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Catechism of the Catholic Church by Catholic ChurchStory of a Soul by Thérèse of LisieuxConfessions by Augustine of HippoThe Imitation of Christ by Thomas à KempisDark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross
Roman Catholic Reading
584 books — 274 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Promise by Chaim PotokDavita's Harp by Chaim PotokThe Book of Lights by Chaim Potok
Hasidism & Orthodox Judaism
258 books — 71 voters

The History of the Church by EusebiusThe Lost History of Christianity by Philip JenkinsThe Story of Christianity, Volume 1 by Justo L. GonzálezPontifex Maximus by Christopher LascellesCity of God by Augustine of Hippo
Early Christians, Early Church
145 books — 37 voters
And Rachel Was His Wife by Marsi TabakSun Inside Rain by M. BassaraWildflower by Rachel PomerantzA Promise Fulfilled by Menachem KaganThe Betrayal by M. Kenan
Jewish (Frum) Books
209 books — 20 voters

NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanIn a Different Key by John DonvanMismatch by Kat HolmesNeuroDiversity by Judy SingerMoojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran
Neurodiversity and Disability in Society - 50 Introductory Books
61 books — 19 voters
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers by Benedicta WardThe Forgotten Desert Mothers by Laura SwanWalking the Bible by Bruce FeilerDesert Fathers and Mothers by Christine Valters PaintnerThe Lives of the Desert Fathers by Norman Russell
Desert Spirituality
49 books — 11 voters

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettOur Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy by Eva Doherty GremmertBecoming Human by Jean VanierA Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen
Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1
27 books — 11 voters
On the Incarnation by Athanasius of AlexandriaOn the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of NyssaOn the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ by Maximus the ConfessorThree Treatises on the Divine Images by John of DamascusThe Cult of the Saints by John Chrysostom
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press: Popular Patristics
42 books — 7 voters

The Dogs of Riga by Henning MankellThe Baltic by Michael NorthThe Brave Soldier and a Dozen Devils by Marguerita RudolphA Woman in Amber by Agate NesauleWith Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows by Sandra Kalniete
Latvia
33 books — 7 voters
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry by World Council of ChurchesCan a Renewal Movement Be Renewed? by Michael KinnamonIntroduction to Ecumenism by Jeffrey GrosChrist in Russia by Hélène IswolskyThe Ecumenism of Beauty by Timothy Verdon
Ecumenism (nonfiction)
107 books — 5 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina RatherThe Star by Arthur C. ClarkeOur Lady of the Artilects by Andrew GillsmithA Cloud of Unknowing by Andrew Gillsmith
Incensepunk
40 books — 4 voters
Men As Friends by Irwin EpsteinHasidic People by Jerome R. MintzCut Me Loose by Leah VincentSatmar by Anna Halberstamm-RubinDivrei Yoel - Selected Teachings of the Satmar Rebbe - Sefer ... by Yoel Teitelbaum
Modern Hasidism in Brooklyn
49 books — 2 voters

Wounded by Love by Elder PorphyriosPresbytera by Athanasia PapademetriouHigh Call, High Privilege by Gail MacDonaldOur Thoughts Determine Our Lives by Thaddeus of VitovnicaWay of the Ascetics by Tito Colliander
Books for Orthodox Clergy Wives
21 books — 2 voters
Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska by Maria Faustyna KowalskaThe Book of Margery Kempe by Margery KempeThe Confession of Saint Patrick by Patrick of IrelandRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichThe Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great by Pope Gregory I
Books Written By Christian Saints
45 books — 2 voters

Three Prayers by Olivier ClémentThe Life in Christ by Nicholas CabasilasThe Inner Kingdom by Kallistos WareThe Gospel Image of Christ by Veselin KesichTherapy of Spiritual Illnesses by Jean-Claude Larchet
Remarkable Orthodox Books
44 books — 1 voter
Laurus by Eugene VodolazkinThe Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir LosskyThe Owl, The Raven, and the Dove by G. Ronald MurphyTending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen GuroianThe Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Beauty Will Save the World: Non-Fiction and Fiction for Christian Re-Enchantment
42 books — 1 voter

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