13 must-read catholic books like Letters to Myself from the End of the World by Emily Stimpson Chapman

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Letters to Myself from the End of the World

By: Emily Stimpson Chapman

4.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

If you could talk to your younger self, what would you tell her? If you could equip her for the cha…

If you liked the catholic plot in Letters to Myself from the End of the World by Emily Stimpson Chapman , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

By: C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather… read more

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  • spirituality
"Death is no respecter of love."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"Corruption is never compulsory."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"Honesty is better than any easy comfort."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"A longing for eternity is built-in to us all"

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

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2. Autobiography of a Hunted Priest

By: None , Philip Caraman , James V. Schall , John Gerard

4.32

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work… read more

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  • catholic
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3. Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

By: Jessica Day George

4.11

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle… read more

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"How wonderful," he purred. "I've been longing to speak to you for days, Princess Cecelia." "And I've been wanting to kick you in the shin for days."

-Jessica Day George, Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

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4. 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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  • spirituality
  • catholic
"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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5. 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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  • spirituality
  • catholic
"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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6. In the School of the Holy Spirit

By: Jacques Philippe , None

4.64

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A renowned spiritual director unveils the Master of the interior life. In the prayer lives of many … read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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7. These Beautiful Bones: An Everyday Theology of the Body

By: Emily Stimpson

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was Blessed John Paul II's greatest gift to the Church: The theology of the body. A window into … read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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8. 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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  • spirituality
  • 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

9. Catherine of Siena

By: Sigrid Undset

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this w… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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10. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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11. The Paying Guests

By: Sarah Waters

3.45

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry ar… read more

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"Marriages are like pianos. They go in and out of tune."

-Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

"As far as Frances was concerned, gardening was simply open-air housework."

-Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

"I'm sorry you aren't as brave as you thought you were. But don't punish me because of it."

-Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

"...why must people of that class always reveal so much of themselves? A few more minutes and she would have shown us her varicose veins."

-Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

12. 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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13. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

By: Kate Bowler

3.80

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more

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  • spirituality
"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

14. Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection

By: Pope Benedict XVI

3.00

Format: 108 pages,

For Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, and who ro… read more

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15. Shadow of the Storm (Out From Egypt, #2)

By: Connilyn Cossette

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Depth of the Storm's Shadow, Only Truth Can Light Her Way Having escaped Egypt with the othe… read more

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16. Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II's Sexual Revolution

By: Christopher West

3.98

Format: None pages,

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17. The Corinthian

By: Georgette Heyer

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Penelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, … read more

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18. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By: Henry Cloud , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more

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19. Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov… read more

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"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with r…"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

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20. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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21. The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Cr… read more

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22. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

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"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

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23. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

By: Claire Swinarski

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious yo… read more

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"All these kids today thought you needed so much time. Time, time, time! As if another year would show you the kind of father a person could be, or how the nightmares about battlefields in Vietnam wou…"

-Claire Swinarski, The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

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24. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

By: Emily Morrow

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more

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25. With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life

By: Rachel Bulman

4.40

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

“The feminine genius,” a term coined by Pope St. John Paul II, has become something of a buzzword i… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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26. Life is Messy

By: Matthew Kelly

3.77

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

Life is messy. It isn't a color-within-the-lines exercise. It's a wild and outrageous invitation … read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
Cover of Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation by Miriam James Heidland

27. Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation

By: Miriam James Heidland

4.66

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

Follow the Lord into the depths of your heart this Lent and you will never be the same. Take a hea… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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28. The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's

By: Colleen Carroll Campbell

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Winner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award In a book hailed as “liberating” (Gary Cha… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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29. Letters to Myself from the End of the World

By: Emily Stimpson Chapman

4.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

If you could talk to your younger self, what would you tell her? If you could equip her for the cha… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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30. Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them

By: Cheri Blomquist

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This unique work presents an in-depth examination of the stories and poetry that have made the most… read more

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31. Girl, Arise!: A Catholic Feminist's Invitation to Live Boldly, Love Your Faith, and Change the World

By: Claire Swinarski

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (second place, gender issues-inclusion in th… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic

14 best-selling spirituality books like Letters to Myself from the End of the World by Emily Stimpson Chapman

Transform Your Habits

A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Reed of God

Caryll Houselander

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Introduction to the Devout Life

Francis de Sales

4.37

Transform Your Habits

In the School of the Holy Spirit

Jacques Philippe , None

4.64

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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