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Book Birthdays: 2026 Edition
Significant books are published every year. Here’s a personally curated list that I hope sparks some good memories and honors the work of the past:
One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp (2011) – 15 years
Kisses from Katie, by Katie Davis Majors (2011) – 15 years
The Harbinger, by Jonathan Cahn (2011) – 15 years
Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall (2006) – 20 years
Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge (2001) – 25 years
Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn (2001) – 25 years
Tribulation Force (Left Behind #2), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (1996) – 30 years
Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers (1991) – 35 years
This Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti (1986) – 40 years
Desiring God, by John Piper (1986) – 40 years
Chosen by God, by R. C. Sproul (1986) – 40 years
No Wonder They Call Him the Savior, by Max Lucado (1986) – 40 years
Once Upon a Summer, by Janette Oke (1981) – 45 years
A Christian Manifesto, by Francis Schaeffer (1981) – 45 years
Eternity in their Hearts, by Don Richardson (1981) – 45 years
Joni, by Joni Eareckson Tada (1976) – 50 years
How Should We Then Live, by Francis Schaeffer (1976) – 50 years
Born Again, by Charles Colson (1976) – 50 years
Let Me Be a Woman, by Elisabeth Elliot (1976) – 50 years
The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom (1971) – 55 years
True Spirituality, by Francis Schaeffer (1971) – 55 years
Silence, by Shusaku Endo (1966) – 60 years
A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis (1961) – 65 years
The Knowledge of the Holy, by A. W. Tozer (1961) – 65 years
The Last Battle: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis (1956) – 70 years
A Man Called Peter, by Catherine Marshall (1951) – 75 years
America’s Hour of Decision, by Billy Graham (1951) – 75 years
The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin (1941) – 85 years
The Mind of the Maker, by Dorothy L. Sayers (1941) – 85 years
The Allegory of Love, by C. S. Lewis (1936) – 90 years
The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton (1911) – 115 years
And books before the 20th century:
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1896) – 130 years
All of Grace, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1886) – 140 years
Morning and Evening, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1866) – 160 years
The Religious Affections, by Jonathan Edwards (1746) – 280 years
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards (1741) – 285 years
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, by John Bunyan (1666) – 360 years
Westminster Confessions of Faith, by Westminster Assembly (1646) – 380 years
The Mortification of Sin, by John Owen (1656) – 370 years
City of God, by Augustine of Hippo (426) – 1600 years
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What Entered the Public Domain in 2026?
I try to post something about this topic every year. This year is no exception. In the United States, under U.S. copyright law, works published in 1930 and earlier are now in the public domain. One can publish them or use them without securing copyright permission. In case you are wondering about the specifics, the Copyright Term Extension Act (passed in 1998) gave works published from 1923 through 1977 a 95-year term limit. They enter the public domain on January 1 after the conclusion of the 95th year. This law applies not only to books but to everything under copyright, …
Fun Fridays – January 23, 2026
The picture below made me start playing a word game in my mind. What words can be created by adding new letters? Some possible answers are beneath the photo. But before you look, play the game yourself! Then the thought dawned on me that each answer to the puzzle creates a story, in and of itself. The potential for a short story of your own is ripe for creation. See my 300-word attempt below. If you post your story in the comments, please keep it under 1,000 words. 🙂 Photo by Josef Hoflehner Possible answers: MONEY MOVED MOTEL MOPEY MOVER …
What I Am Looking For (Lynette Eason)
(Updated 1/22/2026) Ernest Hemingway once said, “There is no friend as loyal as a book,” and I’ve always known that to be true. I grew up reading mysteries and suspense—Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Sweet Valley High, Alfred Hitchcock, Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie, C. S. Lewis, and others. Later, I discovered Christian fiction through writers like Dee Henderson, Terri Blackstock, Colleen Coble, and DiAnn Mills. Through every season, every stage of life, books were the friends who never let me down. Needless to say, as a child and teen, I was never without a book in hand; and nothing’s …
Who and What I’m Looking For (Bob Hostetler)
(Updated 1/21/2026) As another year dawns, much has changed—and much remains the same—in the world of Christian publishing. With all that in mind, let me offer an updated answer, as up-to-the-minute as I can make it, to the frequent question I field from aspiring, developing, accomplished, and skilled writers: “What are you looking for?” Influence Aspiring writers often imagine, “Once I have a book published, people will listen to me.” That’s exactly backwards. I’m looking for people who are already having an impact, people whose influence is expanding, people who aren’t waiting to reach people with their message. Like every …