Reading Recommendations

If You Like Christian Fiction

07/30/23 If You Like, Religion

Here are tips to help you find your next read as well as a convenient clickable list of authors linked directly to our catalog for placing requests or checking out e-books or audiobooks. See also If You Like Amish and Mennonite Fiction.

Find award winning Christian fiction.

The Christy awards are presented annually to recognize novels of excellence written from a Christian worldview. See Christy Award winners in our collection here.

Borrow e-books or downloadable audiobooks.

Browse our OverDrive Christian Fiction Collection of e-books amd downloadable audiobooks you can borrow with your IndyPL library card.

Get reading recommendations from IndyPL staff.

Use your IndyPL Library card to login to Novelist Plus.

On Novelist Plus you’ll find reading recommendations, read-alikes, series lists, reviews, and lists of award-winning historical romance books. Once you login with your IndyPL library card, choose the “Fiction A-Z” category from the list on the left and then choose “Christian fiction.” Click on a book to read a brief description, see a star rating, and then click “Check Availability” to see if the book is available to borrow from IndyPL.

Subscribe to a Christian fiction email newsletter.

Subscribe to NextReads to receive romance reading recommendation in your inbox monthly. Book suggestions are linked to our catalog for easy requesting. It’s FREE! See a Christian fiction sample issue. Subscribe to NextReads!

Make a selection from one of these Christian fiction authors.

Find a book discussion near you!

You are invited to join in one of our many in-person or online book discussions that take place several times each month. In our book discussion groups we read and talk about both fiction and non-fiction books. We express our opinions (both likes and dislikes!) with other avid readers in the city.

Event: Adult Book Discussion at Martindale-Brightwood
Date & Time: Monday, October 02, 4:30pm
Location: Martindale-Brightwood Branch
Description: The book to be discussed is “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi. Pick up a copy of the book at the library.
Register Here

Event: Adult Book Discussion at Wayne
Date & Time: Monday, October 02, 6:30pm
Location: Wayne Branch
Description: The book to be discussed is “Circe” by Madeline Miller. Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program, which is free and open to everyone!
No Registration Required.

Event: Adult Book Discussion at Franklin Road
Date & Time: Monday, October 02, 6:30pm
Location: Franklin Road Branch
Description: Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program. The title for October is “The Hound of The Baskervilles” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
No Registration Required.

Tags If You Like, Religion