6 best-selling catholic books like Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus by Kathryn Whitaker

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Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus

By: Kathryn Whitaker

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (third place, first-time author). Popular …

If you liked the catholic plot in Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus by Kathryn Whitaker , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The End of Normal

By: Stephanie Madoff Mack

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of the author that tells her idyllic wedding to Mark, Bernard Madoff's son, on Nantucket, … read more

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  • memoir
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2. A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Understanding What We Say and Do In The Liturgy

By: Edward Sri

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

As Catholics, the Mass is the center of our Faith. We celebrate it every day. We know all the respo… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic

3. Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith

By: Robert Barron

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

"What I propose to do in this book is to take you on a guided exploration of the Catholic world, bu… read more

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4. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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5. The Patron Saint of Liars

By: Ann Patchett

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Since her first publication in 1992, celebrated novelist Ann Patchett has crafted a number of elega… read more

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6. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

By: Kathleen Rooney

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverse… read more

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7. Opening Your Heart

By: Lisa Brenninkmeyer

4.07

Format: 112 pages,

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8. This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival

By: Robert Barron

4.35

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

A recent Pew Forum survey revealed the startling statistic that 69% of Catholics do not believe in … read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
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9. Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking

By: Carrie Gress

4.30

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

In this second installment of  Theology of Home , Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering turn their attenti… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
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10. 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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11. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

By: Kate Kennedy

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millenni… read more

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  • memoir
"Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"Pregnancy loss...is an open wound with the most vulnerable scab, forced to constantly replenish its surface-level protection as it's picked at daily, not by you, but inadvertently by other people's j…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"I'm a weird contradiction of someone who pursues and values traditions but tries to reject the parts that are oppressive, unfair or unnecessary, because we can adapt things to who we are, not to who …"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"That's the thing about girlhood. You and your friends have to take yourselves seriously, because no one else will. We had to keep our emotional behavior to diary pages and fangirl in private, perform…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

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12. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

By: Allison Pataki

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average ev… read more

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13. The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

By: Kendra Adachi

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It's about doing what matters to you. "I… read more

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  • christian
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14. Beautiful Eucharist

By: Matthew Kelly

4.39

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Nothing will transform your life quite like a personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. When … read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
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15. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

By: Lauren Fleshman

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more

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  • memoir
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

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16. Fly Girl: A Memoir

By: Ann Hood

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of gla… read more

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  • memoir
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17. The London House

By: Katherine Reay

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain’s World War II spy n… read more

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18. Park Avenue Summer

By: Renée Rosen

3.95

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada as Renée Rosen draws readers into the glamour of 1965 New York … read more

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19. Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

By: Jefferson Bethke

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke delivers a powerful critique of the Western noti… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
"The family was sacrificed for the "mission" without realizing that the mission, once you are married and have kids, I'd argue, is never solitary. God doesn't give individual missions to teams.... In …"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

"Notice how not even once were we told to just bow down and worship God via song for our entire lives. Yet our churches are nearly addicted to making this the high point of spiritual formation and wor…"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

"If your kids are consumers, which most of us raise our kids to be, because our culture raises us to be, then [passing inherited wealth] is a bad idea. We consume and eat and fill ourselves with every…"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

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20. Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus

By: Kathryn Whitaker

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (third place, first-time author). Popular … read more

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  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • faith
  • religion
  • catholic
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21. Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life

By: Mary E. Lenaburg

4.50

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

As a parent, do you struggle with trusting God’s will for your life and for those you love? Are you… read more

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  • christian
  • memoir
  • faith
  • religion
  • catholic

6 Top religion books like Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus by Kathryn Whitaker

Transform Your Habits

A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Understanding What We Say and Do In The Liturgy

Edward Sri

4.00

Transform Your Habits

This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival

Robert Barron

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking

Carrie Gress

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Beautiful Eucharist

Matthew Kelly

4.39

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5 must-read adult books like The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done by Kendra Adachi

Transform Your Habits

How to Keep House While Drowning

K.C. Davis

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

Kendra Adachi

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

Anne Bogel

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Myquillyn Smith

3.74

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