6 best-selling catholic books like The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Reflections by Marc Foley

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The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Reflections

By: Marc Foley

4.80

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Saint John of the Cross is one of Christianity’s greatest poets and mystics. Nevertheless, his subj…

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1. The Life of St. Francis

By: Bonaventure

4.11

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Bonaventure (1221-1274), an Italian theologian and monk, is widely considered the greatest Francisc… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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2. The Soul of The Apostolate

By: Jean-Baptiste Chautard , Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O

4.55

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

El lector encontrará en el libro una gran la vida de un cristiano no tiene sentido si no cumple el… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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3. Hannah Coulter

By: Wendell Berry

4.38

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more

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"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

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4. Four Quartets

By: T.S. Eliot

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more

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5. The Imitation of Christ

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

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Paperback

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more

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  • spirituality
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6. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more

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  • spirituality
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7. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more

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8. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

9. The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective

By: Peter Heinegg , Richard Rohr , Andreas Ebert

3.60

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Richard Rohr and Andrea Ebert's runaway best-seller shows both the basic logic of the Enneagram and… read more

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  • spirituality
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10. Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness

By: Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure , Claude de la Colombière

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

To trust in God's will is the "secret of happiness and content," the one sure-fire way to attain se… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic

11. The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

By: None , Nicolas Diat

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

In a time when there is more and more noise, and technology and materialism continue to exert their… read more

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12. The Practice of the Presence of God

By: Brother Lawrence

4.32

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more

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  • spirituality
"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

13. Interior Castle

By: Teresa de Ávila

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more

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14. The Ascent of Mount Carmel

By: None

4.08

Format: 176 pages,

"I remained, lost in oblivion; My face I reclined on the Beloved. All ceased and I abandoned myself… read more

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15. Persuasion

By: Jane Austen , James Kinsley , Deidre Shauna Lynch

4.15

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, co… read more

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"Time will explain."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"Give him a book, and he will read all day long."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"He had an affectionate heart.  He must love somebody."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

16. The Privilege of Being a Woman

By: Alice von Hildebrand

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hi… read more

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17. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

4.50

Format: 846 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies sold!  Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic
"  Man and woman were made “for each other"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

18. Emma

By: Jane Austen , Fiona Stafford

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.' Beaut… read more

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19. Living Flame of Love

By: None , None

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

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20. He Leadeth Me

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek

4.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more

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  • catholic
"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

21. 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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22. The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Never is too long a word even for me..."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

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23. Intimacies

By: Katie Kitamura

3.65

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

A novel from the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between… read more

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"I thought—I want to go home. I want to be in a place that feels like home. Where that was, I did not know."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"I had lived with my slow-moving grief for so long that I had ceased to notice it, or recognize how it blunted my feeling."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"This was done for obvious reasons, there were great chasms beneath words, between two or sometimes more languages, that could open up without warning."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"I realized, belatedly, that she had likely applied the makeup for Adriaan’s sake; certainly she had not done so for mine. I wondered then what it was like to be a man, so often surrounded by such del…"

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

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24. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

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"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

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25. The Last Bookshop in London

By: Madeline Martin

4.15

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Books… read more

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"You can't save the world, but keep trying in any small way you can."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"...his mistreatment had nothing to do with her, and everything to do with him."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word after word, page after page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never experienced and walked in the footsteps of a person she's never been."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word by word, page by page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never expected and walked in the footsteps of a person she'd never been. (p. 107)"

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

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26. The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Reflections

By: Marc Foley

4.80

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Saint John of the Cross is one of Christianity’s greatest poets and mystics. Nevertheless, his subj… read more

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10 must-read spirituality books like The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Reflections by Marc Foley

Transform Your Habits

The Life of St. Francis

Bonaventure

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of The Apostolate

Jean-Baptiste Chautard , Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O

4.55

Transform Your Habits

The Imitation of Christ

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

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.09

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7 best-selling classics books like The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

Transform Your Habits

The Cost of Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Great Divorce

C.S. Lewis

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Orthodoxy

G.K. Chesterton

4.11

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