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Catholic Stuff You Should Know--A Book List
1.
Brideshead Revisited
by:
Evelyn Waugh
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 123,569 ratings
2.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by:
Dante Alighieri
4.08 avg rating β 167,109 ratings
3.
A Tale of Two Cities
by:
Charles Dickens
3.88 avg rating β 996,459 ratings
4.
Summa Theologica
by:
Thomas Aquinas
4.13 avg rating β 4,053 ratings
5.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by:
J.K. Rowling
4.47 avg rating β 11,065,215 ratings
6.
St. Francis of Assisi
by:
G.K. Chesterton
3.95 avg rating β 5,473 ratings
7.
The Imitation of Christ
by:
Thomas a Kempis
4.23 avg rating β 25,679 ratings
8.
The Power and the Glory
by:
Graham Greene
3.98 avg rating β 42,539 ratings
9.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by:
Bill Bryson
4.22 avg rating β 412,847 ratings
10.
The Screwtape Letters
by:
C.S. Lewis
4.27 avg rating β 499,727 ratings
11.
Confessions
by:
Augustine of Hippo
3.99 avg rating β 71,271 ratings
12.
Ulysses
by:
James Joyce
3.77 avg rating β 138,355 ratings
13.
The Seven Last Words
by:
Fulton J. Sheen
4.66 avg rating β 670 ratings
14.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by:
Herman Melville
3.56 avg rating β 602,826 ratings
15.
The Diary of a Country Priest
by:
Georges Bernanos
3.95 avg rating β 3,808 ratings
16.
Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.23 avg rating β 210 ratings
17.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by:
Agatha Christie
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 484,784 ratings
18.
The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints
by:
Tim Severin
4.25 avg rating β 1,868 ratings
19.
Lives of the Saints: For Every Day in the Year
by:
Alban Butler
4.20 avg rating β 637 ratings
20.
The Religious Sense
by:
Luigi Giussani
4.27 avg rating β 447 ratings
20.
Love Alone is Credible
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.30 avg rating β 449 ratings
20.
City of God
by:
Augustine of Hippo
3.94 avg rating β 13,450 ratings
23.
The Idiot
by:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.21 avg rating β 207,665 ratings
24.
The Brothers Karamazov
by:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.38 avg rating β 369,550 ratings
24.
A Man of the Beatitudes: Pier Giorgio Frassati
by:
Luciana Frassati
4.29 avg rating β 392 ratings
26.
The Unity of Philosophical Experience
by:
Γtienne Gilson
4.49 avg rating β 166 ratings
27.
Silence
by:
ShΕ«saku EndΕ
4.09 avg rating β 37,723 ratings
28.
The Four Loves
by:
C.S. Lewis
4.17 avg rating β 65,640 ratings
29.
New Seeds of Contemplation
by:
Thomas Merton
4.26 avg rating β 9,093 ratings
30.
The Works of Philo
by:
Philo of Alexandria
4.13 avg rating β 244 ratings
31.
The Philokalia: The Complete Text, Vol. 2
by:
G.E.H. Palmer
4.80 avg rating β 5 ratings
32.
The Drama of Atheist Humanism
by:
Henri de Lubac
4.27 avg rating β 266 ratings
33.
Orthodoxy
by:
G.K. Chesterton
4.19 avg rating β 41,133 ratings
34.
A River Runs Through It
by:
Norman Maclean
4.15 avg rating β 11,460 ratings
35.
Leisure: The Basis of Culture
by:
Josef Pieper
4.26 avg rating β 3,616 ratings
35.
Mystery and Tradition: Catholicism for Today's Spiritual Seekers
by:
Joseph Stoutzenberger
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 3 ratings
37.
Catena Aurea: Volume 1-4
by:
Thomas Aquinas
4.57 avg rating β 159 ratings
38.
Prayer
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.36 avg rating β 619 ratings
39.
Praying Scripture for a Change: An Introduction to Lectio Divina
by:
Tim Gray
4.44 avg rating β 264 ratings
40.
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
by:
George Weigel
4.40 avg rating β 2,891 ratings
41.
Love and Responsibility
by:
Pope John Paul II
4.53 avg rating β 2,547 ratings
42.
Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body
by:
Pope John Paul II
4.58 avg rating β 1,564 ratings
43.
A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture
by:
Scott Hahn
4.44 avg rating β 1,986 ratings
44.
The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
by:
Timothy M. Gallagher
4.53 avg rating β 1,377 ratings
45.
Heart of the World
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.65 avg rating β 296 ratings
46.
Explorations in Theology, Vol. 1: The Word Made Flesh (Volume 1)
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.41 avg rating β 29 ratings
47.
Seeing the Form (The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1)
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.56 avg rating β 141 ratings
48.
The Pain of Christ and the Sorrow of God
by:
Gerald Vann
4.14 avg rating β 21 ratings
49.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by:
Anne Catherine Emmerich
4.58 avg rating β 1,655 ratings
50.
The Office of Peter and the Structure of the Church
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.18 avg rating β 38 ratings
51.
Democracy in America
by:
Alexis de Tocqueville
4.05 avg rating β 26,629 ratings
52.
The Embers and the Stars: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Moral Sense of Nature
by:
Erazim V. KohΓ‘k
4.57 avg rating β 147 ratings
53.
Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line
by:
Abby Johnson
4.31 avg rating β 8,856 ratings
54.
The Code of Canon Law a Text and Commentary, Study Edition
by:
Catholic Church
4.40 avg rating β 109 ratings
55.
Island of the World
by:
Michael D. O'Brien
4.71 avg rating β 2,352 ratings
56.
Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days #1)
by:
Michael D. O'Brien
4.23 avg rating β 1,496 ratings
57.
Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved?
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.10 avg rating β 463 ratings
58.
The Painted Veil
by:
W. Somerset Maugham
3.97 avg rating β 50,331 ratings
59.
Joan of Arc
by:
Mark Twain
4.11 avg rating β 7,349 ratings
60.
My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
by:
P.G. Wodehouse
4.05 avg rating β 45,721 ratings
61.
The Four Cardinal Virtues
by:
Josef Pieper
4.47 avg rating β 720 ratings
62.
Hidden Mountain, Secret Garden
by:
Anthony Lynn Lilles
4.53 avg rating β 43 ratings
63.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.81 avg rating β 46,387 ratings
64.
The Spiritual Exercises
by:
Ignatius of Loyola
4.07 avg rating β 3,955 ratings
65.
The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today
by:
Timothy M. Gallagher
4.35 avg rating β 517 ratings
66.
The Spirit of the Liturgy
by:
Joseph Ratzinger
4.56 avg rating β 2,243 ratings
67.
Strannik: The call to pilgrimage for western man
by:
Catherine de Hueck Doherty
4.59 avg rating β 39 ratings
68.
Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer
by:
Catherine de Hueck Doherty
4.23 avg rating β 473 ratings
69.
Sobornost: Experiencing Unity of Mind, Heart and Soul
by:
Catherine de Hueck Doherty
4.27 avg rating β 37 ratings
70.
The Grain of Wheat: Aphorisms
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.25 avg rating β 24 ratings
71.
The Acting Person: A Contribution to Phenomenological Anthropology
by:
Pope John Paul II
4.24 avg rating β 50 ratings
72.
The Roman Martyrology
by:
Rita Bogna
4.08 avg rating β 25 ratings
73.
New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy
by:
Robert J. Spitzer
4.12 avg rating β 286 ratings
74.
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
by:
William T. Cavanaugh
4.07 avg rating β 812 ratings
75.
The Heroic Face of Innocence : Three Stories by Georges Bernanos
by:
Georges Bernanos
4.11 avg rating β 18 ratings
76.
Galileo and the Church: Political Inquisition or Critical Dialogue?
by:
Rivka Feldhay
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 3 ratings
77.
Strangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict
by:
Michael Casey
4.28 avg rating β 144 ratings
78.
Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer
by:
Romano Guardini
4.30 avg rating β 182 ratings
79.
Introduction to Christianity
by:
Pope Benedict XVI
4.44 avg rating β 1,825 ratings
80.
What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense
by:
Sherif Girgis
4.13 avg rating β 729 ratings
81.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
by:
BrenΓ© Brown
4.29 avg rating β 236,441 ratings
82.
After Virtue
by:
Alasdair MacIntyre
4.18 avg rating β 6,177 ratings
83.
The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith after Freud
by:
Philip Rieff
4.08 avg rating β 236 ratings
84.
Who is a Christian? (Compass books, 19)
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.08 avg rating β 26 ratings
85.
The Life of Flavius Josephus
by:
Flavius Josephus
3.59 avg rating β 214 ratings
86.
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments
by:
James H. Charlesworth
4.44 avg rating β 228 ratings
87.
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
by:
GΓ©za Vermes
4.02 avg rating β 1,714 ratings
88.
The Complete Works of Josephus
by:
Flavius Josephus
4.19 avg rating β 2,519 ratings
89.
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
by:
Ross Douthat
3.97 avg rating β 2,219 ratings
90.
The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times
by:
Jean-Charles Nault
4.25 avg rating β 683 ratings
91.
The Wellspring of Worship
by:
Jean Corbon
4.42 avg rating β 170 ratings
92.
Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma
by:
Ludwig Ott
4.44 avg rating β 221 ratings
93.
The Way of a Pilgrim
by:
Anonymous
4.36 avg rating β 3,177 ratings
94.
John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent
by:
John Climacus
4.59 avg rating β 980 ratings
95.
Humanism and Theology (The Aquinas Lecture in Philosophy, #7)
by:
Werner Wilhelm Jaeger
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 15 ratings
96.
The Kerygma: In the Shantytown with the Poor
by:
Kiko ArgΓΌello
4.40 avg rating β 267 ratings
97.
Christian Meditation
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.27 avg rating β 74 ratings
98.
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
by:
Mortimer J. Adler
3.98 avg rating β 27,060 ratings
99.
God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity, A Priest-Physicist Talks About Science, Sex, Politics, and Religion
by:
Lorenzo Albacete
4.09 avg rating β 97 ratings
100.
Unless You Become Like This Child
by:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
4.18 avg rating β 104 ratings
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