7 must-read religion books like The Protoevangelium of James by Anonymous

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The Protoevangelium of James

By: Anonymous

3.62

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James, the Book of James, and the Protoeva…

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1. The Feast

By: Margaret Kennedy

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Initially was published in a shortened form in a 1949 Ladies Home Journal magazine under the title … read more

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"She writes this biographical fiction, or fictional biography, whichever you like to call it. She takes some juicy scandal from the life of a famous person, and writes a novel round it. Any facts that…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"MYSELF: You have never understood. My integrity means more to me than happiness. CHRISTINA: You have none. There is no such thing. You are not a whole person. Nobody is. We are members one of another…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"[W]hen she was dying she asked me to promise never to leave Father. I couldn't refuse. It was the last thing she said. She was worried over what would happen to him. So you see!' 'How could she conde…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"What kind of books do you like?' 'I like books about nice people. And a story where it all comes out right in the end.' 'But Nancibel, that's not true to life.' 'I daresay not. Why should it be?' 'Yo…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

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2. The Reed of God

By: Caryll Houselander

4.59

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

First published in 1944 and now a spiritual classic for Catholics across the globe, The Reed of God… read more

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  • religion
  • catholic
  • theology
"The sense of the joy in anything is the sense of Christ."

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down."

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"Most people know the sheer wonder that goes with falling in love, how not only does everything in heaven and earth become new, but the lover himself becomes new. It is literally like the sap rising i…"

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

"... those who seek the lost Lord will find traces of His being and beauty in all that men have made, from music and poetry and sculpture to the gingerbread men in the pâtisseries, from the final calc…"

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God

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3. 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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4. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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5. My Grandfather's Son

By: Clarence Thomas

3.69

Format: 320 pages,

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6. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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7. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

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8. Till We Have Faces

By: C.S. Lewis

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more

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  • religion
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9. The Children of Húrin

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more

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10. Catherine of Siena

By: Sigrid Undset

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this w… read more

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  • religion
  • catholic

11. The Life of St. Anthony

By: E.A. Wallis Budge , Athanasius of Alexandria

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

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12. Life of Christ

By: Fulton J. Sheen , Benedict J. Groeschel , Andrew Apostoli

4.60

Format: 431 pages,

Filled with compassion and brilliant scholarship, Fulton Sheen's recounting of the Birth, Life, Cru… read more

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13. The End of the Affair

By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more

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"As long as one suffers one lives."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

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14. 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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  • catholic
  • theology
"  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

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15. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

16. 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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17. The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #26)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Audio CD

First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries sta… read more

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18. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.29

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Stra… read more

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"There have,"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"Where is your warrant?"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"I have taken to living by my wits."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

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19. The Screwtape Letters

By: C.S. Lewis

4.27

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more

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  • theology
"It is always the novice who exaggerates."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

20. Jesus: A Pilgrimage

By: James Martin

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentato… read more

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21. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ

By: Anonymous , Joseph Smith Jr.

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealin… read more

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22. Hitler

By: Ian Kershaw

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw's Hitleris a new… read more

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23. A Dram of Poison

By: Charlotte Armstrong

4.62

Format: 290 pages,

A longtime bachelor finally loves--only to suffer corrosive jealousy For five decades, Kenneth Gib… read more

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24. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

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25. Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was mu… read more

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"Uncertainty creates panic."

-Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

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26. Beren and Lúthien

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.04

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmaril… read more

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"And then he turned, and did not weep: too dark his heart, the wound too deep."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien

"Thou smellest of dog, and what news of good came ever to a cat from a fairy that had had dealings with the dogs?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien

"Rivers of fire at dead of night in winter lying cold and white upon the plain burst forth, and high the red was mirrored in the sky."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien

"The slow time passed. Then in the gloom two eyes there glowed. He saw his doom, Beren, silent, as his bonds he strained beyond mortal might enchained. Lo! sudden there was rending sound of chains tha…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien

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27. Christy

By: Catherine Marshall

4.24

Format: 514 pages, Kindle Edition

The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Car… read more

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"Truth could never be wholly contained in words."

-Catherine Marshall, Christy

"I was too old for my father to (be protective), too young to be flattered."

-Catherine Marshall, Christy

"The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'."

-Catherine Marshall, Christy

"Have you ever thought that the only ugly things in this Cove are man's fault, while the beautiful things are God's work? Look at those mountains."

-Catherine Marshall, Christy

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28. Andrea Vernon and the Big Axe Acquisition (Andrea Vernon, #3)

By: Alexander C. Kane

4.24

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

The supervillains of DESTRON have conquered the country, The Big Axe has been imprisoned, and the h… read more

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29. Andrea Vernon and the Superhero-Industrial Complex (Andrea Vernon, #2)

By: Alexander C. Kane

4.24

Format: 11 pages, Audible Audio

More than a year after she helped save the world from the Sparnaxian invasion, Andrea Vernon is in … read more

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30. Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho

By: Will McGrath

4.37

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty mon… read more

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31. The Protoevangelium of James

By: Anonymous

3.62

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James, the Book of James, and the Protoeva… read more

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  • catholic
  • theology

5 must-read history books like Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset

Transform Your Habits

St. Francis of Assisi

G.K. Chesterton , Joseph F. Girzone

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Everlasting Man

G.K. Chesterton

4.16

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius , None

4.27

Catherine of Siena

Sigrid Undset

3.50

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