Grace Livingston Hill’s Books in Alphabetical Order (with my notes)

 

  • According to the Pattern From the link: According to the Pattern is one of Grace’s early books and it’s “off the beaten path.” The first chapter is entitled, “The Fallen Idol” and sets the scene for the rest of the story. Mrs. Winthrop, out in the park with her little daughter, suddenly comes upon her husband who is out with another woman. Not quite the usual GLH romance, is it?  Pick up a copy and share her struggle to live “according to the pattern” despite what’s going on around her. Sounds a bit like it could have been written today, yes? An interesting departure from the usual novels.
  • 1903
  • 1945
  • 1934
  • The Angel of His Presence (includes Gabriel the Acadian by Edith M. Nicholl Bowyer) Wonderful! A picture of The Last Supper given to a worldly man for his den changes a man’s life.
  • 1902
  • April Gold Excellent! A well to do family is thrust into poverty upon the father’s death.  How will they "make do"?
  • 1936
  • Ariel Custer
  • 1925
  • Astra
  • 1941
  • 1911
  • Beauty for Ashes
  • 1935
  • Because of Stephen Good. A woman starts a Sunday School in her brother’s memory in his house.
  • 1904
  • Beggarman (A short story)
  • 1932
  • The Beloved Stranger
  • 1933
  • The Best Birthday, A Christmas Entertainment for Children
  • 1938
  • The Best Man Gripping and Delightful! A secret service agent falls for the bride.
  • 1914
  • The Big Blue Soldier Very good. A lonely old woman adopts a sick man coming home from WWI.
  • 1923
  • Blue Ruin
  • 1928
  • Brentwood
  • 1937
  • Bright Arrows
  • 1946
  • By Way of the Silverthorns
  • 1941
  • The Challengers Very good. Church attendees become Christians in the midst of their poverty. At times the children are left to fend for themselves, and there’s a precious secret attached to, of all things, their cuckoo clock!
  • 1932
  • 1931
  • A Chautauqua Idyl Okay. This was Grace’s first novel and was a huge sensation because it was written for attendees of the Summer faith lectures of Chautauqua in NY. The animals have their own Chautauqua lectureship and faith enrichment program. Since I knew nothing about the program until after I read the novel, I wasn’t impressed. It was very fanciful. But after I learned more about it I could see why it was a hit with the attendees.
  • 1887
  • The Christian Endeavor Hour with Light for the Leader (written with her husband, Rev. T.G.F. Hill)
  • 1896
  • The Christmas Bride Very good. A cowboy comes home and rescues a girl who has fainted from hunger. Be sure to read it in December!
  • 1934
  • The City of Fire Riveting. Could have been written yesterday. The wrong man gets kidnapped.
  • 1922
  • Cloudy Jewel Lovely. From the Grosset & Dunlap jacket flap: Julia Cloud, whose life has been given to caring for her family, is left alone by the death of her invalid mother. Having always lived a dutiful, useful life, she has been invited by her married sister and brother-in-law to come to their home, virtually to become a drudge. At the moment, however, when her new slavery seems inevitable, she is visited by her niece and nephew…they joyously make plans to thwart the designs of the married sister…a new and beautiful environment opens before “Cloudy Jewel”.
  • 1920
  • Coming Through the Rye
  • 1926
  • Crimson Mountain
  • 1942
  • Crimson Roses Excellent! A girl decides to “level-up” her life!
  • 1928
  • A Daily Rate Excellent! Little by little, month after month, two women turn a disheveled, dirty, ugly boardinghouse into a tidy, clean, beautiful home for the tired, overworked, melancholy boarders. Don’t you love reading about how to make your home more cozy?  Well here it is in a sweet novel.
  • 1900
  • Daphne Deane
  • 1937
  • Dawn of the Morning
  • 1911
  • The Divided Battle (A short story)
  • 1938
  • Duskin
  • 1929
  • Dwelling (A short story)
  • 1938
  • The Enchanted Barn. Excellent. Housekeeping in a converted barn.
  • 1918
  • 1877
  • Exit Betty Excellent. It grabs you from page one. A bride is running from an evil groom. A 1920 ad says, The story is one of thrilling adventure, tears and sunshine, with an unexpected and happy culmination, when the reader will close the book with a satisfied sigh and take with him the memory of the loveliness and high purpose which are revealed in the lives of those who are inspired by Christian ideals.
  • 1920
  • The Finding of Jasper Holt
  • 1916
  • The Forgotten Friend (A short story booklet – click the link to see the paper bank that came with the tale of Gordon Pierce, a young man who stepped into a church to get out of the storm and found himself in the midst of a missionary meeting.) During the weeks immediately preceding Christmas, as presents are being purchased for friends and relatives, this Christmas box, having been placed in the home, will be a reminder of the debt of gratitude owed to the truest and best of Friends, and the question will come, “What offering can we make that will be most pleasing to Him who gave Himself for a lost world?” The bank was for a Christmas offering for missionaries; the story tells of Gordon’s changed heart.
  • 1916
  • Found Treasure Excellent. A tomboy grows up into a lovely young lady.
  • 1928
  • A Girl to Come Home To Wonderful! Excellent prayers. Lovely girl.
  • 1945
  • The Girl from Montana Very good. A girl escapes from evil men and meets her DH. If you click the link it will take you to interesting information about Willow Grove Park that is described in chapter 15. I don’t even recall this portion of the book, so I guess I’ll have to read it again!
  • 1908
  • The Girl of the Woods Lovely. A boy and girl grow in Christ in NY and CA. (From the jacket flap: Built around the courageous story of two young people who braved scorn and unhappiness to remain true to an ideal…Revel Radcliffe, in despair at the news of his father’s approaching second marriage, seeks solace in the woods he loves. There he finds a young girl, Margaret Weldon, whose sweet friendliness comforts him. They are separated…How they finally meet again in happiness makes a delightful, warm-hearted story.)
  • 1942
  • The Gold Shoe Such a powerful ending! Socialite stranded in the snow longs for the rural life she experienced over the weekend with her rescuer and his mother.
  • 1930
  • The Handmaid of the Lord (A short story booklet)
  • 1935
  • Happiness Hill Excellent. A working girl builds a “dream” house in her imagination, but will all she has worked for be lost when she is locked in a vault?
  • 1932
  • Head of the House
  • 1940
  • Her Wedding Garment (A short story booklet)
  • 1932
  • Homing
  • 1938
  • The Honeymoon House Very good. A woman furnishes her male friend’s house for his betrothed, but ends by coveting it for herself.

  • The Honor Girl Loved it! Inspiring tale of a teen living with her aunt and uncle who visits her father’s home one day where it dawns on her that her father and brothers desperately need her womanly touch in their home. (The only thing is there are a few inconsistencies in the beginning of the book, such as her age and when she last visited her father’s house. Overlook that and it is a lovely homemaking book.)
  • 1927
  • The House Across the Hedge (A short story booklet)
  • 1932
  • In the Way
  • 1897
  • In Tune with Wedding Bells
  • 1941
  • Job’s Niece Very good! The characters come alive! BUT it is not a relaxing read. However, I loved the main character Rose and her Bible studies with Mrs. MacDonald. Job’s Niece opens in the night with Doris Dunbar sorting through “a regular blizzard of bills” following the untimely death of her father, trying to bring some order to things before seeing the lawyer the next day. When her sister enters the room, her “trifling pink kimono” giving some clue to her character, Doris has her hands full trying to explain that things were not as they seemed—and were not likely to get better anytime soon.
  • 1927
  • The Kaleidoscope (written with her family and friends)
  • 1892
  • 1895
  • Kerry
  • 1931
  • Ladybird Inspiring. Similar to the Girl from Montana. A pure girl escapes from bad men in the west. Gripping.
  • 1930
  • Life Out of Death (A short story booklet)
  • 1935
  • A Little Servant “A new book by Grace Livingston, entitled A Little Servant, is just the thing to give children a high and noble conception of the duty and privilege of ‘by love serving one another’. Click the link to read the short, sweet, children’s story. Maybe one day I will read it on YT.
  • 1890
  • Lo, Michael
  • 1913
  • Lone Point: A Summer Outing Lovely. Mr. Hammond announces that they must vacate their lovely home and rent it to strangers for the summer in order to “mend their pecuniary affairs.” In the meantime, they will rent an inexpensive cottage for the summer, much to the chagrin of one of the daughters. A wonderful summer read!
  • 1897
  • The Lost Message (A short story booklet)
  • 1938
  • The Man of the Desert
  • 1914
  • Marcia Schuyler First in a Trilogy: then Phoebe Dean, last Miranda. Oh my! After clicking the link and reading about this trilogy, which I’ve always heard was outstanding, I cannot believe I’ve waited so long to read it! I know I’ve got each of the books within the “Collection” books – yet, because the book is so difficult to hold while lying down, which is how I read at night, I have put it off. It will definitely be the next book I pick up! It is also based on true Livingston family history!
  • 1908
  • Marigold
  • 1938
  • Maris
  • 1938
  • Mary Arden
  • 1948
  • Matched Pearls
  • 1933
  • The Minister’s Son (A short story booklet)
  • 1938
  • Miranda (Book 3 of the trilogy)
  • 1915
  • Miss Lavinia’s Call (a short story collection) This collection of short stories was published after Grace’s death by her daughters and includes her first book, The Esselstynes. Most of the stories were written for Christian magazines or newspapers. Miss Lavinia’s Call; Something Quite Forgotten; A Government Position; Star of Wonder; The Ransomers; The Esselstynes; Safety First; Quiet Hands; A Journey of Discovery; A King to Rule; The Call; Majority’s Hearth; A Fair Foreclosure; The Forgotten Friend.
  • 1949
  • More Than Conqueror Good. A boy goes off to war. The story of Blythe and Charlie.
  • 1944
  • Mystery Flowers
  • 1936
  • The Mystery of Mary Lovely. The main character encounters a woman who is running away. From whom? And why? And how can he possibly help this lovely creature?
  • 1912
  • A New Name An excerpt from the link: Murray Van Rensselaer is a spoiled rich kid in a lot of trouble. He is later mistaken for a guest of honor, Allan Murray—a young Christian leader the town is expecting—and is whisked into dinner. Assuming his identity for the evening seems harmless enough, but circumstances keep Murray in the role and he is hard-pressed to keep up with all that’s expected of Allan Murray, for Murray Van Rensselaer is not a follower of Christ! While he manages to fool most of the town, one girl is not convinced…read on to enjoy this unique tale and its marvelous climax when all is brought into the light.
  • 1926
  • Not Under the Law An excerpt from the link: Joyce Radway is much put-upon by her cruel cousin and his family in the two weeks following her aunt’s death….When she leaves the house without permission to take her teacher’s exams, it starts a chain of events that result in her walking out the kitchen door and never looking back. She stumbles upon criminals who pursue her throughout the story. She buys a “house” and builds her furniture from packing crates. Her boyhood friend is desperately searching for her and unknowingly to her, her disappearance causes someone to be tried for her murder.
  • 1925
  • The Obsession of Victoria Gracen
  • 1915
  • The Old Guard (A short story booklet)
  • 1935
  • Out of the Storm
  • 1929
  • Pansies for Thoughts (A daily devotion based on quotes from her aunt’s popular book called Pansies. It was another big hit at Chautauqua because every girl loved the Pansy stories.)
  • 1888
  • The Parkerstown Delegate: A Christian Endeavor Story Very good. This poor group starts their own Chautauqua at home. From the link: One of the books Grace wrote to promote Christian Endeavor, a world-wide youth movement that began in 1881. She became a regular writer for its weekly newpaper, Christian Endeavor World and several of her early books were published by its publishing house, The Golden Rule Co.
  • 1892
  • Partners
  • 1940
  • The Patch of Blue Wonderful! It’s similar to April Gold in some ways. From the link: The Patch of Blue was published in 1932, just a few years into “The Great Depression”. Like many of Grace’s books in this era, this one tells how a family copes with their loss when their bank fails. Unique to this particular family is that Mr. Walton is the bank president! After a run on the bank Mr. Walton returns home to dinner, only to be shot by a disgruntled depositor that evening. The book’s theme is foreshadowed in the church service the day before: “It is easy enough to thank God when everything is going well and we have all that we want in our lives. The true test of a thankful heart is to be able to sing praise when things are going all wrong. When we have lost our money or our friends or are disappointed in our dearest ambitions, or when we are in a strange unhappy environment, then we cry out, ‘How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?'” As is quite common, the family moves to a house in a poor neighborhood that they took possession of in payment of a debt sometime in the past. How they turn the house into a home and renew their family ties as they learn to support themselves is just part of the story. See if you can find the “patch of blue” as you’re reading.
  • 1932
  • Patricia
  • 1939
  • Phoebe Deane (Book 2 of the trilogy)
  • 1909
  • The Prodigal Girl
  • 1929
  • Rainbow Cottage Excellent!! An orphan in her 20’s meets her grandma at the beach. The descriptions of human nature are vivid and not sugar-coated. From the link: Shyly, half defiantly she lifted the latch, opened the gate and stepped within. Such loveliness made her gasp. This must be heaven on earth! But to its owner, Grandmother Ainslee, it was just “Rainbow Cottage.” Sheila’s story of her father’s cruel treatment and desertion was hard to believe, so Grandmother Ainslee promised herself she’d make it up to the girl. That day was the dawning of a new life for Sheila. But into this life came Jacqueline, the cousin who hated her…
  • 1934
  • The Ransom
  • 1933
  • Re-Creations Excellent! A young college girl is called home to care for her siblings when their mother is sent away for a health rest. She discovers that her family has lost their money and is now living in an ugly house on the wrong side of town.  Will she be able to transform this ugly house into a place of beauty for her family, and keep her wayward brother at home?  From the link: One of the most interesting things that Grace Livingston Hill did through her books was to educate her readers. She taught many of us how to follow Christ, but she also taught a very large “classroom” of students how to make their houses a home. Homemaking instructions abound in this perennial favorite!Re-Creations” is a must-read and many GLH fans enjoy this particular book every spring.
  • 1924
  • The Red Signal
  • 1919
  • Rose Galbraith
  • 1940
  • The Search
  • 1919
  • A Sevenfold Trouble (written with her family and friends)
  • 1889
  • The Seventh Hour
  • 1939
  • Silver Wings
  • 1931
  • The Sound of the Trumpet
  • 1943
  • Spice Box
  • 1943
  • The Story of a Whim. Interesting! A group of girls send furniture, an organ, letters, and a “picture” of Christ to a stranger named Christie – thinking he’s a girl. Trouble ensues when he plays along.
  • 1903
  • The Story of the Lost Star (A short story booklet)
  • 1932
  • The Strange God (A short story booklet)
  • 1935
  • The Strange Proposal (is the sequel to White Orchids)
  • 1935
  • Stranger Within the Gates From the link: Stranger Within the Gates is an unusual book with an unsual ending. From the Grosset & Dunlap jacket flap: “Mary Garland and her three young children Stan, Fae and Sylvia were at breakfast just one week before Christmas when the letter arrived from Rex, an older son, saying he was married and would bring his bride home for Christmas. How could they bear to make this stranger welcome… How could Rex, only 18, have married and not let them know beforehand—there must be something wrong? But even in their hurt dismay they determine to make full use of their strong faith and keep their hearts open.”
  • 1939
  • The Street of the City
  • 1942
  • The Substitute Guest Excellent!!! A man delivering medicine gets stranded in a snow storm where a family gives him shelter and they form a lasting friendship. The descriptions of “good” and “bad” show that nothing much changes in human nature.
  • 1936
  • Sunrise Wonderful, lovely, exciting, and applicable to modern times. Two men disappear and are suspected of robbing the bank. As the whole town turns against them, only two women, and one of the suspect’s parents, believe in them. Where are they and why won’t they come home to prove their innocence?
  • 1937
  • Through These Fires
  • 1943
  • Time of the Singing of the Birds Excellent! A war story, and a love story.
  • 1944
  • 1923
  • The Tryst
  • 1921
  • An Unwilling Guest Excellent!!! A worldly woman has to stay with a Christian family for a few weeks, much to her chagrin, and the eldest daughter’s dismay.
  • 1902
  • A Voice in the Wilderness
  • 1916
  • The War Romance of the Salvation Army
  • 1919
  • Where Two Ways Met Very good. This was her last book and would have been even better if she had been able to develop the “trouble” storyline that was hinted at coming. Instead, it wraps up too quickly. However, it is excellently written and is a sweet story about young love.
  • 1946
  • The White Flower Excellent! It is very exciting, especially in the beginning. It is similar to the Mystery of Mary and The Best Man, but also shockingly involves human trafficking. After doing some research I believe that the title was meant to represent a pure, innocent woman.
  • 1927
  • The White Lady Very good! Constance loses her fortune and turns a haunted house into a tea room and finds love. My only criticism is that one man prominently figured in the beginning is never heard from again, and in his place appears a preacher – I think GLH got confused! She often said she had too many storylines running through her head at one time.
  • 1930
  • White Orchids (read before the sequel The Strange Proposal)
  • 1935
  • The Witness
  • 1917

I’ve listed all the books I could find, and linked to a website about Grace and her books. I’ve included in the chart MY NOTES about how I liked the book (because I was asked for recommendations). If there are no notes, it means that I haven’t read it. I will update my chart as read more.

If you want to know more about Grace herself, I highly recommend the book by Robert Munce, her grandson. It is excellent and contains family pictures. I really enjoyed it! I ordered it thinking the book title was “Robert Munce” and that it was written by her, but instead, the book title is: Grace Livingston Hill – The story of one of America’s best-loved writers, as told by her grandson by Robert Munce. (affiliated link to Amazon).

I hope you enjoy her books as much as I do! A great big thank you to Mary for introducing me to GLH a few years ago! Every single time I need to add a few dollars to an order on Amazon, ChristianBook, ThriftBooks or eBay to get free shipping, I always find a GLH book to add.

May God bless you as you fill your mind with edifying books.

Janine

Let me know in the comments what your favorite GLH books are! It’s difficult to find books with these covers, so I just print them out and glue them on when I find a hardback 🙂

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