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PRIMARY LIST
BIOGRAPHY
Ambrose, Stephen
Appleby
Augustine, St
Eisenhower
Story of the man who was both Supreme Allied Commander
during World War II and then one of the first presidents
during the Cold War.
Thomas Jefferson
Confessions
Riveting study of the complex and influential man who
wrote the Declaration of Independence, was a southern
slave-owning plantation owner, and shaped the American
democracy decisively through his presidency and many
other offices.
The first of all autobiographies and still one of the greatest.
Boswell
Life of Samuel Johnson, The
Brands, HW
First American, The
Cartledge, Paul
Alexander the Great
Chambers, Whitaker
Chernow, Ron
Witness
Alexander Hamilton
Chesterton, G.K.
Autobiography
Denton, Jeremiah
When Hell Was in Session
Everitt, Anthony
Augustus
Everitt, Anthony
Cicero
Frankl, Victor
Man's Search for Meaning
Fraser, David
Goodwin, Doris
Kearns
Frederick the Great
Team of Rivals: The
Political Genius of Abraham
Lincoln
Keegan, John
Churchill
Maraniss, David
When Pride Still Mattered
Plutarch
Plutarch’s Lives
Considered one of the finest biographies in the English
language, studies Johnson's life as a man of letters, public
commentator, and author of a long-used English dictionary.
Comprehensive and readable biography of Benjamin
Franklin.
Discusses the life of the man who conquered most of the
known world before dying at the age of 33, thereby making
Greek culture and language known everywhere.
First-hand account and unveiling of the place and influence
of communists in America.
Founding father and first secretary of the Treasury.
One of the 20th centuries greatest writers and popular
philosophers.
First-hand account of an American officer's seven years of
torture, resistance, and leadership in Vietmamese POW
camps.
A modern account of the first permanent Roman Emperor,
who transformed Rome from a Republic into an Empire.
A modern acount of one of Rome's finest men: statesman,
orator, philosopher.
Philosophical reflection on human nature and the meaning
of life, based on the author's first-hand experience in a Nazi
concentration camp.
Accessible modern biography of the influential 18th century
king of Prussia.
Discusses the genius of Lincoln in his handling of his
cabinet and presidency.
Brief but extremely interesting life of Winston Churchill
and his times, part of “Penguin Lives” series.
Story of one of America's greatest football coaches and
molders of men, Vince Lombardi.
One of the first biographers, Plutarch tells the story of
Greece and Rome's most famous individuals.
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Joan of Arc
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Twain's masterwork biography of this medieval French
saint.
ECONOMICS
Hazlitt, Henry
Heyne, Paul
Economics in One Lesson;
Three Rivers Press, 1979.
Economic Way of Thinking,
The
Basic argument for the need to consider all economic issues
not only in the short-term and in so far as they affect some
people, but also in the long-term and in so far as they affect
all.
Exellent introductory textbook to economics.
FICTION
Aeschylus
Oresteia (Agamemnon, The
Libation Bearers, The
Eumenides)
Aeschylus
Persians, The
Group of 3 plays. The Agamemnon tells of the murder of
Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover
Aegisthus; the Libation Bearers tells of the revenge that
Orestes and his sister Electra take upon their mother and of
the subsequent pursuit of Orestes by the Furies; and the
Eumenides finishes the tale with Orestes' acquittal and
release from the Furies by Apollo and Athena.
One of the earliest Greek tragedies, covering the recent
events of the Persian wars.
Persuasion
A young woman named Anne Elliot was persuaded not to
marry a navy captain with no fortune, ancestry, or prospects,
but when he returns home 7 years later she starts to believe
in second chances.
David Copperfield
Story of a boy who loses his parents at an early age, and
who escapes the torture of working for his pitiless stepfather
to try to make something of himself and, with any luck, find
true happiness.
Tale of Two Cities, A
Story of the plight of an innocent French aristocrat, his
bride, her long-suffering father, and her loyal English
caretaker as they are all caught up in the blood and death of
the French Revolution.
Austen, Jane
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Brothers Karamazov, The
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Crime and Punishment
Eliot, T.S.
Four Quartets
A fervent, philosophical novel that explores deep into the
truths of God, free will, and morality. It tells the story of an
intellectual Ivan, sensual Dmitri, and idealistic Alyosha
Karamazov, who collide in the wake of their despicable
father's brutal murder.
Classic study about conscience written by the great Russian
writer: challenging but worthwhile.
A set of four poems in Eliot's later life about man's
relationship with time, the universe, and the divine.
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Eliot, T.S.
Euripides
Euripides
Homer
Homer
Melville, Herman
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Murder in the Cathedral
A play about the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in
Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, dealing with the individual's
opposition to authority, and having great import for the then
impending totalitarian regime of Nazism in Europe.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Classical Greek play in which Iphigenia, the daughter of
Agamemnon, escapes with the help of her brother Orestes
after years of servitude.
Medea
Tells the story of Medea, a barbarian princess, who takes
revenge upon her husband Jason (the famous hero) when he
abandons her in order to marry a Greek royal princess.
Illiad, The
First great work of western literature. A truly epic poem
detailing a cross-section of the Trojan War, with deep
insights into man, virtue, and immortality.
Oddysey, The
Sequel to the Iliad, detailing the 10 year struggle for
Odysseus to return home and save his wife and home from
being taken by those who stayed behind from the Trojan
War.
Moby Dick
Considered one of the great American novels. Tells story of
the hunt for the whale 'Moby Dick', and uses much
symbolism and metaphor to explore numerous complex
themes.
O'Connor, Flannery
Short stories
Orwell, George
1984
Orwell, George
Animal Farm
Stories of American Catholic writer O'Connor. Written in
southern Gothic style and relying heavily on regional
settings and striking characters.
A dystopian novel about a country ruled by a completely
totalitarian regime.
Novel about animals who take over a farm; allegory of
communism.
Merchant of Venice, The
This is one of Shakespeare's darkest comedies, for the
romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has
squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the
wealthy lady he loves is set against the most disturbing story
of the Jewish moneylender Shylock and his demand for the
"pound of flesh" owed him by the Venetian merchant,
Antonio, who has fallen into Shylock's debt. Here pathos
and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic
entanglement to display the extraordinary power and range
of Shakespeare at his best.
Midsummer Night's Dream,
A
Portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a
group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke of
Athens, Theseus, the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, and
with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.
Othello
Tragedy of love, violence, and jealousy. Centers around the
love of the Moorish general Othello for the Venetian woman
Desdemona.
Shakespeare,
William
Shakespeare,
William
Shakespeare,
William
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Shakespeare,
William
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Romeo and Juliet
Quo Vadis
Trilogy--Part 1: With Fire
and Sword
Trilogy--Part 2: The Deluge
Trilogy--Part 3: Fire in the
Steppe
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One of the most famous romantic tragedies in history.
Romeo and Juliet come from enemy families and through a
tragic mistake both commit suicide thinking the other has
died.
Historical account of the Nero, the early Christians, the
burning of Rome, and the relationship betweeen a young
Roman soldier-aristocrat and a Christian girl.
Phenomenal epic novel (part 1 of 3) about war and heroism
in the glory days of 17th century Poland.
Phenomenal epic novel (part 2 of 3) about war and heroism
in the glory days of 17th century Poland.
Phenomenal epic novel (part 3 of 3) about war and heroism
in the glory days of 17th century Poland.
Solzhenitsyn,
Alexander
One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich
Sophocles
Antigone
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus
Novel set in a Soviet labor camp in the 1950s. Describes a
single day in the life of an ordinary prisoner. It was the first
work detailing Stalinist repression that was openly
distributed.
One of Sophocles' most famous plays, dealing with the
question of the state and natural law.
To be read after Oedipus Rex and before Antigone, the play
describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life.
Oedipus the King
A gripping tragedy of how Oedipus fell from being a hero
and king to an ill-fated man, as he recognizes his true
identity as murderer to his father and husband to his mother.
War and Peace
Justifiably called the greatest work of fiction in world
literature. Formidable in length but thoroughly enjoyable
once you get into the story. Its brilliant characterization and
narrative power make it read quickly. (But skip the “essay”
chapters that Tolstoy inserted into the narrative. Critics
agree that this was a mistake by Tolstoy.) Also read Anna
Karenina, Tolstoy’s other towering masterpiece.
Sophocles
Tolstoy, Leo
Twain, Mark
Huckleberry Finn
Undset, Sigrid
Kristin Lavransdatter
Unlike Tom Sawyer, this is not a children’s book. It has
been called the greatest American novel and has insights
that only adults can fully appreciate. It is, besides,
hilariously funny.
Gripping historical novel about the life, struggles, and
family of a girl in medieval Norway.
Brideshead Revisted
Wonderful story about the loves, struggles, weaknesses, and
redemption of an English Catholic aristocratic family in the
early 20th century.
Waugh, Evelyn
GENERAL INTEREST
Behe, Michael
Belloc, Hillaire
Darwin’s Black Box
Crisis of Civilization, The
An overwhelming case against Darwin on the biochemical
level.
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Brownson, Orestes
American Republic, The
Brownson, Orestes
Brownson Reader, The
Burke, Edmund
On Revolution
Chesterton, G.K.
Orthodoxy
What's Wrong with the
World?
Chesterton, G.K.
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An important work of political theory on the American
constitution and founding.
Collection of writings of a 19th century American activist,
intellectual, and convert to Catholicism.
Reflections on the French Revolution from a contemporary
Irish Whig statesman in the English House of Commons.
Classic inquiry into man's place in and knowledge of the
world.
A unified work about all the broad array of worries that
trouble the world; readable in essay-like chunks.
Hamilton, Madison,
and Jay
Federalist Papers, The
Johnson, Phillip
Darwin on Trial
Publication of articles between some of the founding fathers
as they debated in the 1780s what the country's new
constitution should look like.
An excellent presentation of the standard arguments of
intelligent design against the claims of Darwin.
Did Darwin get it Right?
Sets the facts straight by showing the compatibility of
Catholic doctrine about creation with scientific evidence
about the origin of the universe, while at the same time
pointing out some of the widely accepted though dubious
and unsupported claims of Darwin.
Johnston, George
Sim
Lewis, C.S.
Great Divorce, The
Lewis, C.S.
Grief Oberved, A
A work of fantasy that portrays Christian perceptions of the
life after death allegorically, specifically one individual's
journey from hell/purgatory ("the grey town") to heaven and
salvation.
A collection of reflections on the experience of
bereavement.
Newman, John
Henry
Essential Newman, The
Collection of sermons, philosophical treatises, and
apologetics from the great 19th century convert from
Anglicanism to Catholicism.
O'Connor, Flannery
Postman, Neil
Schall, James
Good Man is Hard to Find,
A
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Another Sort of Learning
Sertillanges, A.
Intellectual Life, The
Oneo of the best collections of American short stories,
expressed through grotesque, often comic, situations in
which the principal character faces a problem of salvation.
Critique of media.
Excellent guide to getting a liberal arts education.
A necessary read for anyone interested in a serious
development of the mind and a life-long study of the truth.
Democracy in America
Extremely insightful treatise on American culture and
government, written by a visitng Frenchman in the mid-19th
century.
Tocqueville, Alexis
de
HISTORY
Allen, William
Francis
Short History of the Roman
People, A
Ambrose, Stephen
Citizen Soldiers
Old but excellent 1-volume history of Rome.
Excellent account of D-Day invasion and its aftermath, seen
through the eyes of participants. Winner of Pulitzer Prize.
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Ambrose, Stephen
D-Day
Thrilling account of the D-Day, the largest amphibious
invasion in human history. Full of intervies and stories of
first-hand participants.
Bede, the Venerable
Ecclesiastical History of the
English Nation
Written circa 731, tells the story of the Chuch in England
and of England generally. One of the most important
original references on Anglo-Saxon history.
Galleys of Lepanto, The
Characters of the
Reformation
A companion book to Bradford’s story of the siege of Malta.
Recounts how the Turks were defeated at Lepanto in 1571, a
battle that altered the course of history.
Account of the major figures of the Protestant Reformation
in the 16th century.
Beeching, Jack
Belloc, Hillaire
Berkin, Carol
Burke, Edmund
Brilliant Solution, A
Reflections on the
Revolution in France
Cowley, Robert, ed.
No End Save Victory
Cowley, Robert, ed.
What If?
Crisis of Western Education,
The
Dawson, Christopher
Excellent narrative of the Constitutional Convention of
1787: personalities, background issues, and the great
compromises that led to our enduring Constitution.
Assessment of the French Revelotion by a famous thinker
and politician.
Essays on World War II by leading historians such as
Ambrose, Carr, Keegan, and Manchester.
The world's foremost military historians imagine what might
have been.
Explanation of the problems in modern western education,
their causes, and some suggestions for solving them.
Dawson, Christopher
Dividing of Christendom,
The
Enquiries into Religion and
Culture
Religion and the Rise of
Western Culture
Ellis, Joseph
Founding Brothers
Hamilton, Edith
Greek Way, The
Hamilton, Edith
Roman Way, The
Discusses how Catholics and Protestants came to be divided
and assesses the effects this has had on Western culture.
Some of Dawson's finest essays on the relationship between
religion and culture.
Cultural history arguing for the central role of religion in the
development of European culture.
Discusses the interlocking and complex relationships among
America's founding fathers.
The best short introduction to the Greeks and who they
were.
The best short introduction to the Romans and who they
were.
Persian Wars, The
Written by the "father of history", this tells the epic story of
the background leading to and the events of the 5th century
B.C. wars between the Persians and the Greeks.
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Herodotus
Hillenbrand, Laura
Hughes, Philip
Seabiscuit
Popular History of the
Catholic Church, A
Keegan, John
Face of Battle, The
Exceptionally well written and often exciting story of
Seabiscuit, one of the greatest race horses of the 1930’s,
along with the colorful characters involved in his training
and racing. This is one of the best sports narratives of recent
times, an excellent read.
Only the first 3 editions are good.
An up-close study of 3 famous battles: Agincourt, Waterloo,
and the Somme.
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Keegan, John
First World War, The
Keegan, John
Mask of Command, The
Keegan, John
Second World War, The
Kennedy, David
Freedom from Fear
Steady narrative of the war that opened the bloodshed of the
20th century.
4 military commanders: Alexander the Great, Wellington,
U.S. Grant, Hitler
Following upon his history of the first world war, this is a
good summary by one of the best military historians.
Story of how Americans coped with the Great Depression
and World War II.
Crisis of Islam, The
Insightful analysis of present-day Islam and its portents for
the West, written by America’s foremost authority on the
subject.
Livy
History of Rome
Excellent ancient narrative of the history of Rome from its
foundation until the time of Augustus. The most readable
and still extant section is the first 5 books on the early
history of Rome.
Middlekauff, Robert
Morison, Samuel
Eliot
Glorious Cause, The: The
American Revolution, 17631789
European Discovery of
America
Good narrative history of the American Revolution.
Superb account by a widely acclaimed naval historians of
the 20th century.
Lewis, Bernard
Morison, Samuel
Eliot
Orlandis, Jose
Oxford History of the
American People, The (3
volumes)
Short History of the Catholic
Church, A
One of the most valuable and readable general histories of
the United States.
Good introduction to church history.
Gulag Archipelago
Book based on the Soviet forced labor and concentration
camp system. The three-volume book is a massive narrative
relying on eyewitness testimony and primary research
material, as well as the author's own experiences as a
prisoner in a Gulag labor camp.
Thomas, Hugh
Conquest of Mexico
Detailed history of Cortez’s conquest of Mexico in 1521. A
bit slow with background detail at the beginning, but it picks
up speed and narrative power as the story gets underway.
Thucydides
History of the
Peloponnesian War
Zamoyski, Adam
Moscow 1812
Solzhenitsyn,
Alexander
First-hand account of the 5th-century B.C. Peloponnesian
War between the Athenians and Spartans, and what this war
revealed about the actions characteristic of human nature.
Account of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and its
effects on European history.
PHILOSOPHY
Aquinas, St. Thomas
An Aquinas Reader
Aristotle
Metaphysics
Collection of writings from the greatest philosopher and
theologian of the Middle Ages.
Treatise laying out the main metaphysical thought of
Aristotle.
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Aristotle
Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics
On the Soul
Aristotle
Politics
Augustine, St
Essential Augustine, The
Ethical treatise on man's end, happiness, virtue, friendship,
pleasure, and contemplation.
Treatise on human nature.
After the Repulic of Plato, this is the most famous book of
political philosophy ever written, and deservedly so.
A collection of writings from one of the most important
philosophers and theologians in Western history.
City of God, The
Probably one of the most important books ever written,
covering the ultimate end of man, the role of the state and
the Church, and an assessment of Rome as it neared its fall
in the 5th century.
Augustine, St.
Cicero, Marcus
Tullius
Cicero, Marcus
Tullius
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Lewis, C.S.
Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
More, St. Thomas
Newman, John
Henry
Pieper, Josef
On Duties
On Friendship
History of Christian
Philosophy in the Middle
Ages, The
Modern Philosophy:
Descartes to Kant
Problem of Pain, The
An Introduction to
Philosophy
Three Reformers: Luther,
Descartes, Rousseau
Dialougue of Comfort
Against Tribulation, A
Pieper, Josef
Idea of a University, The
Four Cardinal Virtues, The
Happiness and
Contemplation
Pieper, Josef
Leisure, the Basis of Culture
Plato
Plato
Five Great Dialogues
Phaedo
Plato
Thonnard; Maziarz
trans.
Republic, The
Short History of Philosophy,
A
SPIRITUAL READING
One of Cicero's great philosophical dialogues, covering the
relationship between duty and utility, and the four cardinal
virtues.
Dialogues on the meaning of friendship, using the historical
Roman characters of Scipio Africanus and Laelius.
Good one-volume history of medieval philosophy by a 20th
century Thomist.
Good one-volume history of modern philosophy by a 20th
century Thomist.
Treatise on the age-old question of how human suffering
can be compatible with an all-good, all-powerful God.
A good, short introduction to philosophy by one of the great
Thomists of the 20th century.
The role that these three men played in shaping modern
religion, thought, and society.
Devotional book written in the tower of London while More
awaited execution.
Argument for the true definition and role of a university as
an institution that teaches universal knowledge.
Modern treatise on the four cardinal virtues.
Account of man's true end and the necessity of
contemplation in a fulfilled human life.
Attempts to define culture and the necessary conditions for
its development, both in society and in an individual's life.
Some of Plato's finest dialogues, surrounding the trial, last
days, and death of Socrates.
Dialogue focusing on the immortality of the soul.
One of the most famous books in Western philosophy,
concerning justice, human nature, politics, and the ideal
state.
Excellent traditional history of philosophy in one volume.
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Auclair, Marcelle
Teresa of Avila
Biography of the great Spanish saint, mystic, and Carmelite
reformer of the 16th century.
Benson, Robert Hugh
Friendship of Christ, The
How to become a true friend with Christ in one's life.
Boylan, Eugene
Difficulties in Mental Prayer
Burke, Cormac
Chautard, Jean
Baptiste
Concience and Truth
Helpful recommendations on how to do mental prayer.
Very clear argument about the proper relationship between
conscience and truth and their compatibility.
Important explanation of the fact that prayer is the true and
necessary foundation of all apostolate.
Wonderful story of the man who was the great synthesizer
of Aristotle and Christianity.
Chesterton, G.K.
Daujat, Jean
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Escriva, St.
Josemaria
Fernandez Carvajal,
F.
Soul of the Apostolate, The
St. Thomas Aquinas: the
Dumb Ox
Faith Applied, The
Friends of God
Bedrock ideas for living one's faith.
Collection of homilies given on major feasts throughout the
year.
Collection of 1055 aphorisms designed to help and foster
personal prayer, and tracing the soul's journey through life.
Collection of homilies covering major themes of the
Christian life.
Furrow
Collection of 1000 aphorisms designed to help and foster
personal prayer, and focusing on all the human and
Christian virtues.
Holy Rosary
Commentary on each mystery of the rosary.
Stations of the Cross
Commentary on each station of the cross.
Way, The
St. Josemaria's most famous and best-selling book.
Collection of 999 aphorisms designed to help and foster
personal prayer, tracing one's path through the spiritual life.
Daily meditations for the entire liturgical year, to be read
and used for personal prayer.
Christ is Passing By
Forge, The
Francis de Sales, St.
In Conversation with God
Introduction to the Devout
Life
Gondrand, Francois
At God's Pace
Knox, Ronald
Creed in Slow Motion, The
Knox, Ronald
Hidden Stream, The
NA
Bible, The
One-volume biography of St. Josemaria Escriva.
Collection of sermons systematically covering the articles of
the Apostle's Creed.
Addresses to Oxford students in which Knox evaluates
fundamental dogmas of Catholicism.
The 46 books of the Old Testament, and the 27 books of the
New Testament.
NA
Scepter booklets #s: 15, 18,
20, 43, 61, 62, 89, 92, 118,
122, 125, 147, 158, 168,
179, 184, 188, 208
Excellent short pamphlets written to help one grow in living
the Christian life. Available at www.tenley.org
Famous treatise on the spiritual life.
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NA
Scepter booklets #s: 4, 8, 66,
96, 123, 124, 136, 140, 152,
159, 169, 172, 174, 180,
187, 201
Excellent short pamphlets written to increase your
knowledge on foundational and pertinent issues in Catholic
doctrine and philosophy. Available at www.tenley.org
Rohrbach, Peter T.
Conversation with Christ
Helpful reflections for how to pray.
Sheed, Frank
Theology for Beginners
Urteaga, Jesus
Saints in the World
Walsh, William
Our Lady of Fatima
Wegemer, Gerald
Portrait of Courage, A
Basic contemporary introduction to theology.
Passionate call to live the human virtues so necessary to a
complete Christian life.
Account of the apparitions at Fatima in the early 20th
century.
Biography of Thomas More: lawyer, statesmen, humanist,
husband, father, martyr, and saint.
NA
Catechism of the Catholic
Church.
Official summary and handbook of Catholic doctrine,
broken into four parts: the creed, the sacraments, the moral
law, and prayer.
Newman, John
Henry
An Essay on the
Development of Christian
Doctrine
Trese, Leo J.
Faith Explained, The
Explains how Catholic doctrine is always the same but
men's understanding of it can grow.
Classic, systematic explanation of the teachings of the
Catholic Church.
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BIOGRAPHY
Ambrose, Stephen
Ellis, Joseph
Nixon
Reign [or Rise] of Napolean
Bonaparte, The
Kid, The
Path to Rome, The
Disraeli
Titan: The Life of JD
Rockefeller
St. Francis of Assisi
American Sphinx
His Excellency: George
Washington
Ellis, Joseph
Fraser, Antonia
Passionate Sage
Mary Queen of Scots
Guinness, Alec
Kissenger, Henry
Blessings in Disguise
White House Years, The
Asprey, Robert
Axhelm, Pete
Belloc, Hillaire
Blake, Robert
Chernow, Ron
Chesterton, G.K.
Ellis, Joseph
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Macartney, Clarence
Manchester, William
Marks, Frederick
McPherson, James
More, St. Thomas
Morris, Edmund
Newman, John
Henry
Pearce, Joseph
Peguy, Charles
Reynolds, E.E.
Roper, William
Rubin, Nancy
Smith, Ellen Hart
Strause, Jean
Thatcher, Margaret
Thomas, Emory
Thomas, Evan
Waugh, Evelyn
Lincoln and His Cabinet
Last Lion, The
Wind Over Sand: The
Diplomacy of Franklin
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln and the
Second American
Revolution
Last Letters of Thomas
More, The
Theodore Rex
Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Literary Converts
Mystery of the Charity of
Joan of Arc, The
St. Thomas More
Life of More
Isabella of Castille
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Morgan
Downing Street Years, The
Robert E. Lee
John Paul Jones: Sailor,
Hero, Father of the
American Navy
Life of Monsignor Ronald
Knox
ECONOMICS
Pirenne, Henri
Sowell, Thomas
Economic and Social
History of Medieval Europe
Basic Economics: A
Citizen's Guide to the
Economy, Revised and
Expanded. Published by
Basic Books.
EDUCATION
Augustine, St.
Highet, Gilbert
Maritain, Jacques
On Education
Art of Teaching, The
Education at the Crossroads
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FICTION
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Carroll, Lewis
Carroll, Lewis
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
Claudel, Paul
Claudel, Paul
Claudel, Paul
Claudel, Paul
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Cooper, James
Fenimore
Cooper, James
Fenimore
Corneille, Pierre
Crane, Stephen
di Lampedusa,
Giuseppe Tomasi
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Emma
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibillity
Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
Through the Looking-glass.
And What Alice Found
There.
Father Brown Series
Lepanto: Battle of the White
Horse.
Man Who Was Thursday,
The
Napoleon of Notting Hill,
The
Hostage, The
Satin Slipper, The
Tidings Brought to Mary,
The
Ways and Crossways
Nigger of the Narcissus, The
Nostromo
Rulers of the East an West
Secret Agent, The
Typhoon
Youth
Pioneers, The
Prairie, The
Cid, The
Maggie and Other Short
Stories
Leopard, The
Bleak House
Dombay and Son
Hard Times
Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist
Pickwick Papers
Diary of a Writer, The
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Eliot, George
Eliot, George
Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Greene, Graham
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel
Henry, O.
Hesiod
Hesiod
Hopkins, Gerard
Manley
Irving, Washington
Lardner, Ring
Manzoni, Alessandro
Melville, Herman
Melville, Herman
Miller, William
O'Connor, Flannery
O'Connor, Flannery
Pressfield, Stephen
Pushkin, Alexander
Sandars, N.K.
Shaara, Michael
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Swift, Jonathan
Thompson, Francis
Thoreau, Henry
David
Tolkien, JRR
Idiot, The
Middlemarch
Mill on the Floss, The
Ash Wednesday
Cocktail Party, The
Elder Statesman, The
Family Reunion, The
Rock, The
Waste Land, The
Confidential Agent, The
House of the Seven Gables,
The
Scarlet Letter, The
Selected Short Stories
Theogony
Works and Days
Poems and Prose
Legend of Sleepy Hollow,
The
Short Stories
Betrothed, The
Redburn
Way to Dusty Death, The
Canticle for Liebowitz, A
Violent Bear it Away, The
Wise Blood
Gates of Fire
Capitain's Daugter, The
Epic of Gilgamesh, The
Gods and Generals
Little Trilogy, The
Teutonic Knights, The
East of Eden
Grapes of Wrath, The
Red Pony, The
Gulliver’s Travels
Hound of Heaven and Other
Poems, The
Walden
Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien,
The
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Tolstoy, Leo
Turgenev, Ivan
Twain, Mark
Undset, Sigrid
Undset, Sigrid
Undset, Sigrid
Undset, Sigrid
Waugh, Evelyn
Waugh, Evelyn
Waugh, Evelyn
Wilder, Thornton
Wilder, Thornton
Wilder, Thornton
Death of Ivan Ilyich
Fathers and Sons
Prince and the Pauper, The
Burning Bush, The
Longest Years, The
Master of Hestviken, The
Wild Orchid, The
End of the Battle
Handful of Dust, A
Vile Bodies
Eight Day, The
Ides of March, The
Our Town
GENERAL INTEREST
Adler, Mortimer
Belloc, Hillaire
Belloc, Hillaire
Belloc, Hillaire
Belloc, Hillaire
Belloc, Hillaire
Belloc, Hillaire
Bennett, William
How to read a book
Catholocism and Socialism
Essays of a Catholic
Laymen
Europe and One Faith
Hills and the Sea, The
Religion and Civil Liberty
Servile State, The
Book of Virtues, The
Eliot, T.S.
Newton's Gift: How Sir
Isaac Newton Unlocked the
System of the World
What Color is Your
Parachute?
Convert, The: Leaves from
My Experience
Selected Essays
Selected Writings and
Speeches
Catholic Church and
Conversion, The
Heretics
Thing, The
What I Saw in America
After Strange Gods: A
Primer of Modern Heresy
Eliot, T.S.
Christianity And Culture:
The Idea of a Christian
Society and Notes Toward
the Definition of Culture
Berlinski, David
Bolles, Richard
Brownson, Orestes
Brownson, Orestes
Burke, Edmund
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
Chesterton, G.K.
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Eliot, T.S.
Eliot, T.S.
Fisher, St. John
Frankfurt, Henri et
al.
Gill, Eric
Gill, Eric
Gill, Eric
Gill, Eric
Gill, Eric
Guardini, Romano
Guardini, Romano
Hopkins, Gerard
Manley
Hopkins, Gerard
Manley
Hugh of St. Victor
James, Henry
James, Henry
Kass
Kirkwood, R. Cort
Lewis, C.S.
Lewis, C.S.
Lewis, Michael
Marcel, Gabriel
More, St. Thomas
Newman, John
Henry
Newman, John
Henry
Newman, John
Henry
Tocqueville, Alexis
de
Voegelin, Eric
Essays Ancient and Modern
Selected Essays
English Works, The
Before Philosophy: The
Intellectual Adventure of
Ancient Man
It All Goes Together:
Selected Essays
Last Essays
Money and Morals
Necessity of Belief, The: An
Enquiry into Nature of
Human Certainty, the
Causes of Skepticism, and
the Grounds of Morality
Work and Leisure
End of the Modern World,
The: A Search for
Orentation
Faith and Modern Man, The
Letters
Notebooks and Papers
On the Study of Reading
Turn of the Screw, The
Washington Square
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar
Real Men: Ten Courageous
Americans To Know &
Admire.
Allegory of Love: A Study
in Medieval Tradition, The
That Hideous Strength
Coach: Lessons on the
Game of Life
Man Against Mass Society
Correspondence
Disscussions and Arguments
on Various Subjects
Essays and Sketches
Letters and Correspondence
Old Regime and the French
Revolution, The
Science, Polotics, and
Gnosticism
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HISTORY
Ambrose, Stephen
Ambrose, Stephen
Applebaum
Belloc, Hillaire
Bossuet, Jacques B.
Bradley
Bradley
Bullock, Alan
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Daniel-Rops, Henri
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Band of Brothers
Undaunted Courage
Gulag
How the Reformation
Happened
Discourse on Universal
History
Flags of Our Fathers
Flyboys
Hitler and Stalin
Cathedral and Crusade
Catholic Reformation, The
Church in the Dark Ages,
The
Church in the Eighteenth
Century, The
Church in the Nineteeth
Century, The
Church in the Seventeenth
Century, The
Church of Apostles and
Martyrs, The
Protestant Reformation, The
Dynamics of World History
Education and the Crisis of
Christian Culture
Dawson, Christopher
Historic Reality of Christian
Culture, The; A Way to the
Renewal of Human Life
Making of Europe, The
Medeival Essays
Movement of World
Revolution, The
Dawson, Christopher
Progress and Religion
Dawson, Christopher
Religion and Culture
Religion and the Modern
State
Understanding Europe
Ecclesiastical History
Civil War, The: A Narrative
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Dawson, Christopher
Eusebius of Caesarea
Foote, Shelby
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Glantz, David and
House, Jonathan
Battle of Kursk, The
Gordon, John Steel
Thread Across the Ocean, A
Hughes, Philip
Church in Crisis, The: A
History of the General
Councils, 325-1870
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek
Culture (3 volumes)
Jaeger, Werner
Knox, Ronald
Lindbergh, Charles
Manchester, William
Massie, R.K.
Moorehead, Alan
History of the American
People, A
Modern Times
Perfect Storm, The
Enthusiasm: A Chapter in
the History of Religion
Spirit of St. Louis, The
Death of a President
Romanovs, The
Russian Revolution, The
Pakenham, Thomas
Prange, Gordon
Boer War, The
At Dawn We Slept
Prange, Gordon
Miracle at Midway
Radzinsky, Edvard
Rawicz, Slavomir
Schama, Simon
Rasputin File, The
Long Walk, The
History of Britain, A
Tacitus
Annals, The
Tacitus
Toland, John
von Luck, Hans
Histories, The
No Man's Land
Panzer Commander
Wedgwood, C.V.
Wise, Stephen
Thirty Years War, The
Lifeline of the Confederacy
Johnson, Paul
Johnson, Paul
Junger, Sebastian
PHILOSOPHY
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Aquinas, St. Thomas
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Boethius
Bonaventure, St.
Budziezewski, Jay
Copleston, Frederick
Copleston, Frederick
Farrell, Walter
Freemantle, Anne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
On Being and Essence
Summa Contra Gentiles
Summa Theologiae
Consolation of Philosophy,
The
On the Reduction of the Arts
to Philosophy
What We Can't Not Know
History of Philosophy, A
(volume 9)
History of Philosophy, A
(volumes 1-6, 8)
Companion to the Summa,
A
Age of Belief: Medieval
Philosopher, The
Arts of the Beautiful, The
Chistian Philosophy of St.
Thomas Aquinas, The
Christianity and Philosophy
Elements of Christian
Philosophy, The
Gilson, Etienne
Kreeft, Peter
Kreeft, Peter
Kreeft, Peter
Gilson Reader, A
God and Philosophy
Reason and Revelation in
the Middle Ages
Spirit of Medieval
Philosophy, The
Spirit of Thomism, The
Unity of Philisophical
Experience, The
Back to Virtue
Making Choices
Shorter Summa, A
Lecler, Joseph, S.J.
Two Sovereignties, The:
Relationship Between
Church and State
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Gilson, Etienne
Lewis, C.S.
MacIntyre, Alisdair
Maritain, Jacques
Four Loves, The
Three Rival Versions of
Moral Inquiry
Art and Scholasticism
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Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
More, St. Thomas
Newman, John
Henry
Pieper, Josef
Pieper, Josef
Pieper, Josef
Pieper, Josef
Plato
Sheed, Frank
Simon, Yves
Degrees of Kowledge, The
Moral Philosophy: An
Historical and Critical
Survey of the Great Systems
Person and the Common
Good, The
Reflections on America
St. Thomas Aquinas
Utopia
An Essay in Aid of a
Grammer Assent
Belief and Faith:
Philosophical Tract
Guide to Thomas Aquinas
Reality and the Good
Silence of St. Thomas, The
Simon, Yves
Simon, Yves
Smith, Vincent
Edward
Veatch, Henry
Timaeus
Communism and Man
Freedom and Community
General Theory of
Authority, A
Philosophy of Democratic
Government, The
Tradition of Natural Law,
The
Work, Society, and Culture
Philosophy of nature.
General Science of Nature.
Aristotle
Veatch, Henry
Wallace, William
Young, John
Rational Man: A Modern
Interpretation of Aristotelian
Ethics
Philosophy of nature
Reasoning Things Out
Simon, Yves
Simon, Yves
SPIRITUAL READING
Adam, Karl
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Christ our Brother
Catechetical Instructions of
St. Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas, St. Thomas
My Way of Life
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Baur, B.
Frequent Confession
Berglar, Peter
Opus Dei
Coverdale, John
Fernandez Carvajal,
F.
Uncommon Faith
Gasnier, Michel
Joseph the Silent
Passion and Death of Our
Lord, The
Public Life of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, The
Goodier, Alban
Goodier, Alban
Holzner, Josef
Lukewarmness
John Paul II
Paul of Tarsus
Crossing the Threshold of
Hope
Kempis, Thomas
Imitation of Christ
Knox, Ronald
Retreat for Lay People, A
Luna, Francisco
Luna, Francisco
How To Pray
Making the Most of
Confession
More, St. Thomas
Last Things, The
Pieper, Josef
On Hope
Pieper, Josef
What Catholics Believe
Sheen Fulton
Life of Christ
Trochu, Francois
Bernadette Soubirous
Trochu, Francois
Cure of Ars, The
Walsh, William
St. Peter the Apostle
Walsh, William
St. Teresa of Avila
Coverdale, John
Early Christian
Writers
Putting Down Roots: Fr.
Joseph Muzquiz and the
Growth of Opus Dei
Apostolic Fathers, The
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Kreeft, Peter &
Tacelli, Ronald
Leo XIII
Newman, John
Henry
(Pocket) Handbook of
Christian Apologetics.
Church Speaks to the
Modern World, The: Social
Teachings of Leo XII (18781901)
Sermons
Pegis, Anton
Wisdom of Catholicism, The
Pius X
Catechetial Writings
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