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If You Like an Author…
June 8th, 2008 | 
Author: Christianbook.com Home has a really nifty chart posted on its website. If you have a favorite author, you can look up the author on a chart and find other authors that are similar (genre and writing style). See the author chart.
I checked some of my favorite authors and a few recommendations puzzled me. For example, I love books by Dee Henderson and one of the recommended authors is Jamie Langston Turner. Over the years I’ve tried reading Turner’s books, but her books just don’t sit well with me. I usually manage to read a few pages and am not drawn into the story at all. For me, that’s a reason to put the book down. I try to skip ahead (bad no-no, I know!) and the storyline still doesn’t catch me. Usually I return the books to the library without reading them. On the other hand, Henderson’s books are books I can’t put down until I’m done. Once I start, I have to finish, even if it is 2 a.m. by the time I’m done!
In the realm of Christian fiction, my favorite authors are Dee Henderson, Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson, Mindy Stearns Clark, Lorena McCourtney, Brock & Bodie Thoene, and Michael Phillips (some of his books). I also enjoy reading Colleen Coble, Mel Odom, Deeanne Gist, Kristen Heitzmann, Gilbert Morris (when will the Wakefield series end?!?!), and a few others.
I spotted a couple of authors on the list that I’d like to try reading, but I don’t think our local library has books by these – Kim Vogel Sawyer, Judith Miller, Camy Tang and Tamera Alexander. I think I’ve read and enjoyed excerpts from their books as part of Chapter-a-Week.
Jan Karon shows up on the CBD chart too, but I don’t think she is considered a Christian author. Anyone know if she is? I love her Mitford series (read a brief review of her newest book here). Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts series, is my newest favorite author outside of the Christian realm.
Who are your favorite authors? What new author would you like to try reading?
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