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La monaca
by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010
A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.
3.51
542
La monaca Summary
La monaca 89%
A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.
by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010
3.51
542 ratings
Strangers to the City
by Michael Casey • 2005
Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.
4.29
148
Strangers to the City Summary
Strangers to the City 89%
Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.
by Michael Casey 2005
4.29
148 ratings
The Silent Life
by Thomas Merton • 1957
What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.
4.06
192
The Silent Life Summary
The Silent Life 88%
What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.
by Thomas Merton 1957
4.06
192 ratings
Cave in the Snow
by Vicki Mackenzie • 1998
Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.
4.29
3k+
Cave in the Snow Summary
Cave in the Snow 88%
Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.
by Vicki Mackenzie 1998
4.29
3k+ ratings
The Rotting Room
by Viggy Parr Hampton • 2025
A young nun at a remote abbey discovers the Sisters sell the dead as bottled grace.
3.39
1k+
The Rotting Room Summary
The Rotting Room 88%
A young nun at a remote abbey discovers the Sisters sell the dead as bottled grace.
by Viggy Parr Hampton 2025
3.39
1k+ ratings
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton • 1948
Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.
4.08
21k+
The Seven Storey Mountain Summary
The Seven Storey Mountain 88%
Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.
by Thomas Merton 1948
4.08
21k+ ratings
No Man Is an Island
by Thomas Merton • 1955
True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.
4.16
5k+
No Man Is an Island Summary
No Man Is an Island 88%
True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.
by Thomas Merton 1955
4.16
5k+ ratings
The Monk
by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796
A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.
3.86
35k+
The Monk Summary
The Monk 88%
A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.
by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796
3.86
35k+ ratings
Stone Yard Devotional
by Charlotte Wood • 2023
Fleeing grief, a woman retreats to an abbey where silence is not escape but a trial.
3.72
30k+
Stone Yard Devotional Summary
Stone Yard Devotional 88%
Fleeing grief, a woman retreats to an abbey where silence is not escape but a trial.
by Charlotte Wood 2023
3.72
30k+ ratings
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez • 1999
Colonial Colombia. A girl raised by slaves is imprisoned for possession. Her exorcist falls in love.
3.95
89k+
Of Love and Other Demons Summary
Of Love and Other Demons 87%
Colonial Colombia. A girl raised by slaves is imprisoned for possession. Her exorcist falls in love.
by Gabriel García Márquez 1999
3.95
89k+ ratings
The Spiral Staircase
by Karen Armstrong • 2004
A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.
3.94
9k+
The Spiral Staircase Summary
The Spiral Staircase 87%
A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.
by Karen Armstrong 2004
3.94
9k+ ratings
Wake Up With Purpose!
by Jean Dolores Schmidt • 2023
Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.
4.17
3k+
Wake Up With Purpose! Summary
Wake Up With Purpose! 87%
Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.
by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023
4.17
3k+ ratings
Dressing With Dignity
by Colleen Hammond • 2005
What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.
3.92
337
Dressing With Dignity Summary
Dressing With Dignity 87%
What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.
by Colleen Hammond 2005
3.92
337 ratings
In Good Company
by James Martin • 2000
He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.
4.30
381
In Good Company Summary
In Good Company 87%
He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.
by James Martin 2000
4.30
381 ratings
The Long Loneliness
by Dorothy Day • 1952
From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.
4.02
6k+
The Long Loneliness Summary
The Long Loneliness 87%
From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.
by Dorothy Day 1952
4.02
6k+ ratings
Father Sergius
by Leo Tolstoy • 1911
To escape humiliation, a proud prince chases sainthood. But pride follows him into the cell.
3.86
6k+
Father Sergius Summary
Father Sergius 87%
To escape humiliation, a proud prince chases sainthood. But pride follows him into the cell.
by Leo Tolstoy 1911
3.86
6k+ ratings
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux
by Thérèse of Lisieux • 2007
Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.
4.17
12
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux Summary
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux 87%
Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.
by Thérèse of Lisieux 2007
4.17
12 ratings
My Sisters the Saints
by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012
Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.
4.35
4k+
My Sisters the Saints Summary
My Sisters the Saints 87%
Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.
by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012
4.35
4k+ ratings
Canticle
by Janet Rich Edwards • 2025
Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.
3.87
7k+
Canticle Summary
Canticle 87%
Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.
by Janet Rich Edwards 2025
3.87
7k+ ratings
No Greater Love
by Mother Teresa • 1997
Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.
4.37
3k+
No Greater Love Summary
No Greater Love 87%
Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.
by Mother Teresa 1997
4.37
3k+ ratings
Aflame
by Pico Iyer • 2025
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
3.79
1k+
Aflame Summary
Aflame 87%
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
by Pico Iyer 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
Little Angels
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005
Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.
3.94
135
Little Angels Summary
Little Angels 87%
Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005
3.94
135 ratings
The Power of Silence
by Robert Sarah • 2016
We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.
4.41
3k+
The Power of Silence Summary
The Power of Silence 87%
We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.
by Robert Sarah 2016
4.41
3k+ ratings
Something Beautiful for God
by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1971
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
4.00
2k+
Something Beautiful for God Summary
Something Beautiful for God 87%
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
by Malcolm Muggeridge 1971
4.00
2k+ ratings
Vie de Saint Dominique
by Henri-Dominique Lacordaire • 2012
When the medieval Church crumbled, one man held it up with poverty and preaching alone.
4.08
12
Vie de Saint Dominique Summary
Vie de Saint Dominique 87%
When the medieval Church crumbled, one man held it up with poverty and preaching alone.
by Henri-Dominique Lacordaire 2012
4.08
12 ratings
Thoughts in Solitude
by Thomas Merton • 1956
Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.
4.02
3k+
Thoughts in Solitude Summary
Thoughts in Solitude 87%
Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.
by Thomas Merton 1956
4.02
3k+ ratings
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis • 1427
The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.
4.24
27k+
The Imitation of Christ Summary
The Imitation of Christ 87%
The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.
by Thomas à Kempis 1427
4.24
27k+ ratings
Saint Teresa of Avila
by Mirabai Starr • 2013
Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.
4.46
160
Saint Teresa of Avila Summary
Saint Teresa of Avila 86%
Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.
by Mirabai Starr 2013
4.46
160 ratings
Re-Sisters
by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
3.69
143
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters 86%
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022
3.69
143 ratings
Vespertine
by Margaret Rogerson • 2021
A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.
4.09
26k+
Vespertine Summary
Vespertine 86%
A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.
by Margaret Rogerson 2021
4.09
26k+ ratings
Time for God
by Jacques Philippe • 2005
Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.
4.60
3k+
Time for God Summary
Time for God 86%
Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.
by Jacques Philippe 2005
4.60
3k+ ratings
A Circle of Quiet
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
4.21
7k+
A Circle of Quiet Summary
A Circle of Quiet 86%
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1971
4.21
7k+ ratings
Saint Pius V
by Roberto de Mattei • 2021
He purged a corrupt Church, excommunicated a queen, and sank the Ottoman navy at Lepanto.
4.55
51
Saint Pius V Summary
Saint Pius V 86%
He purged a corrupt Church, excommunicated a queen, and sank the Ottoman navy at Lepanto.
by Roberto de Mattei 2021
4.55
51 ratings
Dorothy Day
by Robert Coles • 1987
She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.
4.15
338
Dorothy Day Summary
Dorothy Day 86%
She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.
by Robert Coles 1987
4.15
338 ratings
Happy are You Poor
by Thomas Dubay • 1981
Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.
4.39
727
Happy are You Poor Summary
Happy are You Poor 86%
Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.
by Thomas Dubay 1981
4.39
727 ratings
The Intellectual Life
by Antonin Sertillanges • 1921
Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.
4.41
3k+
The Intellectual Life Summary
The Intellectual Life 86%
Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.
by Antonin Sertillanges 1921
4.41
3k+ ratings
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
by Thomas Cahill • 2006
Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.
3.80
5k+
Mysteries of the Middle Ages Summary
Mysteries of the Middle Ages 86%
Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.
by Thomas Cahill 2006
3.80
5k+ ratings
John Paul the Great
by Peggy Noonan • 2005
The most powerful thing about the world's most watched pope: not his rallies, but his tremors.
3.99
751
John Paul the Great Summary
John Paul the Great 86%
The most powerful thing about the world's most watched pope: not his rallies, but his tremors.
by Peggy Noonan 2005
3.99
751 ratings
Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh • 1955
What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.
4.13
57k+
Gift from the Sea Summary
Gift from the Sea 86%
What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1955
4.13
57k+ ratings
The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis
by Theophan the Recluse • 1869
The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.
4.69
150
The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis Summary
The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis 86%
The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.
by Theophan the Recluse 1869
4.69
150 ratings
Saints Who Battled Satan
by Paul Thigpen • 2015
Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.
4.33
339
Saints Who Battled Satan Summary
Saints Who Battled Satan 86%
Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.
by Paul Thigpen 2015
4.33
339 ratings
Interior Freedom
by Jacques Philippe • 2002
Circumstances don't determine your freedom. Three virtues unlock an inner space no one can touch.
4.72
5k+
Interior Freedom Summary
Interior Freedom 86%
Circumstances don't determine your freedom. Three virtues unlock an inner space no one can touch.
by Jacques Philippe 2002
4.72
5k+ ratings
The Second Vatican Council
by Roberto de Mattei • 2010
No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.
4.47
66
The Second Vatican Council Summary
The Second Vatican Council 86%
No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.
by Roberto de Mattei 2010
4.47
66 ratings
The Lost Art of True Beauty
by Leslie Ludy • 2010
True beauty doesn't start with a mirror. Scripture's pattern: self-forgetfulness, not self-esteem.
4.13
529
The Lost Art of True Beauty Summary
The Lost Art of True Beauty 86%
True beauty doesn't start with a mirror. Scripture's pattern: self-forgetfulness, not self-esteem.
by Leslie Ludy 2010
4.13
529 ratings
Going to Church in Medieval England
by Nicholas Orme • 2021
9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.
4.19
295
Going to Church in Medieval England Summary
Going to Church in Medieval England 86%
9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.
by Nicholas Orme 2021
4.19
295 ratings
The Great Façade
by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
4.30
77
The Great Façade Summary
The Great Façade 86%
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
by Christopher A. Ferrara 2002
4.30
77 ratings
Holy Listening
by Margaret Guenther • 1992
The spiritual director's secret: the less you fix, the more the Spirit works.
4.25
1k+
Holy Listening Summary
Holy Listening 86%
The spiritual director's secret: the less you fix, the more the Spirit works.
by Margaret Guenther 1992
4.25
1k+ ratings
Rome Sweet Home
by Scott Hahn • 1993
A Presbyterian minister set out to prove Catholicism wrong and studied his way into it instead.
4.43
13k+
Rome Sweet Home Summary
Rome Sweet Home 86%
A Presbyterian minister set out to prove Catholicism wrong and studied his way into it instead.
by Scott Hahn 1993
4.43
13k+ ratings
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
by Kent Nerburn • 1999
The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.
4.44
252
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Summary
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace 86%
The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.
by Kent Nerburn 1999
4.44
252 ratings
Crafting a Rule of Life
by Stephen A. Macchia • 2012
Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.
3.85
378
Crafting a Rule of Life Summary
Crafting a Rule of Life 86%
Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.
by Stephen A. Macchia 2012
3.85
378 ratings
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