This is a great list (borrowed from Therese Stenzel) from everything from Christian to mainstream fiction. I was one of the writers polled and thought this was a great idea for an overall list for 2009 There is something for everyone!
FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2009
Compiled by Therese Stenzel
Other books lists at www.theresestenzel.com
I polled a bunch of writers and asked what was the one book that they read this year that they can’t stop thinking about. I asked for all genres, secular, inspirational and this is the alphabetical list I compiled from their answers. Writers are very discriminating and know good writing when they see it so you can take this book list to the bookstore and know you are getting great fiction. Happy reading!
TOP SEVEN (These got multiple votes)
A Passion Denied by Julie Lessman x3
A Prisoner of Versailles by Golden Parsons x2
Symphony of Secrets by Sharon Hinck x2
The Familiar Stranger by Christina Berry x2
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer & Annie Barrows X3
The Help by Kathryn Stockett x2
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner x2
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Arena by Karen Hancock
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Vow to Cherish by Deborah Raney
Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker
Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
Danger at the Door by Michelle Sutton
Firebird by Kathy Tyers
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee
Home Another Way by Christa Parrish
In the Shadow of Lions by Ginger Garrett
Just Another Girl by Melody Carlson
Love Finds You in Liberty Indiana by Melanie Dobson
Love's Pursuit by Siri Mitchell
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Raising Rain by Debbie Fuller Thomas
Scared by Tom Davis
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones
Stand-In Groom by Kaye Dacus
Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove
The Apothecary’s Daughter by Julie Klassen
The Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall
The Case Of The Bouncing Grandma by A.K. Arenz
The Firstborn by Conlan Brown
The Passion of Mary Margaret by Lisa Samson
The Shack by William P. Young
The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneggar
Things Left Unspoken by Eva Marie Everson
Through the Fire by Shawn Grady
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tribute by Nora Roberts
Try Dying by James Scott Bell
Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas
Ulterior Motives by Mark Andrew Olsen
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
Whispers on the Bayou by Mindy Starnes Clark
Zora & Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney
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