Bodie & Brock Thoene Reading Order

12 books (2003–2011)

The A.D. Chronicles is a complete 12-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene published between 2003 and 2011. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with First Light and concluding with Twelfth Prophecy. This series blends historical detail with narrative storytelling to explore the early Christian era and the lives of people whose paths intersected with pivotal biblical events.

Start with First Light, the first of 12 books in the A.D. Chronicles series.

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1	First Light 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Second Touch 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Third Watch 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fourth Dawn 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Fifth Seal 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Seventh Day 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Sixth Covenant 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Eighth Shepherd 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Ninth Witness 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Eleventh Guest 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Tenth Stone 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Twelfth Prophecy 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2018–2022)

The Elijah Chronicles is a five-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 2018 and 2022. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with On the Mountain of the Lord and continuing through The Threshing Floor, The Cyrus Mandate, As the Days of Noah, and concluding with The Final Witness.

Start with On the Mountain of the Lord, the first of 5 books in the Elijah Chronicles series.

4 books (1997–2000)

The Galway Chronicles is a complete historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene comprising four books published between 1997 and 2000. Readers should begin with Only the River Runs Free and continue in publication order through Ashes of Remembrance, Of Men and of Angels, and concluding with All Rivers to the Sea. The series is fully concluded and should be read sequentially for the best experience.

Start with Only the River Runs Free, the first of 4 books in the Galway Chronicles series.

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1	Only the River Runs Free 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ashes of Remembrance 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Of Men and of Angels 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	All Rivers to the Sea 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2007–2008)

The Legends of the West series by Bodie and Brock Thoene comprises four historical fiction volumes published between 2007 and 2008. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Volume One and progressing through Volume Two, Volume Four, and Volume Three. The books blend historical fiction with nonfiction elements to explore stories from the American West.

Start with Legends of the West: Volume One, the first of 4 books in the Legends of the West series.

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1	Legends of the West: Volume One 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Legends of the West: Volume Two 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Legends of the West: Volume Four 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Legends of the West: Volume Three 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

51 books (2008–2018)

The Love Finds You series is a collection of 49 historical fiction romance novels published between 2008 and 2017, written by various authors under the editorial guidance of Bodie and Brock Thoene. Each standalone entry is set in a real town with an unusual or distinctive name across the United States, blending local history with contemporary romance. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Finding Love In Last Chance, California by Miralee Ferrell. While each book features different characters and can be enjoyed independently, reading them sequentially allows for a comprehensive journey through American small-town settings.

Start with Finding Love In Last Chance, California(By: Miralee Ferrell), the first of 49 books in the Love Finds You series.

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1	Finding Love In Last Chance, California(By: Miralee Ferrell) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Love Finds You in Miracle, Kentucky(By: Andrea Boeshaar) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Love Finds You in Romeo, Colorado(By: Gwen Ford Faulkenberry) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Love Finds You in Snowball, Arkansas(By: Sandra Bricker) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Love Finds You in Valentine, Nebraska(By: Irene Brand) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Love Finds You in Bethlehem, New Hampshire(By: Lauralee Bliss) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Love Finds You in Charm, Ohio(By: Annalisa Daughety) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida(By: Sandra Bricker) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Love Finds You in Humble, Texas(By: Anita Higman) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana(By: Tricia Goyer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Love Finds You in Maiden, North Carolina(By: Tamela Hancock Murray) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska(By: Loree Lough) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Love Finds You in Paradise, Pennsylvania(By: Loree Lough) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Love Finds You in Revenge, Ohio / Sweet Revenge(By: Lisa Harris) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon(By: Melody Carlson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Love Finds You in Treasure Island Florida(By: Debby Mayne) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Love Finds You In Sun Valley Idaho(By: Angela Ruth Strong) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe(By: Irene Brand,Anita Higman) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Love Finds You in Calico, California(By: Elizabeth Ludwig) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Love Finds You in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California(By: Sandra Bricker) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Love Finds You in Deadwood, South Dakota(By: Tracey Cross) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico(By: Lena Dooley) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Love Finds You in Hershey, Pennsylvania(By: Cerella Sechrist) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Love Finds You in Hope Kansas(By: Pamela Griffin) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Love Finds You in Lahaina, Hawaii 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Love Finds You in Pendleton, Oregon(By: Melody Carlson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Love Finds You in Silver City, Idaho(By: Janelle Mowery) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio(By: Serena B. Miller) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington(By: Tricia Goyer) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Finding Love in Tombstone Arizona(By: Miralee Ferrell) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Love Finds You in Amana, Iowa(By: Melanie Dobson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland / A Heart's Revolution(By: Roseanna M. White) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Love Finds You in Branson, Missouri(By: Gwen Ford Faulkenberry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Love Finds You in Camelot Tennessee(By: Janice Hanna) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina(By: Loree Lough) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Love Finds You in Groom, Texas / Last Groom in Town(By: Janice Hanna) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Love Finds You in Lancaster County Pennsylvania(By: Annalisa Daughety) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Love Finds You in Martha\'s Vineyard, Massachusetts(By: Melody Carlson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Love Finds You in Prince Edward Island, Canada(By: Susan Page Davis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii(By: Robin Jones Gunn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Love Fnds You in Annapolis, Maryland(By: Roseanna M. White) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Mismatched in Texas / Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas(By: Janice Thompson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Love Finds You at Home for Christmas(By: Annalisa Daughety) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Love Finds You in New Orleans, Louisiana(By: Christa Allan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Love Finds You in Sunflower, Kansas(By: Pamela Tracy) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Love Finds You in Wildrose, North Dakota(By: Tracey Bateman,Tracey Cross) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Love Finds You in Frost, Minnesota(By: Judy Baer) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska(By: Tricia Goyer) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Love Finds You in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin(By: Pamela S. Meyers) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Daisy Belle / Love Finds You in Daisy Oklahoma(By: Janice Hanna) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	A Kiss At Sunset Beach / Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii(By: Robin Jones Gunn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1979–2014)

Bodie and Brock Thoene's completed non-fiction series consists of three books published between 1979 and 2014, with collaborators including Chuck Roberson and Samaa Habib. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double. These works blend memoir, spiritual testimony, and writing craft, offering insights into Hollywood history, the author's creative process, and personal faith journeys.

Start with The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double(With: Bad Chuck Roberson) and read in order.

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1	The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double(With: Bad Chuck Roberson) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Writer to Writer(With: Brock Thoene) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Face to Face with Jesus: A Former Muslim's Extraordinary Journey to Heaven and Encounter with the God of Love(With: Samaa Habib) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1990–1999)

The Saga of the Sierras is a complete eight-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 1990 and 1999. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Riders of the Silver Rim and concluding with The Year of the Grizzly. These novels follow interconnected stories set against the backdrop of California's Gold Rush era and the American West's transformative years.

Start with Riders of the Silver Rim, the first of 8 books in the Saga of the Sierras series.

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1	Riders of the Silver Rim 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Man from Shadow Ridge 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Gold Rush Prodigal 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cannons of the Comstock 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Flames on the Barbary Coast 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Shooting Star 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Sequoia Scout 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year of the Grizzly 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1993–2006)

The Shiloh Legacy is a complete historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene consisting of three books published between 1993 and 2006. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with In My Father's House, followed by A Thousand Shall Fall, and concluding with Say to This Mountain. This trilogy offers readers a sweeping narrative experience best enjoyed sequentially as the authors intended.

Start with In My Father's House and read in order.

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1	In My Father's House 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Thousand Shall Fall 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Say to This Mountain 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2025–2026)

Bodie and Brock Thoene's Heartland series consists of short story collections rooted in historical fiction, with two volumes released between 2025 and 2026 and more anticipated. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Heartland Autumn followed by Heartland Summer and Heartland Winter. These collections blend the authors' strengths in both historical narrative and nonfiction storytelling.

Start with Heartland Autumn and read in order.

4 books (1994–2011)

Bodie and Brock Thoene collaborated on four standalone historical fiction novels published between 1994 and 2011. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Twilight of Courage. Each book stands independently while exploring different historical periods and events through the authors' signature blend of historical detail and narrative drama.

Start with Twilight of Courage(With: Brock Thoene), the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Twilight of Courage(With: Brock Thoene) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shiloh Autumn(With: Brock Thoene) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Icon(With: Brock Thoene) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Beyond the Farthest Star(With: Brock Thoene) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2013–2014)

The Jerusalem Chronicles is a complete three-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene published between 2013 and 2014. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with When Jesus Wept, followed by Behold the Man, and concluding with Take This Cup. This trilogy combines the authors' signature storytelling style with their exploration of biblical history and setting.

Start with When Jesus Wept and read in order.

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1	When Jesus Wept 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Behold the Man 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Take This Cup 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2006–2008)

The Little Books of Why? is a four-book series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 2006 and 2008. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Why a Manger? and continuing through Why a Crown?, Why a Shepherd?, and Why a Star?. The series blends historical fiction and non-fiction elements to explore its thematic content.

Start with Why a Manger?, the first of 4 books in the The Little Books of Why? series.

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1	Why a Manger? 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Why a Crown? 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Why a Shepherd? 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Why a Star? 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1997–1999)

The Wayward Wind series by Bodie and Brock Thoene is a three-book historical fiction saga published between 1997 and 1999. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Winds of Promise, followed by To Gather the Wind, and concluding with Winds of the Cumberland. This finished series is ideal for readers seeking a chronological narrative experience across all three installments.

Start with Winds of Promise and read in order.

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1	Winds of Promise 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	To Gather the Wind 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Winds of the Cumberland 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1986–1991)

The Zion Chronicles series by Bodie and Brock Thoene consists of five complete historical fiction novels published between 1986 and 1991. Reading in publication order beginning with The Gates of Zion, the series follows The Return to Zion, A Daughter of Zion, A Light in Zion, and concludes with The Key to Zion. This finished series should be read sequentially to experience the full narrative arc.

Start with The Gates of Zion, the first of 5 books in the Zion Chronicles series.

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1	The Gates of Zion 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Daughter of Zion 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Return to Zion 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Light in Zion 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Key to Zion 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1989–2005)

The Zion Covenant is a nine-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 1989 and 2005 and now complete. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Prague Counterpoint and continuing through Paris Encore. This sweeping saga spans European locations during a pivotal era in history, with each installment deepening the interconnected stories across the continent.

Start with Prague Counterpoint, the first of 9 books in the Zion Covenant series.

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1	Prague Counterpoint 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Vienna Prelude 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Jerusalem Interlude 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Munich Signature 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Danzig Passage 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Warsaw Requiem 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dunkirk Crescendo 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	London Refrain 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Paris Encore 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2010–2011)

The Zion Diaries is a complete two-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 2010 and 2011. Both novels should be read in publication order, beginning with The Gathering Storm followed by Against the Wind. This series draws from the authors' expertise in historical detail and Jewish heritage narratives.

Start with The Gathering Storm and read in order.

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1	The Gathering Storm 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Against the Wind 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2000–2002)

The Zion Legacy is a complete six-book historical fiction series by Bodie and Brock Thoene, published between 2000 and 2002. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Jerusalem Vigil and continuing through Thunder from Jerusalem, Jerusalem's Heart, The Jerusalem Scrolls, Jerusalem's Hope, and Stones of Jerusalem. This series is set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Middle Eastern history and explores themes central to the region's complex past.

Start with Jerusalem Vigil, the first of 6 books in the Zion Legacy series.

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1	Jerusalem Vigil 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Thunder from Jerusalem 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Jerusalem's Heart 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Jerusalem Scrolls 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Jerusalem's Hope 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stones of Jerusalem 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible