100 books to read

Throughout the pages, Jesus who speaks directly in this book teaches us to “become Love”. It is a whole journey toward trust and abandonment in the arms of the Father in every event, sure that He takes care of everything. It is almost a “practical manual” of the highest possible form of holiness that could exist, and yet so accessible, in the spirit of the “Little Way” of Saint Therese.

Another mystic of the unconditional love of God and intimacy with Jesus, unfortunately less well known, and her book can only be found secondhand, yet how beautiful her writings are!

Intimacy with Jesus in the smallest things of everyday life. Marcel spoke in a very simple way with Jesus, Mary and Therese of Lisieux and in this book are found all their dialogues. So much Love is contained in it that our heart bursts.

To dive into an extraordinary intimacy with the gentleness and tenderness of Jesus.

Gabrielle spoke with Jesus throughout her day as one speaks with a friend. Here we learn how to enter into intimacy with Jesus in all the smallest things of everyday life.

To discover all the Mercy of God, a must-read.

More than 500 pages of pure delight where God the Father teaches us directly on the most important subjects. Everything remains extraordinarily relevant. A book to have read at least once in your life.

The “user manual” for the “new and divine holiness” spoken of by Saint John Paul II. In 36 volumes.

A major mystical work where Jesus teaches us with tenderness how to live in Him.

Status: the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Notification about it in 1995, reiterated in 2007.

A major private revelation that sheds light on the Gospels: we follow Jesus day by day over more than 10,000 pages (10 volumes).

Visions of the life of Jesus in 3 volumes.

THE best-selling Catholic book of all time after the Bible, and not for nothing, Therese of Lisieux is the “greatest saint of modern times”. To discover this, you only have to read her book which will make every soul want to take Therese as a big sister.

Therese gives here the 7 steps of spiritual growth, an excellent book for understanding the spiritual life!

An excellent work for understanding why God sometimes leads us through dryness and aridity and how to go through them.

A COLOSSAL work (almost 1,500 pages) on how the spiritual life works at the school of the greatest Carmelite masters (Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux...). It takes up the 7 mansions of Teresa of Avila to explain them. Probably the heftiest book on the spiritual life among the 100 offered here, but be careful it is not for those beginning in the faith, you already need some experience to dive into it!

Another major work by Saint Teresa of Avila. Demanding but it lifts us upward.

An immense saint. Thoughts of varying length arranged by theme, opening at random from time to time or reading a chapter on one subject or another will do good to the soul.

Elizabeth of the Trinity is a saint who reflected deeply on mental prayer and intimacy with the Trinity, you feel the depth when you read her writings and it makes us want to pray!

If it were not for the writings of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort or Saint Maximilian Kolbe, it would be obvious that this book is the most beautiful ever written about Mary. According to Rene Laurentin, it is “the largest print run of Marian works of all time” with more than a thousand editions. I think that says it all!

A deeply moving book: after reading it, you want to give everything for God because you understand that everything is decided here below.

Great Saint Alphonsus as we love him. The author deals with several subjects that would inflame any soul to give everything for God. At the school of many saints, giving testimonies and concrete examples, this book has the power to transform quickly and effectively, perhaps more than any other on this list.

“He who prays is saved, he who does not pray is damned,” said Saint Alphonsus. If you are not fully convinced by this sentence, reading this book will finish convincing you. After reading it you want to pray all the time.

The classic by one of the greatest Marian saints in history. Ideal for increasing your love for the Blessed Virgin.

When you read this book, you understand, first, that Saint Maximilian Kolbe was probably the most Marian saint in history, second, that we will never love Mary enough, and third, our heart burns to love Mary with all our heart and has only one desire left: that she live in us.

A very great classic, it gives all the foundations for moving forward in life with God, I recommend it!

The great treatise by the “Doctor of Love”, everything is in it! I recommend you start with his “Introduction to the Devout Life”, and if it has nourished you, read this one!

The great classic that demonstrates scientifically that God's existence is more than probable.

The best book demonstrating that God exists, that Jesus is God and that the Catholic Church is the Church of Christ. To be placed in everyone's hands.

A very good apologetics book, in the form of 100 questions and answers, to give to all those asking questions about Christianity, and the answers are must-knows when you want to evangelize!

An excellent book for answering all the criticisms commonly directed at the Church or her history.

All the attested cases of levitation among the mystics, and there is more than one.

The best book to date on the Holy Shroud of Turin! A must-have for knowing, defending and loving this relic, and for knowing how to explain why the image is supernatural.

The best book on Eucharistic miracles, analyzed through the eyes of a cardiologist. Just released a few months ago!

Very in-depth (over 900 pages), so I do not recommend it for beginners, but if you are truly passionate about miracles, then after buying all the other miracle books I present here in this document, you should enjoy it and be able to go much deeper!

Almost 1,500 pages, so to be bought only if you are motivated to know Marian apparitions inside and out! But if that is your case, you will be well served...

A book that demonstrates rationally that the apparitions of Lourdes are truly authentic, by showing that the one who received the apparitions, Bernadette, could not have lied.

Here the historian details twelve cases of Christian miracles for which science acknowledges the impossibility of explaining the phenomenon.

It is all in the title! Not limited to Christian miracles alone, very thorough, and therefore a must-have on the subject.

Did you know that in the 20th century, the Virgin Mary appeared to millions of Egyptians? No? Then read this book to discover these apparitions, even more impressive and recent than those of Fatima!

Probably the best book for discovering the veil of Guadalupe, why it truly is “Mary's most spectacular Miracle” and truly the most astonishing object in the world along with the Shroud of Turin.

It is all in the title! Fascinating and a good introduction to the subject.

This is the most complete 3-volume encyclopedia on all the miracles in the lives of saints and mystics (incorrupt bodies, levitations, lacrimations, inedia, etc.). You discover miracles by the hundreds and you marvel at how well attested they are.

Fascinating for discovering the famous, very well-documented case of an astonishing mystic. Therese Neumann did not eat for more than 35 years, and reading this book you discover how well attested this is, among other things.

An excellent book on several cases of completely unknown stigmatics, very well attested from a scientific point of view. Here too, just released a few months ago!

In the school of Saint Francis de Sales, all the keys to abandon yourself and always remain in peace whatever the situations. Absolutely excellent.

In the school of little Therese, very soothing and makes you see trials differently.

A book that will make you fall in love with Mary...

A practical book addressing many keys for advancing in the virtues and fighting our vices. In a modern and accessible language without losing its high standards, in the school of the saints.

A good book for remembering that God speaks through each event and that everything happens through His Will!

For learning how to make your weakness your treasure...

A combo of the most beautiful quotes and meditations on the Holy Spirit from the last 4,000 years, nothing less!

A reference work on the charisms, life in the Spirit, and how we can still ask for them today.

A very practical book on the Holy Spirit and the charisms, with definitions, keys for applying them, and testimonies.

A combo of the most beautiful quotes and meditations on Mary from the last 2,000 years, nothing less!

The best book by far for knowing and loving Saint Joseph!

For going deeper into all the Marian apparitions since the end of the 19th century, the prophecies that were given, and understanding what Heaven has been preparing for 150 years. A book that helps open your eyes and understand that the Divine plan for our time is coherent!

Meditations built directly with quotes from saints are offered on many subjects to nourish your prayer life, along with a whole section of quotes sorted by theme. Not to be read in order but really good for nourishing your prayer time.

THE book for knowing and loving Francis of Assisi, and following his spirituality of poverty and Love of God. Written by a Franciscan who would almost make us want to become one!

An ultra-practical book for advancing in the virtues, punctuated with quotes from Francis de Sales. You can draw practical advice from it for becoming gentler, more chaste, more humble, etc.

Practical advice for identifying and healing your wounds. At the crossroads of psychology and spirituality, fascinating.

Opens the way to a new relationship of intimacy with Jesus, in the school of Gabrielle Bossis.

A bit like “I Want to See God” made extremely accessible, this book explains progress in the spiritual life in the school of the 7 mansions of Teresa of Avila. Perfect for those starting out in the faith, for understanding the path of the spiritual life!

A book that makes you want to smile, to be grateful and to always be joyful, so needless to say it can change a life!

Whether for small or great things, we all need to discern certain choices. Here, all the practical keys are given to help us do so without going wrong.

Everything for winning the spiritual battle!