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Explore seventeen wonderful books that we can't wait to read this summer!
It's that beautiful time of year again when we can sit in the sunshine in the garden or if we're really lucky on the beach and enjoy a new book! We've compiled a list of seventeen books that we can't wait to read this summer. There is sure to be at least one book you'll love to read!
1.
The Unfiltered Enneagram
By Elizabeth Orr
A Witty and Wise Guide to Self-Compassion.
From Instagram’s snarkiest Enneagram expert comes a hilarious and insightful book that shows how embracing our shadow side is our best path toward greater self-awareness and compassion.
Most Enneagram books today focus on stroking ego rather than challenging it. These pages are filled with a no-frills, hilarious reckoning with the ways we cope when facing stress or fear – aka our shadow sides – while unlocking the life-changing wisdom of the Enneagram.
'Natalie writes with the raw honesty and authenticity... This book will inspire and challenge you to rediscover that mercy is at the heart of our spiritual formation.' Olivia Amartey, Elim
In this thoughtful and practical book, Natalie Williams explores what it means to be a true mercy-bringer.
'One of the most important books I have read in a decade... If we would all follow in this way, our lives would change and the world would change.' Jennie Allen, author of Get Out of Your Head and Find Your People
In this powerful and practical work, John Mark Comer defines his core philosophy of spiritual formation to help us form a "rule of life."
'A powerful story of rising from the ashes.' Katie Piper
It's taken 27 years for Sophie Lee to feel comfortable in her skin. This the real-life story of one woman's courage in rising from the ashes as she learns to discover that true beauty is more than skin deep in a society that so often tells us otherwise.
Return to Lindchester once more with The Company of Heaven, the fifth in the beloved series of Lindchester Chronicles novels by Catherine Fox. Entertaining and packed with well-loved characters, The Company of Heaven is perfect for fans of Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles, Barbara Pym and BBC's Rev.
Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2021 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has happened.
Summer's Out At Hope Hall is a fun and deeply moving story that celebrates the power of hope.
Part of the much-loved Hope Hall series.
'In this delightful tale of Kath Sutton and the motley bunch of characters revolving around the community hall she runs, Pam Rhodes has given us a story of warmth, humour, and hope about lives shared and burdens carried. Summer’s Out at Hope Hall is one of those novels that helps you hear laughter in the darkness, reminding you that the sun really will rise tomorrow.' - Sheridan Voysey, BBC Radio 2 presenter and author of Reflect with Sheridan
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * Over a Million Copies Sold
Bestselling author Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea in a tale set against the exciting backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea is a godly man sent into Angel’s life to draw her into the Savior’s redeeming love. This remarkable novel has sold over a million copies and is among the top twenty on the ECPA fiction bestsellers list for four years running.
Mel Starr's latest novel is a thoroughly enjoyable medieval crime mystery. It may be enjoyed as complete in itself, or as part of the Hugh de Singleton series.
Delve into the world of fourteenth-century England in this thrilling historical mystery, the sixteenth in the brilliant Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton.
'An invaluable guide. . . I wish I had been able to read this book twenty years ago!' Ruth Valerio
A book that speaks into this cultural moment, providing an easy-to-use framework to help Christians move from helplessness to hopeful action, featuring a foreword by Ruth Valerio.
Featuring contributions from Shane Claiborne, Lisa Sharon Harper, Krish Kandiah, Sam Wells and many more, The Hopeful Activist is full of fresh wisdom and practical advice to help you play your part in bringing God's justice and restoration to the world around you.
Shun self-help in favour of spiritual-help and become the other-focussed disciple that Jesus is inviting you to be in this accessible and practical book.
Jesus was inherently other-focussed, and in this immensely practical book, Kate Pocklington invites us to explore why being formed by the Spirit is only half of the picture.
Can I truly be a feminist and still go to church - not just in theory but in practice? Insightful and entertaining, this book offers readers a chance to wrestle with what it truly means to be a faithful feminist today.
Lauren Windle draws upon her years as a journalist to weave together a wide range of voices on a subject that society has been wrestling with but, in the Church, few are brave enough to probe too deeply for fear of what they might find. This book isn't here to tell you what to think. The views it presents are intended to inform, not form, your opinion on key topics, including: defining feminism, the lessons we teach boys, female preachers, a woman's place in the household, beauty standards and #ChurchToo.
Discover practical tips and stories of strength in "Brighter Days" to invest in your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health for a brighter future. For readers of Katie Piper OBE and Matt Haig.
A book to help you see the strength in your scars and how hardship can become fuel for a more hopeful future.
'Nobody is immune from the storms of life. Patrick's book is a lifeboat while the waves are crashing but it is much more than that: Bouncing Forwards is a guide that helps us to navigate through tricky waters so that we become better equipped for the journey of life. It's an honest, wise and practical handbook for growing in resilience. I can't recommend it highly enough.' CATHY MADAVAN, AUTHOR OF IRREPRESSIBLE
A fascinating exploration of what it means to be human in the light of eight burning questions raised by science – including AI, aliens, gene editing, the science of immortality, animal personhood, the treatment of mental health, mass vaccination and unborn children.
"On this deeply polarised issue the norm is crude generalisation. In contrast, Playing God sheds light and brings nuance. An insightful book on a deeply important topic." - Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University
Amy Boucher Pye provides new insights on how friendship with God has the power to change everything.
'What a beautiful, deep dive into knowing Jesus. Amy takes time not only to consider multiple, thoughtful aspects of the relationships between Mary, Martha and Lazarus, she also helps us to apply the living truth of God's Word to our own friendship with him. This is a practical, scriptural work that will encourage, challenge and inspire.' - Dr James Banks, author of Prayers for Prodigals and Praying the Prayers of the Bible
Leave fear and franticness behind and join Cathy Madavan in discovering why less really means more.
'Cathy takes us on an honest, humorous, humbling journey to rediscover the powerful simplicity of saying yes to less. This is the book we all need and the counsel we all crave.'
'A sickly child not expected to survive, a chubby teenager and a binge-eating bride? The unlikely beginnings of a health and fitness legend.' Daily Express
Full of candid reflections on the struggles and triumphs that were happening both in the public eye and behind closed doors, this is the autobiography of one of the nation's favourite TV diet and fitness experts of the past 50 years.
