Must Own Books for the Catholic Home

This blog post was written in collaboration with my followers, and together we have compiled the most supreme booklist that every Catholic household should own. You will certainly want to bookmark this post for later as you stock your Amazon carts and peruse your local book shops. From liturgy, to saints, to spirituality, this list has all of the essentials. If we missed one, I warmly welcome you to leave a comment so that other viewers can see your recommendations too.

No more dilly-dallying, let's get to the books. Keep in mind this would be in addition to the two obvious must-haves, the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Always keep the holy book in your hands, that it may nourish your soul by devout reading. -St. Jerome

1. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis

2. The Raccolta

3. Monastic Diurnal

4. Divine Intimacy

5. Household Blessings

6. The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times

7. The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger, 15 Volumes

8. Lives of the Saints

9. Daily Missals

10. Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth

11. Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila

12. Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales

13. Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen

14. Confessions by St. Augustine

15. The Didache

16. The Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas

17. Mere Christianity by CS Lewis

18. Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book. -St. John Bosco

Tell me in the comments which of these books you've read and if any of them are your favorite.

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