11 best-selling catholic books like The Life and Witness of St. Maria Goretti: Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes by Jeffrey Kirby

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The Life and Witness of St. Maria Goretti: Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes

By: Jeffrey Kirby

4.34

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

St. Maria Goretti was only a child when she died a martyr’s death. Yet today, she inspires millions…

If you liked the catholic plot in The Life and Witness of St. Maria Goretti: Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes by Jeffrey Kirby , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Saints Who Battled Satan: Seventeen Holy Warriors Who Can Teach You How to Fight the Good Fight and Vanquish Your Ancient Enemy

By: Paul Thigpen

4.34

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

The war is on. The Devil plots to defeat you. Meet some battle-tested warriors who fight at your si… read more

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2. Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

By: Jacques Philippe

4.74

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This classic work is a short treatise on peace of heart in a world where restlessness and anxiety t… read more

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"Evil is a mystery, a scandal and it will always be so."

-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

"The sign of spiritual progress is not so much never falling as it is being able to lift oneself up quickly after one falls."

-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

"In order to resist fear and discouragement, it is necessary that through prayer - through a personal experience of God re-encountered, recognized and loved in prayer - we taste and see how good the L…"

-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

"The Lord can leave us wanting relative to certain things (sometimes judged indispensable in the eyes of the world), but He never leaves us deprived of what is essential: His presence, His peace and a…"

-Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart

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3. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more

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4. Tuck Everlasting

By: Natalie Babbitt

4.02

Format: 424 pages,

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wand… read more

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5. Out of My Mind

By: Sharon M. Draper

3.73

Format: None pages,

Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can… read more

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6. 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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7. Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism

By: Kimberly Hahn , Scott Hahn , Peter Kreeft

4.40

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly trav… read more

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8. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)

By: Brandon Dorman , Chris Colfer

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Timesbestselling series The Land of Stories about two … read more

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9. 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

10. A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture

By: Scott Hahn

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Hahn explores the "covenant love" God reveals to us through the Scriptures and explains how God pat… read more

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11. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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12. Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri , Beverly Cleary , None

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness t… read more

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"...if you take big steps and climb with all your little might!"

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"we could not pray for anything any more, because we would feel that He always knows of something better."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"God does not give us what we ask for, even when we pray and pray and pray, if He knows there is something better for us."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

13. Sarah's Key

By: Tatiana de Rosnay

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation an… read more

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14. Just Once

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) wr… read more

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15. Counting Miracles

By: Nicholas Sparks

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel a… read more

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16. The Best Summer of Our Lives

By: Rachel Hauck

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Twenty years ago, the summer of '77 was supposed to be the best summer of Summer Wilde's life. She … read more

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"If you feel lost, go back to the last place you felt found."

-Rachel Hauck, The Best Summer of Our Lives

"It took all four of us to make our friendship work. We were a square, and if one side collapsed, all sides collapsed."

-Rachel Hauck, The Best Summer of Our Lives

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17. The Leftover Woman

By: Jean Kwok

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two ver… read more

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18. The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters With the Diabolical

By: Jesse Romero

4.20

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

“I went from an indifferent apathetic Sunday Mass attending Catholic Christian to an on fire Cathol… read more

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19. Red Sky Over Hawaii

By: Sara Ackerman

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Inspired by real places and events of WWII, Red Sky Over Hawaii immerses the reader in a time of Am… read more

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20. The Warning: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience

By: Christine Watkins

4.56

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

This highly acclaimed and captivating book offers the world the most thorough understanding to date… read more

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21. Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

By: Paul Thigpen

4.34

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Terrifying visions of hell Gnawing worms, unquenchable fire, utter darkness, weeping and gnashing … read more

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22. The Marian Option: God’s Solution to a Civilization in Crisis

By: Carrie Gress

4.37

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

“How can we save civilization?” is the question many people worry about today. As the world descend… read more

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23. The Life and Witness of St. Maria Goretti: Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes

By: Jeffrey Kirby

4.34

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

St. Maria Goretti was only a child when she died a martyr’s death. Yet today, she inspires millions… read more

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24. Ever Ancient, Ever New: Why Younger Generations Are Embracing Traditional Catholicism

By: David Dashiell

3.95

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The Church is enduring one of the worst crises in her history. There has been a collapse in the num… read more

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4.01

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4.29

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