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?
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.
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