AmongReaders.com Add a tiny library
📚 AmongReaders — track what you read, talk chapter by chapter without spoilers, and read with friends. Free.Join AmongReadersSign in

🧲 Books like this

Focus on the Family presents great stories remembered

Joe L. Wheeler · back to the book

What’s in it

Tap a tag: ❤ = this matters to me · tap again ✕ = don’t care · again to reset. The list below updates each time.

24 books with the same feel

Include books by the same author
❤️

Simple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure

Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught · 416 pages

Bestselling authors Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught present their most dazzling and wonderful Christmas tales -- the perfect treat for every romantic at heart... Jude Deveraux In the snow-covered hills of Virginia, a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages, in "Just Curious," praised as "one of Deveraux's best" (Philadelphia Inquirer). "Change of Heart," se

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

The Christmas Books

Charles Dickens · 237 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarmingClassics
❤️

An Amish Gathering: Life in Lancaster County

Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Barbara Cameron

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

This first batch of Chicken Soup for Teens consists of 101 stories every teenager can relate to and learn from & mdash;without feeling criticized or judged. This edition contains important lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future, and the value of respect for oneself and others, and much more.

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

I Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project

Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler · 416 pages

A collection of 180 personal, true-life accounts from NPR's National Story Project reflects the work of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and is accompanied by a look at the role of storytelling in our lives.

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

A Log Cabin Christmas Collection

Wanda E. Brunstetter, Margaret Brownley, Jane Kirkpatrick, Kelly Eileen Hake, Liz Johnson, Michelle Ule, Debra Ullrick, Erica Vetsch, Liz Tolsma · 441 pages

Experience Christmas through the eyes of adventuresome settlers who relied on log cabins built from trees on their own land to see them through the cruel forces of winter. Discover how rough-hewed shelters become a home in which faith, hope, and love can flourish. Marvel in the blessings of Christmas celebrations without the trappings of modern commercialism where the true meaning of the day shine

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

Smitten Book Club

Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, Diann Hunt · 384 pages

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

The Complete Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen · 286 pages

Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer."

AnthologyShort StoriesChristian FictionClassics
❤️

Four Weddings and a Kiss

Robin Lee Hatcher, Margaret Brownley, Debra Clopton, Mary Connealy

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

An Enchanted Season

Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, Jean Johnson · 352 pages

Give readers a gift-new stories from a bestselling lineup of romance authors.It's the time of year when dreams come true, miracles happen every day, and love is the greatest gift of all...The holidays always seem to bring out the best in everyone, with heartfelt hugs for long-missed friends, sincere smiles in the spirit of the season, and a feeling of magic in the air.Here, for the first time, is

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

An Amish Kitchen

Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kelly Long · 334 pages

Includes three Amish stories -- each celebrating love, family, and faith -- all taking place in a tight-knit community where the kitchen truly is the heart of the home.

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

Under the Mistletoe

Mary Balogh · 352 pages

Old loves rekindled, new loves found, and family bonds strengthened are the themes of these stories from the beloved, multiple-award winning author Mary Balogh. The four classic stories included here are The Star of Bethlehem, The Best Gift, Playing House, and No Room at the Inn. The new story exclusive to this trade collection is A Family Christmas.

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1

Joseph Gordon-Levitt · 87 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

A Prairie Christmas Collection

Tracie Peterson, Tracey Bateman, Deborah Raney, Pamela Griffin, JoAnn A. Grote, Maryn Langer, Darlene Mindrup, Janet Spaeth, Jill Stengl · 445 pages

Contains nine stories of Christmas romance on the frontier prairie, including selections by Tracey Bateman, Darlene Mindrup, Jill Stengl, and others.

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

A Pioneer Christmas Collection

Lauraine Snelling, Margaret Brownley, Kathleen Fuller, Marcia Gruver, Cynthia Hickey, Vickie McDonough, Shannon McNear, Michelle Ule, Anna Carrie Urquhart

AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle · 368 pages

In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town. Holiday tales of love and romance.

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️
AnthologyChristian FictionHeartwarming
❤️

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White · 321 pages

"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanuk

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

An Amish Garden

Beth Wiseman · 486 pages

Christian FictionAnthologyShort Stories
❤️

In Grandma's Attic

Arleta Richardson · 124 pages

A collection of stories of life in the late nineteenth century, many reflecting the Christian faith of the author's family, including tales of pride in a new dress, a special apron for grandpa, and a little girl lost while asleep in her own bed.

Christian FictionShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

Making Spirits Bright

Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, Nan Rossiter · 424 pages

Four sparkling Christmas stories *"Making Spirits Bright" by Fern Michaels* Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly. . .until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side. . . *"Runaway Christmas" by Elizabeth Bass* A glass of wi

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

The Dog Next Door

Callie Smith Grant · 277 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️

Once Upon a Dream

Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, Marianne Willman · 382 pages

The four ladies who brought us Once upon a Castle and Once upon a Star are at it again with this latest anthology, Once upon a Dream. These stories revolve around the magic and dreams that draw our heroes and heroines together.

AnthologyShort StoriesHeartwarming
❤️
Christian FictionShort StoriesHeartwarming

In the works

To be read SpinnerCan’t pick your next book? Spin your Want to read.Blind date with a bookPick a mood, unwrap a surprise.Add a tiny librarySnap a little free library and its books.