This list has been compiled together to supplement to our essential book list for catechists. It represents six years of research into the best and most faithful Catholic books currently in print.

Reading level: * - Beginner, ** - Intermediate, *** - Advanced, **** - Scholarly.

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Apologetics

A Father Who Keeps His Promises by Scott Hahn*
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman***
Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman**
Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic by David Currie*
Catholic and Christian by Alan Schreck*
Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating**
Confession by Adrienne von Speyr**
Contraversies by Karl Keating**
Crossing the Threshold of Faith by John Paul II*
Crossing the Tiber by Stephen Ray*
Defenders of the Faith by Connor**
Evangelical Is Not Enough by Thomas Howard*
Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Kreeft and Tacelli**
History of Apologetics by Cardinal Dulles***
Map of Life by Frank Sheed<*/b>
Not by Faith Alone by Robert Sungenis**
Not by Scripture Alone by Robert Sungenis**
Not by Bread Alone by Robert Sungenis**
On Being Catholic by Thomas Howard*
Predestination by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange***
Rapture: The Doctrine that Leaves the Bible Behnind by David Currie**
Radio Replies*
Rome, Sweet, Home by Scott Hahn*
The Salvation Contraversy by James Akin**
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis*
The Usual Suspects by Karl Keating*
Theology and Sanity Frank Sheed**
What Catholics Really Believe by Karl Keating*

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Bible

Making Sense of Scripture by Mark Shea*
The New Testament Documents by F.F. Bruce (Protestant Author)*
The Navarre Bible Commentary Series (10 Hardcover Volumes)**

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Blessed Virgin Mary

Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Marys Dormition and Assumption by Stephen Shoemaker****
Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn**
Mary and the Fathers of the Church by Luigi Gambero**
Mary and the Fundamentalist Challenge by Fr Peter Stravinskas*
Mary in the Redemption by Adrienne von Speyr**
Preparation for Total Consencration to Mary*

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Church and Papacy

The Eastern Christian Churches by Ronald Roberson, CSP***
Jesus, Peter, and the Keys by Butler, Dahlgren, and Hess**
The Office of Peter and the Structure of the Church by Hans Urs von Balthasar***
The Primacy of the Church of Rome by Margherita Guarducci**

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Dogma

The Decrees of the Ecumentical Councils (Tanner Edition)****
The Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott***
The Sources of Catholic Dogma by Denzinger***

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God and the Doctrine of the Trinity

The Boundless God by Adrienne von Speyr**
Christology of the Later Fathers***
The Christological Controversy**
Gods Human Face by Cardinal Schonborn***
The Trinitarian Controversy**
The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea by Stephen Hildebrand****

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History

Christian Tradition (5 volumes) by Jaroslav Pelikan (Orthodox)**
Church History by Fr. John Laux**
From Apostles to Bishops by Fr. Francis Sullivan**
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas Woods Ph.D.*
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic by Kenneth Whitehead*
Upon This Rock by Stephen Ray*

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Liturgy

Looking at the Liturgy by Father Aidan Nichols*
The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship by Paul Bradshaw***
The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Ratzinger***

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Philosophy and the Search for God

A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken**
An Essay in Aid to the Grammar of Assent by John Henry Cardinal Newman***
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis*
The Summa of the Summa by Peter Kreeft***
The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas****

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Spirituality

Confessions of St. Augustine**
Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross**
Dialouge of St. Catherine of Siena*
Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales*
Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis*
Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila**
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola*
Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila*

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Theology

Brave New Family by G.K. Chesterton**
Catholic Christianity by Peter Kreeft**
Catholicism by Henri de Lubac***
The Christian Faith by Henri de Lubac**
The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton**
The Evidental Power of Beauty by Thomas Dubay**
Fundamentals of the Faith by Peter Kreeft*
Fundamentals of Theology by Kenneth Baker**
Introduction to Christianity by Cardinal Ratzinger***
Love and Responsibility by John Paul II***
Mysterium Paschale by Hans Urs von Balthasar***
Principles of Catholic Theology by Cardinal Ratzinger***
The Belief of Catholics by Ronald Knox**
The Lambs Supper by Scott Hahn*
The Meaning of Chrsitian Brotherhood by Cardinal Ratzinger**
The Meaning of Tradition by Yves Congar**
The Parochial and Plain Sermons of John Henry Cardinal Newman***
The Pastoral and Occassional Sermons of Ronald Knox**
The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers by Ignatius Press**
The Theology of the Body by John Paul II***
Theology for Beginners by Sheed*
To Know Jesus Christ by Frank Sheed*

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Other Catholic Texts

An Exorcist Tells His Story by Amorth**
Spiritual Combat Revisited by Robinson of the Oratory**

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