AlignMyReadAlignMyRead
    All topics
    Topic

    suffering

    A close look at how Christian authors and secular voices alike have written about suffering. Each book is weighed against Scripture so you can decide what to trust.

    46 reviews

    46 showing
    Recommended9.8
    Cover of The Hiding Place (Deluxe Christian Classics)

    The Hiding Place (Deluxe Christian Classics)

    by Corrie ten Boom

    memoirholocaust
    Recommended9.8
    Cover of Trusting God (Even When Life Hurts)

    Trusting God (Even When Life Hurts)

    by Jerry Bridges

    faithsuffering
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of The Cost of Discipleship

    The Cost of Discipleship

    by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    discipleshipgrace
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of The Gulag Archipelago

    The Gulag Archipelago

    by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    historymemoir
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

    Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

    by Immaculée Ilibagiza

    memoirsurvival
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

    Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

    by Dane C. Ortlund

    gracetheology
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of God Does His Best Work with Empty

    God Does His Best Work with Empty

    by Nancy Guthrie

    hopesuffering
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of Gap Creek

    Gap Creek

    by Robert Morgan

    historical fictionmarriage
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of Land of Silence

    Land of Silence

    by Tessa Afshar

    historical fictionfaith
    Recommended9.5
    Cover of Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    classicssin & repentance
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of In the Eye of the Storm

    In the Eye of the Storm

    by Max Lucado

    faithhope
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Disappointment With God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

    Disappointment With God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

    by Philip Yancey

    faithsuffering
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Twelve Years a Slave

    Twelve Years a Slave

    by Solomon Northup

    memoirrace & racism
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Uses Our Pain to Bring Us Joy

    The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Uses Our Pain to Bring Us Joy

    by Vaneetha Rendall Risner

    memoirsuffering
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Every Woman's Hope

    Every Woman's Hope

    by Lisa Harper

    bible studyhope
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Hinds' Feet On High Places

    Hinds' Feet On High Places

    by Hannah Hurnard

    allegoryfaith
    Recommended8.7
    Cover of You'll Get Through This

    You'll Get Through This

    by Max Lucado

    hopesuffering
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Sounder

    Sounder

    by William H. Armstrong

    historical fictionfamily
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti’s Hotel Montana

    Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti’s Hotel Montana

    by Dan Woolley

    memoirsurvival
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of The Book Thief

    The Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak

    historical fictionwar
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    by Александр Исаевич Солженицын

    classicshistorical fiction
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Between Shades of Gray

    Between Shades of Gray

    by Ruta Sepetys

    historical fictionsuffering
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Daniel's Story

    Daniel's Story

    by Carol Matas

    historical fictionholocaust
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Out of the Wilderness: 31 Devotions to Walk with God Through Your Hardest Seasons

    Out of the Wilderness: 31 Devotions to Walk with God Through Your Hardest Seasons

    by Angela Halili

    devotionalsuffering