Hearth-Warming Titles

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg

Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy

The Quilter’s Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark

Life Is Short but Wide by J. California Cooper

Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas

Love Walked In by Marisa De los Santos

Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott

Hannah’s Dream by Diane Hammond

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

In the Company of Others: A Father Tim Novel by Jan Karon

An Amish Christmas by Cynthia Keller

A Dog Named Christmas by Gregory D. Kincaid

Solomon’s Oak by Jo-Ann Mapson

La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil

Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo

Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles

The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O’Neal

A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Penny Pinchers’ Club by Sarah Strohmeyer

An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor

True Confections by Katharine Weber

Things Invisible to See by Nancy Willard

Good Grief by Lolly Winston

Nonfiction

Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom (296.7 ALB)

A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke (599.757 BOU)

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (636.089 HER)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox (791.43028 FOX)

The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl (818.54 HAM)

The Bread of Angels: A Journey to Love and Faith by Stephanie Saldana   (956.9144 SAL)

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan (977.114 RYA)

Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish (977.7032092 KAL)

This list was prepared by the St. Charles Public Library

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