The Divided Kingdom by Allison Ramirez
What sinister secrets hide behind the walls of the Island of Mirror?
Christmas Books to Curl up With
Get into the Advent spirit with stories that entertain and don’t water down the holiday.
The 1st Catholic Reads Readers Choice Award
The list of books that won by popular vote for 2024, with a Honorary Mention section for notable past year’s books.
November Books To Pray With: For Anyone Who Has Lost a Child
A book list for those who are grieving, and those praying for them.
Worth Dying For By Marie C. Keiser
In the shady corporate-ruled galaxy, a man can acknowledge no god. Yet having nothing worth dying for frightens Mark more than death itself.
October Books to Pray With: For a Shared Mission
A list of books exploring the theme of solidarity between clergy and laity.
Infinite Regress by Joshua Hren
Poetic justice when the victim of a predator priest finds freedom from his seducer.
The Glaston Secret by Donal Anthony Foley
Can three modern teens and a little black dog rescue a group of fleeing refugees in Nazi-occupied France?
The Needle of Avocation by G.M. Baker
A match no one wants, except perhaps the groom. A mystery that could destroy everything.
For the Pastoral Care of the Sick: July Books to Pray with Reading List
Use your recreational reading to foster an empathetic and Catholic imagination. A reading list to reflect on the sacrament of anointing of the sick, for them and their caregivers.
For Those Fleeing Their Country: June Books to Pray With Series
A reading list to reflect on the plight of migrants and refugees. We pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys full of danger and violence, find welcome and new opportunities in the countries that receive them.
May Books to Pray With: For the Formation of Religious & Seminarians
A list of books to deepen your prayers for the formation of religious vocations in the church. Grow your imagination and empathy through the power of story.
Secrets: The Truth Will Out By Verity Lucia
Two little lines are about to change Elise’s perfect teen world.
Doctors, Assassins, and Other Tyrants by Katherine Campbell
Kidnapped princes, delusional assassins, and a dim-witted unicorn. What could possibly go wrong?
Bread from Home by Fr. Stephen Siniari
We all hunger for the same food from heaven. A collection of short stories exploring an Albanian Orthodox church community, their Catholic and Evangelical neighbors, and the hunger for heaven that unites them all.
Books to Pray With, March: For the New Martyrs
Every month in 2024 Pope Francis has a monthly prayer intention. Every month we will release a book list that will draw your heart and soul deeper into prayer on these topics.
St. Agnes and the Selkie by G. M. Baker
Cast up by the sea. Courted by the king. Followed by danger.
Trapped in Time by Jerry J. Weis
Can a team of misfit teens save the day in this wholesome time-traveling romp?
Books To Pray With: Feb For the Terminally Ill
Every month in 2024 Pope Francis has a monthly prayer intention. Every month we will release a book list that will draw your heart and soul deeper into prayer on these topics.
Books to Pray with: January The Gift of Diversity
Every month in 2024 Pope Francis has a monthly prayer intention. Every month we will release a book list that will draw your heart and soul deeper into prayer on these topics.
January starts the year off with praying for and in thanks of the gift of diversity to the church.
Greater Treasures by Karina Fabian
Will Vern sacrifice the fate of two worlds for the life of his best friend?
Voice in the Storm By: Eric Thomas Ruthford
Four young teens find their voice in the storm while navigating the humorous social complexities of summer camp.
A Truly Raptor-ous Welcome by Corinna Turner
There’s no such thing as a normal day on a dino-farm. But can Darryl and Harry’s new city-slicker stepmom make it through the first day without fainting?
Revelations Of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich, read by Sr. Wendy Beckett, Edited by Donna K. Triggs
A 14th century account of visions exploring the meaning of love, and God as love.
The Monks’ Daily Bread by Sylvia Dorham
A nursery rhyme for toddlers showing them the daily life in a monastery.
Milestone to Manhood: A Christian Rite of Passage to Help Your 13-Year-Old Son Make the Leap from Boyhood to Manhood by David Arms and Steven Arms
One father’s quest to help his sons learn what it means to be a man – and how you can start your own tradition.
Lord of the Rings & the Eucharist by Scott L. Smith
What do trees have to do with Bread & Wine?
The Wistful and the Good by G. M. Baker
Two weeks after the sacking of Lindisfarne, Norse traders aren’t welcome in Northumbria. But they’re here. Does a Viking really have a chance with an English noblewoman?
Legion by William Peter Blatty
When a boy is crucified, Detective Kinderman finds himself chasing down a murderer who is already dead.
In Pieces by Rhonda Ortiz
Is a marriage without love the only way to save Molly Chase’s reputation?
