Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

For those that enjoy reading and tracking new author reads, this challenge is for you! An easy way to find new authors is to review books others post for challenges. Also take a look at Christian Fiction Devourers Facebook Group and see what books are being recommended there.


LEVELS:
Level 1: 1-10 new authors
Level 2: 11-25 new authors
Level 3: 25-40 new authors
Level 4: 40-60 new authors
Level 5: 60+ new authors

This year, debut novels will be tracked in this challenge as well. You can include in your general new to me author list and write debut next to it or have a separate debut list for your tracking. Or not identify which novels are debut novels. Tailor as works best for you.

Who's in?

Participants

Ana
Beth
Brittany
Carissa
Carole
Charlene
Charlotte
Christine
Crystal
Hannah
Karen
Katrina
Lauri
Leona
Lynnette
Margaret
Maria
Megan
Michelle
Missy
Natalie
Reagan
Sarita
Staci
Wendy

This is one of my favorites! I'm in for Level 4: 40-60 new to me authors.

#1 Jenni L Walsh General Market

#2 Sarah Hamaker

#3 Diane Carlson Evans

#4 Jayna Breigh

#5 Mark Sullivan General Market

#6 KyLee Woodley

#7 Ane Mulligan

#8 Patrick Taylor

#9 Amanda Tero

#10 A.M. Heath

#11 Mimi Matthews

#12 Lynn Vincent

#13 Sara Vladic

#14 Rhonda Dragomir

#15 Jill Lynn

#16 Sandra Kay Vosburgh

#17 Carol Baldwin

#18 Geraldine Brooks

#19 Andrea Christianson

#20 John Donohue

#21 Amanda Peters Debut, some foul language

#22 Lisa Jordan

#23 Corrie ten Boom

#24 Erma Ullrey

#25 Sarah May Warren

#26 Marie Benedict

#27 Victoria Christopher Murray GM

#28 Jurica Pavicic GM Some foul language & sexual content

#29 Niall Williams GM

#30 Abbey Downey

#31 Bruce Holsinger GM Some foul language and sexual content

#32 Christen Krumm

#33 Keira D'Amato

#34 Richard Osman

#35 Sarah Damoff

#36 J.L. Carr

#37 Dana R Lynn

#38 Connie Mann

#39 S K Derben

#40 Marjan Kamali

#41 Erik Larson

#42 Amity Gaige GM foul language

#43 Virginia Evans GM some foul language

#44 John Williams

#45 John Green

I'm in. Level 4: 40-60 new authors

1. Nancy Mehl


2. Amy Clipston


3. Tricia Goyer


4. Linda Goodnight


5. Abigail Wilson


6. Susan May Warren


7. Michelle Ule


8. Kelly Irvin


9. Pamela Griffin


10. Melissa Ferguson


11. Jennifer Mistmorgan


12. Gabrielle Meyer


13. Valerie Hansen


14. Emma Miller


15. Karen Kingsbury


16. Carla Laureano


17. Kim Vogel Sawyer


18. Terri Blackstock


19. Kerry Johnson


20. Richard Paul Evans


21. Kristin Billerbeck


22. Diann Hunt


23. Angela K. Couch


24. Leslie Gould


25. Angela Carlisle


26. Connie Queen


27. Philip Gulley


28. Laurie Alice Eakes


29. Kaye Dacus


30. Dee Henderson


31. Lauraine Snelling


32. Shirlee McCoy


33. Robin Jones Gunn


34. Danielle Thorne


35. Lynn H. Blackburn


36. Natalie Walters


37. Beth White


38. Susanne Dietze


39. Robert Whitlow


40. Janet Lee Barton


41. Rhonda Gibson


42. Gail Sattler


43. Sarah Monzon

I’m in!

January - December 2025

Level 1: 1-10 new authors
1. Faith Blum:


2. Andrea Renee Cox:


3. Bailey Gaines:


4. Grace A. Johnson:


5. Katja H. Labonté:


6. Rachel Leitch:


7. Erika Mathews:


8. Kellyn Roth:


9. Kristen Heitzmann:


10. Carla Laureano:


Level 2: 11-25 new authors
11. Sandra D. Bricker:


12. Stephanie Grace Whitson:


13. Renee Ryan:


14. B.F. Randall:


15. Amanda G. Stevens:


16. Patricia PacJac Carroll:


17. Hope Callaghan:


18. Tessa Harris:


19. Sara Brunsvold:


20. Megan Elaine Davis:


21. A.H. Gabhart:


22. Mark Anthony Waters:

**Christian Fiction with lots of profanity. So much wrong with this book. I should have DNF’ed it after the first few pages.

23. Annette M. Irby:


24. Christine Dillon:

***FYI: This book can be hard to read at times, dealing with cancer***

25. Carrie Padgett:


Level 3: 25-40 new authors
26. Susan Sleeman:


27. T.I. Lowe:


28. Tamelia Tumlin:


29. Cami Checketts:


30. Shanna Hatfield:


31. Marina McCarron:
(07/10/25) GM - foul language & content

32. Linda K. Rodante:


33. Travis Thrasher:


34. Jovie Grace:


35. Suzanne Woods Fisher:


36. Melanie Dobson:


37. Ina Garten:
So disappointed in the profanity and repeated use of Oh my God.

38. Granger Smith:


39. Jenny Goebel:


40. Anne Wilson:


Level 4: 41-60 new authors
41. Ramey James:
(09/19/25) GM-not horrible, but not clean

42. Naomi Stephens:


43. Mary C. Findley:


44. Michael Galloway:


45. Andrés J. Colmenares:
Not CF, but clean & cute

46. Charles Martin:


47. Brandon Clements:

CF, but…cursing and I still am shocked every time I choose a book from the Christian Fiction genre and find cursing. Also a storyline that at several points left me angry and wanting to DNF, but I continued to read thinking surely no pastor could believe/write this. It was “cleaned up” at the end.

48. Gayla K. Hiss:


49. Gardiner Harris:
GM

50. Jaime Jo Wright:


51. Joanna Davidson Politano:


52. Christine Lynxwiler:


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Maybe I should just do 50 new authors but why not—60 new authors, here I come!

Over the last several years I have read approximately 40 NTM authors each year. Wondering when or if I am going to run out of new authors to try.

I will start with level 2
1 (1/9) Doug Veeder
2 (1/11) Marybeth Skwarczynski
3 (2/28) Kate Goodwin
4 (3/2) Myra Johnson
5 (3/10) Walt Larimore
6 (4/29) Alicia Gilliam
7 (6/19) Angela Bell
8 (8/14) Sally Bayless
9 (8/17) Scarlet Ingstad
10 8/19) C.O. Wyler
11 (9/3) Barbara Tucker Ketchum
12 (9/13) Shawn Smucker
13 (9/20) Michael Swiger
14 (9/24) Davis Bunn
15 (10/13) Lorena McCourtney
16 (1016) Ann Elizabeth Fryer
17 (10/24) Sarah Ashlyn
18 (11/21) Ann Marie Rodgers
19 (11/22) Penny Zeller

I'm in for Level 3: 25-40
With 2 of those being debuts.

1. Janette Oke (as a single author)


2. Beth Wiseman


3.Angela Elwell Hunt


*4.Amanda Wen
New author and debut


*5.Jolina Petersheim


6.Stars of Alabama


7.Lisa Tawn Bergren


8.T.I. Lowe


9.* Lulu's Cafe


10.Susan May Warren


11. Jamie Ogle


12. Tamera Alexander


13. John Piper


14. Chris Fabry


15. Miralee Ferrell


16. Viktor E. Frankl


17. Jen Wilkin


18. Max Lucado

I am in for level 2 (11-25 new authors).

I'm in. Not sure what level, yet.

I'm in! Level 2 probably.

1. Tracy Baack
2. Carina Taylor
3. Julie Milo
4. Brittany Larsen
5. Meg Easton
6. Ash Kelly
7. Mindy Killgrove
8. J.P. Sterling
9. Milla Holt
10. Camilla Evergreen
11. Rose Fresquez
12. Crystal Walton
13. Amanda P. Jones
14. Laura Langa
15. Kaylee Baldwin
16. Ciara Knight
17. Martha Fouts
18. Gigi Blume
19. Larissa Hommes
20. Leah Blair
21. Abby Greyson
22. Martha Hutchens
23. Rachel John
24. Wendy Klopfenstein
25. Belinda Mary
26. Leah Dobrinska
27. Mary Henderson
28. Bekah Overbey
29. Alena Auguste
30. Christina Sinisi
31. Ashley Funk
32. Sarah May Warren
33. Sarah Adams
34. K. Leah
35. Mollie Rushmeyer
36. Faith Carter
37. Jenny Lake
38. Kimberly Hanson
39. Elisse Brady
40. Melanie Jacobson
41. Amy R. Anguish
42. Sarah Anne Crouch
43. Lori DeJong

I'm but I'm not sure of what level I end up with. As I never set a goal of how many new authors to read. I just like seeing how many I end up with.

I'm in!

Level 1: 1 - 10 New to me Authors

1. Lucy McConnell

January 26, 2025

2. Christina Suzann Nelson

April 9, 2025

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I love this one! I'm in for Level 2.

1. Angela Bell-
2. Ginny Dye -
3. Vanessa Riley -
4. Lauraine Snelling -
5. Naomi Rawlings -
6. Alexa Verde -
7. Molly Zenk -

This is one of my favorites. For the last two years I've had over 100. I'm in for Level 4: 40-60 new to me authors.

Progress: 78/60

1. Renee Riva - (1/5/25)
2. Denise Weimer - (1/5/25)
3. Gayla K. Hiss - (1/11/25) (1/16/25)
4. Marie Higgins - (1/21/25)
5. Rebecca Hartt - (1/21/25)
6. Jerusha Agen - (1/24/25) (7/10/25)
7. Amanda Tru - (1/26/25) (11/16/25)
8. Sandra Merville Hart - (1/30/25)
9. Kate Angelo - (1/31/25)
10. Shannon McNear - (1/31/25)
11. Sandra Ardoin - (2/1/25)
12. Sherri Wilson Johnson - (2/2/25)
13. Marlene Bierworth - (2/6/25) (2/9/25)
14. Tina Radcliffe - (2/13/25)
15. Jordyn Redwood - (2/14/25)
16. Melissa McClone - (2/14/25)
17. Jennifer Lamont Leo - (2/27/25)
18. Ronie Kendig - (3/1/25)
19. Courtenay Burden - (3/2/25) (3/2/25) (3/2/25) (3/2/25) (3/2/25) (3/9/25) (6/2/25) (9/9/25)
20. Chelsea Michelle - (3/3/25)
21. Angie Thompson - (3/5/25)
22. Candice Sue Patterson - (3/5/25)
23. Sommer Smith - (3/12/25) (4/19/25) (5/19/25)
(9/19/25)
24. Danielle Grandinetti - (3/16/25)
25. Heather Kaufman - (3/19/25)
26. Susanne Dietze - (3/20/25)
27. Kathleen Y'Barbo - (3/20/25) (9/21/25)
28. Mesu Andrews - (3/21/25)
29. Marybeth Mayhew Whalen - (3/22/25)
30. Beth Wiseman - (3/22/25) (9/25/25)
31. Lisa M. Prysock - (3/22/25)
32. Amy Walsh - (3/27/25)
33. Chautona Havig - (3/28/25)
34. Elle E. Kay - (3/29/25) (4/21/25) (8/29/25) (11/9/25)
35. R.J. Griffith - (3/31/25)
36. Marion Ueckermann - (4/2/25) (10/10/25)
37. Penny Zeller - (4/3/25)
38. Anna Grace - (4/11/25)
39. Amity Steffen - (4/19/25) (5/9/25) (8/16/25)
40. Pamela Ferguson - (4/22/25) (4/23/25) (4/23/25)
(4/24/25)
41. Jody Hedlund - (4/28/25)
42. Liz Bradford - (4/30/25)
43. Sami A. Abrams - (5/17/25) (6/27/25) (9/11/25)
(9/13/25) (9/14/25)
44. Dionne Haynes - (5/25/25)
45. Lorana Hoopes - (5/27/25)
46. Jonathan Thomas Stratman - (6/2/25)
47. Jane M. Choate - (6/11/25)
48. Shannon Redmon - (6/13/25)
49. Natalie Bright - (6/20/25)
50. Maggie K. Black - (6/22/25)
51. Kendra Warden - (6/24/25)
52. Rhonda Starnes - (6/28/25)
53. Tari Faris - (6/30/25)
54. Elle Rush - (7/13/25)
55. Lisa Wingate - (7/19/25)
56. Susan Sleeman - (8/2/25)
57. Amanda Devon - (8/14/25)
58. Leslea Wahl - (8/2/25)
59. Terry Toler - (9/2/25) (10/6/25)
60. Kelly Pulley - (9/4/25) (9/4/25)
61. Arabella Penrose - (9/4/25)
62. Frederick Forsyth - - General Market (9/5/25)
63. Charlie H. Campbell - (9/5/25) (9/12/25) (10/28/25) (11/20/25)
64. Jared Morrison - - General Market (9/6/25)
65. Debra Ullrick - (9/6/25) (9/22/25)
66. Richard L. Mabry - (9/9/25) (10/2/25)
67. Louise Bélanger - (9/21/25)
68. Jo Grafford - (9/30/25)
69. Carlene Havel - (10/14/25)
70. Andy C. Lewter - (10/18/25)
71. Adam Blumer - (10/23/25)
72. James Scott Bell - (10/28/25) (10/28/25) (10/30/25)
73. JIMMY GEAR - (10/31/25)
74. Sarah Monzon - (11/3/25)
75. James Finke - (11/11/25)
76. Sarah Hamaker - (11/16/25)
77. Amber Schamel Lemus - (11/21/25)
78. Diann Hunt - (11/22/25)
79. Miriam Thor -
80. Kelly Irvin -
81. Jenna Night -
82. Ace Collins -
83. S. Dionne Moore -
84. Joi Copeland -
85. Maggie Gosney -

I'm in for Level 1.

Progress: 10/10

1. Paige Shelton - The Cracked Spine - Jan 3
2. Julia Buckley - Death in a Budapest Butterfly - Jan 5
3. Rachel Fordham - Beyond Ivy Walls - Jan 10
4. Lauren Wolk - Echo Mountain - 1/13
5. Robert Thorogood - The Marlow Murder Club - 1/18
6. Laurie Cass - Lending a Paw - 1/22
7. Nancy CoCo - All Fudged Up - 1/24
8. Carla Laureano - The Broken Hearts Bakery - 2/1
9. Kristen Perrin - How to Solve Your Own Murder - 2/2
10. Louis L'Amour - Lando - 2/4

Margaret wrote: "I'm in for Level 1. P.S. - I never knew there was a fb group. I am so excited to have just joined!"

So glad you found the Goodreads group Margaret! This is where we started and members are active. It's a great place to connect with CF readers. Welcome!

I'm in for Level 2: 11-25 new authors!

1. Remembering Christmas by Dan Walsh
2. Holding the Fort by Regina Jennings
3. The Lacemaker by Laura Frantz
4. The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White
5. Love Letter to the Editor by Robin Lee Hatcher
6. A Cowboy for Katie by Debra Clopton
7. Courting Trouble by Margaret Brownley

Links added to here. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.

I'm in with five
upf=date as 7/4/2025:

4/7
1. - just finished- good; clean excedpt some kissing
2. and
3. and
4. amd
5.
6.
7.

Welcome Natalie! I've got you linked up.

I am in. Level 3

Beth - ;)
in Calgary

Linked you up Beth.

I would like to plan for Level 2: 11-25 New Authors

I'm in for Level 1!

Welcome Leona and Christine! Your links have been added.

Level 1 (1-10 new-to-me authors)

04) The Burning of Rosemont Abbey by Naomi Stephens 5+*
03) All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese 5+*
02)The Man with No Face by Peter Turnbull 2.5* (mainstream, clean)
01) Emma's Hero by Carrie Walker 5*

Link added Carole. :-)

I’m in

Got your new release link added.

I'm in for Level 1: 1-10 new authors

Welcome Ana! I've got your link added.

I’m in! For Level 2: 11-25 new authors

#1. Tari Faris


1/12

Excellent Charlene. Link added.

I am in. Level 2! I think

January 2025

Charles Todd

February 2025

Dale Cramer
Carla Laureano
Jannette Oke

March 2025

Renee Ryan
Karen Kingsbury
Tamera Alexander
Lauraine Snelling
Melissa Tagg
Sandra Byrd
Heather Woodhaven
Jamie Ogle
D.I. Hennessey

Welcome Maria! Got your link added.

Forgot to post…Completed Level 1…Moving on to Level 2

Level 1: 1-10 new authors
1. Faith Blum:


2. Andrea Renee Cox:


3. Bailey Gaines:


4. Grace A. Johnson:


5. Katja H. Labonté:


6. Rachel Leitch:


7. Erika Mathews:


8. Kellyn Roth:


9. Kristen Heitzmann:


10. Carla Laureano:

So happy to see many of my author friends and colleagues on these lists. Enjoy their books! :)

MaryAnn Diorio

I'm in for trying Level 3: 25-40 new authors

Progress: 20/25+

1. Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 2/25/25

2. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 4/4/25

3. The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25

4. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie 7/15/25

5. Pygmalion & Other Plays George Bernard Shaw 7/17/25

6. The Book Thief Markus Zusak 7/20/25

7. Batyr Nursen: fengslet, torturert, kastet ut av tre land Stig Magne Heitmann 7/22/25

8. The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 7/27/25

9. The Maze Runner James Dashner 8/1/25

10. The Midnight Library Matt Haig 8/26/25

11. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow Jessica Day George 9/2/25

12. The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 9/8/25

13. The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 9/11/25

14. Murder in the Cathedral T.S. Eliot 9/11/25

15. Animal Farm George Orwell 9/14/25

16. Julosaurusen Tom Fletcher 9/16/25

17. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 9/19/25

18. The Upside of Falling Alex Light 10/6/25

19. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 10/21/25

20. A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure Angela Bell 10/23/25

Welcome Charlotte! I've got your link added.

Hi Staci,
I am Clueless, but I have a selfish interest in signing up.
So please help me out.

John wrote: "Hi Staci,
I am Clueless, but I have a selfish interest in signing up.
So please help me out."

Hi John. This is a thread to record books read by new to you authors. Does that help?

Guess I forgot to post…Completed Level 2…Moving on to Level 3

Level 2: 11-25 new authors
11. Sandra D. Bricker:


12. Stephanie Grace Whitson:


13. Renee Ryan:


14. B.F. Randall:


15. Amanda G. Stevens:


16. Patricia PacJac Carroll:


17. Hope Callaghan:


18. Tessa Harris:


19. Sara Brunsvold:


20. Megan Elaine Davis:


21. A.H. Gabhart:


22. Mark Anthony Waters:

**Christian Fiction with lots of profanity. So much wrong with this book. I should have DNF’ed it after the first few pages.

23. Annette M. Irby:


24. Christine Dillon:

***FYI: This book can be hard to read at times, dealing with cancer***

25. Carrie Padgett:

Completed Level 3…Moving on to Level 4

Level 3: 25-40 new authors
26. Susan Sleeman:


27. T.I. Lowe:


28. Tamelia Tumlin:


29. Cami Checketts:


30. Shanna Hatfield:


31. Marina McCarron:
(07/10/25) GM - foul language & content

32. Linda K. Rodante:


33. Travis Thrasher:


34. Jovie Grace:


35. Suzanne Woods Fisher:


36. Melanie Dobson:


37. Ina Garten:
So disappointed in the profanity and repeated use of Oh my God.

38. Granger Smith:


39. Jenny Goebel:


40. Anne Wilson: