Best Catholic Fiction
Discover the best Catholic fiction books that inspire faith and devotion. Explore our curated list of top-rated novels with spiritual depth and compelling stories for every reader.

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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
Captain Charles Ryder, stationed at Brideshead, recalls his boyhood associations with the odd but charming members of an English noble family

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Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour becomes Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico, and over the next forty years he faces the lawlessness and loneliness of …

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Wise Blood
by Flannery O'Connor
The passengers on the train to Taulkinham show mixed reactions when Haze questions their belief in Jesus.

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The Violent Bear It Away
by Flannery O'Connor
"A back country orphan struggles to defy his uncle's prophesy that he will become a baptist prophet"--NoveList.

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The Painted Veil
by William Somerset Maugham
Kitty Fane's affair with Assistant Colonial Secretary Townsend is interrupted when she is taken from Hong Kong by her vengeful bacteriologist husband to work in …


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A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter Miller
In the depths of the Utah desert, long after the Flame Deluge has scoured the earth clean, a monk of the Order of Saint Leibowitz …

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Kristin Lavransdatter
by Sigrid Undset
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate The turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary master A Penguin Classic In her great historical epic …


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Kristin Lavransdatter, II: The Wife
by Sigrid Undset
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate A Penguin Classic Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of …

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Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate A Penguin Classic Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of …
