Introductions

[DianeLikesToRead]

Welcome! You can try Beverly Lewis- The Shunning or Abram’s Daughters. I also like the Bride series by Kathleen Fuller. Amy Clipston has a great series Amish Heirloom.
There are so many more!

[Carolyn]

amish mercies, have been a favorite of mine by Ruth Reid. Amish Vines and Orchards by Cindy Woodsmall is a good series also. check the reviews on books to start

[Kristina]

Hi all, I'm Kristina. In recently getting into the world of Amish fiction and am really enjoying it! I've started with Sarah Price's retellings of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and Snow White and am exploring more of her work within the genre. Needless to say, my list of want to read titles is growing faster than I can keep up. I'm forward to joining in on the group reads!

[Barbara]

Kristina wrote: "Hi all, I'm Kristina. In recently getting into the world of Amish fiction and am really enjoying it! I've started with Sarah Price's retellings of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and Snow White an..."

Welcome Kristina! We're glad to have you join us. You still have time to place a nomination for our December group read if you want. Pick something Christmassy that we haven't read yet!

[Mary]

Hi! My name is Mary B. Barbee, and I am the author of the Amish Lantern Mystery Series.

I currently have the first three books in the standalone mystery series published and am working on the fourth.

Amish twin sisters serve as unique main characters, and the series is set in a small town in central Tennessee full of fascinating families, friends, and of course, villains.

Each of my books have surprise endings (hopefully!), followed by a sneak peek into the next book.

You can find ebook, paperback and audio versions of my books on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

[Maridele]

Hello! My name is Maridele (Mary + Adele, thanks Mom!). I rediscovered reading when the pandemic started and Amish books became my favorite because I needed no stress reading. I am currently reading Beth Wiseman's Land of Canaan series which I can highly recommend but only after you read the Daughters of the Promise series first. You can read these series independently but the characters from Daughters of the Promise are featured in Land of Canaan. I love Beth Wiseman but have read other authors. So far I haven't gotten into the "big" name authors like Wanda Brunstetter or Beverly Lewis. I'm glad to have found this group!

[Clare]

Hi folks,

I have just joined and hope to contribute when I get a chance.
I live in Ireland so the Amish life is a different lifestyle for me, but probably relates a lot to how Ireland used to be in rural areas.

I love horses so books with horses on the cover grab my attention. I like the countryside depicted. I also enjoy reading about women's lives and choices or lack of choices.

An interesting trend is mystery or suspense stories set in Amish country, at least for me because I also enjoy reading mysteries.

And lately I have seen some fairytale retellings which use modern Amish characters. Those were really well written.

I have mainly read Harlequin Love Inspired and some independent authors, a wide spread of authors. My bookshelf on GR has a separate shelf for America-romance-Amish if you want to check them out anytime.

Love to get recommendations!

[Carolyn]

Clare, welcome, so glad to have you join the group. you will see many suggestions in amish books. I have also gotten into reading amish suspense/mystery as a preference. a few preferred choices I have read are: ruth Reid, The amish of hart county, Shelley shepard Gray, and amish farm trilogy, Gayle roper, Please read reviews when choosing books to read, for your benefit

[Clare]

Thank you for your welcome, Carolyn! Have a nice day.

[Barbara]

Clare wrote: "Hi folks,

I have just joined and hope to contribute when I get a chance.
I live in Ireland so the Amish life is a different lifestyle for me, but probably relates a lot to how Ireland used to be ..."

Welcome Clare! One of the ladies that started this discussion group was from the U.K. So good to have you join us.

Please nominate over on the group-read page something you'd like us to read next month. Look through what we've already completed over the years. I love getting new suggestions from folks.

[Clare]

Thank you Barbara, I shall check.

[LauraP]

Hi, I have been a member for a few years, but haven't read any books through this group. I am almost finished reading a monthly book club selection.

I have a question. Though the Amish community is Christian, not all Amish books have Christian themes in the book. Is that a part of this group, or it varies with a Christian theme?

[Nancy]

That depends on the author, really. Some authors are more focused on telling their readers about Jesus, His free gift of salvation, and our dependence on God, the Father. Personally, I enjoy those Amish books more.

Other authors seem to barely mention anything about Christianity, which is a bit disappointing, don't you agree LauraP?

[LauraP]

Yes, I have read more faith-based books on Amish fiction.
I look forward to reading more books through this group! Thanks for your input, Nancy!