7 Best catholic books like There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

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There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey

By: Fr. Dwight Longenecker

4.45

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

This is a unique tale of one man's spiritual adventure, tracing God's unusual plan of providence fr…

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Cover of Autobiography of a Hunted Priest by None, Philip Caraman, James V. Schall, John   Gerard

1. 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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2. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

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3. The Four Graces (Miss Buncle, #4)

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

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4. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more

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5. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more

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6. Ceremony of Innocence

By: Dorothy Cummings McLean

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Scottish Catholic journalist Catriona McClelland comes home to her Frankfurt apartment to find her … read more

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7. Faithless (Grant County, #5)

By: Karin Slaughter

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods-then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Lin… read more

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8. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicl… read more

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9. The Strange Career of Jim Crow

By: William S. McFeely , C. Vann Woodward

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian,… read more

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10. 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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"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

11. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23)

By: Michael Connelly

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 Ne… read more

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12. The Spiritual Combat

By: None , Lorenzo Scupoli , None , None

3.54

Format: 317 pages,

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13. Indelible (Grant County, #4)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.19

Format: 496 pages,

An officer is shot point-blank in the Grant County police station and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver… read more

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14. 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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"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

15. Eisenhower: A Life

By: Paul Johnson

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how … read more

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16. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

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Cover of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier

17. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

By: Abigail Shrier

4.14

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Irreversible Damage is an exploration of a mystery: Why, in the last decade, has the diagnosis "gen… read more

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"Women feel things deeply. We empathize. For good reason, when asked to identify their best friend, most men name their wives; most women name another woman."

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

"For those of you who have ever been an adolescent or attempted the toe-curling, hair-whitening endeavor of raising one—hold your laughter. Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notio…"

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

"Nearly every novel problem teenagers face traces itself back to 2007 and the introduction of Steve Jobs’s iPhone. In fact, the explosion in self-harm can be so precisely pinpointed to the introductio…"

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

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18. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

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"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

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19. 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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Cover of Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

20. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Cover of Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6) by C.J. Box

21. Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box's Treasure Stat… read more

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22. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

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"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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23. 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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Cover of Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age by Naomi Wolf

24. Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age

By: Naomi Wolf

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Facing the Beast is a devastating, detailed acco… read more

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25. Exogenesis

By: Peco Gaskovski

4.47

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Out of the collapse of Old America rises Lantua, a glittering thousand-mile metropolis where drones… read more

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Cover of When Christmas Comes (Cameron Winter #1) by Andrew Klavan

26. When Christmas Comes (Cameron Winter #1)

By: Andrew Klavan

3.94

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street Journal holiday gift book selection A sleuthing English teacher will need a Christmas… read more

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"We reveal ourselves in the stories we tell."

-Andrew Klavan, When Christmas Comes (Cameron Winter #1)

"He had one more glimpse of them as he pulled the Jeep out: three figures captured in the headlights, a child clinging to a woman, a man with his arms around the woman’s shoulders, the snow coming dow…"

-Andrew Klavan, When Christmas Comes (Cameron Winter #1)

Cover of Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1) by Sigrid Undset

27. Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)

By: Sigrid Undset

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—th… read more

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"God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that who so is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed."

-Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)

"And she felt joy bubbling up in her heart—that the world was so full of sunshine and beauty and gladness. And she had put herself outside it, banished herself to her corner. For all that, it was a go…"

-Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)

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28. There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey

By: Fr. Dwight Longenecker

4.45

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

This is a unique tale of one man's spiritual adventure, tracing God's unusual plan of providence fr… read more

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Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

29. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

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3.59

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4.25

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