Fans of Amish Fiction discussion

What are your reading challenges or goals for 2025? Do you want to read a certain number of books, read books from a new genre or try a new author?

Discuss here!

Want encouragement through out the year to make it to your goal? Want to make it a competition? Create your personal challenge and then update it with what you've read.

I'm shooting for 60 again this year -- that works out to 5 a month.


1. The Amish Secret Santa by Hannah Schrock
2. An Amish Christmas Table: Four Amish Christmas Sweet Romance Stories by Tracy Fredrychowski, Mindy Steele, Rachel J. Good, Jennifer Beckstrand
3. In Plain View by J. Wachowski
4. An Amish Widow's Promise (Sweetbrier Creek, #2) by Winnie Griggs
5. Change of Heart (Sisters and Friends, #1) by Rachel J. Good
6. Buried Secrets (Sisters and Friends, #2) by Rachel J. Good
7. Gift from Above (Sisters & Friends #3) by Rachel J. Good
8. The Amish Teacher's Gift (Love and Promises #1) by Rachel J. Good
9. The Amish Midwife's Secret (Love and Promises #2) by Rachel J. Good
10. The Amish Widow's Rescue (Love & Promises #3) by Rachel J. Good
11. 3 X 3 (Porch Swing Mysteries, #3) by Patrick Craig
12. The Amish Midwife's Hope (Hearts of Lancaster County #1) by Barbara Cameron
13. The Amish Farmer's Proposal (Hearts of Lancaster County #3) by Barbara Cameron
14. The Amish Baby Finds a Home (Hearts of Lancaster County #2) by Barbara Cameron
15. Amish Spring Romance Collection: Seven Stories of Hope and Love by Jennifer Beckstrand, Jennifer Spredemann, Rachel J. Good, Kathleen Fuller, Molly Jebber, Debby Giusti, Patricia Davids
16. A Stolen Kiss (The Heart of the Amish, #7) by Mindy Steele
17. Hunting for a Husband (The Heart of the Amish, #9) by Mindy Steele
18. The Courtship Plan (Amish of Marigold #1) by Kathleen Fuller
19. The Proposal Plot (Amish of Marigold #2) by Kathleen Fuller
20. The Marriage Pact (Amish of Marigold #3) by Kathleen Fuller
21. Amish Country Murder by Mary Alford
22. Amish Weddings: From Courtship to Celebration by Beth Oberholtzer
23. The Heart of the Amish: Life Lessons on Peacemaking and the Power of Forgiveness by Suzanne Woods Fisher
24. A Season on the Wind by Suzanne Woods Fisher
25. Christmas at Harmony Hill (Shaker, #5.5) by Ann H. Gabhart
26. The Amish Matchmakers (Amish Inn) by by Beth Wiseman
27. C Is for Courting (Amish ABC's) by Shelley Shepard Gray
28. An Unexpected Amish Proposal (Surprised by Love #1) by Rachel J. Good
29. An Unexpected Amish Courtship (Surprised by Love #2) by Rachel J. Good
30. An Unexpected Amish Christmas (Surprised by Love #3) by Rachel J. Good
31. An Amish Marriage of Convenience (Surprised by Love #4) by Rachel J. Good
32. Her Pretend Amish Boyfriend (Surprised by Love #5) by Rachel J. Good
33. Dating an Amish Flirt (Surprised by Love Book 6) by Rachel J. Good
34. Missing Her Amish Boyfriend (Surprised by Love #7) by Rachel J. Good
35. An Amish Second Chance Romance (Surprised by Love Book #8) by Rachel J. Good
36. The Patchwork Players (The Elm Creek Quilts Series, 24) by Jennifer Chiaverini
37. Green Pastures (The Amish of Shepherd's Hill, #1) by Patricia Johns
38. Murder of an Amish Bridegroom (Amish Seamstress Mystery #1) by Patricia Johns
39. A Man of His Word (Hearts of Middlefield, #1) by Kathleen Fuller
40. Echo of Danger (Echo Falls #1) by Marta Perry
41. Sound of Fear (Echo Falls #2) by Marta Perry
42. Shattered Secrets (Cold Creek #1) by Karen Harper
43. Shattered Silence (Echo Falls #3) by Marta Perry
44. Thrown to the Wolves (The Faith in Peril Trilogy, #1) by Holly Newcastle
45. Tears of the Bishop (The Faith in Peril Trilogy, #2) by Holly Newcastle
46. Walk Through Fire (The Faith in Peril Trilogy #3) by Holly Newcastle
47. A Hidden Hope by Suzanne Woods Fisher
48. Amish Promises (Neighbors of Lancaster County #1) by Leslie Gould
49. Amish Sweethearts (Neighbors of Lancaster County, #2) by Leslie Gould
50. Amish Weddings (Neighbors of Lancaster County #3) by Leslie Gould
51. Plain Jane's Secret Admirer (The Heart of the Amish, #11) by Anne Blackburne
52. An Amish Christmas Promise by Emma Cartwright
53. The Cousin (Doris's Christmas Story #1) by Brenda Maxfield
54. The Christmas Clues by Meredith Kazer
55. An Amish Christmas Promise by Emma Cartwright

55 out of 60 -- not bad but I've done better. Let's see what 2026 brings!

I’d like to try this challenge. I just became a member, but will incorporate what I’ve read this year, so far. Sounds like fun!

BF wrote: "I’d like to try this challenge. I just became a member, but will incorporate what I’ve read this year, so far. Sounds like fun!"

Awesome! Glad to have you join us.

How are you all doing with this year's challenge? I'm going to come close -- 7 to go. I'll need really quick reads!