Writing and 100 Clean Adventure Reads

Shelley Adina, Magnificent Devices series, A Lady of Devices
RJ Anderson, No Ordinary Fairytale trilogy, Knife, Flight and Flame trilogy, Swift
Lloyd Alexander, The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian
Kathleen Baldwin*, The Stranje House series, A School for Unusual Girls
Wayne Thomas Batson, The Myridian Constellation series, Sword in the Stars, The Door Within Series, The Door Within, The Berinfell Prophecies (with Dennis Hopper) Curse of the Spider King
Holly Bennett, The Bonemender, Bonemender’s Choice, Bonemender’s Oath
Lisa T Bergren, The River of Time series, Waterfall
Chuck Black, Wars of the Realm trilogy, Cloak of Light, The Starlore Legacy, Nova
Nadine Brandes, Out of Time series, A Time to Die
C.J. Brightley, Lord of Dreams, The Wraith series
Sigmund Brouwer, Merlin’s Immortals series, The Orphan King, standalone Clan
Morgan Busse, The Ravenwood Saga, Mark of the Raven, Follower of the Word series, Daughter of Light, The Soul Chronicles, Tainted
Sharon Cameron, The Dark Unwinding
Sandy Cathcart, Shaman’s Fire
Melanie Cellier, The Four Kingdoms series, Beyond the Four Kingdoms series, A Princess of Wind and Wave, Return to the Four Kingdoms series
Patrick Carr, The Darkwater Saga trilogy, The Shock of Night, Staff and the Sword series
Serena Chase, Eyes of Everia series, The Ryn
Deborah Chester*, The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice series
Katie Clark, Enslaved series, Beguiled series, standalone The Rejected Princess
Eoin Colfer, Airman
DM Cornish, The Monster Blood Tattoo series, Foundling
Azalea Dabill, The Falcon Chronicle series, Falcon Heart, Falcon Flight, Lance and Quill, last story collection in the series coming 2021, Falcon Dagger. Companion poetry Falcon’s Ode, and coloring books available on Amazon.
Kenley Davidson, Traitor’s Masque The Andari Chronicles, Daragh
Melanie Dickerson, Fairytale Romance series, The Peasant’s Dream, A Medieval Fairytale series
Cameron Dokey, Fairytale retellings, The Night Dance
John Eldredge, Epic, DVD and book. Non-fiction about the power and purpose of story, and fantasy in particular
Brittany Ficther, An Unnatural Beanstalk
EJ. Fisch, Ziva Payvan series, Dakiti, Ziva Payvan Legacy series
John Flanagan, Rangers Apprentice series, The Ruins of Gorlan, The Brotherband Chronicles, The Outcasts
Kaylynn Flanders, Shielded, Untethered
Susan Fletcher, Shadow Spinner
Lindsay A. Franklin, The Weaver Trilogy, The Story Peddler
Alton Gansky, Perry Sachs series, standalone The Prodigy
S.D. Grimm, Children of the Blood Moon series, Scarlet Moon
Shannon Hale, Princess Academy series, Princess Academy, The Goose Girl
Karen Hancock, The Guardian King series, The Light of Eidon, standalone Arena
Victoria Hanley, The Seer and the Sword
Sharon Hinck, The Sword of Lyric series, The Dancing Realms series, Hidden Current
Andrew Klavan, The Mindwar trilogy, Mindwar, If We Survive, The Homelanders (not fantasy, but excellent YA special forces type series), see bibliography for non-fiction, Another Kingdom series, Another Kingdom, The Nightmare Feast
Ronie Kendig, The Droseran Saga, Brand of Light
L.A. Kelly, Tahn, The Scarlet Trefoil, Return to Alastair
Jaye L. Knight, The Ilyon Chronicles, Resistance
Mary Robinette Kowal*, The Glamourist Histories, Shades of Milk and Honey
C.S. Lakin, The Gates of Heaven series, The Wolf of Tebron
Stephen Lawhead, The Song of Albion series, The Paradise War, King Raven trilogy, Hood, The Bright Empires series, The Skin Map
Tosca Lee*, Havah
C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, The Space trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength
Terri Luckey, Kayndo series, Kayndo: Ring of Death
Ashley Maker, Under the Trees
George McDonald, The Golden Key, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie
Patricia Malone, The Legend of Lady Ilena, Lady Ilena: Way of the Warrior

M.I. McAllister, The Mistmantle Chronicles, Urchin of the Riding Stars
Kathrese McKee, Mardan’s Mark series, Mardan’s Mark
Dennis McKiernan*, The Iron Tower trilogy onimbus, The Silver Call Duology, The Brega Path, Hel’s Crucible Duology*, Into the Forge, Into the Fire, standalone (His later books I have looked at are not sexually appropriate)
Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword, Rose Daughter, Beauty, Deerskin*, The Hero and the Crown (caution, rape scene in Deerskin, The Hero not recommended, sex outside marriage approved.)
Tricia Mingerink, The Blades of Acktar series, Dare, Beyond the Tales series, Dagger’s Sleep: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty
Elizabeth Moon*, Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
Rachel Neumeier, The Floating Islands, The Griffin Mage trilogy, Lord of the Changing Winds
Christina Ochs, The Desolate Empire series, Rise of the Storm

Favorite Links/Info

Inspirational quotes: Always Well Within Some good ones in here

Writer’s Digest: Author Quotes on Writing

CreativIndie Publishing: Derek Murphy

Indie Publishing: Joel Friedlander’s Book Design Templates

Favorite Writing Music:

Eragon Soundtrack, Mulan Soundtrack, 13th Warrior Soundtrack, The Junglebook Soundtrack (Basil Pouledouris), LOTR Soundtrack, Narnia Soundtrack, The Last Samurai Soundtrack. Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning: The Bard and the Warrior, The Katurran Odessey, King Raven, Enya (All), Keiko Matsui, Outlander Soundtrack, Hildalgo Soundtrack.

100 Clean Adventures Continued . . .

Jeffrey Overstreet, The Auralia Thread series, Auralia’s Colors
Andrew Peterson, The Wingfeather Saga, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, non-fiction about writing and creating, Adorning the Dark
Donita K. Paul, Dragon Keepers Chronicles, DragonSpell
A. Radda, The Numin U’ia series, Numin U’ia
Paul Regnier, The Space Drifters series, The Iron Gauntlet
J F Rogers, Ariboslia series, Astray
Jonathan Rogers, the Wilderking trilogy, The Bark of the Bog Owl
Rachel Rossano, The Novels of Rhynan series, Mercy
R. A. Salvatore*, The Dark Elf trilogy, Homeland
K. M. Shea, The Snow Queen, etc. – large series
Sharon Shinn*, Summers at Castle Aubern
S. D. Smith, The Green Ember series, The Green Ember
Sherwood Smith*, A Posse of Princesses, Crown Duel
H. M. Snow, The Last Book of the Kings series, The Keeper House Unending (series may end unfinished with book two, The King’s Brother
Anne Elizabeth Stengl, The Tales of Goldstone Wood series, Heartless, Dragonwitch
Mary Stewart*, A Walk in Wolf Wood
Anna Thayer, The Knight of Eldaran trilogy, The Traitor’s Heir
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wooten Major
Jen Turano, To Write a Wrong
Megan Whelan Turner, The Queen’s Thief series, The Thief
Kathy Tyers, Firebird trilogy, standalones Shivering World, One Mind’s Eye, Crystal Witness (revised version just released)
Gene Veith, The Soul of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe non-fiction
Chris Walley, The Lamb Among the Stars series, Shadow and Night, The Dark Foundations, The Infinite Day, this is a futuristic Christian Sci-fi/fantasy you don’t want to miss
David Weber*, Honor Harrington – Star Kingdom trilogy, A Beautiful Friendship (The Honor Harrington books I have looked at outside this YA trilogy are not sexually appropriate)
KM Weiland, standalones Storming, Dreamlander, Wayfarer
Jeff Wheeler, The Kingfountain series, The Queen’s Poisoner
Charles Williams, The Place of the Lion
Thomas Williams, The Seven Kingdoms Chronicles, The Crown of Eden, Bride of Stone
Jill Williamson, The Blood of Kings trilogy, By Darkness Hid, The Kinsman Chronicles, King’s Folly
Precarious Yates, writing as Joanna Emerson, The Mapmaker’s Daughter
Timothy Zahn, The Dragonback series, Dragon and Thief

Primarily Historical and Contemporary:

Elizabeth Alder, The King’s Shadow
Joseph A Altsheler, The Young Trailers frontier series: The Young Trailers, The Forrest Runners, The Keepers of the Trail, The Eyes of the Woods, The Free Rangers, The Riflemen of the Ohio, The Scouts of the Valley, The Border Watch
Lori Benton, A Flight of Arrows
Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing
Lynette Eason, Moving Target
Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman
Jane Whitbread Levin, Star of Danger
Morris Longstreth, The MacQuarrie Boys, Michel of Ironwood, Bull Session
Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Sawdust in His Shoes, Moccasin Trail, Mara: Daughter of the Nile
L. M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle
Karen Swallow Prior, Fierce Convictions: the Extraordinary Life of Hannah More – Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
Rebecca Tingle, The Edge of the Sword
Rob White, Secret Sea, The Frogmen, Deathwatch

Note: As a general rule, I have listed the first book title in each series for your convenience. By no means is this an exhaustive list of each author’s titles. It’s meant to get you started.

Books on Reading and the Family:

Richard Abanes, Harry Potter, Narnia, and The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magic, Fantasy and Your Family

Azalea Dabill, Fantastic Journey: The Soul of Speculative and Fantasy Adventure

J. P. Moreland, Love Your God With All Your Mind

Karen Swallow Prior, On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Reading Great Books

Gene Veith, State of the Arts; The Soul of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Clifford Williams, The Life of the Mind: A Christian Perspective

I hope you enjoy these books.

Azalea Dabill

YA Fantasy Author

Crossover – Find the Eternal, the Adventure

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