Whether it’s your go-to genre, or you’re simply in the mood for a more uplifting read, Christian fiction offers compelling stories focused on hope and goodness. With sub-genres like romance, mystery and suspense, contemporary fiction, and more, there’s something for everyone. If you prefer stories with less overt violence or profanity, there are plenty of titles for you to enjoy.

Christian fiction tends to focus on relationships—whether romantic, familial, friendly, or within broader communities—and explores themes like redemption, forgiveness, resilience, finding connection, and having faith. These stories aim to inspire and comfort, offering peace of mind and a sense of hope by the final page.

Ready to find your next uplifting read? Check out these popular Christian fiction books on the Libby app.

ROMANCE
Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer
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In this clean romance, Edith is recently widowed and looking for some adventure—but this next adventure takes paperwork. While she waits on the formalities, she takes a short-term job at a crisis center in a new town and will be staying with a local, Henry, for the summer. Henry is under the impression that Edith is an elderly widow while Edith is under the impression that Henry is a grumpy old man. With opposite schedules, they don't actually meet for some time and start writing quick notes that grow into long letters. When they discover they're not so different in age, perhaps there's an entirely new adventure to be had. This wholesome small-town romance is simply delightful!

ROMANCE
Lean on Me by Pat Simmons
🎧 Audiobook

On a journey requiring plenty of faith, Tabitha has a new and very demanding job on top of now becoming caregiver for her great aunt who has dementia. As she struggles to keep everything together, her neighbor Marcus makes some wrong assumptions that Tabitha is not properly caring for her Aunt Tweet. She perseveres and does her best on all fronts and along the way, Tabitha and Marcus start to grow closer. In this slow-burn romance, both of them find their faith in a world full of distractions.

SUSPENSE
The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
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Murphy takes care of a church with no priest that no one attends on an island surrounded by Florida boating culture. When he rescues a woman from the Florida waterways, he ends up helping her track down her trafficked sister. Murphy finds some interesting friends along the way and this focus on complex relationships, as well as redemption, is inspiring. This is only the first in the Murphy Shepherd series, so you can keep following Murphy’s endeavors.

AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION
The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee
🎧 Audiobook

With characters inspired by women of the Bible, the women of the Gardin family are looking to have their own impact on the world. Generations of Gardins have worked to build their successful peanut business, started from their formerly enslaved ancestors. Ruth is running the business while Mary wants her out and Martha just wants everyone to reconcile. Matriarch Naomi is taking a step back from keeping the peace and all the women need to work out what it means to be family as they learn more about each other. These women will discover that to find the peace they desire, they'll have to let go of secrets and hold onto family.

ROMANCE
First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer
🎧 Audiobook

This clean second-chance romance has sports and books. Need I say more? Romance writer Gracie and her ex, baseball star Noah, find themselves back in each other’s lives after life starts doling out the curveballs. Gracie is focused on her novel and Noah is focused on Gracie. When Noah offers surprising help, Gracie rethinks playing it safe. With themes of redemption, this rom-com is fun and uplifting.

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Ambush by Colleen Coble
🎧 Audiobook

If you still want some grit, this book is for you. Sometimes losing everything helps you find what you really need. Paradise experienced plenty of loss and pain while growing up. Now, she’s returning to her hometown and the animal sanctuary park there, looking to heal from her most recent traumas. Returning home is not always easy, and in this case, includes more crime and mysteries that Paradise will have to investigate herself if she wants answers. Full of suspense, there’s also closed-door romance all while Paradise is looking for closure to move on with her life.

ROMANCE
Green Pastures by Patricia Johns
🎧 Audiobook

In this Amish romance, sisters Tabitha, Amanda, and Rose navigate their relationships with one another and others in their community. Tabitha is recently divorced and returning to their Amish community. Amanda is looking for love and may have found it, but not without risks. Rose is figuring out married life for herself. All of them are seeking strong faith in their community.

ROMANCE
Lowcountry Lost by T.I. Lowe
🎧 Audiobook

This second-chance romance is perfect for home improvement fans. Avalee runs her own renovation business, and her next project is in a small town. Also in town to help with the revitalization is engineer Rowan, who happens to be Avalee’s ex-husband. Working hard on the job at hand, Avalee and Rowan also find themselves rebuilding their faith and mending past wounds. With the fun of a quirky small town, there's something healing to be found in this book.

ROMANCE
The Nature of Love by Toni Shiloh
🎧 Audiobook

In challenging times, friends are everything. Erykah has achieved great success as a surgeon but is looking for more. Chris is a passionate wildlife enthusiast. A budding friendship means more adventure for both of them. When Erykah unexpectedly becomes guardian to her nieces, Chris is there to help. Through it all, they also have to learn to put their faith in God. From friends to lovers, they'll discover the healing that love can offer.

ADVENTURE
All That We Carried by Erin Bartels
🎧 Audiobook

If romance is not what you’re seeking, some sisterly love (and drama) may be in order. In All That We Carried, estranged sisters Olivia and Melissa embark on a backpacking trip in Michigan’s upper peninsula as a way to reconnect. Along the way, the sisters find they have very different views on the world, and that they may be getting lost—physically. They meet a fisherman that helps them get back on the trail and back on even footing to connect again. Along with themes of forgiveness, there is an exploration of spirituality as well as the natural world.

MYSTERY
Between the Sound and the Sea by Amanda Cox
🎧 Audiobook

Uncover secrets shrouded in ghost stories and rumors with the help of notes tucked into the stone walls of an old lighthouse. Josephine has left behind her own rumors getting in the way of her life and her business. She's now in the Outer Banks working on restoring a lighthouse that has some mysteries of its own dating back to WWII with a previous lighthouse keeper. This family saga focuses on redemption as Josephine works to fix up the lighthouse and track down the clues found within.

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