Note: As always, use discernment in your reading. This is a list of books enjoyed by YLCF readers and the YLCF does not necessarily endorse every title or content therein.
Gifted Hands - Ben Carson
Girl Talk - Carolyn Mahaney & Nicole Whitacre
Quest for the High Places - Natalie Nyquist
Rx for Addiction: A Doctors Story of His Battle With Drugs - Robert Gehring
Sex Is Not the Problem - Lust Is - Joshua Harris
- Debbie F.
My favorite book is Hidden Rainbow by Ccarrhristmas Carol Kauffman. I've read it countless times and each time with pleasure. Who Gets the Drumstick? by Helen Beardsley and God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew are two others. Another favorite book of mine is Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham. Even though it is written at a child's level, adults enjoy it as well. It is one of the favorite read aloud books in my family. I enjoyed nearly all of Jane Austin's six major novels but Pride and Prejudice and Emma rise above the others.
- Katy
I love 18th century literature, and my recent top favorite read was Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was such a charming and beautiful story. While I was reading it, I was so into it that I was dreaming scenes from the book! It's a very long book though, took me several months of reading while I nursed.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins: I just recently watched the movie of this and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed the book. It was the very first detective novel, I believe.
Another old classic that I recently read: The Cutters by Bess Streeter Aldrich. A sweet family story that reminded me of the value and worth of being a mother at home.
- Jessica
The Magic of Ordinary Days - Ann Howard Creel: A beautiful tender and unlikely love story set during World War 2 on the homefront. One passage best skipped over (I have it whited out of my personal copy) but otherwise beautiful reading.
Thorn in my Heart
Fair is the Rose
Whence came a Prince
Grace in Thine Eyes
by Liz Curtis Higgs
A tender and emotional re-telling of the story of Jacob, Rachel, Leah, and Dinah set in Scotland during the 1700's . I have cried with pain and joy with Leana, her unrequited love for Jamie touches my heart with it's familiar pain but it is her courage in surrendering that love to her Heavenly Father throughout the circumstances of her life that have inspired me as well. Ultimately Leana comes to find that only her Savior can fill her completely. I highly recommend these books for young women older than eighteen, no younger, just because of the twists and turns of the story (it follows the Biblical account rather faithfully)and it does have it's mature parts. I promise you will cry like you've never cried for a book when you read Fair is the Rose.
I also greatly enjoyed and was challenged by The Legends of the Guardian King series by Karen Hancock.
Black, Red and White by Ted Dekker are also fascinating, encouraging, eye-opening allegories that will literally make you look at the love of God in a totally new way.
- Anna T.
Emma - Jane Austen
Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers
The Last Sin Eater - Francine Rivers
Courting Trouble - Deanna Gist.
- Anna F.
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
Hope Was Here or Rules of the Road (It's a tie!) - Joan Bauer
Authentic Beauty - Leslie Ludy
-Rebekah
First favorite is the Bible. The others aren't really in any order.
Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea - by L.M. Montgomery
Walk Across America - Peter Jenkins
Grandma's Attic series - Arleta Richardson
Little House on the Prairie books - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard and Florence Atwater
- Elizabeth
Emma - Jane Austen
The Scottish Chiefs - Jane Porter
The Shadow of the Bear and Black as Night - Regina Doman
- April
Evening Star - Sigmund Brouwer
The Fallacy Detective - Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn
Safely Homthe - Randy Alcorn
Little House on the Prairie books - Laura Ingalls Wilder
(These are well known, but our family recently finished reading the series, and I was amazed at how good they really are, especially The Long Winter.)
Death of a Guru - Rabi Maharaj
The Wide, Wide World - Susan Warner
Ester Ried - Isabella Alden
Home-Alone America - Mary Eberstadt
Mama's Bank Account - K.A. McLean
- Abigail K.
My favorite book, far and away, is How They Kept the Faith by Grace Raymond (who also writes under the name Annie Raymond Stiller, a married name). It's set in one of the richest periods of Protestant history, the French Inquisition, and is undoubtedly the most well-crafted novel I've read. It follows, principally, a young protestant girl and her fiance through their personal quest to love of God and one another. The book has deep characters, impeccable writing style, and conclusions that often defy expectations, both in satisfying and dissatisfying ways. I recommend it heartily. (You can purchase the book inexpensively directly through the publisher by visiting www.heritagebooks.org.)
On Message by Mark Crutcher is an important book addressing abortion in a systematic, while simultaneously fascinating, manner. The writing style is reverent (for such a difficult topic) and Crutcher handles it with a great deal of agility.
To Kill A Mockingbird is probably an over-recommended book, but it really is one of my favorites. It has such unforgettable characters and the whimsical writing style is irresistible.
- Nicole H.
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
In His Steps - Charles Sheldon
- Naomi
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Christy - Catherine Marshall
A Circle of Quiet - Madeleine L'Engle
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces - C. S. Lewis
The Blue Castle - L. M. Montgomery
The Betsy-Tacy books - M. H. Lovelace
A Room with a View - E. M. Forster.
- Sarah R.
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Melody
Gifted Hands - Ben Carson
Girl Talk - Carolyn Mahaney & Nicole Whitacre
Quest for the High Places - Natalie Nyquist
Rx for Addiction: A Doctors Story of His Battle With Drugs - Robert Gehring
Sex Is Not the Problem - Lust Is - Joshua Harris
- Debbie F.
My favorite book is Hidden Rainbow by Ccarrhristmas Carol Kauffman. I've read it countless times and each time with pleasure. Who Gets the Drumstick? by Helen Beardsley and God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew are two others. Another favorite book of mine is Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham. Even though it is written at a child's level, adults enjoy it as well. It is one of the favorite read aloud books in my family. I enjoyed nearly all of Jane Austin's six major novels but Pride and Prejudice and Emma rise above the others.
- Katy
I love 18th century literature, and my recent top favorite read was Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was such a charming and beautiful story. While I was reading it, I was so into it that I was dreaming scenes from the book! It's a very long book though, took me several months of reading while I nursed.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins: I just recently watched the movie of this and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed the book. It was the very first detective novel, I believe.
Another old classic that I recently read: The Cutters by Bess Streeter Aldrich. A sweet family story that reminded me of the value and worth of being a mother at home.
- Jessica
The Magic of Ordinary Days - Ann Howard Creel: A beautiful tender and unlikely love story set during World War 2 on the homefront. One passage best skipped over (I have it whited out of my personal copy) but otherwise beautiful reading.
Thorn in my Heart
Fair is the Rose
Whence came a Prince
Grace in Thine Eyes
by Liz Curtis Higgs
A tender and emotional re-telling of the story of Jacob, Rachel, Leah, and Dinah set in Scotland during the 1700's . I have cried with pain and joy with Leana, her unrequited love for Jamie touches my heart with it's familiar pain but it is her courage in surrendering that love to her Heavenly Father throughout the circumstances of her life that have inspired me as well. Ultimately Leana comes to find that only her Savior can fill her completely. I highly recommend these books for young women older than eighteen, no younger, just because of the twists and turns of the story (it follows the Biblical account rather faithfully)and it does have it's mature parts. I promise you will cry like you've never cried for a book when you read Fair is the Rose.
I also greatly enjoyed and was challenged by The Legends of the Guardian King series by Karen Hancock.
Black, Red and White by Ted Dekker are also fascinating, encouraging, eye-opening allegories that will literally make you look at the love of God in a totally new way.
- Anna T.
Emma - Jane Austen
Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers
The Last Sin Eater - Francine Rivers
Courting Trouble - Deanna Gist.
- Anna F.
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
Hope Was Here or Rules of the Road (It's a tie!) - Joan Bauer
Authentic Beauty - Leslie Ludy
-Rebekah
First favorite is the Bible. The others aren't really in any order.
Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea - by L.M. Montgomery
Walk Across America - Peter Jenkins
Grandma's Attic series - Arleta Richardson
Little House on the Prairie books - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard and Florence Atwater
- Elizabeth
Emma - Jane Austen
The Scottish Chiefs - Jane Porter
The Shadow of the Bear and Black as Night - Regina Doman
- April
Evening Star - Sigmund Brouwer
The Fallacy Detective - Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn
Safely Homthe - Randy Alcorn
Little House on the Prairie books - Laura Ingalls Wilder
(These are well known, but our family recently finished reading the series, and I was amazed at how good they really are, especially The Long Winter.)
Death of a Guru - Rabi Maharaj
The Wide, Wide World - Susan Warner
Ester Ried - Isabella Alden
Home-Alone America - Mary Eberstadt
Mama's Bank Account - K.A. McLean
- Abigail K.
My favorite book, far and away, is How They Kept the Faith by Grace Raymond (who also writes under the name Annie Raymond Stiller, a married name). It's set in one of the richest periods of Protestant history, the French Inquisition, and is undoubtedly the most well-crafted novel I've read. It follows, principally, a young protestant girl and her fiance through their personal quest to love of God and one another. The book has deep characters, impeccable writing style, and conclusions that often defy expectations, both in satisfying and dissatisfying ways. I recommend it heartily. (You can purchase the book inexpensively directly through the publisher by visiting www.heritagebooks.org.)
On Message by Mark Crutcher is an important book addressing abortion in a systematic, while simultaneously fascinating, manner. The writing style is reverent (for such a difficult topic) and Crutcher handles it with a great deal of agility.
To Kill A Mockingbird is probably an over-recommended book, but it really is one of my favorites. It has such unforgettable characters and the whimsical writing style is irresistible.
- Nicole H.
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
In His Steps - Charles Sheldon
- Naomi
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Christy - Catherine Marshall
A Circle of Quiet - Madeleine L'Engle
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces - C. S. Lewis
The Blue Castle - L. M. Montgomery
The Betsy-Tacy books - M. H. Lovelace
A Room with a View - E. M. Forster.
- Sarah R.
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Melody
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I always love seeing what books other young ladies enjoy. Many are already on my favorites list, but there are many titles I will tuck away for future reference.
Abigail, Laura Ingalls was one of the first literary characters I met, yet last year my sisters and I listened to all the Little House books read on tape and marveled at how amazing they are. It was interesting to realize how I used to love the earlier books, but now the books dealing with Laura as a young lady speak to me.
And I heartily agree with everyone who recommended The Chronicles of Narnia, Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, and Eight Cousins (which with it's sequal Rose In Bloom is not appreciated enough, in my opinion). So, thanks for sharing girls!
Sarah B.
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