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100 Best Catholic Novels. Or, How to Buy a Catholic Library for Christmas

12/5/2012

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href="http://www.amazon.com/Malefactors-Caroline-Gordon/dp/B000P0O4PM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354653302&sr=1-1&keywords=gordon+the+malefactors">The Malefactors, 1957.
Shusaku Endo, Wonderful Fool, 1959.
Morris West, The Devil's Advocate, 1959
Julien Green, Each in His Own Darkness, 1960.
William Goyen, The House of Breath, 1960
Flannery O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away, 1960.
Shusaku Endo, Volcano, 1960.
Morley Callaghan, The Many Colored Coat, 1960.
Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome, 1961.
Edwin O'Connor, The Edge of Sadness, 1962.
J.F. Powers, Morte D'Urban, 1962
Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed, 1962.
Shusaku Endo, Silence, 1966.
Rumer Godden, In This House of Brede, 1969.
Muriel Spark, The Driver's Seat, 1970.
Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time, 1971.
Julien Green, The Other One, 1971.
William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist, 1971.
Otfried Preussler, The Curse of the Darkling Mill, 1972.
Brian Moore, Catholics: A Novel, 1972.
Jon Hassler, Staggerford, 1977.
Shusaku Endo, The Samurai, 1980.
David Lodge, How Far Can You Go? (Souls and Bodies, USA), 1980.
Walker Percy, The Second Coming, 1980.
Alice Thomas Ellis, The 27th Kingdom, 1982.
Torgny Lindgren, Bathsheba, 1984
Morley Callaghan, Our Lady of the Snows, 1985.
Brian Moore, Black Robe: A Novel, 1985.
Torgny Lindgren, Light, 1987.
Walker Percy, The Thanatos Syndrome, 1987
J.F. Powers, Wheat That Springeth Green, 1988.
Shusaku Endo, Scandal, 1988.
Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington, 1988.
Piers Paul Read, On the Third Day, 1990
Alice Thomas Ellis, The Inn at the Edge of the World, 1990.
Jon Hassler, North of Hope, 1990. 
Ayako Sono, No Reason for Murder, 1990.
Ayako Sono, The Watcher from the Shore, 1990.
Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy, 1991.
David Plante, The Accident, 1991.
Sara Maitland, Daughter of Jerusalem, 1995 
Laurence Cosse, A Corner of the Veil: A Novel, 1966.
Michael O'Brien, Eclipse of the Sun, 1998.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road, 2006.

William Giraldi, Busy Monsters: A Novel, 2011.

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Deal W. Hudson is the president of the Pennsylvania Catholics Network.  Dr. Hudson has written aboutDr. Hudson has written about the Catholic Novel in his conversion memoir, An American Conversion: One Man's Search for Beauty and Truth in a Time of Crisis (Crossroad 2003).
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  1. Gloria
    5 months ago

    What a wonderful list. I love to read and it's great to know there's so much good Catholic reading out there. I hope you will consider my most favorite book for this list - The Fountain of Arethusa by Maurice Zermatten. I wish more of his books were translated, so I could read them.

  2. Jim Disney
    5 months ago

    What a great list! I did not recognize nearly half of the authors/titles. What a challenge! I expected Mr. Hudson to include Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. I did not expect Jack Kerouac. I do appreciate the previous comments as well.

  3. Scott Peters
    5 months ago

    As a writer who's Catholic, I appreciate the list. Please consider looking at The 12th Disciple as your potential 101st.

    Cheers and Merry Christmas!

  4. Valerie
    5 months ago

    ONE MORE! In the fun spirit of G.K. Chesterton, I have to add the Catholic novel Museum of Heretics! For True Satire Lovers! A 21st century satire rich with Catholic truth! MUSEUM OF HERETICS defines the Catholic Church of western civilization at its crossroads. In the spirit of C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton, Father Elmo Walsh is the Rocky Balboa of pre-Vatican II doctrine and immutability, while his young assistant, Father Teilhard (Bud) Tanner personifies liberal Catholicism in its various manifestations. An ecclesiastical odd couple to remember! If you love mild satire by its classical definitions, if you enjoy G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis, if you desire a better understanding of conservative & liberal Catholics, you will enjoy MUSEUM OF HERETICS (at Lulu.com). Visiting the rectory has never been so much fun!!!!

  5. Terrence Nollen
    5 months ago

    While I appreciate the fact that the writer is free to compile a bibliography of his own choosing, I feel that many non-Catholics write from a Catholic perspective. This to me is the more important fact since the writing itself teaches the reader about Catholicism. Willa Cather is one example of a surperb writer using the Catholic perspective. Death Comes for the Archbishop and The Shadow on the Rock are two outstanding examples of her work. Having said that, I am grateful for the bibliography as I am unfamiliar with some of the writers.

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