel Hauck book ONCE UPON A PRINCE so I highly recommend that.
I have a few books id like to read. The new Dee Henderson book is one!!
I’ve read Rachel Hauck;s book and loved it . Just finished the next book in the series and loved it too. I am chomping at the bit for DiAnn Mills’ Firewall. I am also going to read Dee Henderson’s newest. So many books so little time.
All of these books look so good! I’m always looking for more reads. I’m looking forward to reading Dee Henderson’s O’Mally series this summer — my daughter recommended it.
I recommend Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers! It is my favorite book and the only one I’ve read more than twice. I am currently reading Mom’s Night Out and loving it!
I would like to read Hallowed Halls the most, especially since I don’t often see any books by the Alexander’s. Just finished reading “Sidetracked” for TBCN. Thank you for the opportunity to win, as well as well as your often thought-provoking blog! Your article about The Titanic was really an eye-opener! Blessings to you and your family!
I am currently reading Small Town Girl by Ann Gabhart and enjoying it. I hope to read a couple of Coleen Coble’s books next. I have several on hand that I have not read, but these look good that you are giving away. We have so many good authors that it is hard to choose whose to read next. I would like to read Mom’s Night out also. It sounds really good.
So many books in my TBR stack, but I think I am going to read Catch a Falling Star by Beth Vogt next!
Your list of book suggestions was just what I have been looking for. Oodles of thanks! I have “A Beauty So Rare” by Tamara Alexander & ” A Beautiful Blue Death” by Charles Finch on my nightstand waiting to be enjoyed.
There are so many book in my to be read file, but I think the ones that I am looking forward to the most are Mom’s Night Out and Kisses From Katie.
I really want to read The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. Several friends have said it was exceptionally good. I am an avid reader and would like to read all of these.
I’m hoping to finish A Confident Heart by Renee Swipes. Then I plan on reading Women Living Well. The Divergent series is also on my list.
So many books! I am planning on reading Tessa Afshar’s “In the Field of Grace” (yay!!!) and Becky Wade’s “Meant to Be Mine” along with any other books that stumble in to my path. Hopefully MANY! 🙂
Thanks for this giveaway!!
I’m looking forward to reading Hacker. Sounds good.
Tricia, you know exactly what we book lovers love: a list of books to read recommended by some of our favorite writers! How fun! I review books for NetGalley, Revell, and others so I eat, drink, and breathe books. My husband has stopped asking me how I’m going to read all the books I have on my Kindle and Nook, plus the ones that come in the mail. I even checked one out of the library the other day so I can read a series for free before I get to the one I received that’s later in the series. Oh, my!
Right now I’m reading The Pelican Bride by Beth White. It’s hard to put down. I’m finishing the Long Awakening by Lindsey O’Connor, the amazing story of her coma and life afterwards. I want to read your By The Light of the Silvery Moon after reading your recent blog about the Titanic.
Thank you for this opportunity to win new books from you and the other authors. Exciting!
Yesterday I received Becky Wade’s Meant to Be Mine. I’ll start in today. After that, who knows? I have soooo many that I want to read!
I would love to read Full Steam Ahead. Historical Romance books are some of my favorite!
Thanks for the summer reading recommendations.
I would like to read The Fault in Our Stars & Once upon a Prince. Thanks
I would like to read The Book Thief by Makus Zusak. I read every book available to me so I could relate to this girl.
How will I ever get the housework done with so many books I want to read!
I read Hallowed Hall and it is fantabulous. I have also read A Place In My Heart which is a debut novel and it was so awesome. I am reading several books at the moment and have several more on my wish list. I would love to add these books to my list.
It’s so great to see all the picks from everyone. I love getting recommendations before I buy a book. Can’t wait to read them all! Thanks Tricia!
I’m glad for the suggestions. We’re about to take a road trip, two actually, that will have four 12-14 hour days of driving. I plan on doing a lot of reading. At least I hope to do so. We just picked up a bag of books from the library for my daughter to take along.
I am currently reading Hallowed Halls-so any of the others would be great!! Especially Moms’ Night Out, or Watching the Tree Limbs. Thank you!!
Spirit Bridge is on my summer reading wish list! What a great giveaway!
🙂 Hoping your enjoy, Rachel.
Uh, “YOU” enjoy. Where’s my editor?
I recommend Jonathan French’s Exiled Heir. Great new author.
I’d suggest the following books
Orphan Train
The Leopard Tree
Snow Child
Redeeming Love
Anything by Dan Walsh or Mesu Andrews
I have never heard of Watching the Tree Limbs…I think I would like to read that!
I read incessantly, so I couldn’t name all the books I want to read. I’d really like to read A Mother’s Secret, Plain Faith, Hallowed Halls, all the ones you have listed, and about 100 others. Now, that I’m retiring, I’ll have time to read without being too tired. I just can’t wait for school to be out and summer to start! 🙂
I want to read the new Christy & Todd book! I’ve been following them since Jr. High and now Robin Jones Gunn is releasing book one of The Married Years series! I am so so so excited!! I also had Nancy Rue’s newest one: Sarah’s Choice on my list, but I got to read that one last week. 🙂
Started reading The Book Thief but couldn’t get into it, but would really like to try it again, love to read and these look like some really awesome books to read. Thank you for such a wonderful giveaway. Have a Blessed Day.
Any of these books would be great! I really want to read The Holy War by John Bunyan.
I would love to read the Book Thief. I am very interested in events of the Holocust.
Oh Tricia, what a wonderful gift this would be. Such a fine way to start the Summer. Just stay under the A/C and read some good books! 🙂 Thanks for a chance to win. Some I would recommend is The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series by Jennifer Beckstrand and Gabriel’s Bride by Amy Lillard. Caney Creek Series by Jo Huddleston, and The Redemption of Caralynn Hayman by Carole Brown. Please put my name in. Thanks and GOD bless, Maxie
I would love to read any of the books listed. They all sound very good. I recommend any book by Francine Rivers, Brandilynn Collins, or Terri Blackstock. Also, I was really affected by The Boy In the Striped Pajamas.
I’ve already read The Book Thief, Divergent, and Snow On The Tulips recently. Currently reading Sixty Acres and a Bride. All the books in the giveaway look great! So many books to put on my TBR list.
I think my favorites I’ve read this year so far has been “A Beauty so Rare” by Tamera Alexander, “The Singing Quilt” by Kathi Macis and “Echoes of Mercy” by Kim Vogel Sawyer. I’m looking forward to reading “While Love Stirs” by Lorna Seilstad! 🙂
I love all of these authors! I added all of the books you recommended to be list on Good Reads!
that’s *on my list*
Mom’s night out! I have heard so many good things about it.
I dont have any particular book I’m wanting to read this summer…but I do have a huge list on “hold” in my local library, a huge TBR list, and tubs of books of my own I’ve not read! 🙂
I read Table….and loved it!!! Can’t wait for the next one. The Book Thief is definitely on my list. I started it during school, then had to return it to the library as the year was ending. So, would be great to get my hands on that one. And the rest would fill the summer for me until I can get back into the library at school.
Thanks for the giveaway and for sharing your picks.
Blessings to all of you.
I can’t wait to read Mom’s Night Out, and to see the movie. I am woefully behind in my movie watching.
I’d like to read most of them. 🙂
New!! On maternity leave and would LOVE to win any of these great books!!
Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers
I think everyone should read Fearless by Eric Blehm.
I would just like to get thru some of the books that are on my shelves calling to me. There are just so many good books out there and so little time. Thanks for the opportunity to fill up my shelves! I would recommend any of Francine River’s books.
I want to read at least half of my TBR pile. It’s a big pile.
I recommend It’s A God Thing.
I forgot to mention that I’m “Fruit Bearer” on Facebook and @treasuredbyGod on Twitter :).
Our Book Club is reading Vanished by Irene Hannon. It’s a page turner. My read list just grew after looking on your site.
WOW so many books and so little time LOL.
I have been wanting to read The Book Thief. They all sound good though.
I want to read and/or finish most of the books I started. I’d like to read many of the giveaway books that I haven’t read in my personal library. The Mall Book Group read the Book Thief. I would recommend it. I would also recommend Fragment by Warran Fahy; it is truly one hellva a ride. Yes, so many books so little time and growing to be read pile/list.
I just finished The Gathering Storm by Barbara Collins and am reading her Deception. I also plan to read Stranded and Silenced by Dani Pettrey, along with a few dozen more.
Thank you all for the wonderful giveaway !
I just finished The Pelican Bride by Beth White; A Beauty So Rare by Tamera Alexander and Blind Trust by Sandra Orchard. Loved them all !
I am looking forward to reading The Midwife by Jolina Petersheim; For Love or Country by Jennifer Hudson Taylor; a moment In time by Tracie Peterson; Truth Be Told by Carol Cox in addition to all the books listed in the giveaway they are all on my TBR list along with so many others !!
Good luck every one a lot of good books to look into have a bless Sunday
Thanks so much for the giveaway!!
I just finished Hacker by Ted Dekker…so good! I love his Outlaw Chronicles…definitely recommend for summer reading 🙂
Indeed, Amy! 🙂
These books look awesome! I love the personal recommendations and I’ve added them to my book list. The only one I’ve read so far is The Book Thief, which was fabulous.
I highly recommend Once Upon a Prince by Rachel Hauck!!
Wow! Would be wonderful to read all of these. Just discovering Hannah Alexander and what a wonderful author she is…
These all sound very good! I plan on doing a lot of reading this summer so I may read some of these in the next few months. But first I have a Julie Klassen book sitting in my room begging to be read as well as some Tamera Alexander books. I’m reading Ted Dekker’s “The Circle Trilogy” for the second time and hope to finish that soon so I can read “Green” this summer.
I would love to read “Mom’s Night Out” and see the movie – as well!! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!!
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I want to read Book thief!!!!!!!! It looks really good and I have heard it’s good!!!!
Moms night out looks really good!
I am looking forward to reading the book thief. I love Germany in the WW2 time period and I love books
I would like to read them all but I have been wanting to read Moms Night Out
I want to read The Book Thief.
Love this! I especially like seeing that some of you read the same things I do 🙂
Love to read and Redemption is one I hope to soon.
so many books, so little time…. the recommendations from your friends sound amazing. The Book Thief has been beckoning me…but I really don’t think I can handle a tearjerker etc at the moment. The Restoration (about the abandoned church ) sounds like it would be a good read as well. My ‘already own/on my stack” are Mercy Like Sunlight-liz curtis higgs, ‘The Half-Stitched Amish quilt club” (yes I know it’s not a new book), have several Dave and neta Jackson books that are waiting for me. ‘Surprised by Motherhood ‘ is on that stack as well.
and your giveaway batch…what I don’t read i’m sure my daughters will pick up.
thanks so much for offering this giveaway.
The Book Thief has been on my to read list for a while. I’m part of a summer book club and these are on the agenda this summer: Spiritual Misfit:A Memoir of Uneasy Faith by Michelle DeRousha, In the Land of Blue Burqas by Kate MCCord, and A Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers. Also reading Not a Fan by Kyle Idlemann and Radical by David Platt. So many good books, so little time to read!
So many good books. I want to read all of them. Full Steam Ahead looks like a fun read. I am also looking forward to reading Tide and Tempest. Great give-away.
I just finished reading “The Warden and the Wolf King” by Andrew Peterson and it was phenomenal! I absolutely loved it!
I’m really looking forward to reading “Full Steam Ahead.”
SO many great books to read this summer! It’s hard to choose just one, but I’m really looking forward to reading Firewall by DiAnn Mills!
I want to read Love Comes Home by Ann Gabhart and Yankee In Atlanta by Jocelyn Green, and something else about the Vietnam War. I have a local author working on a Vietnam book and I hope to read it. I suggest Linda White’s FBI mysteries, Seeds of Evidence and Words of Conviction. Great stuff! 🙂
What a hard question for me to answer.
It is impossible to choose one.
I have already read Stuart Brannon’s First Shot by Michael Bly, Aaaron Bly, Janet Chester Bly, and Stephen Bly
In my to be read pile is Spirit Bridge by James L. Rubart
Would love, love, love to read Hacker by Ted Dekker
Also love to read these two books, Hallowed Halls by Hannah Alexander
and Sidetracked by Brandilyn Collins.
Would love these!
I really want to read Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot and Mom’s Night Out.
I have promised myself I won’t start anymore fiction until I finish the non-fiction I have started.
I am looking forward to Mom’s Night Out because the movie was so great! Also, Diann Mills’ Firewall and Hannah Alexander’s Hallowed Halls are both ones I really want to read!
There are so many I want to read. Of your picks, I would like to read The Book Thief. One of the my must reads is The Midwife.
I can’t wait to read Mom’s Night Out
The book I want to read this summer this summer is Unspoken by Dee Henderson!!
Flew threw After The Leaves Fall…so good! HACKER takes Dekker back to his roots, very good as well!
I would like to read Mom’s Night Out!
One book I want to read this summer is a classic, “Catcher in the Rye”. I know, I’m lame. It’s one of the only books my husband has read so I’m going to finish it this summer so we can talk about it!
I just finished reading To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and it was awesome!
My “to read” list is constantly growing…
but a few on it are “Open Heart, Open Home” (Mains), “Hope Runs” (Diaz-Ortiz) and “Bread and Wine” (Niequist).
I’ve got several that I’m working through, some related to homeschooling and parenting, but I’ve also got lots of historical and Amish fiction on my reading list too! (Just finished The Kissing Bridge a few weeks ago; so good!)
I would love to read Plain Faith and all the books above plus many more.
I love to read and love to discover books I have not read. My library is a good source for many, but not all. I would like to read James Rubart’s book because his books intrigue me. But just about any of them would be great! I always have a book and usually my Kindle with me all the time. You never know when a few moments to read will crop up!
I bought the liberator series to read on our vacation. Can’t wait
I dunno … I love the Hunger Games books!
I’m hoping to get to Return to Me by Lynn Austin. I have so many on my list to read, I never know what I’ll wind up with next!
I want to read “Mom’s Night Out” before I see the movie. I am also excited about “The Waiting” and “The Midwife”. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!
I love those books!
Would love to read them!
Winter Tale…not my fave so far…must finish it for reading group
I am currently reading Chateau of Secrets, already totally into the characters and struggling getting done the stuff I need to each day . . . self control needed! I want to read The Book Thief and then see the movie. I also want to read The Restoration, Full Steam Ahead, The Turning and At Every Turn! : ) Thanks for the opportunity!
Dancing with Fireflies by Denise Hunter
I haven’t read any of these…but They all look great! Another one I enjoy reading is Shelley Shepard Gray
Once Upon a Prince and Full Steam Ahead are already on my list, but I’ll have to check out the rest of these! Thanks so much for linking up on Booknificent Thursday this week. Always love to have you!
Tina