Thanks to the Afternoon Tea Forum on Delphi, I've discovered a website that lists "Gentle Reads"--books containing "little violence or sex and feature story lines with good, 'old fashioned' qualities."A couple I've read:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Murder, She Meowed by Rita Mae Brown
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Fatherhood by Bill Cosby
A few other authors I've read:
Janette Oke
Rosamunde Pilcher
Mary Stewart
Mark Twain
I would like to particularly recommend the Brother Cadfael series (A Morbid Taste for Bones etc.) by Ellis Peters, and the Mitford Series by Jan Karon. I also enjoyed the Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown series.
Do any of you have any favorite authors out there that might fall into this category?
2 comments:
How about Richard Paul Evans. The Looking Glass, The Locket. I haven't read all of his books but the Christmas Box was sweet. I was recently reading The Christmas Box Miracle : My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope. It was good as far as I got, but I put it down for another project. Oh and the guy who wrote Tuesdays with Morrie and the Five People You Meet In Heaven. Mitch Albom. I know I have others, but can't think of them right now.
You've read a lot of books that I want to read but haven't so far. I'll have to get cracking! :)
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