Fiction

Listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name.

Safely Home
Randy Alcorn
Powerful novel of the underground church in China.

River Rising
Athol Dickson
A story of slavery in the swamps of southern Louisiana.

The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Great Russian novel. Is considered by many to be the greatest novel of all time.

Stonewall
John Dwyer
Historical fiction of Stonewall Jackson.

Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Classic western story of a trail ride from southern Texas to Montana in the 1800s. I consider this the classic novel on the Old West.

Caravans
James Michener
Michener was brilliant. This is historical fiction of Afghanistan.

Centennial
James Michener
Historical fiction of Colorado.

Journey
James Michener
Historical fiction of the Alaskan gold rush.

The Source
James Michener
Historical fiction of Israel.

Texas
James Michener
Historical fiction of Texas.

Once a Runner
John Parker
A classic novel about distance running.

London
Edward Rutherfurd
Rutherfurd is like a contemporary Michener, picking up the baton.

Paris
Edward Rutherfurd
Of the three large Rutherfurd novels I have read, New York, London and Paris, Paris is the best.

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Irving Stone
Historical fiction on the life of Michelangelo.

Exodus
Leon Uris
Historical fiction on the founding of modern Israel.

The Winds of War
Herman Wouk
Historical fiction of World War II.