Gentle Read Authors

A collection of books by selected "Gentle Reads" authors. “Gentle reads” are books containing little strong language, explicit sex or violence, and tend to have happy endings.

Click on the author's name for a listing of books in our catalog. Find more reading suggestions at Books & More.

Featured Authors

Authors A-Z

• ReShonda Tate Billingsley
• Maeve Binchy
• Terri Blackstock
• Lilian Jackson Braun
• Wanda E. Brunstetter
• Melody Carlson
• Jennifer Chiaverini
• Lori Copeland
• Diane Mott Davidson
• Ted Dekker
• Richard Paul Evans
• JoAnne Fluke
• Cathy Marie Hake
• Kristin Hannah
• Robin Lee Hatcher
• Beverly Jenkins
• Jerry Jenkins

• Jan Karon
• Karen Kingsbury
• Thomas Kinkade
• Julie Klassen
• Beverly Lewis
• Debbie Macomber
• Janette Oke
• Frank Peretti
• Tracie Peterson
• Rosamunde Pilcher
• Francine Rivers
• Kim Vogel Sawyer
• Lauraine Snelling
• Nicholas Sparks
• LaVyrle Spencer
• Mary Stewart
• Karen Witemeyer

Compiled by Collection Development Staff, 10/2012