START HERE · FIND YOUR FIRST BOOK
What do you love
in a good book?
A little laughter? A faraway world? A story to share? Choose what you enjoy, and I’ll point you toward a good place to begin.
Just want a place to begin?
Try A Wonderful Day for a Quest for comic fantasy, The Hunger for epic adventure, or The Canticle Kingdom for music and magic.
Choose a book → read a free sample → continue that series in order. Each world welcomes new readers. You do not need to read every series first.
01 · YOUR READING MOOD
Make me laugh.
COMIC FANTASY · BOOK ONE
A Wonderful Day for a Quest
A muddled prophecy, magical beans, and some wonderfully unqualified heroes. Start here if you enjoy playful fantasy, unlikely friendships, and quests that refuse to go according to plan.
Begin the seven-book A Wonderful Week for a Quest series.
Meet your first quest02 · YOUR READING MOOD
Give me an epic adventure.
EPIC FANTASY · BOOK ONE
The Hunger
Floating cities, sacred gems, and a world that depends on a dangerous magical substance. Follow scholar Azil into a sweeping quest where power always has a cost.
The Penultimate Dawn Cycle: For older teens and adults who enjoy sweeping quests and intricate magic. Includes war, threatened death, and frightening transformation.
Explore The Hunger03 · YOUR READING MOOD
I love music and magic.
HISTORICAL FANTASY · BOOK ONE
The Canticle Kingdom
A handcrafted music box connects postwar Europe with an enchanted kingdom. A young blacksmith’s apprentice discovers that courage and a melody can reach farther than he imagined.
A good fit for readers who enjoy hidden worlds, historical mystery, and heartfelt adventure.
Enter the Canticle Kingdom04 · YOUR READING MOOD
I’m choosing a read-aloud.
PICTURE BOOK · DAVID MICHAELS
The Tooth Fairy’s New Job
Even the Tooth Fairy can dream of a new career. Try a playful, rhyming story about familiar legends discovering unexpected talents, made for children and the grown-ups doing the voices.
Michael writes these books as David Michaels. Each story stands alone.
Meet the picture booksPrefer a bunny, Cupid, or Santa? Choose your favorite character from the collection.
05 · YOUR READING MOOD
Give me something to reflect on.
FAITH · HYMN HISTORY · HOLY WEEK
Sacred Days, Sacred Songs
Explore the final week of the Savior’s mortal ministry through the stories behind sacred music. Start here if you enjoy hymn history, devotional reading, and listening with fresh understanding.
A Holy Week companion to read and revisit at your own pace.
Explore faith & musicLooking for Christmas reading? Meet An Advent Carols Countdown →
06 · YOUR READING MOOD
Give me strategy and adventure.
MIDDLE-GRADE FANTASY · BOOK ONE
Paladin: Pawn
A mysterious chess pawn draws Rich Witz into four trials of valor while the Nemesis stays one move ahead. For readers who enjoy clever challenges and an underdog hero.
Start with Paladin: Pawn, then follow the five Chess Quest novels in order.
07 · YOUR READING MOOD
Take me into angelic fantasy.
ANGELIC FANTASY · BOOK ONE
The Last Archangel
A destroying angel faces a bargain that could cost humanity everything. For readers drawn to moral dilemmas, love, duty, and redemption.
Begin with The Last Archangel, then The Last Kingdom and The Last Dawn. Age of Archangels is an optional prequel.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IS YOUR CHOICE
You don’t have to explore every world at once.
Begin with the story that calls to you. If you’re drawn to Death/Wish, its new cast and mystery welcome first-time Beandom readers, too.