Catholic fiction
Discover the best Catholic fiction books—inspiring stories of faith, hope, and redemption. Explore timeless novels and modern tales rooted in Catholic tradition.
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The Light Invisible
by Robert Hugh Benson
The Light Invisible presents a series of interconnected supernatural short stories by the celebrated and prolific English author Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), a member of …
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this …
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The …
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Utopia
by Thomas More
First published in Latin in 1516, Utopia was the work of Sir Thomas More (1477–1535), the brilliant humanist, scholar, and churchman executed by Henry VIII …
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Kristin Lavransdatter, II: The Wife
by Sigrid Undset
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate A Penguin Classic Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of …
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Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate A Penguin Classic Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of …
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Translated by Stanley F Conrad. Set around the dawn of Christianity with amazing historical accuracy Quo Vadis? won Sienkiewicz the Nobel Prize. Written nearly a …
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With Fire and Sword
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The period embraced in this set is "one of the most dramatic and fruitful of results in European Annals - remarkable for work and endeavor, …
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The Deluge
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
An historical novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A sequel to "With fire and sword."
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The Betrothed
by Alessandro Manzoni
“The great plague novel.” —The New Yorker Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two …
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The Woman of the Pharisees
by Perseus
A self-righteous Frenchwoman uses her strict religious principles as an excuse to interfere in the lives of others, bringing them only disaster
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Don Quixote
by Miguel Cervantes
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by …