11 must-read fiction books like Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict by Louis de Wohl

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Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict

By: Louis de Wohl

3.80

Format: None pages,

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1. Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at "The Aunt Hill" after the death of her beloved fa… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Let the girl run and shout as much as she will- it is a sure sign of health, and as natural to a happy child as frisking is to any young animal full of life. Tomboys make strong women"

-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

"It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not."

-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

"But he will be all the better fitted for business, because of the help it [sport] gives him. Polish is easily added if the foundations are strong, but no amount of gilding will be of use if your timb…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

"It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him asunder. "Read and improve your mind, my son," answered Archie, peering solemnly over the pape…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

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2. Leaf by Niggle

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

Format: 22 pages, ebook

Leaf by Niggle is a short story about a painter who is working on a picture leaf by leaf. Niggle, t… read more

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  • christian
  • fiction
"Feeria è meglio della sensazione che non ci sia niente al di là dell'usato mondo di tutti i giorni"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

"He was going to learn about sheep, and the high pasturages, and look at a wider sky, and walk ever further and further towards the Mountains, always uphill. Beyond that I cannot guess what became of …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

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3. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

By: Gregory Boyle

4.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from t… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • religion
"If you can't fix it, feature it."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"Sometimes, it only seems that the hurt wins."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

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4. Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line

By: Cindy Lambert , Abby Johnson

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act becam… read more

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  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
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5. 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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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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6. 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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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • religion
  • fiction
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7. Giants in the Earth

By: O.E. Rølvaag

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Giants in the Earth(Norwegian: Verdens Grode) is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Ro… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. La vida sale al encuentro

By: José Luis Martín Vigil

4.49

Format: 288 pages,

La vida sale al encuentro fue concebida en Vigo, escrita en Comillas y editada por vez primera en M… read more

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9. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicl… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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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  • christian
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  • 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

"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. Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict

By: Louis de Wohl

3.80

Format: None pages,

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • faith
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • catholic
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12. The Power and the Glory

By: John Updike , Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages,

How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more

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  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

13. The Price to Pay: A Muslim Risks All to Follow Christ

By: Joseph Fadelle

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

During his military service, Muhammad, a young Muslim Iraqi from a leading Shiite family, discovers… read more

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14. The Loved One

By: Evelyn Waugh

3.76

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Following the death of a friend, British poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself enter… read more

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  • fiction
"Who asked you to the funeral anyway? Were you acquainted with the late parrot?"

-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

"Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified."

-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

"Dennis hesitated with his fingers on the handle and was aware of communication with another hand beyond the panels. Thus in a hundred novels had loves stood."

-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

"What is a "canty day", Dennis?' 'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.' 'What is that?' 'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.' 'Oh."

-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

15. The Bridge of San Luis Rey

By: Thornton Wilder

5.00

Format: 36 pages,

Featuring a beautiful new cover and author biography, this novel, which brought Wilder his first Pu… read more

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16. 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)

17. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

By: Steve Erwin , Immaculée Ilibagiza

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 19… read more

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18. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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19. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

By: John Eldredge

3.94

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written… read more

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  • christian
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"You can't fight a battle you don't think exists."

-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

"Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue."

-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

"I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy."

-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

"In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden w…"

-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

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20. Jesus I Trust in You: A 30-Day Personal Retreat with the Litany of Trust

By: Faustina Maria Pia

4.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

We were made for love, and love requires trust. In Jesus I Trust in A 30-Day Personal Retreat Base… read more

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  • christian
  • religion
  • catholic
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21. 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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