I asked Catholic YouTubers for book recommendations... 12 responded 

Feel free to share your top 5 Catholic books in the comments! I appreciate all your recommendations!

Great video Elisabeth! I will go back to this video when I’m trying to figure out what book to read next. Blessings!

0:53 some of the best Catholic RU-vidrs out there! Nice!

Hi Elisabeth. Thanks for making this video and including me. Keep up the great work. God bless you! I just subscribed too and look forward to seeing more of your videos. By the way- Humility of the Heart could've been on my list too. It's incredible!

Thank you for the shout out Elisabeth and excellent video! There's some great book recommendations here!

Love this

My 5 favorites (or rather, the first 5 that come to mind) are: 1. The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton) 2. On the Development of Christian Doctrine (St. John Henry Newman) 3. The Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross) 4. The Spirit of the Liturgy (Ratzinger/Guardini) 5. The Pope, the Council, and the Mass (Likoudis & Whitehead)

I miss New Catholic Generation 😭 I remember when Bishop Barron and they were the only Catholic RU-vidrs around 😭💖

I’m also going to throw in my ring in and recommend the Diary of St. Faustina! I’m 60 pages in, and it’s a really good book thus far. I’m surprised no one recommended any Fr. Sheen in there!!! Three to Get Married by Fr. Sheen. Excellent book, can’t recommend it enough.

Your channel is like Christmas - so many good gifts!! I generally read nine Protestant books for every Catholic one, but here are some pre-reformation favorite classics of mine: The Life of Paulus, the First Hermit by Saint Jerome The Shepherd by Hermas The Interior Castle by Theresa of Avila The Celestial Hierarchies by Dionysius the Areopagite Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ by St. John of the Cross The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous Dialogs of Saint Catherine of Siena The Fire of Love by Richard Rolle

Everlasting man by gk Chesterton

Not a Catholic RU-vidr, but as someone who is generally interested in Catholicism, one book I'd recommend is Fr. Thomas Joseph White's _The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism_ it's an intellectual yet very accessible book that really outlines a systemic case for Catholicism.

Since no one seems to have mentioned Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, I have to mention two of his books, Life of Christ and Three To Get Married that are must reads. If you've never heard of him, here is a link to a video on him, starting with a bit of his humor before the intro: (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wgk4mdXHsCw.html) In addition, I would add Practice Of The Presence of God by Brother Lawrence (though finding a good translation that doesn't cut parts out of it can be difficult), Abandonment To Divine Providence by Jean Pierre de Caussade, The Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avilla, Consecrating the World: On Mundane Liturgical Theology by David W. Fagerberg, The Struggle for Virtue: Asceticism in a Modern Secular Society by Archbishop Averky Taushev, The Three Conversions in the Spiritual Life Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, and The Contemplative by Fr. Donald Haggerty. I'd also like to say how great it is that the first book you reviewed was the Introduction To The Devout Life, as that is always the book I point people to when they are seeking to learn about the spiritual life.

The Bible and Catechism are essential to backup and confirm what "anyone" says in their books. There are many good sources out there, unfortunately, there are just as many different opinions. So be sure to "fact check" those opinions using the Bible and Catechism when you can.

1.Orthodoxy 2. How the Catholic Church Built western civilization 3. Father Elijah(Fiction) 4. The fathers know best 5. He leadeth me.

Hello I am missing on the list these books: 1. The Little Flowers of St. Francis 2. Garrigou-Lagrange: The Three Ages of the Interior Life or Knowing the Love of God 3. Chad Ripperger: Introduction to the Science of Mental Health 4. Fr. François Jamart: Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux 5. Tim Gray, Jeff Cavins: Walking With God: A Journey through the Bible Thanks for the video :).

Thank you for a great video. I appreciate all the info and introduction to other RU-vidrs. I think your book Selection to date have been excellent. Many of the books you have summarized in your videos,I read many years ago. For example, the secret of the rosary, you mentioned doing a video on soon,was so helpful in my youth. I am happy you received a good amount of responses. Thank you again for your wonderful Channel. I hope you have a great week.😃

Mine would be "The Story of a Soul," "Introduction to the Devout Life," and "How to Talk to God Like a Friend" by St. Alphonsus Liguori.

Secret of the Rosary by Saint Louis De Montfort, Pilgrims Progress, by Paul Bunyan, The Imitation of Christ, and Catholic Homeschooling by Dr. Mary Kay Clark.Also The Summa Theologica by St Thomas Aquinas. Also, Christ the King, Lord of History by Seton Catholic Homeschool.

Scrolled through the whole video hoping that someone would have recommended Brideshead. Trent Horn outdoes himself once again 😁👏

Hi Biblical Bookworm 🙂 I love your channel. Can't wait for you to read Dark knight of The Soul. There is a lot I have to read still. I finished my novel, it's short historical fiction based in Egypt. After the pyramids were built, before the practice of mummies. This is a health is found in the lowest places, slow burn, psychological read without big words. By the end the main character is not exactly the character who the reader was following through the story. The psychological/spiritual aspect is, if your not alive your not a human being. Kind of intense, and a little deep... As a Catholic I'm not sure what to make of it, I spent over 3 years on it, sent it out 5 months ago to 60 literary agents and got ghosted. Beginning the task of finding someone to give me a reaction. I am wondering if you, or anyone you may know may be interested in reading it, just for initial thoughts, if it makes sense, did anything stick out... Or if it is too boring I would not be offended if it were put down. Not a review just an email exchange: I will check back here over the next few weeks for permission to email. If you don't respond, please I understand. I will continue to watch and subscribe. Thanks. By the way your channel came up on my algorithm from watching For Mark Goring, Bishop Robert Baron, Matt Fradd, Mathew Kelly, Acention Presents, The Catholic Talk Show, Church Militant, Mother and refuge of The End Times... And from watching writing tutorials and listening to Catholic Audiobooks... God Bless 🙏

Hi Elizabeth, I had subscribed to your channel a while ago but I am just recently watching some of your videos, they are really nice and I think that the little book worm cartoon is really cute. For my top Catholic books I would say that they are: 1) the Divine comedy 2) Confessions 3) the summa I have only fully read the Divine comedy, but Confessions made me cry which is why I love it so much (St Augustine is my confirmation saint) and the Summa is more a consultation book. The summa is my go to for many almost all my theological questions!

It’s not a catholic book per se but it is by a catholic author: The lord of the rings.

begin with: Abandonment to Divine Providence (Fr de Caussade) from Tan Books end with: Golden Key to Heaven (St Anthony Mary Claret) from Immaculate Heart Publications I have read scores of books written by Catholic Saints and the Golden Key has helped me more than any of the others. Give it a try.

Here's my book recommendation: There's Power in Your Tongue by Maria Vadia. An excellent Catholic read. You will LOVE it

Hi can you recommend Catholic podcasts please ? I loved the video thanks! ❤

Thanks for this, it is very helpful not only for the book recommendations but also for a summary of many of the RU-vidrs and their respective apprise to the subject. Really helpful

If I may be so bold as to add just one... Life of Christ, Fulton J. Sheen :) This is the first video I have seen of yours, a great idea and now I've got a window into other new Catholic channels also. Thank you. God bless.

What a cool idea!

My Top 5 Catholic Books list: The Way - St. Josemaria Escriva (amazing for mental prayer) Three to get married - Ven. Fulton Sheen (best book I have ever read about the sacrament of matrimony) Hail Holy Queen - Scott Hahn (explains and shows everything about the Blessed Mother in the Holy Scriptures) True Devotion to Mary - St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (I think this one dismiss comments, though I made this one). The Spiritual Combat - Lorenzo Scupoli (A great book about spiritual combat, against ourselves mainly, that particularly changed my spiritual life).

Cool, dass sich so viele zurückgemeldet haben👍

1. How the Catholic Church built western civilization. 2. Jesus and the Jewish roots of the Eucharist. 3. The children of hurin. 4. Not catholic but great A severe mercy 5. Divine comedy. Bonus screw tape letters

It's Neal Lozano, not Lorenzo, book Abba's heart. Great video!

Hi Elisabeth, I have bought 4 books based on your recommendation: 1. How to be Happy 2. Pray, Decide and Don't Worry 3. Let Go 4. In the Zone So far, I like no 1 & 2. Have not read no 3 & 4 yet.

Since, I think it was only recommended once, I need to recommend it again: "The Cloud of Unknowing"

well, I just saw this!! 1)Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist--Brant Pitre 2) Let the Fire Fall--Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR, 3) Medjugorje the Message--Wayne Weible, 4) Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary-Brant Pitre, 5) He Leadeth Me--Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ

Been looking for Catholic book recommendations . Thank you!

Brideshead Revisited, Brighton Rock, anything by Flannery O'Connor, the Father Brown series, Father in a Fix by Neil Boyd... I haven't read this yet but it's on my list - A Canticle for Leibowitz -a sci-fi book set in the future in a Catholic monastery. Also, Lilies of the Field.

I would recommend the Mystical City of God, by Mary of Agreda, the biography told to Mary by Mary, heeeeeavy deeeep stuff. I was in tears sooo many times. This lady ❤️Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array? 🥰😇🥰🙏🏼

Try Sr. Josepha Menedez. Have you listened to Audio series of St. Bridget of Sweden.

Enumerated and referred (linked) to in this video are unfortunately very First World and Conservative Traditional. Here’s my Top 5 Two-Thirds World and Progressive Contemporary Catholic spiritual books (not one mentioned in this video): 1. Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son 2. Gustavo Gutierrez, We Drink From Our Own Wells 3. Albert Nolan, Jesus Before Christianity 4. St. Oscar Romero, The Violence of Love 5. Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing

thanks for all the recommendations! Im so excited now to start reading something new!

Uh... my comment is to add that I noticed that you replied to the people commenting. That's nice. And happy birthday. May the Lord, the Virgin and saint Joseph bless you. ...Oh my list: - Theology of the Christian Perfection by Fr. Antonio Royo Marín O.P. (if possible the original in Spanish rather than the English adapted version) - Consacration to st. Joseph by Fr. Calloway - Gaudete et Exsultate by Pope Francis (about being saints in today's world)

Consecration to St Joseph by Father Don Calloway is such an amazing book. Three to get married by Fulton Sheen in great for couples getting ready to get married and Explaining Divine Mercy by Father Chris Alair

Happy Birthday Elizabeth l hope you had a wonderful one great video recommendations God bless you 🙏🎉🎊🎈🥀💐🌹💐🎂

Another great video. Thanks!

My favorite book is the Life and Glories of Saint Joseph, by Edward Healy Thompson! It is an absolutely beautiful, Biblical book on the life of Saint Joseph, the one chosen from among all men, to protect the Eternal Son of the Eternal Father, and guardian of the Mother of God! Also, the Life of Christ by Bishop Sheen; and the Glories of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus Liguori; The Communion of Saints by Stephen Walford, and ANYTHING written by Pope Francis! Perhaps his encyclical on Fraternity and Social Friendship, ( Fratteli Tutti). Pope Francis also has absolutely amazing commentary books on the Gospels of Luke, Mark and Matthew. Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink

Ascent of Mount Carmel should be mandatory reading for all catholics

Years ago I got David Currie's conversion story on a CD set, it was delightful. Mr. Currie converted from American Pentecostalism.

Catholic books? Joan of Arc by. (Mark Twain) is her best story Song of Bernadette (franz Werfel) and he was Jewish A man for all Seasons.(Robert Bolt). He was agnostic Catholic truth is universal. Good litterature must delight as much as it informs. Joseph Andrews. (Henry Fielding) will make you laugh

He Leadeth Me by Fr Walter Ciszek / To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed / Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by D. Currie

Hi Elisabeth, Can you please do book recommendations for Catholic kids?. they don't have to be theological. My 9yo daughter is devouring books. I'm trying to monitor everything she reads but at this point I cannot keep up. I feel like I need to read kids books constantly because I don't want her exposed to certain books that are anti Christian, immoral etc.

The Soul of the Apostolate... (Pere Chautard)

Hey. I read 3 books from a Catholic writer back some going on 20 years soon. I think .. the books were written by Bud Macfarlane Jr The first book was called pierced by a sword . I was surprised how good I was drawn into the characters. The other books are called House of Gold And conceive with out sin I’d read them in the writer’s publishing order . I just realized Bud has a 4th book out know. I always thought it was just the 3 ..

It's a pity that the Diary is so little recommended, it's unbelievable to me. So much there. Every page is a gem. It's life changing - especially the eternal life. Your and others. It's from a recent, great saint. It's urgent and specifically intended for our times. God speaks there a lot, directly and insists it's messages are super important to us. True it's not a book that should be read in a week on only once or without proper attention. By the way, what do others think about My Heart Will Triumph by Mirjana Soldo? It's very light reading and it probably could be controversial to someone, but I loved it. It's from my short list of spiritual books I wan't to reread when I'll have more time :D

Pleased to meet you!

Read Rabbi Tovia Singer's book let's get biblical and Rabbi Stewart Federow: Judaism and Christianity: A Contrast

On the Incarnation by St Athanasius of Alexandria On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ by ST maximus Life Of moses by St gregory of nyssa Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense Meditations on the Tarot

Imitation of Christ is my fave

I'm not somebody who RU-vids on Catholicism, but I am a cradle to life Catholic. Here are my recommendations. The Long Loneliness, Dorothy Day. Silence, Shusaku Endo. The Catholic Imagination, Andrew Greely. The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen. The Great Work, Thomas Berry.

I'm not catholic but... do read 2 of these books please. The Glorious Church by Watchman Nee The God's New Testament Economy by Witness Lee

The imitation of Christ The interior Castle Dark night of the soul The power of silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah Confessions

"...both of which I have treated in seperate videos." Very impressive command of English! This seems like a wonderful channel - I'm glad to have found your work here.

Interior castle by st teresa of avila(abbey of stanbrook have a triology of her works yup 3 in one!) spirtual exercises of st igantius of loyola(there two versions though one by pierre wolf ,other by tanbooks ) Ascent of mind to god by st bellarmine Life of francis of assisi by candide chalippe If you read this you will end up loving imitation of christ book.. Commentary on psalms by st bellarmine (caritas publishing has an afoordable version)

Here are the books that have changed my life that I think every Catholic should read: 1)The Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta- This is the most important book I've ever read. It's 36 volumes of revelations from Jesus to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta about living in the Divine Will and how God sees everything. Jesus told her that this knowledge is the greatest gift He's given to mankind since His time on Earth because when we know about the Divine Will then we can love it more and begin to live in it as Adam did before he sinned. Jesus said this is the most important private revelation in the history of the Church and all the others were leading up to it and preparing us for it. 2)The Twenty Four Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Luisa Piccarreta- This is the second most important book I've read, and is also what Jesus revealed to Luisa Piccarreta. It's the thoughts, prayers, and feelings that Jesus prayed and experienced during His Passion. It's everything that was going on in His soul while He was suffering. I've read other private revelations about the Passion of Jesus but none give this level of insight. It's so powerful that Jesus promised Luisa that for every word we read in this book a soul will be saved and that when the chastisements come, if you're praying the Hours of the Passion, your town or city will be protected just because of that. 3)The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will by Luisa Piccarreta- This is a series of messages given to Luisa Piccarreta by Mother Mary where She teaches us how to live in the Divine Will. It's meant to be done as a consecration to the Divine Will for a month. No other book has brought me closer to Mother Mary than this book because She shows how tender and loving She is and gives us a personal lesson on how to live in the Divine Will as She always has. 4)The Warning by Christine Watkins- This book was life changing for me because the Warning will change the world and our lives forever. I know that many Catholics haven't heard about the Warning, but it will be a worldwide event that happens before the coming chastisements where time will stop and God will reveal Himself to every soul and show them all the good and bad they've done in their lives and the truth about everything including the Catholic Church. It's been predicted by many visionaries and saints for centuries including St Faustina in her diary. It has always given me hope because it reminds me that no matter how bad things get on Earth and in my life, this event will happen in my lifetime and it will heal the souls and bodies of the faithful while illuminating our consciences and bringing us closer to God. We can't know the exact date and shouldn't worry about that, but we can know it'll happen in our lifetime. Exactly one year after the Warning a miracle will happen at Garabandal and several other Marian apparition sites around the world, and Mother Mary gave the date of this miracle to the seer Conchita, who will announce it to the world 8 days in advance. Conchita is 72 years old, and several Catholic writers I respect believe the Warning is likely to happen within the next five years because many of the things Mother Mary said would happen before the Warning are happening right now like the return of global communism, famine, war, and division in the Church. After the Warning, millions of people will know that the Catholic Church is the one true Church Jesus founded and will become Catholic, including Jews and Muslims. The world will change forever because now nobody can deny the truth of God's existence and of the Catholic Church, although there will still be plenty of people who reject God and will claim that the Warning was a solar flare or some crazy physiological phenomenon that has nothing to do with God. These are the people who are so hardened that nothing will convince them that God exists or that they should change their lives. But many people will convert and the world will never be the same. I look forward to that day with great hope and anticipation. 5)The Crown of History: The Imminent Glorious Era of Universal Peace by Daniel O'Connor- This is a book by Daniel O'Connor who is an expert on the writings of Luisa and is probably my favorite Catholic author because he's a brilliant writer who understands spiritual things very deeply and lives the Catholic faith boldly. It's based on the revelations of Jesus to Luisa about the Era of Peace, which is the time after the persecution of Christians by the antichrist when the antichrist has been defeated and the Catholic Church will be reborn and restored and be more glorious than ever before. It's when the Our Father will be fulfilled and most people on Earth will live in the Divine Will, so it'll be like Heaven on Earth. 6)The Holiness of Womanhood and all books written by Mary Kloska- I believe Mary Kloska is a living saint. She's dedicated her life to God and has spent her life as a hermit serving the poor people of Russia and other countries. She's filled with the Holy Spirit and understands divine things better than anyone I've read about. Her book on womanhood is changing the lives of men and women in Pakistan and Nigeria where she's giving it out for free to the poor people of those countries who don't understand that women are a gift from God who are equal in dignity and value to men. She has many testimonials of people saying her books are life changing and I include myself with those people.

Angela's Ashes,and 'Tis🙏🇮🇪

I see you didn't ask Christian B. Wagner (Militant Thomist), truly a shame

oh my gosh yay! I'm glad I found this video so I can read and listen to more books whilst getting closer to God. Thank you!

Saint Charles de Foucauld has great book. .. written by Jean-Jacques Antier. God Bless -from Ireland ! 🙂

The Everlasting Man Is very worth reading!

Cool channel! Introduction to the Devout Life, Searching for and Maintaining Peace of Heart, and Interior Castle have influenced me. I found this channel because I was just telling a friend how I loved The Last Crusader by Louis de Wohl when I was 12. Realized I'd never checked if RU-vid was aware of him then this video popped up.

1. Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics- Raphael Brown 2. Champions of the Rosary- Donald Calloway 3. Secret of the Rosary - Louis de Montfort 4. Diary: Divine Mercy in my soul - Faustina Kowalska 5. The Mystical City of God - Mary of Agreda 6. Adams deep sleep - Fr. James Mawdsley

Can a catholic explain to me why they where a pentacle around their necks?

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St Augustine of Hippo the city of God.

Thank you, thank you!

Great video. Luv ur voice

"The Way", "Furrow" and "The Forge" by St. Josemaria Escrivá are amazing small sized books to mental prayer. Don't be deceived by their size though, they are deeper than one could imagine! God bless, thanks for the video!

Divine Mercy In My Soul by Saint faustina if you haven't read it yet is definitely a must-read!

I'm currently reading "Padre Pio: The True Story" which Fr. Benedict Groeschel said is a MUST READ. I have to say that I agree with him whole-heartedly. Why? It is a story from a very human person, not some saint floating in the clouds. He had problems like the rest of us: family struggles issues with his superiors, health problems, etc., yet he overcame it all to become a great saint. I think I love Padre Pio more now, than I ever have if only because of his humanity and what he overcame for the love of his Franciscan vocation and especially for the love of God. It also talks about life as a Capuchin in the early 20th Century. It's extremely inspirational. I'm just loving every page. Reads like it's a novel.

Book everyone should read. “He leadeth me,”. By Fr Walter Ciszek. About his arrest and exile to a Siberian Soviet prison camp for 20 years.

By Fr don lorenzo scupoli: the Spiritual combat@ the imitation of Christ by thomas kempis @ Holy Spirit: The Reality of His Presence : Antony Thomas@ Summa theologica by st Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra gentile book 1, 2, 3, 4 by Thomas Aquinas @ the dignity of the priesthood by st Alphonsus Liguori,@ the dark night of the soul by st john of the Cross, @ st john chrysostom commentary on the gospel of Matthew, @ the confession of st Augustine of hippo @ letters of the Venerable fr Francis Mary Paul Libermann CSSp

Thank you and Happy Birthday!!!