Hey, everyone! Question for you.

[elainastone.livejournal.com]

So, I'm really wanting to find some Christian literature that does not include someone marrying or becoming the significant other of someone else. I'm an avid reader, but have made a habit of making wide circles far away from the Christian section because.... they are all invariably about someone getting married, unless it's for a young audience. I tend to put a wide circle around *any* book that this is a central theme, but I've found Christian lit to be the most likely for this, and most difficult to avoid. I'd love to have some suggestions otherwise! Thanks in advance.

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[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

My very favourite Christian book EVER is "The Yada-Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson. That book / series has meant SO much to me, and I reread it on a regular basis. No romance at all :) It's the first in a series of 7, but the first can easily be read by itself - no cliffhanger. I love that book so much! In fact, it might be time for a reread :) :) :) The other books in the series are all just as good. There's a tiny bit of romance in the 6th one, but it's not the main focus - not by a long shot - an doesn't involve the main character.

I'd recommend this series to anybody. LOOOOVE it :)

Another great Christian novel is "Leaning on a Spider's Web" by Jennifer Rees-Larcombe. It does have a tiny bit of romance, but it's definitely not the main focus.

Same goes for "Guilt by Association" by Gilbert Morris - that one is first and foremost a crime novel.

I also love "The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society" by Beth Pattillo... but then I always love books about knitting and books ;)

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you like it when people retell stories from the Bible, but Francine Rivers writes a lot of books like that. I read some from the Lineage of Grace (http://francinerivers.com/books/series/lineage-grace) series about some of the women in the Bible who led up to Jesus. Some do have a love story involved (like Ruth, of course), some do not. I haven't read a ton of that type, but I know some people really love them. I hear good things about the Mark of the Lion series, but I think I started it and it was so violent! I'm sensitive to that stuff.

[mainemilyhoon.livejournal.com]

Hmm...my first thought was the Florian's Gate trilogy by T. Davis Bunn, because it's all about Eastern Europe and history and antiques...but then I remembered that there's a romance/marriage subplot throughout. So...never mind there. (Though it is a pretty good series.)

I don't read a lot of Christian fiction, and what I do is usually romantic, but my mom really likes Joel Rosenberg's books, which are all action/adventure/spy type novels.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

The Colors trilogy by Ted Dekker is sci-fi-ish and doesn't have much romance that I can recall. :)