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These book were chosen to help enhance the faith and belief of Catholic students outside of the classroom. They are not intended to replace the textbooks or curriculum used by Catholic Schools. The books are classified according to topic and appropriate grade level, but choices should be tailored specifically for each student.
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| Category | Age | Title | Author | Publisher | Comments | |
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | 1917: Red Banners; White Mantle | Warren H. Carroll | Russian revolution | ||
| Philosophy | College | 50 Questions on Natural Law | Charles E. Rice | What It Is and Why We Need It | ||
| Intellectual / Spiritual | College | A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation | St. Thomas More | Scepter | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | A Doctor at Calvary | Pierre Barbet | P.J. Kennedy & Sons | The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ As Described by a Surgeon | |
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | A Faith You Can Live With | John O'Donnell SJ | Sheed and Ward | Understanding the Basics | |
| Scripture | H.S.-Col. | *A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture | Scott Hahn | |||
| Philosophy | College | *A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas | Ralph McInerny | Notre Dame Press | A Handbook for the Peeping Thomist | |
| Historical / Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | A History of the English Church and People | Venerablis Bede | |||
| Intellectual | College | A Landscape with Dragons | Michael D. O'Brien | The Battle for Your Child's Mind | ||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | A Man Born Again: Saint Thomas More | John Beahn | |||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | A Man for all Seasons | Robert Bolt | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | A Map of Life | F.J. Sheed | Ignatius | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court | Martin De Porres Kennedy | Apologetics, discussion guide available | ||
| Vocations | H.S.-Col. | A Priest Forever | Benedict Groeschel CFR | The Life of Father Eugene Hamilton | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 | Phillip Keller | Zondervan Publishing | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | A Shepherd Speaks | Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz | |||
| Intellectual | H.S. | A Summary of the New Catholic Catechism | Bishop James A. Griffin | Alba House | ||
| Fiction | College | A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | French revolution | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | A Woman Wrapped in Silences | John Lynch | Paulist Press | Epic Poem about Mary | |
| Spiritual | College | *Abandonment to Divine Providence | Jean-Paul De Caussaude | Image Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | Ahead of the Crowd: The Story of Dominic Savio | Daughters of St. Paul | |||
| Biography | H.S.-Col. | America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen | Thomas C. Reeves | Encounter Books | ||
| Intellectual | College | And You are Christ's | Thomas Dubay | The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Angels (and Demons) | Peter Kreeft | What Do We Really Know About Them? | ||
| Fiction | J.H. | Any Title | Bethlehem Books | |||
| Fiction | J.H. | Any Title | Vision Books Series | |||
| Saint | J.H. | Any Title | Mary Fabyan Windeatt | TAN | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | Any Title | Vision Books, Ignatius Press | |||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | J.H.-Col. | Arise from Darkness: What to Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense | Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR | Ignatius | ||
| Intellectual | College | At the Origin of the Christian Claim | Fr. Luigi Giussani | McGill University Press | 2nd of Trilogy | |
| Saint / Hist. Novel | J.H. | Augustine Came to Kent | Barbara Willard | Bethlehem Books | Augustine Canterbury | |
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | Back to Virtue | Peter Kreeft | Ignatius Press | Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion | |
| Intellectual | J.H.-H.S. | Baltimore Catechism (No. 2) | ||||
| Intellectual | J.H. | Basic Catechism | Daughters of St Paul | Pauline Books | ||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Becket or the Honor of God | Jean Anouilh | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Beginning Apologetics | Fr. Frank Chacon & Jim Burnham | Apologetics Series (many volumes) | ||
| Saint | J.H. | Bernadette: Our Lady's Little Servant | Hertha Pauli | Vision Books | ||
| Scripture | J.H.-Col. | Bible Time Line (video) | Jeff Cavins | |||
| Biography | H.S.-Col. | Bishop Walsh of Maryknoll | Raymond Kerrison | G.P. Putnam's Sons | ||
| Biography | J.H. | Boys Town: Father Flanagan's Dream | Fr. Clifford J. Stevens | |||
| Morality | J.H.-H.S. | *Building on Solid Ground | Fr Thomas D. Williams LC | Alba House | Authentic Values and How to Attain Them | |
| Intellectual | College | By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition | Mark Shea | OSV | Apologetics-Bible | |
| Intellectual | College | Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God | Scott Hahn & Leon Suprenant | Emmaus | ||
| Intellectual | H.S. | *Catholicism & Reason Text: Creed & Apologetics | Hayes, Hayes and Drummey | Apologetics Series | ||
| Intellectual | College | *Catholicism and Fundamentalism | Karl Keating | Ignatius | The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" | |
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | Chastity - A Guide for Teens & Young Adults | Gerald Kelly SJ | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Chief Truths of the Faith | Fr. John Laux | TAN | Creation, Original Sin, Christ, Faith, Grace, Eternal Life, Etc. | |
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | Christ and the Americas | Anne W. Carroll | TAN | ||
| Historical Novel | H.S. | Christ Legends | Selma Lagerlof | Christ and Holy Land | ||
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | Christ the King: Lord of History | Anne W. Carroll | TAN | ||
| Intellectual / Spiritual | College | Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition | Jordan Aumann | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | Citadel of God: St. Benedict | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Intellectual | College | City of God | St. Augustine | |||
| Vocations | H.S.-Col. | Come & Follow Me | Fr. Stefano M. Manelli FFI | Franciscans of the Immaculate | ||
| Historical | J.H.-H.S. | ***Come Rack! Come Rope! | Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson | Sufferings of Catholics in England | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *Conceived Without Sin | Bud MacFarlane Jr. | |||
| Historical / Spiritual | College | *Confessions | St. Augustine | Autobiography | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Confronting the New Age | Douglas Groothuis | InterVarsity Press | How to Resist a Growing Religious Movement | |
| Fiction | College | *Crime and Punishment | Fedor Dostoyevsky | |||
| Historical | J.H. | Cross Among the Tomahawks | Milton Lomask | Father Jean de Brebeuf | ||
| Intellectual | College | Crossing the Threshold of Hope | Pope John Paul II | |||
| Biography | H.S.-Col. | Damien the Leper | John Farrow | Sheed and Ward | Joseph de Veuster, leper priest | |
| Morality | H.S. | Dating, Sex, Me & God | Tom Ehart | Pauline Books | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | |||
| Spiritual | H.S. | Day by Day: The Notre Dame Prayerbook for Students | Thomas McNally and William G. Storey | Ave Maria Press | ||
| Historical Novel | J.H.-Col. | **Death Comes for the Archbishop | Willa Cather | Pioneer bishop of Santa Fe, NM | ||
| Fiction | J.H.-H.S. | Diary of a Country Priest | George Bernanos | |||
| Intellectual | H.S. | ****Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? | Matthew Pinto | Ascension Press | 200 Questions from Catholic Teenagers | |
| Vocations | College | Dignities and Duties of the Priest | St. Alphonsus Ligouri | |||
| Saint | J.H. | Edmund Campion: Hero of God's Underground | Harold Gardiner SJ | Vision Books | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Essentials of the Faith | Fr. Alfred Mcbride O.Praem. | A Guide to the Catechism of the Catholic Church | ||
| Intellectual | College | Evangelical is Not Enough | Thomas Howard | Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament | ||
| Intellectual | College | *Everlasting Man | G.K. Chesterton | |||
| Fiction | H.S. | Father Brown Stories | G. K. Chesterton | |||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *Father Elijah: An Apocalypse | Michael O'Brien | |||
| Intellectual | College | Father McBride's College Catechism | Fr. Alfred Mcbride O.Praem. | OSV | Forging Faith on College Campuses | |
| Intellectual | H.S. | Father McBride's Teen Catechism | Fr. Alfred Mcbride O.Praem. | OSV | Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church | |
| Intellectual / Spiritual | College | Fire Within | Thomas Dubay | St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer | ||
| Saint | H.S. | Forget Not Love: The Passion of Maximilian Kolbe | Andre Frossard | Ignatius | ||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: The Apostle of Youth | St. John Bosco | TAN | ||
| Fiction | J.H. | Fr. Damien and the Bells | Arthur & Elizabeth Sheehan | Vision Books | ||
| Biography | J.H. | *Fr. Marquette and the Great River | August Derleth | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi | Helen Walker Homan | Vision Books | ||
| Intellectual | College | Free from All Error | William G. Most | Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | *Fundamentals of the Faith | Peter Kreeft | Essays in Christian Apologetics | ||
| Morality | H.S. | God Could be a Teen: No One Understands Him Either | James Penrice | Alba House | The Truth and Freedom of Catholic Morality | |
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | *God in the Dock | C.S. Lewis | Eerdmans | Essays on Theology and Ethics | |
| Saint | College | God the Joy of My Life: a biography of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes | Michael D Griffin | |||
| Biography | J.H. | Got a Penny: The Story of Dorothy Day | David R. Collins | Pauline Books | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions | Peter Kreeft | |||
| Historical / Intellectual | College | Handbook of Patrology | Patrick Hamell | Alba House | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Healing the Original Wound | Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR | Servant Publications | Reflections on the Full Meaning of Salvation | |
| Spiritual | J.H.-Col. | Healing Through the Mass | Robert DeGrandis SSJ | Resurrection Press | ||
| Fiction | J.H. | *Hind's Feet on High Places | Hannah Hurnard | Living Books | Christian allegory | |
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | *Holiness: A Guide for Beginners | Dom Hubert Van Zeller | Sophia Press | ||
| Philosophy | College | Hooked on Philosophy | Robert O'Donnell, Phd | Alb House | Thomas Aquinas Made Easy | |
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | House of Gold | Bud MacFarlane | |||
| Fiction | J.H. | I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Margaret Craven | A young priest discovers an indian village | ||
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | I Kissed Dating Goodbye | Joshua Harris | A New Attitude Toward Relationships And Romance | ||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | J.H. | If All the Swords in England: A Story of Thomas Becket | Barbara Willard | Bethlehem Books | Thomas Becket | |
| Morality | H.S. | If You Really Loved Me | Jason Evert | Catholic Answers | 100 Questions on Dating, Relationships and Sexual Purity | |
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | Ignatius: Founder of the Jesuits | Ignatius St. Lawrence S.J. | |||
| Spiritual | College | Images of Jesus | Alfred McBride OPraem | St. Anthony Messenger Press | Ten Invitations to Intimacy | |
| Spiritual | College | In Conversation with God (7 vols.) | Francis Fernandez | Scepter | ||
| Scripture | College | Inside the Bible | Kenneth Baker SJ | Ignatius | An Introduction to Each Book of the Bible | |
| Spiritual | College | Interior Castle | St. Therese of Avila | Image Books | ||
| Spiritual | College | *****Introduction to the Devout Life | St. Francis de Sales | Image Books | ||
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | Isabel of Spain: Catholic Queen | Warren H. Carroll | |||
| Morality | H.S. | Issues of Faith and Morals | Pell | Ignatius | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Jesus and His Times | Henri Daniel-Rops | |||
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | Jesus Our Eucharistic Love | Fr. Stefano M. Manelli FFI | Eucharistic life exemplified by the saints | ||
| Biography | J.H. | John Carroll: Bishop and Patriot | Milton Lomask | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | John Paul II: A Personal Study Guide to his Thought and Mission | Walter Schu LC | |||
| Intellectual | College | Joyce Kilmer's Anthology of Catholic Poetry | Joyce Kilmer | |||
| Saint | J.H. | Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maid | Evelyn M. Brown | Vision Books | ||
| Fiction | College | Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Indset(Undset) | |||
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | Last Crusade : Spain 1936 | Warren H. Carroll | Spanish revolution | ||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | *Lay Siege to Heaven: Catherine of Siena | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Historical / Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | Life and Miracles of Saint Benedict | St. Gregory the Great | |||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Life of Blessed Dominic Savio | Saint John Bosco | Salesiana Publishers | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Life of Christ | Bishop Fulton Sheen | Image | ||
| Vocations | H.S. | Life Work: Finding Your Purpose in Life | Rick Sarkisian | |||
| Intellectual / Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | Lift Up Your Heart: A Guide to Spiritual Peace | Fulton J. Sheen | Triumph Classic | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *Lord of the World | Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson | |||
| Intellectual | College | Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert | John Henry Newman | Novel about an Oxford student who converts | ||
| Philosophy | Post-Col. | Love and Responsibility | Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) | |||
| Spiritual | H.S. | Love: A Fruit Always in Season | Mother Teresa, Dorothy Hunt ed. | Daily Meditations | ||
| Biography | J.H. | Magnificent Failure: The Story of Fr. Solanus Casey | David R. Collins | Pauline Books | ||
| Intellectual | College | Man's Search For Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl | |||
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | *Marriage A Path To Sanctity | Javier Abad and Eugenio Fenoy | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Meeting the Living God | William O'Malley SJ | Paulist | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | ***Mere Christianity | C.S. Lewis | |||
| Scripture | College | **Mission of the Messiah | Tim Gray | Emmaus Road Publishing | On the Gospel of Luke | |
| Intellectual | J.H.-Col. | Modern Catholic Dictionary | John Hardon SJ | Reference | ||
| Intellectual | H.S. | Mother Angelica's Answers, Not Promises | Mother Angelica | |||
| Saint | J.H. | Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World | Frances Parkinson Keyes | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity | Alma Power-Waters | Vision Books | ||
| Fiction | J.H. | Mountains of Spices | Hannah Hurnard | Sequel to "Hinds Feet" | ||
| Historical Novel | H.S. | *Murder in the Cathedral | T.S. Eliot | Play about Thomas Beckett | ||
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | *My Daily Bread | Confraternity of Precious Blood | |||
| Intellectual | J.H.-H.S. | My Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Teens on Life, Love, and Courage | Pope John Paul II | Ignatius | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | *My Other Self | Clarence Enzler | Dimension Books | In Which Christ Speaks to the Soul on Living His Life | |
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | Mystery & Meaning of the Mass | Joseph Champlin | Crossroad Publishing | Revised and updated | |
| Scripture | College | *Mystery of the Kingdom | Edward P. Sri | Emmaus Road Publishing | On the Gospel of Matthew | |
| Intellectual | College | On Being Catholic | Thomas Howard | |||
| Intellectual | College | On Christian Doctrine (Teaching) | St. Augustine | |||
| Intellectual | College | *Orthodoxy | G.K. Chesterton | |||
| Morality | College | Our Moral Life in Christ | A. Fernandex & J. Socias | Scepter | A Basic Course on Moral Theology | |
| Historical | J.H.-H.S. | *Outlaws of Ravenhurst | Sr M Imelda Wallace | Fighting for the Catholic Faith in 17th-century Scotland | ||
| Saint | H.S. | Padre Pio of Pietrelcina | Fr. Stefano M. Manelli FFI | |||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Padre Pio: The True Story | C. Bernard Ruffin | |||
| Intellectual | College | Papal Primacy in the Third Millennium | Russell Shaw | OSV | ||
| Spiritual | College | Pathways to Holiness | Ven. Louis de Granada | Alba House | ||
| Fiction | H.S. | Perelandra (Space Trilogy) | C.S. Lewis | Scribner | 2nd in Trilogy | |
| Vocations | H.S.-Col. | Peter on the Shore | Anthony Bannon LC | Circle Press | Vocation in Scripture and in Real Life | |
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | **Pierced by a Sword | Bud MacFarlane Jr. | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | J.H.-H.S. | Pope Pius XII: The World's Shepherd | Louis de Wohl | Vision Books | ||
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | Prayer for Beginners | Peter Kreeft | Ignatius Press | ||
| Spiritual | H.S. | Prayer: The Great Conversation | Peter Kreeft | Straight Answers to Tough Questions About Prayer | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Preparing Yourself for Mass | Guardini | Sophia Press | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Prodigal Daughters | Donna Steichen | Ignatius | Catholic Women Come Home to the Church | |
| Intellectual | H.S. | **Prove It! God | Amy Welborn | |||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *Quo Vadis | Henryk Sienkiewicz | Hippocrene Books | ||
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | ****Real Love | Mary Beth Bonacci | Ignatius | Answers to Your Questions on Dating, Marriage and the Real Meaning of Sex | |
| Fiction | J.H. | Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal | Robert T Reilly | Bethlehem Books | Teenage adventure | |
| Saint | J.H. | Rich in Love: The Story of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina | Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti | Pauline Books | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | ***Rome Sweet Home | Scott and Kimberly Hahn | Journey to Catholicism | ||
| Saint | H.S. | Saint Edmund Campion: Priest and Martyr | Evelyn Waugh | |||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Saint John Fisher | Michael Davies | Neumann Press | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | Saint Katharine Drexel: Friend of the Oppressed | Ellen Tarry | |||
| Saint | H.S. | Saint Maximilian Kolbe | Antonio Ricciardi OFMconv | Pauline | ||
| Saint | J.H. | *Saint Therese and the Roses | Helen Walker Homan | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | H.S. | Saint Therese of Lisieux: With Confidence and Love | Sr. Susan Wallace FSP | Pauline | ||
| Saint | H.S. | Saints for Sinners | Alban Goodier | Ignatius | ||
| Morality | H.S. | *Saved Sex: Chastity-Because You're Worth It! | Molly Kelly | |||
| Intellectual | J.H.-Col. | ***Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | *Set All Afire: St. Francis Xavier | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Scripture | College | Seven Pauline Letters | Peter Ellis | Liturgical Press | Commentary | |
| Vocations | H.S.-Col. | *Seven Story Mountain | Thomas Merton | Autobiography | ||
| Biography | H.S.-Col. | Something Beautiful for God | Malcolm Muggeridge | Mother Teresa | ||
| Historical Novel | J.H. | Son of Charlemagne | Barbara Willard | Bethlehem Books | History of Charlemagne from point of view of his son | |
| Historical | J.H.-H.S. | Song at the Scaffold | Gertrud von Le Fort | 16 Carmelite during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution | ||
| Saint | J.H. | Song of St. Francis | Chyde Robert Bulla | |||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Anthony and the Christ Child | Helen Walker Homan | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | St. Augustine and His Search for Faith | Milton Lomask | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Bernadette: Light in the Grotto | Srs. Eileen Heffernan, Mary Elizabeth Tebo FSP | Pauline Books & Media | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal | Alma Power-Waters | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Dominic and the Rosary | Catherine Beebe | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Elizabeth's Three Crowns | Blanche Thompson | Vision Books | Elizabeth Hungary | |
| Saint | J.H. | *St. Francis and the Seven Seas | Albert J Nevins MM | Vision Books | Francis Xavier | |
| Saint / Intellectual | College | St. Francis | G.K. Chesterton | |||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | St. Gregory the Great: Consul of God | George Sanderlin | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Ignatius and the Company of Jesus | August Derleth | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Isaac and the Indians | Milton Lomask | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | St. Jerome and the Bible | George Sanderlin | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | *St. Joan of Arc | Mark Twain | Ignatius | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. John Bosco and the children's saint, Dominic Savio | Catherine Beebe | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | St. Louis de Montfort: The Story of Our Lady's Slave | Mary F. Windeatt | |||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | St. Maria Goretti: In Garments all Red | Godfrey Poage | |||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Philip of the Joyous Heart | Francis X. Connolly | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H. | St. Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope | Walter Diethelm OSB | Vision Books | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | *****Story of a Soul: Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux | St. Therese | ICS Publications | ||
| Intellectual | College | Straight Answers | Rev William Saunders | Pauline Books | Answers to 100 Questions about the Catholic Faith | |
| Intellectual | College | Surprised by the Truth 2 | Patrick Madrid | Converstion stories | ||
| Intellectual | College | Surprised by the Truth | Patrick Madrid | Basilica Press | Converstion stories | |
| Intellectual | College | Tell Me Why: A Father Answers His Daughter's Questions About God | Michael & Jana Novak | |||
| Biography | J.H.-H.S. | Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor | D. Jeanene Watson | |||
| Spiritual | College | The Apostolate of Suffering | Robert B. Eiten | |||
| Fiction | College | The Bethrothed: I Promessi Sposi | Alessandro Manzoni | |||
| Morality | J.H.-Col. | The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories | William J. Bennet | Simon & Shuster | ||
| Historical Novel | J.H. | The Bronze Bow | Elizabeth George Speare | Life of Christ | ||
| Fiction | College | The Brothers Karamazov | Fedor Dostoyevsky | |||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | The Catholic Church at the End of an Age: What is the Spirit Saying? | Ralph Martin | |||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | *The Catholic Source Book | Rev. Peter Klein | Brown-Roa / Acta Publications | ||
| Fiction | J.H. | *The Chronicles of Narnia (Set) | C.S. Lewis | |||
| Morality | College | *The Courage to be Chaste | Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR | Paulist Press | ||
| Saint | J.H. | The Cure of Ars: The Priest Who Out-Talked the Devil | Milton Lomask | Vision Books | ||
| Historical Novel | H.S.-Col. | The Day Christ Died | Jim Bishop | Life of Christ | ||
| Historical Novel | H.S.-Col. | The Day Christ was Born | Jim Bishop | Life of Christ | ||
| Fiction | College | The Death of Ivan Ilyitch | Tolstoy | |||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *The Divine Comedy | Dante | |||
| Historical / Intellectual | College | The Doctors of the Church (2 vols.) | John Fink | Alba House | ||
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | The Dogma of Hell | Fr F.X. Schouppe SJ | TAN | Hell illustrated by facts taken from profane and sacred history | |
| Saint / Intellectual | College | The Dumb Ox: St. Thomas Aquinas | G.K. Chesterton | |||
| Saint | J.H.-Col. | *The Family that Overtook Christ: The Amazing Story of the Family of Bernard of Clairvaux | Fr. Raymond OSCO | Pauline | St. Bernard of Clairvaux | |
| Intellectual | College | The Four Loves | C.S. Lewis | A Harvest Book | ||
| Spiritual | College | The Furrow | St. Josemaria Escriva | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | The Golden Thread: St. Ignatius Loyola | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Morality | College | The Good News about Sex and Marriage | Christopher West | Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | ****The Great Divorce | C.S. Lewis | |||
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | The Guillotine and the Cross | Warren H. Carroll | French revolution | ||
| Morality | College | *The Heart of Virtue | Donald DeMarco | Ignatius | Lessons from Life and Literature Illustrating the Beauty and Value of Moral Character | |
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | **The Hidden Power of Kindness | Lawrence Lovasik | A Practical Handbook for Souls, Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time | ||
| Historical | H.S.-Col. | The Hiding Place | Corrie ten Boom | A family that helped protect Jews from Nazis | ||
| Fiction | J.H.-H.S. | *The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkein | |||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | The holy blissful martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury | Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson | St. Thomas Becket | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor Hugo | |||
| Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | **The Imitation of Christ | Thomas a Kempis | |||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Jeweler's Shop | Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | J.H.-H.S. | The Joyful Beggar: Francis of Assisi | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Fiction | H.S. | The Keys of the Kingdom | A.J. Cronin | Little, Brown & Co. | A Catholic orphan in Presbyterian Scotland decides to be a priest | |
| Intellectual | College | *The Lamb's Supper | Scott Hahn | The Mass as Heaven on Earth | ||
| Historical Novel | H.S. | The Last Crusader | Louis de Wohl | Don John of Austria | ||
| Saint | J.H.-Col. | *The Last Days of Maximilian Kolbe | Sergius C. Lorit | New City Press | ||
| Saint | H.S. | The Life of Blessed Margaret of Castello | Fr. William Bonniwell | Idea Inc. | ||
| Historical / Spiritual | College | *The Life of St. Anthony | St. Athanasius | Paulist Press | Biography | |
| Fiction | J.H.-H.S. | **The Lilies of the Field | William E Barrett | |||
| Fiction | J.H.-Col. | The Little World of Don Camillo | Giovanni Guareschi | Humorous short stories | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkein | |||
| Historical Novel | H.S. | The Man Born to be King | Dorothy Sayers | Ignatius | Life of Christ (series of BBC radio plays during W.W.II) | |
| Saint | J.H.-Col. | The Man Who Fought the Devil: The Cure of Ars | Eva K. Betz | The Neumann Press | St. John Vianney | |
| Saint | H.S. | The Man who Got Even with God | Fr. M Raymond OSCO | Bruce Publishing | ||
| Fiction | College | The Master of Hestviken | Sigrid Indset(Undset) | 4 volumes | ||
| Historical | J.H. | The Miracle of Marcellino | Jose Sanchez-Silva | |||
| Historical / Spiritual | College | The Monastic Institutes | St. John Cassian | Monasticism and mystical theology | ||
| Morality | J.H.-Col. | The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey | William J. Bennet | Simon & Shuster | ||
| Scripture | College | The Navarre Bible (12 vols, New Testament) | Jose Amria Casciaro | Four Courts Press | Commentary | |
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | The One Year Book of Saints | Rev. Clifford Stevens | |||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Pardoner's Tale | Geoffrey Chaucer | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | The Perfect Joy of Saint Francis | Felix Timmermans | Ignatius | ||
| Intellectual | College | The Persecutor | Sergei Kourdakov | Conversion of a Russian Communist | ||
| Morality | College | The Pilgrim's Progress | John Bunyan | Signet Classic | Christian allegory of man's pilgrim journey in search of salvation | |
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Power and the Glory | Graham Greene | |||
| Spiritual | H.S. | The Practice of the Presence of God | Brother Lawrence | |||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | The Quest of Don Bosco | Anna Kuhl | |||
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | *The Quiet Light: St. Thomas Aquinas | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Spiritual | College | The Redeeming Love of Christ | St. Alphonsus Liguori, ed. Joseph Oppitz | New City Press | A Collection of Spiritual Writings | |
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | The Reed of God | Caryll Houselander | Sheed & Ward | ||
| Intellectual | College | The Religious Sense | Fr. Luigi Giussani | McGill University Press | 1st of Trilogy | |
| Saint / Hist. Novel | H.S. | The Restless Flame: St. Augustine | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | ||
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | *The Robe | Lloyd C. Douglas | |||
| Historical / Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | The Rule of Saint Benedict | St. Benedict of Nursia | |||
| Spiritual | H.S. | The Saints Show Us Christ | Fr Rawley Myers | Ignatius | Daily Readings on the Spiritual Life | |
| Historical | J.H.-H.S. | The Scarlet and the Black | Video | |||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | The Secret of the Rosary | St. Louis de Montfort | TAN | ||
| Vocations | H.S. | *The Shadow of His Wings | Fr. Gereon Goldmann OFM | Ignatius | WWII Autobiography | |
| Fiction | H.S.-Col. | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Morris West | |||
| Philosophy | H.S.-Col. | *The Silence of St. Thomas | Josef Pieper | Pantheon | Three Essays | |
| Intellectual / Spiritual | H.S.-Col. | The Sinner's Guide | Ven. Louis of Granada | TAN | ||
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | The Song of Bernadette | Franz Werfel | |||
| Historical Novel | H.S. | The Spear: A Novel of the Crucifixion | Louis de Wohl | Ignatius | Life of Christ | |
| Intellectual | College | The Spirit of Catholicism | Karl Adam | Milestones in Catholic Theology | ||
| Spiritual | College | The Spiritual Exercises | St. Ignatius of Loyola | |||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | College | The Spiritual Life | Tanqueray | TAN | A Treatise On Ascetical And Mystical Theology | |
| Saint | College | The Story of a Family: The Home of St. Therese of Lisieux | Stephane-Joseph Piat | |||
| Fiction | H.S. | The Story of the Other Wise Man | Henry Van Dyke | University Press | ||
| Scripture | College | The Thought of St. Paul | William G. Most | A Commentary on the Pauline Epistles. | ||
| Spiritual | College | The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life | Garrigou-LaGrange O.P. | Sophia Press | ||
| Intellectual / Spiritual | College | The World's First Love | Bishop Fulton Sheen | Mary, Mother of God | ||
| Intellectual | College | Theology and Sanity | Frank Sheed | OSV | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | **Theology for Beginners | Frank Sheed | |||
| Saint | J.H. | Therese, Saint of a Little Way | Frances Parkinson Keyes | |||
| Intellectual | College | This is our Faith | Michael Pennock | Ave Maria Press | ||
| Saint | H.S.-Col. | Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage | Gerard B. Wegemer | Scepter | ||
| Intellectual | College | *****To Know Christ Jesus | Frank Sheed | Ignatius | ||
| Spiritual | H.S. | Total Surrender | Mother Teresa | |||
| Vocations | H.S.-Col. | Treasure in Clay | Bishop Fulton J. Sheen | Ignatius Press | Autobiography | |
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | Ungodly Rage | Donna Steichen | Ignatius | The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism | |
| Saint | J.H.-H.S. | Vincent de Paul: Saint of Charity | Margaret Ann Hubbard | |||
| Intellectual | H.S. | *We're On a Mission from God | Mary Beth Bonacci | The Generation X Guide to John Paul II, The Catholic Church and the Real Meaning of Life | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | ***What Catholics Really Believe | Karl Keating | Ignatius | 52 Answers to Common Misconceptions about the Catholic Faith | |
| Morality | H.S.-Col. | What Does God Want? | Michael Scanlon TOR | A Practical Guide to Making Decisions | ||
| Intellectual | H.S. | What We Really Want to Know: | Michael Pennock | Ave Maria Press | Answers to 101 Questions Teens Always Ask | |
| Intellectual | College | What's Wrong with the World | G.K. Chesterton | |||
| Fiction | College | Wheat That Springeth Green | J.F. Powers | Depression-era child of the Midwest joins the priesthood | ||
| Spiritual / Intellectual | H.S. | Why do Catholics Do That? | Kevin Johnson | A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church | ||
| Biography | J.H.-H.S. | **With God in Russia | Fr. Walter J. Ciszek SJ | Ignatius | ||
| Saint | H.S. | With Life & Laughter: The Life of Father Miguel Agustin Pro | Gerald F. Muller CSC | Pauline | Bl. Miguel Pro | |
| Fiction | H.S. | Woman of the Pharisees | Francois Mauriac | Image | ||
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | ***Yes or No: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity | Peter Kreeft | Ignatius | Q&A | |
| Intellectual | H.S.-Col. | *Your Questions, God's Answers | Peter Kreeft | Ignatius | Q&A | |
| Biography | J.H. | You're Never Alone: The Story of Thomas Merton | David R. Collins | Pauline Books | ||
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