Great Catholic Fiction

Discover the best Catholic fiction books with our curated list of inspiring and faith-filled novels. Perfect for readers seeking spiritual growth through compelling stories.

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The Power and the Glory

by Graham Greene

The story of one man, an alcoholic "whiskey priest," on the run through the jungles, villages, and plantations of Mexico in the 1930s.
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Love in the Ruins

by Walker Percy

Amid the decadence and polarization of a future American society, a U.S. doctor discovers a promising cure for all the ills of the human psyche.
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Mr. Blue

by Myles Connolly

J. Blue is a young man who decides to take Christianity seriously, not as a chore but as a challenge. He spends his inherited wealth …
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The British Museum is Falling Down

by David Lodge

"First published in Great Britain by MacGibbon & Kee, 1965"--Title page verso.
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The Diary of a Country Priest

by Georges Bernanos

A young priest in a rural French parish struggles with the indifference and hostility of the people, and his own self-doubts. He dies of cancer, …
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Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

Captain Charles Ryder, stationed at Brideshead, recalls his boyhood associations with the odd but charming members of an English noble family
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Memento Mori

by Muriel Spark

Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark.
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Silence

by Shūsaku Endō

Translation, from the Japanese, of Chinmoku.
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Selected Stories of Andre Dubus

by Andre Dubus

A breaved father stalks his son's killer. A woman cries alone by her television screen. A devout teenager wrestles with his faith and sexuality. Here, …
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Mariette in Ecstasy

by Ron Hansen

The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
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Lying Awake

by Mark Salzman

"But Sister John's visions are accompanied by powerful headaches, and when a doctor reveals that they may be dangerous, she faces a devastating choice. For …