Let’s Read!
Introducing the 2026 Christian Fiction Reading Challenge—your new favorite virtual book club where faith, story, and community come together in the coziest way!
Each month, we’ll dive into a novel by a bestselling Christian author. There will be plenty of variety. Romance, both historical and contemporary. Heart-pounding suspense. A visit to 1970’s London. Even a princess in search of true love. Some books have strong Christian content. Some are clean reads but written from a Christian worldview.
You read at your own pace, and then we hope you’ll join us via Zoom for a live author interview and Q&A. Yes, you get to chat with the author, ask questions, and hear the behind-the-scenes secrets that make these stories shine. (The meetings are recorded and will be available to watch later for those who cannot join us live.)
Here is the Zoom schedule for the remaining books in 2026:
- On August 25, we will chat with Cara Putman (The Targeted)
- On September 29, we will chat with Julie Lessman (A Wing & a Prayer)
- On October 27, we will chat with Tamera Alexander (In These Hills)
- On December 1, we will chat with Deborah Raney (Who Names the Stars)
- On December 29, we will chat with Beth K. Vogt (Not Really Over You)
It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s open to anyone who loves uplifting fiction. Just pop in your email below, and you’ll get all the reminders and reading updates you need. No missing out, no scrambling.
So grab your favorite mug, settle into your reading nook, and come be part of a warm, welcoming community celebrating great stories told with heart.
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Unless otherwise notified, Zoom meetings will take place on the last Tuesday of the month at 4 pm Pacific, 5 pm Mountain, 6 pm Central, and 7 pm Eastern.
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August 2026 Selection
The Targeted by Cara Putman
Can she protect her gym students before her past catches up?
When Chloe Ainsworth’s older sister reappears after fourteen years, she brings with her the news that Chloe’s abuser is back in town. Chloe is a coach at her childhood gym and fiercely protective of her young gymnasts. She won’t allow them to suffer the way she did, but she’s desperate for an ally—one who can help her make her case.
Law student Dare Shepherd works at the local legal clinic, where he meets Chloe and hears her out. He believes her case but can’t get the clinic director on board. As he learns more about her story, he finds himself bound by a deepening personal care for Chloe.
They band together in search of answers, and suddenly the stakes skyrocket. It’s clear they’re onto something, but will they be able to find the answers before it’s too late?
September 2026 Selection
A Wing and a Prayer by Julie Lessman
She’s dead-set on giving everything to the war overseas … Even if it means losing everything in a war of the heart.
A street orphan abused and abandoned by an alcoholic father at age five, Gabriella (Gabe) O’Connor has never let a man stand in her way yet. So when a handsome flight officer thwarts her plans to become a WASP— Women Air Force Service Pilot — she’s determined to join the war effort anyway she can. Her chance comes when she “borrows” foreign correspondent credentials from the Boston Herald—where her father is the editor—to stow away on a medical ship to the front.
Lieutenant Alex Kincaid pegs Gabe O’Connor as trouble the moment she steps foot on Avenger Field as a WASP cadet. As the eldest brother of a boy whose jaw Gabe broke in grade school, Alex is familiar with her reputation as both a charismatic ringleader and a headstrong hooligan who’s challenged every male and nun from grade school to college. As her WASP flight instructor, Alex eventually expels Gabe when she pulls a dangerous stunt. But when he is an evacuation pilot in France eight months later, their lives intertwine once again, exposing them to a danger as perilous as the German tanks roaming the Reichswald Forest: a love that neither expects.
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Tips for the Zoom meeting
1) Read the book (print, ebook, or audible (if available) before the last Tuesday of the month.
*Hint: You might be able to sign up early on Libby, etc., if the library is your jam. Some novels are being read in their release month so may not be available at the outset of the month. It all depends on the release date. The release date for each book will be listed on the main page of this website.
2) Be sure to make notes as you read and keep track of any questions you want to ask. And if you’re a tad shy of asking questions on Zoom, no worries. You can submit your questions using the button above.
3) If you don’t know how to Zoom, you might want to watch a tutorial such as the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3gV1gJ-mI The authors won’t be able to give customer support so you’ll want to work out any kinks in advance.
4) Ten minutes before we start the Zoom session, grab your favorite drink and your book and get ready to have a fabulous and very fun hour with that month’s author and fellow readers.
