Women in the Bible: Fiction

Biblical fiction remains vibrant, and some of the best most deeply felt writing can be found within this sub-genre of Christian fiction. This list of books is specific to biographical fiction featuring women in the Bible from both the Old and New Testaments. Readers from different faith traditions can pick up one of these novels featuring strong and courageous women of faith and find a great read.

Bathsheba: a reluctant beauty by Angela Elwell Hunt
Esther: a novel by Rebecca Kanner
Eve: a novel of the first woman by Elissa Elliott
The Garden of Ruth by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
Lineage of Grace Series by Francine Rivers: Unshaken (Ruth and Naomi), Unspoken (Bathsheba),
Unafraid (Mary, mother of Jesus)
Mary, called Magdalene by Margaret George
Rachel and Leah by Orson Scott Card
Rebekah by Orson Scott Card
The Red Tent  (Dinah) by Anita Diamant

Sarai: a novel by Jill Eileen Smith
Zipporah, Wife of Moses: a novel by Marek Halter