5 must-read spirituality books like The Truth About Therese: An Unflinching Look at Lisieux, the Little Flower, and the Little Way by Henri Ghéon

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The Truth About Therese: An Unflinching Look at Lisieux, the Little Flower, and the Little Way

By: Henri Ghéon

4.33

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Discover the burning secrets of St. Therese's soul Scores of books have been written about St. Ther…

If you liked the spirituality plot in The Truth About Therese: An Unflinching Look at Lisieux, the Little Flower, and the Little Way by Henri Ghéon , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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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. 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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  • spirituality
"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

3. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

Maggie O'Farrell takes readers on a journey to the darker places of the human heart, where desires … read more

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4. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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5. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)

By: Suzanne Fisher Staples

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan … read more

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6. 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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7. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

By: Bill Bryson

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a S… read more

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8. The Seven Storey Mountain

By: Thomas Merton , Robert Giroux , William H. Shannon

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influenti… read more

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9. 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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10. The Librarianist

By: Patrick deWitt

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more

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11. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

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  • biography
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12. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

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"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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13. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

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"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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14. From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age

By: University of Mary

4.63

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and wa… read more

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15. Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

By: Tove Danovich

4.21

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accid… read more

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16. Beheld

By: TaraShea Nesbit

3.43

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Wives of Los Alamos comes the riveting story of a stranger’s arr… read more

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"All I had to protect myself was my mouth. So I spoketh."

-TaraShea Nesbit, Beheld

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17. 10 Wonders of the Rosary

By: Donald H. Calloway

4.65

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Called "the New Testament on a string of beads," the Rosary is presented by famed Mariologist Fr. D… read more

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18. The Truth About Therese: An Unflinching Look at Lisieux, the Little Flower, and the Little Way

By: Henri Ghéon

4.33

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Discover the burning secrets of St. Therese's soul Scores of books have been written about St. Ther… read more

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Cover of The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19) by Louise Penny

19. The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)

By: Louise Penny

4.44

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone ca… read more

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20. St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal

By: Alma Powers Waters

4.12

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

For more than a hundred and fifty years the Miraculous Medal has been known and worn by Catholics t… read more

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4.17

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Teresa de Ávila

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Caryll Houselander

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