10 best-selling catholic books like Saint Philomena, the Wonder-Worker by Paul O'Sullivan

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Saint Philomena, the Wonder-Worker

By: Paul O'Sullivan

4.42

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

St. Philomena is perhaps the most extraordinary Saint in the history of the Catholic Church. When t…

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1. The Reed of God

By: Caryll Houselander

4.59

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

First published in 1944 and now a spiritual classic for Catholics across the globe, The Reed of God… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
  • theology
"The sense of the joy in anything is the sense of Christ."

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down."

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"Most people know the sheer wonder that goes with falling in love, how not only does everything in heaven and earth become new, but the lover himself becomes new. It is literally like the sap rising i…"

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"... those who seek the lost Lord will find traces of His being and beauty in all that men have made, from music and poetry and sculpture to the gingerbread men in the pâtisseries, from the final calc…"

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

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2. Introduction to the Devout Life

By: Francis de Sales

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Written for Christians in every walk of life and for every age, St. Francis De Sales' classic work … read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
  • theology
"Be who you are and be that well."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"The desire and pursuit of virtue tends to make us virtuous, but the desire and pursuit of honors tends to make us odious and despicable."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

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3. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

By: Maria Augusta von Trapp

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke

4.42

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more

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  • biography
  • theology
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Love lives only by sacrifice"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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5. All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

By: James Herriot

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

6. Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles

By: Raymond Arroyo

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

In 1981, a simple nun, using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200, launched what would bec… read more

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7. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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8. Purgatory: Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints

By: F.X. Schouppe

3.76

Format: 208 pages,

It is a fact of divine revelation that the soul of every person who dies in the state of grace, but… read more

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9. The Merchant's Daughter (Hagenheim, #2)

By: Melanie Dickerson

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is t… read more

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10. Counted With the Stars (Out from Egypt, #1)

By: Connilyn Cossette

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Story of Love, Desperation, and Hope During a Great Biblical Epoch Sold into slavery by her fathe… read more

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11. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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12. Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

By: Michael D. O'Brien

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Ch… read more

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13. The Song At The Scaffold

By: Gertrud von le Fort

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Paperback

Gertrud Von Le Fort wrote The Song at the Scaffoldin 1931, five years after converting to the Catho… read more

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14. Come Rack! Come Rope!

By: Robert Hugh Benson

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Perhaps the best known of Msgr. Benson's works, this novel has been reprinted many times since its … read more

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15. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more

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"…but youth yearned to youth."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

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16. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.05

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Un acontecimiento significativo existe en la frontera entre el orden y el caos."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"...todo momento de amenaza es también, simultáneamente, un momento de oportunidad."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"Nuestras insignificantes debilidades se acumulan y multiplican, y se convierten en grandes males de Estado."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"La actitud tiránica mantiene a la sociedad en una predictibilidad homogénea y rígida, pero la condena a un derrumbamiento final."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

17. St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red

By: None

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The beautiful, true story of the 12-year-old girl who in 1902 died a martyr to preserve her purity.… read more

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18. Across Five Aprils

By: Irene Hunt

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowlypresents the unforgettable story of Jethro Crei… read more

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19. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul

By: John Eldredge , Stasi Eldredge

4.01

Format: 0 pages,

Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious drea… read more

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20. The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

By: Julie Klassen

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open the… read more

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"A solitary soul can do little. But together...what lasting beauty we create."

-Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

"Of course the disease was not your fault, " Mr. Hornbeam said more softly. "But we choose how we respond to life's misfortunes."

-Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

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21. Murder in the 33rd Degree: The Gagnon Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry

By: Charles Theodore Murr

4.59

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Was Pope John Paul I murdered? If so, by whom, and to what end? Was the Catholic liturgy sabotaged … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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22. The Peasant's Dream (Hagenheim, #11)

By: Melanie Dickerson

4.01

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy… read more

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"Are you well? Did they hurt you?" "Not too much." Frederick smiled. "Nothing your smile wouldn't make up for."

-Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream (Hagenheim, #11)

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23. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

By: Carrie Gress

4.37

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

The Demonic Influence on Women Today In the late ’60s, a small group of elite American women convin… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Parents are the bridge between a child and God; they are the first icon of his unconditional love."

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

"We live under ghe impression that we are freethinkers; the irony is that thinkers are generally not free when they think just like everyone else."

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

"Anglican convert Blessed John Henry Cardinal Neumann described Mary as our "happier world". By leading her children to her Son, the Blessed Mother helps "them to regain that which has been lost throu…"

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

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24. Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within

By: Taylor R. Marshall

4.38

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

It took nearly two millennia for the enemies of the Catholic Church to realize they could not succe… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
"Montini had a dark side, as demonstrated by his friendship with Saul Alinsky."

-Taylor R. Marshall, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within

"For the next decade, Pacelli would watch with disgust as Nazi beliefs emerged."

-Taylor R. Marshall, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within

"Demons scoff at policies. They tremble before the Mother of God and Saint Michael."

-Taylor R. Marshall, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within

"Pope Francis actually holds the Eastern Orthodox position on the papacy, collegiality, divorce, and the “pastoral"

-Taylor R. Marshall, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within

Cover of Saint Philomena, the Wonder-Worker by Paul O'Sullivan

25. Saint Philomena, the Wonder-Worker

By: Paul O'Sullivan

4.42

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

St. Philomena is perhaps the most extraordinary Saint in the history of the Catholic Church. When t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • theology
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
Cover of Theology of the Body In One Hour by Jason Evert

26. Theology of the Body In One Hour

By: Jason Evert

4.46

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

Today’s sexual confusion is not caused because the world glorifies sexuality, but because the world… read more

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  • faith
  • catholic
  • theology
"We ought to be moved to choose the good not simply through a cold and gritty decision driven by our intellect or our will, but also by our heart."

-Jason Evert, Theology of the Body In One Hour

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27. Mother Marie Gabriel

By: Sisters of the Society of St. Pius X

4.57

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

This book narrates the childhood and youth of Bernadette Lefebvre, her missionary vocation, and the… read more

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28. The Little Story of My Long Life: The Life of Archbishop Lefebvre as Told by Himself

By: Marcel Lefebvre

4.64

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

In January of 1990, Archbishop Lefebvre came to the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Society of Sa… read more

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  • biography
  • catholic
"Now this is exactly the same battle we are presently fighting. Why are we being persecuted? Why am I being persecuted today? And why are you, and all of us who are in Tradition, being persecuted? Bec…"

-Marcel Lefebvre, The Little Story of My Long Life: The Life of Archbishop Lefebvre as Told by Himself

Cover of Theology of Style: Expressing the Unique and Unrepeatable You by Lillian Fallon

29. Theology of Style: Expressing the Unique and Unrepeatable You

By: Lillian Fallon

4.35

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Every outfit we choose holds the power to express our unique personality and identity as cherished … read more

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  • catholic
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30. Vocations

By: William Joseph Gabriel Doyle

4.47

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

This book is presented simply to those souls who desire to hear and follow the voice of God, which … read more

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Maria Augusta von Trapp

3.50

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Jordan B. Peterson

4.05

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Charles Theodore Murr

4.59

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Carrie Gress

4.37

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The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

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Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

Jacques Philippe

4.74

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33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Divine Mercy Consecration

Michael E. Gaitley

4.00

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C.S. Lewis

4.31

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