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Books I Recommend: Women

Many of the best books published each year are written by women and for women. Here are the ones I most gladly recommend.

Glimpses of Grace

Glimpses of Grace

Gloria Furman

The big question Furman explores is simply this: How does the gospel change the way a woman lives out her calling as a homemaker?

Fierce Women

Fierce Women

Kimberly Wagner

Wagner’s concern is for women to embrace their “fierce” qualities and to use them for God’s glory instead of for destructive ends.

Desperate

Desperate

Sally Clarkson & Sarah Mae

This one is written especially for the mother of young children.

Risen Motherhood

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler

Risen Motherhood is a book about applying the gospel to the unique joys and challenges of being a mom.

Women's Ministry in the Local Church

Women's Ministry in the Local Church

Ligon Duncan & Susan Hunt

Duncan and Hunt focus specifically on the unique opportunities women have to serve in the life of the local church.

Women of the Word

Women of the Word

Jen Wilkin

Jen writes to women and encourages them to be women of the Word.

True Woman 101

True Woman 101

Mary Kassian and Nancy Leigh DeMoss

A helpful workbook-style introduction to biblical womanhood.

True Beauty

True Beauty

Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Whitacre

Looks at the always-difficult subject of beauty.

Purity Is Possible

Purity Is Possible

Helen Thorne

Written for women, this book addresses the issues of pornography, fantasy and erotica from a female perspective.

To Be a Woman

To Be a Woman

Katie McCoy

A strong response to the ideology that has swept through the modern West, and a compassionate one toward those it has harmed.

Mothering Against Futility

Mothering Against Futility

Simona Gorton

The mundanity of motherhood is exactly where God gives mothers the opportunity to serve others and bring glory to his name.

Making Good Return

Making Good Return

Kathleen Nielson

On caring for aging parents—biblical, helpful, and practical. A book that will help so many.

Made To Tremble

Made To Tremble

Blair Linne

Written out of her own battle with anxiety. Deeply theological and very practical.

You Are Still a Mother

You Are Still a Mother

Jackie Gibson

Written by a mother who lost a child in utero, to minister to women who have experienced miscarriage or stillbirth.

Homemaking Matters

Homemaking Matters

Marci Ferrell

Her goal is not to have women resign from their jobs and become full-time homemakers, but to help every woman understand that God has called her to a specific role within her own home, and then to faithfully embrace it. Her burden is to help women see how the tasks they carry out in the home connect to their God-given purpose, and she accomplishes that well.