Apologetics Overview
  • 100 Tough Questions For Catholics: Common Obstacles to Faith Today: David G. Bonagura Jr.
  • A History of Apologetics: Avery Cardinal Dulles
  • Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli
  • How Not to Share Your Faith: The Seven Deadly Sins of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization: Mark Brumley
  • How to Do Apologetics: Making the Case for Our Faith: Patrick Madrid
  • The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections: Trent Horn
Book Recommendations by Fred Blonigen
  • Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age: Bishop Athanasius Schneider
  • Contemplative Enigmas: Insights and Aid on the Path to Deeper Prayer: Fr. Donald Haggerty
  • Contemplative Hunger: Fr. Donald Haggerty
  • Curing Mad Truths: Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age: Rémi Brague
  • Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies: Ryszard Legutko
  • Diversity Delusion: Heather Mac Donald
  • Day Is Now Far Spent: Cardinal Robert Sarah
  • Grace in Season: The Riches of the Gospel in Seventy Sermons: J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P.
  • Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build and Can Help Rebuild Western Civilization: William Slattery
  • Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemies: Martin Mosebach
  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: Elizabeth Lev
  • Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity: Daniel Mahoney
  • Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know: Joseph Pearce
  • Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Peter Kwasniewski
  • Primal Screams: Mary Eberstadt
  • Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization: Samuel Gregg
  • Socialist Phenomenon: Igor Shafarevich
  • Sound of Beauty: Michael Kurek
  • Anti-Mary Exposed: Carrie Gress
  • Will Many Be Saved?: Ralph Martin
Books by Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
  • Five Loaves and Two Fish: Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
  • Prayers of Hope, Words of Courage: Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
  • The Road of Hope: A Gospel from Prison: Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
  • The Testimony of Hope: The Spiritual Exercises of John Paul II: Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
Books on Catholic Morality
  • An Introduction to Moral Theology: William E. May
  • Ethics: Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • Faith, Hope, Love: Josef Pieper
  • Fifty Questions on the Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It: Charles Rice
  • Introduction to Moral Theology: Romanus Cessario, O.P.
  • Living in Christ: Fundamental Principles of Catholic Moral Teaching: Carlo Caffara
  • Morality: The Catholic View: Servais Pinckaers, O.P.
  • Sources of Christian Ethics: Servais Pinckaers, O.P.
  • The Art of Living: Dietrich von Hildebrand and Alice von Hildebrand
  • The Four Cardinal Virtues: Josef Pieper
  • The Virtues: Romano Guardini
  • Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth): Pope St. John Paul II
Books on Catholic Apologetics Recommended by Frederick Blonigen
  • A Biblical Defense of Catholicism: David Armstrong
  • A History of Apologetics: Avery Cardinal Dulles
  • Answering a Fundamentalist: Albert J. Nevins
  • Apologetics: Msgr. Paul J. Glenn
  • Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine: Archbishop Michael Sheehan
  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt: G. H. Duggan, S.M.
  • Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic: David B. Currie
  • By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition: Mark P. Shea
  • Catholic Apologetics Today: Answers to Modern Critics: Fr. William G. Most
  • Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God: Scott Hahn and Leon J. Suprenant
  • Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God: Leon J. Suprenant
  • Catholicism and Fundamentalism: Karl Keating
  • Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historic Church: Stephen K. Ray
  • Defenders of the Faith in Word and Deed: Fr. Charles P. Connor
  • Father Smith Instructs Jackson: Archbishop John Francis Noll
  • Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics: Peter Kreeft
  • Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli
  • How Not to Share Your Faith: The Seven Deadly Sins of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization: Mark Brumley
  • Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics: 100 Questions and Answers: Daniel Ali and Robert Spencer
  • Inside Mormonism: What Mormons Really Believe: Isaiah Bennett
  • Mary and the Fundamentalist Challenge: Fr. Peter Stravinskas
  • Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book and the Cult: Peter Bartley
  • Not By Faith Alone: A Critique of the Protestant Doctrine of Sola Fide: Robert Sungenis
  • Not By Scripture Alone: A Critique of the Protestant Doctrine of Sola Scriptura: Robert A. Sungenis
  • Nuts and Bolts: A Practical Guide for Explaining and Defending the Catholic Faith: Tim Staples
  • One Shepherd, One Flock: Oliver Barres
  • One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: Kenneth D. Whitehead
  • Pope Fiction: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions About the Papacy: Patrick Madrid
  • Protestant Fundamentalism and the Born Again Catholic: Fr. Robert J. Fox
  • Radio Replies (Vols. 1–3): Fr. Leslie Rumble and Charles Carty
  • Rebuilding a Lost Faith: John L. Stoddard
  • Refuting the Attack on Mary: A Defense of Marian Doctrine: Father Mateo
  • Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism: Scott Hahn and Kimberly Hahn
  • Scriptural Catholicism: Foundations of Faith: Steven Kellemyer
  • Surprised by Truth (Vols. 1–3): Patrick Madrid
  • The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith: John Salza
  • The Catholic Answer to the Jehovah’s Witnesses: Louise D’Angelo
  • The Catholic Response: Peter Stravinskas
  • The Catholic Verses: 95 Bible Passages That Confound Protestants: David Armstrong
  • The Faith of Our Fathers: James Cardinal Gibbons
  • The Faith of the Early Fathers (Vols. 1–3): William A. Jurgens
  • The Scriptural Roots of Catholic Teaching: Chantal Epie
  • The Usual Suspects: Answering Anti-Catholic Fundamentalists: Karl Keating
  • Unabridged Christianity: Biblical Answers to Common Questions About the Roman Catholic Faith: Fr. Mario P. Romero
  • Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church: Stephen K. Ray
  • Where Is That in the Bible?: Patrick Madrid
  • Where We Got the Bible From: Our Debt to the Catholic Church: Henry Graham
  • When Mormons Call: Answering Mormon Missionaries at Your Door: Isaiah Bennett
  • Will Catholics Be Left Behind? A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today’s Prophecy Preachers: Carl E. Olson
  • Wisdom Shall Enter: A Course in Catholic Apologetics: Leo Trese
Books on Eschatology
  • Aquinas on the Four Last Things: Kevin Vost
  • Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life: Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Heaven But Never Dreamed of Asking: Peter Kreeft
  • Everlasting Life: A Theological Treatise: Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
  • Hell and the Mercy of God: Adrian J. Reimers
  • How Saints Die: 100 Stories of Hope: Antonio Maria Sicari
  • Hungry Souls: Supernatural Visits, Messages, and Warnings From Purgatory: Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg
  • Life After Death: Albert J. Nevins, M.M.
  • Purgation and Purgatory: St. Catherine of Genoa
  • Purgatory Is for Real: Karlo Broussard
  • The Four Last Things: A Catechetical Guide to Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell: Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, C.P.M.
Extraordinary Diabolical Afflictions
  • An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: Fr. Gabriele Amorth
  • Diary of an American Exorcist: Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
  • Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons: Fr. Vincent Lampert
  • Fr. Amorth: My Battle Against Satan: Fr. Gabriele Amorth
  • Fr. Gabriele Amorth, Rome's Exorcist: The Official Biography: Domenico Agasso
  • Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms: Adam Blai
  • Interview with an Exorcist: Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea
  • My Confrontation with Hell: Real Demonic Encounters of an Exorcist: Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
  • On the Demonic: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
  • Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See and What We Should Know: Charles Fraune
  • The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters with the Diabolical: Jesse Romero
  • The Devil Is Afraid of Me: Fr. Gabriele Amorth
  • The Exorcism Files: True Stories About the Reality of Evil and How to Defeat It: Fr. Carlos Martins
  • The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession: Adam Blai
Books on Prayer
  • A Guide to the Stages of Prayer According to St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross: Discalced Carmelite Nuns
  • A Guide to the Stages of Prayer According to St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross: Sister Immaculata
  • A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray: Pope Benedict XVI
  • Beginning to Pray: Anthony Bloom
  • Catechism of Mental Prayer: Joseph Simler
  • Contemplative Prayer: Thomas Merton
  • Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer: Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • Difficulties in Mental Prayer: M. Eugene Boylan
  • Elizabeth of the Trinity: The Charism of Her Prayer: Jean Lafrance
  • Fire Within: Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • First Steps in Prayer: Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger
  • Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People: Fr. Robert Spitzer
  • How to Pray Well: Raoul Plus
  • I Am a Daughter of the Church: Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, O.C.D.
  • I Want to See God: Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, O.C.D.
  • In the Beginning: A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Is Centering Prayer Catholic?: Connie Rossini
  • Lectio Divina and the Practice of Teresian Prayer: Sam Anthony Morello
  • Little Catechism of the Life of Prayer: Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.
  • Living Prayer: Anthony Bloom
  • Loving Much: St. Teresa's Teaching on Prayer: Mary Garnet
  • Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture: Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
  • Mental Prayer According to the Principles of St. Thomas Aquinas: Denis Fahey
  • Mystical Union with God Through the Nine Degrees of Prayer: Blessed James Alberione
  • On Prayer: Jean-Pierre de Caussade
  • On the Lord's Prayer: St. Augustine of Hippo
  • Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love: Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B. and Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
  • Prayer: Pope Benedict XVI
  • Prayer: Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Prayer and Carmel: Pope St. John Paul II
  • Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within: Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • Prayer: The Great Conversation: Peter Kreeft
  • Prayer: The Key to Salvation: Michael Mueller
  • St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer: Cliff Ermatinger
  • St. Cyprian on the Lord's Prayer: translated by T. Herbert Bindley
  • The Art of Praying: Romano Guardini
  • The Basic Book of Catholic Prayer: How to Pray and Why: Lawrence G. Lovasik
  • The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross: St. John of the Cross
  • The Contemplative Hunger: Fr. Donald Haggerty
  • The Lord's Prayer: Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger
  • The Lord's Prayer: Romano Guardini
  • The Our Father in Gethsemane: Thoughts for the Holy Hour: Fr. Francis P. Donnelly, S.J.
  • The Pathways of Prayer: Communion with God: Sister Immaculata
  • The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise: Cardinal Robert Sarah
  • The Praktikos: Chapters on Prayer: Evagrius Ponticus
  • The Q&A Guide to Mental Prayer: Connie Rossini
  • The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Prayer: St. Francis de Sales
  • The Three Greatest Prayers: St. Thomas Aquinas
  • The Way of Prayer: A Commentary on Saint Teresa's Way of Perfection: Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.
  • The Ways of God for Meditation and Prayer: St. Thomas Aquinas
  • The Ways of Mental Prayer: Dom Vitalis Lehodey
  • Theology of Prayer: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord's Prayer in Everyday Life: Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
  • Treatise on Prayer and Meditation: St. Peter of Alcantara
  • Wings to the Lord: Thoughts on Prayer: St. Jane Frances de Chantal
Fifteen Books on the Eucharist Recommended by Fred Blonigen
  • 7 Secrets of the Eucharist: Vinny Flynn
  • A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist: Abbot Vonier
  • Bread That Is Broken: Wilfrid Stinissen, O.C.D.
  • Eucharistic Miracles and Eucharistic Phenomena in the Lives of the Saints: Joan Carroll Cruz
  • God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life: Pope Benedict XVI
  • In the Presence of the Lord: The History, Theology and Psychology of Eucharistic Devotion: Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. and James Monti
  • Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper: Brant Pitre
  • The Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle: St. Manuel González García, Selected Writings: compiled and translated by Victoria Schneider
  • The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist: James T. O'Connor
  • The Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety: Peter Kwasniewski
  • The Holy Eucharist: St. Alphonsus Liguori
  • The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion: Lawrence Feingold
  • The Eucharist: The Mystery of Holy Thursday: François Mauriac
  • The Real Presence: Eucharistic Meditations: St. Peter Julian Eymard
  • With Us Today: On the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
God and Silence
  • Encounters with Silence: Karl Rahner
  • From Silence to Silence: A Benedictine Pilgrimage to God's Sanctuary: Fr. Francis Bethel, O.S.B.
  • Holy Silence: A Practical Guide to Recollection in God: Fr. Basil Nortz
  • In Silence with God: Benedict Baur
  • Silence: A Series of Conferences Given by a Camaldolese Hermit: Anonymous
  • The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass: Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
  • The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise: Cardinal Robert Sarah
  • The World of Silence: Max Picard
Recommended Books by Catholic Scientist and Thomist Scholar Gerard Verschuuren
  • A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Aquinas and Modern Science: A New Synthesis of Faith and Reason: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Faith and Reason: The Cradle of Truth: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Five Anti-Catholic Myths: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Forty Anti-Catholic Lies: A Myth-Busting Apologist Sets the Record Straight: Gerard Verschuuren
  • How Science Points to God: Gerard Verschuuren
  • In the Beginning: A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home: Gerard Verschuuren
  • Of All That Is Seen and Unseen: Life-Saving Answers to Life-Size Questions: Gerard Verschuuren
  • The Myth of an Anti-Science Church: Galileo, Darwin, Teilhard, Hawking, Dawkins: Gerard Verschuuren
Recommended Books on Angels
  • All About the Angels: Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, O.P.
  • Angels (and Demons): Peter Kreeft
  • Angels and Demons: A Catholic Introduction: Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P.
  • Angels and Devils: Joan Carroll Cruz
  • His Angels at Our Side: Fr. John Horgan
  • Meditations on the Angels: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • My Angel Will Go Before You: Georges Huber
  • The Angels and Their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church: Jean Daniélou, S.J.
  • The Angels: In Catholic Teaching and Tradition: Fr. Paschale Parente
  • The Celestial Hierarchy: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
  • The Other World We Live In: A Catholic Vision of Angelic Reality: Scott Randall Paine
  • World Invisible: The Catholic Doctrine of the Angels: John Saward
25 Classics of Catholic Spirituality
  • Abandonment to Divine Providence: Jean-Pierre de Caussade
  • Ascent of Mount Carmel: St. John of the Cross
  • Autobiography of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
  • Confessions: St. Augustine of Hippo
  • Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary: St. Faustina Kowalska
  • He Leadeth Me: Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J.
  • Imitation of Christ: Thomas à Kempis
  • Introduction to the Devout Life: St. Francis de Sales
  • Jesus of Nazareth: Pope Benedict XVI
  • Journal of a Soul: St. Pope John XXIII
  • Little Flowers of St. Francis: St. Francis of Assisi
  • Lord: Romano Guardini
  • Practice of the Presence of God: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
  • Revelations of Divine Love: Julian of Norwich
  • Soul of the Apostolate: Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard
  • Spiritual Combat: Lorenzo Scupoli
  • Spiritual Exercises: St. Ignatius of Loyola
  • Story of a Soul: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
  • The Cloud of Unknowing: Anonymous
  • The Dialogue: St. Catherine of Siena
  • The Way: St. Josemaría Escrivá
  • The Way of Perfection: St. Teresa of Avila
  • This Tremendous Lover: Eugene Boylan
  • Transformation in Christ: Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary: St. Louis de Montfort
Recommended Books Defending Belief in God and Answering the New Atheists
  • A Case for the Existence of God: Dean Overman
  • Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God: Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker
  • Atheist Delusions: David Bentley Hart
  • Atheist to Catholic: Stories of Conversion: Rebecca Vitz Cherico
  • Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer: Peter Kreeft
  • Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism: Paul Vitz
  • From Atheism to Catholicism: How Scientists and Philosophers Led Me to Truth: Kevin Vost
  • God: The Evidence: Patrick Glynn
  • God Is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins: Thomas Crean
  • Greater Than You Think: A Theologian Answers the Atheists About God: Thomas Williams
  • How to Think About God: Mortimer Adler
  • I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist: Norman Geisler and Frank Turek
  • Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion's Despisers: Eric Reitan
  • Michael J. Buckley, S.J., At the Origins of Modern Atheism: Michael J. Buckley, S.J.
  • New Proofs for the Existence of God: Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J.
  • No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers: Michael Novak
  • The Atheist Syndrome: John P. Koster
  • The Dawkins Delusion: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine: Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath
  • The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions: David Berlinski
  • The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism: Patrick Madrid and Kenneth Hensley
  • The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism: Edward Feser
  • The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life: Armand M. Nicholi Jr.
  • The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith: Peter Hitchens
  • The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism: Timothy Keller
  • The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World: Alister McGrath
  • There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind: Antony Flew
Recommended Books Critiquing Socialism
  • Can a Catholic Be a Socialist? The Answer Is No—Here's Why: Trent Horn and Catherine R. Pakaluk
  • Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism: Joshua Muravchik
  • The Black Book of Communism: Crime, Terror, Repression: Stéphane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, et al.
  • The Case Against Socialism: Rand Paul
  • The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration: Paul Kengor
  • The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West: Michael Walsh
  • The Socialist Phenomenon: Igor Shafarevich
  • The United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It, Why It's Evil, How to Stop It: Dinesh D'Souza
Recommended Books on St. Joseph
  • Go to Joseph: Fr. Richard Gilsdorf
  • Guardian of the Redeemer: Pope St. John Paul II
  • Joseph of Nazareth: Federico Suárez
  • Meet Your Spiritual Father: Mark Miravalle
  • St. Joseph and Daily Christian Living: Fr. Francis Filas, S.J.
  • St. Joseph and His World: Mike Aquilina
  • St. Joseph: His Life and His Role in the Church Today: Louise Perrotta
  • The Mystery of Joseph: Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, O.P.
  • Through the Heart of St. Joseph: Fr. Boniface Hicks
  • A Manual of Practical Devotion to St. Joseph: Fr. Patrignani, S.J.
Recommended Books on Science and God
  • Belief in God in an Age of Science: John Polkinghorne
  • Bible and Science: Stanley Jaki, O.S.B.
  • Catholicism and Evolution: A History From Darwin to Pope Francis: Michael Chaberek, O.P.
  • Cosmos and Creator: Stanley Jaki, O.S.B.
  • God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?: John Lennox
  • Modern Physics and Ancient Faith: Stephen M. Barr
  • Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists: Benjamin Wiker
  • Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science: Stacy Trasancos
  • Science and the Modern World: Alfred North Whitehead
  • The Catholic Church and Science: Answering the Questions, Exposing the Myths: Benjamin Wiker
  • The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin: Benjamin Wiker
  • The Language of God: Francis S. Collins
  • The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World: Paul Davies
  • The New Story of Science: Robert M. Augros and George N. Stanciu
  • The Purpose of It All: Stanley Jaki, O.S.B.
  • The Road to Science and the Ways of God: Stanley Jaki, O.S.B.
  • The Savior of Science: Stanley Jaki, O.S.B.
  • The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century: Anthony Rizzi
  • The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom: Gerald L. Schroeder
  • The Wonder of the World: A Journey from Modern Science to the Mind of God: Roy Abraham Varghese
Recommended Books on Suffering
  • Cry of the Heart: On the Meaning of Suffering: Lorenzo Albacete
  • Does Suffering Make Sense?: Russell Shaw
  • Making Sense Out of Suffering: Peter Kreeft
  • Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering): Pope St. John Paul II
  • Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know: Mark Giszczak
  • The Light Shines in the Darkness: Transforming Suffering Through Faith: Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
  • The Mystery of Suffering: Hubert van Zeller
  • The Problem of Pain: C. S. Lewis
Recommended Books on the Rosary
  • Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon: Fr. Donald Calloway, M.I.C.
  • Holy Rosary: St. Josemaría Escrivá
  • Rosarium Virginis Mariae (On the Most Holy Rosary): Pope St. John Paul II
  • Ten Wonders of the Rosary: Fr. Donald Calloway, M.I.C.
  • The Secret of the Rosary: St. Louis de Montfort
  • The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God: Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Recommended Books on the Crisis in the Church
  • A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward: Ralph Martin
  • A Crisis of Truth: Ralph Martin
  • Battle for the American Church: Msgr. George A. Kelly
  • Battle for the American Church (Revisited): Msgr. George A. Kelly
  • Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crisis Facing the Catholic Church and Society: Fr. Gerald Murray
  • Catholicism and Modernity: Confrontation or Capitulation: James Hitchcock
  • Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age: Bishop Athanasius Schneider
  • The Desolate City: Revolution in the Catholic Church: Anne Roche Muggeridge
  • The Devastated Vineyard: Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • The Peasant of the Garrone: Jacques Maritain
  • Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained: Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • You Shall Stand Firm: Preserving the Faith in an Age of Apostasy: Fr. William Casey, C.P.M.
Recommended Books on the Pope and the Office of the Papacy
  • Jesus, Peter & The Keys: A Scriptural Handbook on the Papacy: Scott Butler, Norman Dahlgren, and David Hess
  • Papal Primacy and the Third Millennium: Russell Shaw
  • Pontiffs: Popes Who Shaped History: John Jay Hughes
  • Pope Fiction: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions About the Papacy: Patrick Madrid
  • The Bones of St. Peter: John Evangelist Walsh
  • The Office of St. Peter and the Structure of the Church: Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • The Papacy: What the Pope Does and Why It Matters: Stephen Ray and R. Dennis Walters
  • The Popes and Slavery: Joel S. Panzer
  • The Shepherd and the Rock: Origins, Development and Mission of the Papacy: J. Michael Miller, C.S.B.
  • Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church: Stephen K. Ray
Recommended Books on the Sacrament of Penance
  • Confession: Adrienne von Speyr
  • Frequent Confession: Benedict Baur
  • Pardon and Peace: A Sinner's Guide to Confession: Fr. Francis Randolph
  • Reconciliation and Penance: Pope St. John Paul II
  • The Sinner's Guide: Venerable Louis of Granada
  • 7 Secrets of Confession: Vinny Flynn
Recommended Reading on Christian Marriage and the Family
  • Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage): Pope Pius XI
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, "The Sacrament of Matrimony" (¶1601-1666): Catholic Church
  • Christ's New Homeland: Africa: African Pastors
  • Covenant of Love: Pope John Paul II on Sexuality, Marriage and Family in the Modern World: Richard M. Hogan and John M. Levoir
  • Covenanted Happiness: Love and Commitment in Marriage: Cormac Burke
  • Crossing the Threshold of Love: A New Vision of Marriage in Light of John Paul II's Anthropology: Mary Shivanadan
  • Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity: Anthony Esolen
  • Eleven Cardinals Speak on Marriage and the Family: edited by Winfried Aymans
  • Familiaris Consortio (The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World): Pope St. John Paul II
  • Gaudium et Spes, Nos. 47-52: The Dignity of Marriage and the Family: Second Vatican Council
  • Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life): Pope St. Paul VI
  • Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later: Janet E. Smith
  • Letter to Families: Pope St. John Paul II
  • Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in the Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences: Stephen B. Clark
  • Marriage: A Path to Sanctity: Javier Abad and Eugenio Fenoy
  • Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love: Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • Marriage: The Rock on Which the Family Is Built: William E. May
  • Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church: edited by Robert Dodaro, O.S.A.
  • Sex and the Marriage Covenant: A Basis for Morality: John F. Kippley
  • The Case for Marriage: Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher
  • The Catholic Family in the Modern World: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • The Christian Meaning of Human Sexuality: Paul M. Quay, S.J.
  • The First Society: The Sacrament of Matrimony and the Restoration of Social Order: Scott Hahn
  • The Seven Myths About Marriage: What Science, Faith, and Philosophy Teach Us About Love and Happiness: Christopher Kaczor and Jennifer Kaczor
  • The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education within the Family: Pontifical Council for the Family
  • Three to Get Married: Fulton J. Sheen
  • What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense: Sherif Girgis and Ryan T. Anderson
Recommended Books on the Spiritual and Moral State of America
  • Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis: Bill Donohue
  • Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come: John Daniel Davidson
  • The Lies of Our Time: Anthony Esolen
Recommended Reading on Prayer
  • A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray: Pope Benedict XVI
  • Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry: Paul Murray, O.P.
  • Beginning to Pray: Anthony Bloom
  • Clinging: The Experience of Prayer: Emilie Griffin
  • Contemplative Prayer: Thomas Merton
  • Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila About Personal Prayer: Peter Thomas Rohrbach
  • Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer: Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • Difficulties in Mental Prayer: Fr. Eugene Boylan, O.Cist. R.
  • Essence of Prayer: Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.
  • Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel on Prayer: Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • How to Pray: Père Jean Grou
  • How to Pray Always: Raoul Plus, S.J.
  • How to Pray Well: Raoul Plus, S.J.
  • Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path to Prayer with Jesus: Brant Pitre
  • Jesus, Teach Us to Pray: Jerome Bertram
  • Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer: C. S. Lewis
  • Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love: Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B. and Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
  • Prayer: Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Prayer for Beginners: Peter Kreeft
  • Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within: Thomas Dubay, S.M.
  • Prayer: The Great Conversation: Peter Kreeft
  • Prayer: The Mission of the Church: Jean Daniélou
  • Seeds of Contemplation: Thomas Merton
  • Stages in Prayer: J. G. Arintero, O.P.
  • The Art of Praying: Romano Guardini
  • The Contemplative Hunger: Fr. Donald Haggerty
  • The Interior Castle: St. Teresa of Avila
  • The Lord's Prayer: Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger
  • The Lord's Prayer: Romano Guardini
  • The Power of Silence: Cardinal Robert Sarah
  • The Prayer of the Presence of God: Dom Augustin Guillerand
  • The Q&A Guide to Mental Prayer: Connie Rossini
  • The Three Greatest Prayers: St. Thomas Aquinas
  • The Way of Perfection: St. Teresa of Avila
  • The Ways of Mental Prayer: Dom Vitalis Lehodey
  • Theology of Prayer: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • Thirsting for Prayer: Fr. Jacques Philippe
  • Time for God: Jacques Philippe
  • Treatise on Prayer and Meditation: St. Peter of Alcantara
Recommended Reading on Satan and Fallen Angels
  • Angels of Darkness: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • Christian Faith and Demonology: Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Masks of Satan: The Demonic in History: Christopher Nugent
  • Satan in the Modern World: Msgr. Leon Cristiani
  • Satanism: Is It Real?: Fr. Jeffrey J. Steffon
  • The Deceiver: Our Daily Struggle with Satan: Livio Fanzaga
  • The Devil: Bernard Leeming, S.J. and Walter Farrell, O.P.
  • The Devil: Alive and Active in Our World: Corrado Balducci
Recommended Reading on Spiritual Warfare
  • Beheading the Hydra: A Radical Plan for Christians in an Atheistic Age: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
  • Immortal Combat: Confronting the Heart of Darkness: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
  • The Spiritual Combat: Lorenzo Scupoli
Recommended Reading (Recent Books on Catholicism)
  • Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear in a Pandemic: Philip Lawler
  • Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission and How We Can Reclaim It: Eric Sammons
  • From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age: Monsignor James Shea
  • How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas from the Cultural Abyss: Peter Kreeft
  • Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living: Bishop Charles Chaput
  • The Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety: Peter Kwasniewski
  • Under Siege: No Finer Time to Be a Faithful Catholic: Austin Ruse
Recommended Reading on the Sacraments
  • A Handbook on Catholic Sacramentals: Ann Ball
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church (Paragraphs 1210–1690): Catholic Church
  • General Principles of Sacramental Theology: Roger Nutt
  • Meeting Christ in the Sacraments: Colman E. O'Neill, O.P.
  • No Trifling Matter: Taking the Sacraments Seriously Again: Msgr. Nicola Bux
  • Sacraments in Scripture: Salvation History Made Present: Tim Gray
  • Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments: Scott Hahn
  • The Sacraments and Their Celebration: Nicholas Halligan, O.P.
  • Understanding the Sacraments: A Guide for Prayer and Study: Fr. Peter Stravinskas
  • Why Matter Matters: Philosophical and Scriptural Reflections on the Sacraments: David P. Lang
Recommended Reading: 25 Books on the Catholic Faith, Modernity, and the Culture War of Our Time
  • A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward: Ralph Martin
  • Beheading Hydra: A Radical Plan for Christians in an Atheistic Age: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
  • Curing Mad Truths: Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age: Rémi Brague
  • Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission and How We Can Reclaim It: Eric Sammons
  • God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith with Nicolas Diat: Cardinal Robert Sarah
  • God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?: John Lennox
  • Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build—and Can Rebuild Western Civilization: William Slattery
  • How Science Points to God: Gerard Verschuuren
  • How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas From the Cultural Abyss: Peter Kreeft
  • Is Atheism Dead?: Eric Metaxas
  • It Is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion: Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley
  • Modernity on Endless Trial: Leszek Kołakowski
  • Passage to Modernity: An Essay in the Hermeneutics of Nature and Culture: Louis Dupré
  • Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization: Samuel Gregg
  • Sex and the Unreal City: The Demolition of the Western Mind: Anthony Esolen
  • Stealing From God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case: Frank Turek
  • The Crisis of Modernity: Augusto Del Noce
  • The Devil and Karl Marx: Paul Kengor
  • The Global Sexual Revolution: The Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom: Gabriele Kuby
  • The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity: Daniel Mahoney
  • The Modern Age: Fr. James Schall, S.J.
  • The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe: Stephen Meyer
  • The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism and the Road to the Sexual Revolution: Carl Trueman
  • The Sexual State: Jennifer Roback Morse
  • Under Siege: No Finer Time to Be a Catholic: Austin Ruse
Twelve Books on Mary Recommended by Fred Blonigen
  • Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of Marian Doctrines: Tim Staples
  • Cause of Our Joy: Walking Day by Day with Our Lady: Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
  • Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion: Mark Miravalle, S.T.D.
  • Madonna: Mary in the Catholic Tradition: Frederick M. Jelly, O.P.
  • Our Lady and the Church: Hugo Rahner, S.J.
  • Rethinking Mary in the New Testament: Edward Sri
  • The Glories of Mary: St. Alphonsus Liguori
  • The Marian Option: God's Solution to a Civilization in Crisis: Carrie Gress
  • The Mother of the Savior and Our Interior Life: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
  • The Reed of God: Caryll Houselander
  • The World's First Love: Fulton J. Sheen
  • True Devotion to Mary: St. Louis de Montfort
Twenty "Must" Read Books on the Catholic Faith
  • An Intelligent Person's Guide to Catholicism: Alban McCoy
  • Belief of Catholics: Ronald Knox
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church: Catholic Church
  • Fundamentals of Catholicism (3 Vols.): Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.
  • Introduction to Christianity: Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
  • Into All Truth: What Catholics Believe and Why: Milton Walsh
  • Love Unveiled: The Catholic Faith Explained: Edward Sri
  • Mere Catholicism: Ian Ker
  • More Christianity: Finding the Fullness of the Faith: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
  • One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic: The Early Church Was the Catholic Church: Kenneth D. Whitehead
  • Orthodoxy: G. K. Chesterton
  • The Catholic Catechism: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
  • The Catholic Passion: Rediscovering the Power and Beauty of the Faith: David Scott
  • The Faith Explained: Leo Trese
  • The Faith Understood: An Introduction to Catholic Theology: Mark J. Zia, S.T.D.
  • The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism: Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
  • The Spirit of Catholicism: Karl Adam
  • Theology and Sanity: Frank Sheed
  • Theology for Beginners: Frank Sheed
  • Why Be Catholic? Ten Answers to a Very Important Question: Patrick Madrid