Inspirational fiction relies on continuing communities, which makes it a naturally series-driven category. These are the longest running.
Series in Reading Order
- Mitford Years by Jan Karon
Father Tim and the town of Mitford, begun 1994. - Baxter Family by Karen Kingsbury — 33 books · 2002–2022
Family saga that spans multiple related series. - Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke — 8 books · 1979–1989
Frontier series, begun 1979. - O'Malley by Dee Henderson — 8 books · 1999–2010
Family of first responders; begun 2000. - Christy by Catherine Marshall
Appalachian series, begun 1967. - Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson — 13 books · 2003–2018
Series about a Chicago prayer group.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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