12 must-read philosophy books like An Introduction to Philosophy: Perennial Principles of the Classical Realist Tradition by Daniel J. Sullivan

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An Introduction to Philosophy: Perennial Principles of the Classical Realist Tradition

By: Daniel J. Sullivan

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY by Daniel J. Sullivan is intended for the general reader as well as f…

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1. 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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"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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2. The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

By: Antonin Sertillanges

4.41

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

"Fr. Sertillanges's teachings are as timeless as any truths which describe the genuine nature of th… read more

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"Genius simplifies things"

-Antonin Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

"Truth serves only its slaves."

-Antonin Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

"Reason ambitions only a world; faith gives it infinity."

-Antonin Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

"The good is the brother of the true; it will help its brother."

-Antonin Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

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3. By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition

By: Scott Hahn , Mark P. Shea , Peter Stravinskas

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Mark P. Shea presents a lively and at times entertaining look at his conversion to Catholicism from… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. 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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  • nonfiction
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5. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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  • philosophy
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6. 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

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7. 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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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8. The Complete Essays

By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech

4.23

Format: 1344 pages, Paperback

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The thing I fear most is fear."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"We should tend our freedom wisely."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

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9. Be a Man!: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be

By: Larry Richards

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Men are rediscovering the importance of the spiritual life. And Father Larry Richards is helping th… read more

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10. 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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"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

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11. The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church

By: Jimmy Akin , Marcus Grodi

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

What Did Early Christians Really Believe? The Answer Will Surprise and Amaze You! The Fathers Know … read more

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12. On Social Justice: St. Basil the Great

By: Basil the Great , None

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

St Basil s homilies on the subject of wealth and poverty, although delivered in the fourth century,… read more

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13. The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

By: Scott Hahn , Benedict J. Groeschel

4.43

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers … read more

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"To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mer…"

-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

"Judgment, then, is not an impersonal, legalistic process. It is a matter of love, and it is something we choose for ourselves. Nor is punishment a vindictive act. God's "curses" are not expressions o…"

-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

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14. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

15. The Screwtape Letters: Also Includes "Screwtape Proposes a Toast"

By: C.S. Lewis

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

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16. 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

17. 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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18. 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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19. Aquinas

By: Frederick Charles Copleston

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Introduction to the Life & Work of the Great Medieval Thinker Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time … read more

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20. Voyager (Outlander, #3)

By: Diana Gabaldon

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlanderand Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary … read more

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21. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner

3.89

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more

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"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

22. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more

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23. The Well and the Shallows

By: G.K. Chesterton , Dale Ahlquist

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

One of Chesterton's last books, this book is considered by Chesterton critics and fans as one of hi… read more

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24. The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.99

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more

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"Carry the fire."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"If only my heart were stone."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"There is no God and we are his prophets."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"You have my whole heart. You always did."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

25. The Quiet Light

By: Louis de Wohl

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The famous novelist Louis de Wohl presents a stimulating historical novel about the great St. Thoma… read more

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26. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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27. The Four Loves

By: C.S. Lewis

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more

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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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28. The Problem of Pain

By: C.S. Lewis

4.13

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more

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"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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29. Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus

By: Brant Pitre

4.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A compelling exploration of the biblical foundations, contemplative practices, and spiritual path o… read more

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"If you find your heart very desolated and afflicted at the loss of property, believe me, you love it too much. The strongest proof of love for a lost object is suffering over its loss... We must neve…"

-Brant Pitre, Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus

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30. Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity

By: Kennedy Hall

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

In this book, Kennedy Hall explores the traditional wisdom of the Catholic Church on all things per… read more

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31. An Introduction to Philosophy: Perennial Principles of the Classical Realist Tradition

By: Daniel J. Sullivan

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY by Daniel J. Sullivan is intended for the general reader as well as f… read more

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17 must-read nonfiction books like An Introduction to Philosophy: Perennial Principles of the Classical Realist Tradition by Daniel J. Sullivan

Transform Your Habits

Introduction to the Devout Life

Francis de Sales

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

Antonin Sertillanges

4.41

Transform Your Habits

By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition

Scott Hahn , Mark P. Shea , Peter Stravinskas

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Imitation of Christ

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

4.32

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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper , Cecil Murphey

4.15

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The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

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Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

4.31

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Lee Strobel

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