Catholic Fiction
Works of fiction which explore Roman Catholic themes or Catholic figures. Not all works are by Catholic authors
1 Brideshead Revisited
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 32,616 ratings
2 The Power and the Glory
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 11,403 ratings
3 The Name of the Rose
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 103,247 ratings
4 The Divine Comedy
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 41,262 ratings
5 Father Brown: The Essential...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 229 ratings
6 The Canterbury Tales
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3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 81,816 ratings
7 The Screwtape Letters
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 108,189 ratings
8 The Diary of a Country Priest
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 507 ratings
9 The Heart Of The Matter
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 10,922 ratings
10 Death Comes for the Archbishop
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 12,268 ratings
11 The Complete Stories
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4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 15,203 ratings
12 The End of the Affair
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 15,398 ratings
13 The Thorn Birds
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 126,084 ratings
14 A Man for All Seasons
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 4,482 ratings
15 Murder in the Cathedral
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,594 ratings
16 The Chronicles of Narnia (C...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 208,317 ratings
17 In This House of Brede
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
18 Quo Vadis
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 7,843 ratings
19 Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 658 ratings
20 A Canticle for Leibowitz
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 31,091 ratings
21 The Lord of the Rings (The ...
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 207,427 ratings
22 The Everlasting Man
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,917 ratings
23 The Sounding
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 71 ratings
24 Morte D'Urban
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 223 ratings
25 Mariette in Ecstasy
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,193 ratings
26 The Shoes of the Fisherman
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 762 ratings
27 The Ball and the Cross
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 767 ratings
28 The Quiet American
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 16,594 ratings
29 Silence
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 3,252 ratings
30 The Great Divorce
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 37,670 ratings
30 Monsignor Quixote
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
32 The Pillars of the Earth
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 226,767 ratings
33 The Moviegoer
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 9,681 ratings
34 Collected Works: Wise Blood...
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4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 1,687 ratings
35 Gone with the Wind
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 463,385 ratings
36 Brighton Rock
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 7,839 ratings
37 Ben-Hur
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 11,477 ratings
38 The Nine Tailors
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 5,120 ratings
39 The Red and the Black
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 16,399 ratings
40 Love in the Ruins
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,460 ratings
41 Catholics
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 147 ratings
42 Gilead
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 26,280 ratings
43 The Edge of Sadness
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 491 ratings
44 Till We Have Faces
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 20,829 ratings
45 A Town Like Alice
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 16,589 ratings
46 The Keys of the Kingdom
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 707 ratings
47 The Raven in the Foregate (...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,770 ratings
48 A Morbid Taste for Bones (C...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 11,808 ratings
49 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 10,379 ratings
50 Pierced by a Sword
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 355 ratings
51 Helena
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 290 ratings
52 Staggerford
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 814 ratings
53 War and Peace
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 78,547 ratings
54 Kristin Lavransdatter (Kris...
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 2,638 ratings
55 The Devil's Novice (Chronic...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,823 ratings
56 The Honorary Consul
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
56 Black Robe
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 404 ratings
58 The 27th Kingdom
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 57 ratings
59 The Unpleasantness at the B...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,607 ratings
60 The House on Prospect
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
60 The Wide Game (Harmony, Ind...
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4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 32 ratings
62 Walk Me to Midnight
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
63 Mouchette
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 145 ratings
64 The Lonely Passion of Judit...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 701 ratings
65 The Man Who Was Thursday
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 11,080 ratings
66 The Devil's Advocate
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 643 ratings
67 The Children of Men
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 16,640 ratings
68 Atticus
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 663 ratings
69 Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wim...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 7,636 ratings
69 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 156,174 ratings
71 Memento Mori
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
72 Au revoir, les enfants
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 247 ratings
73 Viper's Tangle
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 487 ratings
74 Brother Cadfael's Penance (...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
75 The Potter's Field (Chronic...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 2,079 ratings
76 A Woman Of The Pharisees
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings
77 The Heretic's Apprentice (C...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,725 ratings
78 The Way of a Pilgrim and th...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
79 Strong Poison
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 8,199 ratings
80 Pilgrimage
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
80 Dandelion Man: The Four Loves
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4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
80 Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam
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4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
83 Strangers and Sojourners
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 254 ratings
84 Inheritance
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
84 The Bishop Goes to the Univ...
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 292 ratings
86 The Other Side Of The Fire
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
86 The Sea and Poison
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 362 ratings
86 Perelandra (Space Trilogy, #2)
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 17,257 ratings
89 Offerings
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
90 In Name Only
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 144 ratings
91 On the Soul of a Vampire
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings
92 Galileo's Daughter: A Histo...
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 10,858 ratings
92 The Lilies of the Field
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 691 ratings
94 The Blood of the Lamb
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 278 ratings
95 Earthly Powers
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
96 The Mandelbaum Gate
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 139 ratings
97 Exiles: A Novel
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 246 ratings
97 The Holy Sinner
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 295 ratings
97 Shadows on the Rock
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 584 ratings
100 The Passion of Mary-Margaret
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 334 ratings
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message 1: by [deleted user] (new)

The Pillars of the Earth is Catholic? Well, I guess those big cathedrals would be. One of my fav books which I have read a few times.


message 2: by Harriet (new)

Harriet Gilead is most defenitely about religion (as is Home by the same author) and a wonderful book but there's nothing catholic about it!


message 3: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena And "Mere Christianity," great though it, too, is, is not fiction ...


message 4: by John (new)

John Themis-Athena wrote: "And "Mere Christianity," great though it, too, is, is not fiction ..."

True. There ought to be an option to vote down or against selections.


message 5: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena Librarians can delete books that clearly don't belong on a list. Since you created the list, can I take it that this would be what you'd want to happen in this instance?


message 6: by John (new)

John Themis-Athena wrote: "Librarians can delete books that clearly don't belong on a list. Since you created the list, can I take it that this would be what you'd want to happen in this instance?"

yes


message 7: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena Done.


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