Catholic Fiction Favorites
Discover the best Catholic fiction books with our curated list of favorites. Explore inspiring stories of faith, hope, and redemption from top Catholic authors.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, …
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Father Elijah
by Michael David O'Brien
Father Elijah, a Holocaust survivor and convert to Catholicism from Judaism, travels through Europe and the Middle East on a papal mission to find a …
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The Mystery of Things
by Debra Murphy
The myth of St. George-and-the-Dragon comes to new and provocative life in this mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee. A gifted young Shakespeare scholar is haunted by …
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Strangers and Sojourners
by Michael D. O'Brien
In the aftermath of World War I, an Englishwoman emigrates to British Columbia where she falls in love with an Irish trapper who is escaping …
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Plague Journal
by Michael O'Brien
Plague Journal is Michael O'Brien's third novel in the Children of the Last Days series. The central character is Nathaniel Delaney, the editor of a …
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Eclipse of the Sun
by Michael David O'Brien
As a result of the degradation of traditional values, a totalitarian regime is established in North America. A newspaper editor in British Columbia is arrested …
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The Island of the World
by Michael D. O'Brien
The Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life …
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Sophia House
by Michael David O'Brien
Sophia House is set in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Pawel Tarnowski, a bookseller, gives refuge to David Schäfer, a Jewish youth who has escaped …
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Theophilos
by Michael David O'Brien
"In this fictional narrative, Theophilis is the skeptical but beloved adoptive father of St. Luke. Challenged by the startling account of the 'Christos' received in …
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The Diary of a Country Priest
by Georges Bernanos
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country priest who grows to understand his provincial parish while learning …
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The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
One of C.S. Lewis's most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is …
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The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
A tormented, alcoholic priest is pursued by an idealistic lieutenant during an anti-clerical persecution in Mexico.
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Mariette in Ecstasy
by Ron Hansen
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
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The Penguin Complete Father Brown
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular way of dealing with crime. David Timson, having completed the whole of Arthur Conan Doyle's …
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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 Pilgrimage
by Paulo Coelho
The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you …
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House of Gold
by Bud Macfarlane, Jr.
The world has come to a screeching halt. The lights are out. And a desperate father is a long, long way from home. Buzz Woodward. …
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Dominion I: Seed
by Compasse
A great monument of the Islamic faith crumbles to the ground in a freak earthquake, setting the stage for mankind's entry into the next age; …
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Dominion II: Phoenix
by Compasse
Second book in the apocalyptic epic series, "Dominion". Jonathan and Nathan have been best friends since their first contentious meeting in the seventh grade, yet …
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Dominion III: Tryst
by Compasse
Third book in the apocalyptic epic series, "Dominion". Following the calamitous debut of The Phoenix, a traumatized Simon and grief-stricken Nathan reunite in an attempt …
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The Death of a Pope
by Piers Paul Read
The Death of a Pope by the highly acclaimed British writer Read is a novel of intrigue, church espionage, and an attempt to destroy the …