5 must-read philosophy books like Selected Works by Bernard of Clairvaux

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Selected Works

By: Bernard of Clairvaux

4.16

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Here in a new translation by G.R. Evans are the writings that have had such a major role in shaping…

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1. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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2. The Wild Iris

By: Louise Glück

4.18

Format: 65 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunnin… read more

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"things that can't move learn to see"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

" No one's despair is like my despair-- "

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

"I'm tired of you, chaos of the living world--"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

"What does the horse give you That I cannot give you?"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

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3. Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus

By: Robert C. Gregg , Athanasius of Alexandria , William A. Clebsch

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Athanasius (c. 295-373) Bishop of Alexandria, spiritual master and theologian, was a major figure o… read more

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  • classics
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
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4. True Devotion to Mary

By: Louis de Montfort , Louis-Marie Grignion de Monfort

4.56

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Considered the greatest single book on Mary ever written, this classic shows the way to Jesus throu… read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
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  • spirituality
  • catholic
"When Mary has struck her roots in a soul, she produces there marvels of grace, which she alone can produce, because she alone is the fruitful Virgin who never has had, and never will have, her equal …"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

"it has always been remarked that those who wear the outward look of reprobation, like impious heretics and proud worldlings, hate or despise the Hail Mary or the Rosary. Heretics still learn and say …"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

"Mary has produced, together with the Holy Ghost the greatest thing which has been or ever will be - a God-Man; and she will consequently produce the greatest saints that there will be in the end of t…"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

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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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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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6. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Revelations of Divine Love

By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

8. The Consolation of Philosophy

By: Boethius , None

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • theology
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9. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • philosophy
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10. Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, #2)

By: Dante Alighieri , Robert M. Durling

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

In the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine… read more

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  • classics
  • religion
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11. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • 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

"It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us."

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

12. The Life of Moses

By: Everett Ferguson , Abraham J. Malherbe , Gregory of Nyssa

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, Paperback

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13. 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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14. The Canterbury Tales

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more

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15. Dark Night of the Soul

By: None , None

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order.… read more

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16. 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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17. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

18. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel

4.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more

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19. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)

By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more

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20. John Cassian: Conferences

By: Owen Chadwick , Colm Luibheid , John Cassian

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

John Cassian (c. 365-c. 435) journeyed to the West to found monasteries in Marseilles and the regio… read more

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21. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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22. Knowing God

By: J.I. Packer

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more

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23. Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)

By: Dante Alighieri , Dorothy L. Sayers , Barbara Reynolds

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dorothy L. Sayers's landmark translation follows Dante's terza rimastanza's and brings his poetry v… read more

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24. The Complete Works

By: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite , Karlfried Froehlich

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

There are few figures in the history of Western Spirituality who are more enigmatic than the fifth … read more

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25. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy

By: Alexander Schmemann

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An approach to the world and to life that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Chur… read more

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26. Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness

By: Evelyn Underhill

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Mysticism is Evelyn Underhill's seminal work on the subject. The book is divided into two parts, "T… read more

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27. Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Are transgender people discovering their authentic self? Is the hookup culture really liberating? D… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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28. A Grief Observed

By: C.S. Lewis

4.22

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Time itself is one more name for death."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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29. The Other Name: Septology I-II

By: Jon Fosse

4.06

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more

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  • religion
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

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30. The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart

By: Harold L. Senkbeil

4.33

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

2020 Christianity Today Book Award Winner for Church/Pastoral Leadership 2019 TGC Ministry Book of … read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
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31. Selected Works

By: Bernard of Clairvaux

4.16

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Here in a new translation by G.R. Evans are the writings that have had such a major role in shaping… read more

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  • spirituality
  • catholic

11 Top classics books like Selected Works by Bernard of Clairvaux

Transform Your Habits

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus

Robert C. Gregg , Athanasius of Alexandria , William A. Clebsch

4.17

Transform Your Habits

True Devotion to Mary

Louis de Montfort , Louis-Marie Grignion de Monfort

4.56

Transform Your Habits

The Imitation of Christ

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

4.32

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25 Top religion books like Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Thérèse of Lisieux, John Clarke

Transform Your Habits

The Way of Perfection (Image Classics)

Teresa de Ávila

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

Teresa de Ávila

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Reed of God

Caryll Houselander

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Introduction to the Devout Life

Francis de Sales

4.37

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