I was chatting with one of my sisters-in-law last week, and she asked for recommendations for good Christian fiction books and/or authors. Isn’t this (or a variation on same) a question we all love to be asked?

I think I overwhelmed her with choices. :)

My first step was to ask what she likes, what she’s read.

Her response: She used to read a lot of Beverly Lewis, but she’s tired of it now; every book sounds the same. She read Ted Dekker’s Blink of an Eye and really, really loved it.

Based on this, I recommended (I’m recapping from memory here; the Facebook chat didn’t save):

  • Susan Meissner,
  • Melody Carlson,
  • Kathleen Y’Barbo,
  • Tamara Leigh,
  • Beth Pattillo,
  • and Allison Pittman.

Of course, I also threw in Rene Gutteridge, although she doesn’t write exactly the same type of books I think she was looking for.

Now I’m thinking I should have added Charlene Baumbich.

Any amendments, additions or deletions? (I have no idea why I’m suddenly quoting a standard city council meeting.) What would you have recommended? Do you agree with those I proffered?