Greatest Catholic / Christian Fiction
Discover the greatest Catholic and Christian fiction books of all time. Explore inspiring stories of faith, hope, and redemption in this curated list of must-read novels for believers.
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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 man who may be the Antichrist and induce him to repent.
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Dear and Glorious Physician
by Taylor Caldwell
Today St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this Lucanus that Taylor Caldwell tells here in one of the most stirring stories ever lived or written.
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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 the chronicle from his beloved son Luke and concerned for the newly zealous young man's fate, Theophilos, a Greek physician and an agnostic, embarks on a search for Luke to bring him home. He is gravely concerned about the deadly 'illusions' to which Luke has succumbed regarding the incredible stories surrounding Jesus of Nazareth, a man of contradictions who has caused so much controversy throughout the Roman Empire. Thus begins a long journey that will take Theophilos deep into the war between nations and empires, truth and myth, good and evil, and into unexpected dimensions of his very self"--Page 2 of cover.
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The Silver Chalice
by Thomas Bertram Costain
First published in 1953, this classic recounts the story of Basil, a young silversmith, who is commissioned by the apostle Luke to fashion a holder for the cup Jesus will ultimately use at the Last Supper.
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Xander Cricket Library presents the timeless classic by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Quo Vadis is a tale of love between a young Christian woman, Lygia, and a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of Nero around AD 64. Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively prior to writing the novel, and several historic figures appear in the book. Originally published in 1896, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time.
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The Shroud Codex
by Jerome R Corsi
From "New York Times"-bestselling author Corsi comes a novel about a priest who looks like the figure on the Shroud of Turin after a near-death experience.