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2024

  • St. Thomas Aquinas by G.K. Chesterton
  • Life of Saint Catherine of Siena by Raymond of Capua (Notes)
  • The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year B by John Bergsma (Notes)
  • Breaking the Bread: A Biblical Devotional for Catholics Year B by Scott Hahn & Ken Ogoek
  • The Saint Makers by Joe Drape
  • The Odyssey (Graphic Novel Version) by Gareth Hinds
  • An Introduction to Prayer by Robert Barron
  • Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
  • The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (Notes)
  • Catechism of the Seven Sacraments: Building Blocks of Faith Series by Kevin O'Neill
  • The Iliad (Graphic Novel Version) by Gareth Hinds
  • Schuyler ESV Quentel: The Bible in a Year
  • The Shadow of His Wings (Abridged) by Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM
  • The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
  • The New Catholic Illustrated Bible
  • Dark Benediction by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
  • Bringing up Boys by James C. Dobson
  • Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew Wilson
  • The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
  • The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
  • In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital by Magda Denes
  • The New Testament (ESV)
  • We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing by James C. Whittaker
  • The Apostle of Common Sense by Dale Ahlquist
  • CCSS—James, First, Second, and Third John by Kelly Anderson & Daniel Keating
  • Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robison
  • The Golden Children's Bible
  • The Golden Key by George MacDonald
  • Saint Vincent Ferrier by Henri Ghéon
  • For the Love of Books by Thatcher Wine
  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
  • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
  • To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II by George Weigel
  • Sources of Renewal by Karol Wojtyla
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Word on Fire Vatican II Collection (Volume 1)
  • Word on Fire Vatican II Collection (Volume 2)
  • Know Thyself: Classical Catholic Education and the Discovery of Self by Andrew Youngblood
  • Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Aperuit Illis: Apostolic Letter Instituting the Sunday Word of God by Pope Francis
  • A Layman's Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours by Fr. Timothy Gallagher
  • Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
  • The Divine Office for Dodos: A Step-By-Step Guide To Praying The Liturgy Of The Hours by Madeline Pecora Nugent
  • The Chosen by Chaim Potok
  • Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger by Gary Michuta
  • Highest Duty by Chesley B. Sullenberger

2023

  • The Great Adventure Bible (RSV2CE/ESV): The Bible in a Year
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • You Can Understand the Bible by Peter Kreeft
  • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos by Thomas Petzinger, Jr.
  • The New Testament (New Catholic Bible)
  • Cathedral, Castle, and Pyramid by David Macaulay
  • In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture by Alister E McGrath
  • Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It by Ganesh Sitaraman
  • The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God by Ruth Pakaluk
  • The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
  • Bible Basics for Catholics by John Bergsma
  • Hornblower and the Atropos (#5) by C. S. Forester
  • Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
  • The Great Story of Israel by Robert Barron
  • Laudate Deum by Pope Francis
  • Mary's Voice in the Gospel according to John: A New Translation with Commentary by Michael Pakaluk
  • The Way of the Disciple by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
  • Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II by George Weigel
  • Catholic Picture Bible
  • Gift and Mystery by Pope John Paul II
  • Wiring a House by Rex Cauldwell
  • Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
  • The Everything Store by Brad Stone
  • The History of Money by Martin Jenkins
  • The New Testament (ESV)
  • The Rose-Bush of a Thousand Years by Mabel Wagnalls
  • I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better by Gary & Joy Lundberg
  • Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton
  • Apology by Plato
  • Socrates' Children Volume I: Ancient Philosophers by Peter Kreeft
  • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar & Bill Carr
  • The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter
  • No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  • Bible Translation & the Making of the ESV Catholic Edition by Mark Giszczak
  • Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen
  • Christianity and Politics by C. C. Pecknold
  • Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Ratzinger
  • An Introduction to Classical Education by Christopher Perrin
  • Verbum Domini by Pope Benedict XVI
  • Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures by Joseph Ratzinger
  • The Holy Mass: On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Kevin and Mary O’Neill
  • A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward by Ralph Martin
  • My Brother the Pope by Georg Ratzinger
  • Fit for Eternal Life: A Christian Approach to Working Out, Eating Right, and Building the Virtues of Fitness in Your Soul by Kevin Vost

2022

  • The Great Adventure Bible (RSV2CE): The Bible in a Year
  • The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha NRSV (4 Maccabees)
  • The House At Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
  • Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints by Ralph Martin (Notes)
  • The Resurrection of God Incarnate by Richard Swinburne
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  • Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
  • Dei Verbum
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Liturgiam authenticam by Congregation for Divine Worship
  • Saint Dominic and the Order of Preachers by Simon Tugwell, O.P.
  • The Hope of Salvation for Infants who Die Without Being Baptized by International Theological Commission
  • The Drama of Atheist Humanism by Henri de Lubac
  • Rosarium Virginis Mariae by Pope John Paul II
  • Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
  • Diary of an American Exorcist by Fr. Stephen Rossetti
  • The Stick Chair Book by Christopher Schwartz (Notes)
  • In the Eye of the Storm: A Biography of Gregory the Great by Sigrid Grabner
  • The Only Skill that Matters by Jonathan Levi
  • Hornblower During the Crisis by C. S. Forester
  • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
  • The Peeler by Flannery O'Connor, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, and All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
  • The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy by George Weigel (Notes)
  • Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Fr. Donald Calloway
  • Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
  • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
  • Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself—While the Rest of Us Die by Garrett M. Graff
  • Practical Doomsday: A User's Guide to the End of the World by Michal Zalewski
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind what You Eat by Michael Pollan
  • Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
  • Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
  • Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
  • In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
  • A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, The Other Death by Jorge Luis Borges, and The Past by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Life Out of Death: Meditations on the Paschal Mystery by Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas from the Cultural Abyss by Peter Kreeft
  • The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art by Elizabeth Lev
  • The Confession of Saint Patrick by St. Patrick
  • Woke, Inc: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam by Vivek Ramaswamy
  • Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
  • The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
  • Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century by Tim Higgins
  • Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
  • The Ethics of Money Production by Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Notes)
  • The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver
  • Christianity and Culture by C.S. Lewis
  • Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by James Martin, SJ
  • Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos by James Rickards
  • Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio
  • Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
  • The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  • A Man & His Watch: Iconic Watches and Stories from the Men Who Wore Them by Matt Hranek
  • The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

2021

  • Bible: Second Catholic Edition RSV (Luke, Ruth, Matthew), Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (Mark, John)
  • Flying Legends: A photographic study of the great piston combat aircraft of WWII by John M. Dibbs & Tony Holmes
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Life of Blessed Margaret of Castello by Fr. William R. Bonniwell
  • Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan Holiday
  • When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusson (Notes)
  • Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern
  • The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission by Jim Bell
  • The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne
  • He Leadeth Me: An Extraordinary Testament of Faith by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
  • The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future by Jeff Booth
  • Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
  • The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
  • Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living by Charles J. Chaput
  • Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff
  • Business Data Science: Combining Machine Learning and Economics to Optimize, Automate, and Accelerate Business by Matt Taddy (Notes)
  • Patris Corde: With a Father's Heart by Pope Francis
  • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
  • Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher (Notes)
  • Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
  • Working by Robert Caro (Notes)
  • I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year by Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker
  • Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott Young (Notes)
  • Summa Theologiae (Prima Pars, 1-49) by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell (Notes)
  • The Cathedral Builders by Jean Gimpel
  • Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals by Ken Follett
  • The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
  • Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay
  • Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel (Notes)
  • Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis (Notes)
  • Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo
  • The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
  • Saint Edith Stein by Mary Hill
  • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Abridged) by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carroll Campbell
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • "Live Not by Lies" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
  • Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
  • Faith and the Future by Joseph Ratzinger
  • Hornblower and the Hotspur (#3) by C. S. Forester
  • Brother Hugo and the Bear by Katy Beebe
  • Timeline: A Visual History of Our World by Peter Goes
  • How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard (Notes)
  • Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road by Matthew B. Crawford
  • The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous (Notes)
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
  • Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis by James Rickards
  • The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
  • Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy by Stephanie Kelton
  • The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations by Robert Livingston
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
  • An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
  • The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
  • Mortise & Tenon Magazine (09) edited by Joshua Klein
  • Prayer for Beginners by Peter Kreeft
  • The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig
  • The Spirit of the Liturgy by Romano Guardini
  • The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Ratzinger
  • A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
  • Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid by Marianne Cusato & Ben Pentreath
  • What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action by Jane Fonda
  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
  • Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Michael Hyatt & Daniel Harkavy

2020

  • Bible: Second Catholic Edition RSV (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Tobit, Judith)
  • Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean Pierre de Caussade
  • Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Mastery by Robert Greene
  • Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  • Lord of the World: A Novel by Robert Hugh Benson
  • The Word on Fire Bible: Volume I - The Gospels
  • After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre (Notes)
  • The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being by Simone Davies
  • The Hanging God by James Matthew Wilson
  • The History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium by James Hitchcock
  • Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Fr Donald Calloway
  • Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World by Charles J. Chaput
  • On Faith: Lessons from an American Believer by Antonin Scalia, edited by Christopher J. Scalia & Edward Whelan
  • Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
  • The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 by William Manchester and Paul Reid
  • An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels by Fr. Gabriele Amorth
  • The Aquinas Prayer Book: The Prayers and Hymns of St. Thomas Aquinas by St. Thomas Aquinas, edited by Robert Anderson & Johannes Moser
  • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt
  • Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know by Jamie Glowacki
  • Listen To The Silence: A Retreat With Père Jacques by Pére Jacques, translated by Francis J. Murphy
  • Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
  • Pére Jacques by Michael Carrouges
  • Bibliostyle: How We Live at Home with Books by Nina Freudenberger
  • The Dark Night by St. John of the Cross
  • Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
  • The Story of a Soul by St. Thérèse of Lisieux
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle by Michael Stephenson
  • Workshops: Expert advice for designing a great woodshop in any space by Editors of Fine Woodworking
  • When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
  • The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss & Neil Howe
  • Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great by Joshua Medcalf
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  • Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
  • Seacoast Fortifications of the United States: An Introductory History by Emanuel Raymond Lewis
  • Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
  • The Birth-Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • "Shorting Home Equity Mezzanine Tranches" by Greg Lippmann
  • The Big Short by Michael Lewis
  • Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
  • The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
  • "So Long as I Can Read": Farm Women's Reading Experiences in Depression-Era South Dakota by Lisa Lindell
  • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Working Wood: A Complete Bench-Top Reference by Jim Tolpin
  • Father Elijah: An Apocalypse by Michael D. O'Brien
  • Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: The Apostle of Youth by St. John Bosco
  • The Divine Favors Granted to St. Joseph by Pere Binet
  • The Minimalist Woodworker: Essential Tools and Smart Shop Ideas for Building with Less by Vic Tesolin
  • Common Trees of Ohio by Joseph Illick
  • The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees: The Ash in Human Culture and History by Robert Penn
  • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
  • Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman
  • On the Incarnation by Saint Athanasius
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • The 35 Doctors of the Church by Fr. Christopher Rengers O.F.M.Cap. and Matthew E Bunson
  • Lieutenant Hornblower (#2) by C. S. Forester
  • The Odyssey by Homer, translated by W. H. D. Rouse
  • Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
  • The Family & the New Totalitarianism by Michael D. O'Brien
  • A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 by Joseph Loconte
  • Manual for Eucharistic Adoration by The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration & Paul Thigpen

2019

  • Bible: Second Catholic Edition RSV (Mark, Luke, Matthew, John, Acts, Song of Songs, Daniel)
  • Walking: One Step At a Time by Erling Kagge
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • How to Raise Good Catholic Children by Mary Reed Newland
  • Centesimus Annus by Pope John Paul II
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  • The Complete Book of Woodworking by Tom Carpenter & Mark Johanson
  • Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
  • Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle
  • Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber
  • American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 by William Manchester
  • Saint John Bosco by F. A. Forbes
  • Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II
  • Padre Pio: A Personal Portrait by Fr. Francesco Napolitano
  • The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
  • The Love That Keeps Us Sane: Living the Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Marc Foley, O.C.D.
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • Property & Casualty Insurance Primer by Cliff Gallant et al. (KBW)
  • Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
  • Son by Lois Lowry
  • John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father by Peggy Noonan
  • Messenger by Lois Lowry
  • The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest by John Gerard, S.J.
  • Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Machine Learning: The High-Interest Credit Card of Technical Debt by D. Sculley et al.
  • Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
  • Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones
  • The Way of a Pilgrim edited by G. P. Fedotov
  • "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
  • The Rule of Saint Augustine by St. Augustine (introduction and commentary by Tarsicius J. Van Bavel, OSA)
  • The Rule of St. Benedict in English by St. Benedict (edited by Timothy Fry, O.S.B.)
  • How to Make a Good Confession: A Pocket Guide to Reconciliation with God by John A. Kane
  • Edith Stein: Essential Writings by Edith Stein (selected by John Sullivan, OCD)
  • Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
  • Heaven in Stone and Glass: Experiencing the Spirituality of the Great Cathedrals by Robert Barron
  • The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
  • Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
  • "Forget Not Love": The Passion of Maximilian Kolbe by André Frossard
  • Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  • A Plan of Life by Joseph M. Muntadas
  • White Fang by Jack London
  • The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • Into the Rising Sun: World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat by Patrick K. O'Donnell
  • The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc
  • Successful Fathers: The Subtle but Powerful Ways Fathers Mold Their Children's Characters by James B. Stenson
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
  • Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves by Christian Rudder
  • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
  • Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
  • Saint Anthony of Padua: Our Franciscan Friend edited by Cassian A. Miles, O.F.M.
  • The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
  • The House At Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
  • The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
  • Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer and August Cole
  • You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
  • Man of the House: A Handbook for Building a Shelter That Will Last in a World That Is Falling Apart by C. R. Wiley
  • The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 by William Manchester
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: from the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Jeweler's Shop by Karol Wojtyla
  • The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah
  • Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames
  • The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot by Jay Richards & Jonathan Witt
  • Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude by Raymond M. Kethledge & Michael S. Erwin
  • The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
  • Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Walking by Henry David Thoreau
  • Negotiating Your Salary by Jack Chapman
  • The Red Bandanna: A life. A choice. A Legacy. by Tom Rinaldi
  • The Little Oratory: A Beginner's Guide to Praying in the Home by David Clayton & Leila Lawler
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
  • Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank Abagnale Jr. & Stan Redding
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben Rich
  • Men in Green Faces: A Novel of U.S. Navy SEALs by Gene Wentz
  • How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life by J. J. Luna
  • The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick
  • The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim and Kevin Behr
  • Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern
  • A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica by Peter Kreeft
  • The Power of Zero, Revised and Updated: How to Get to the 0% Tax Bracket and Transform Your Retirement by David McKnight
  • Washington: A Life (Abridged) by Ron Chernow

2018

  • New American Bible, Revised Edition (Luke, Mark, Matthew, John, Daniel)
  • The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead: Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life by Charles Murray
  • The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
  • 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know by Terry Glaspey
  • No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal by Mark Owen
  • The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning by Simcha Fisher
  • Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth by John Doerr
  • Start Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them by Garrett Sutton
  • No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen
  • Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Gregory Boyle
  • Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God by Daniel Burke
  • Loopholes of Real Estate by Garrett Sutton
  • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
  • The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch
  • 50 Money-Saving Tips for Every Landlord: A Practical Guide to Maintaining Short-Term Rental Properties by Mike McLean
  • Foreclosure Investing For Dummies by Ralph R. Roberts
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
  • Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
  • How to Get Started in Real Estate by Robert Irwin
  • Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal by Ben Sasse
  • The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
  • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • Making Room for God: Decluttering and the Spiritual Life by Mary Elizabeth Sperry
  • The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture by Haley Stewart
  • Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff by Chip Gaines
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy
  • The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter
  • Commercial Real Estate Investing by Dolf de Roos
  • The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life by Noble Smith and Peter S. Beagle
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Iliad by Homer, translated by Richmond Lattimore
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
  • The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath by Nicco Mele
  • The Practice of the Presence of God (Paraclete Essentials) by Brother Lawrence & Hal M. Helms (Editor), Robert J. Edmonson (Translator)
  • The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines
  • The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin
  • Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  • Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (#1) by C. S. Forester
  • Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
  • Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
  • From Islam to Christ by Derya Little
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • 33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners by Jonathan Franklin
  • Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
  • The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester
  • A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry
  • Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections by Stephen Biesty & Richard Platt
  • The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
  • Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  • Honey for a Child's Heart (Fourth Edition) by Gladys Hunt
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
  • Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent
  • Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen
  • Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
  • Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven
  • Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
  • Perfectly Yourself by Matthew Kelly
  • Man vs. Baby: The Chaos and Comedy of Real-Life Parenting by Matt Coyne
  • Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  • The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
  • Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
  • The Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien
  • The Constitution of Ireland by
  • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
  • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
  • "Greenleaf" and "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
  • Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On by Christine Benvenuto
  • A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
  • Gaudete et Exsultate: On the Call to Holiness in Today's World by Pope Francis
  • When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment by Ryan T. Anderson
  • Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
  • Consuming the Word: The New Testament and The Eucharist in the Early Church by Scott Hahn
  • Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
  • The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Science by Kieran Healy
  • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
  • Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon
  • The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems . . . and Create More by Luke Dormehl
  • Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work by Leslie A. Perlow
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  • American House Styles: A Concise Guide by John Milnes Baker, A.I.A.
  • The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter by David Sax
  • Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World by Tyler Cowen
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  • The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
  • An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
  • Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
  • Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen M. Barr
  • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte
  • Silence In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
  • Biostatistics for Dummies by John C. Pezzullo, PhD
  • Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guillebeau
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • The Pleasures of Counting by T.W. Körner
  • Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
  • Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
  • Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
  • Grant by Ron Chernow
  • Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease by Jeanette Farrell
  • Epidemiologist by Nel Yomtov
  • How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger, M.D.

2017

  • New American Bible, Revised Edition (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts of the Apostles, Revelation, Job, Isaiah, Wisdom, Matthew, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude)
  • Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality by Andrew Sullivan
  • Meditations for Advent by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
  • Artemis by Andy Weir
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  • Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman
  • Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
  • Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History by Kalee Thompson
  • The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis
  • God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
  • Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins
  • Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman
  • The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
  • An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist by Richard Dawkins
  • Painting as a Pastime by Winston S. Churchill
  • A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip W. Keller
  • The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
  • Some Permanent Things by James Matthew Wilson
  • A Geography of Ireland by O.J.R. Howarth
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose by selected and edited by W.H. Gardner
  • The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
  • The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance by Ben Sasse
  • Master Builders of the Middle Ages by David Jacobs
  • Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
  • The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson and rew McAfee
  • Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Planet of Exile by Ursula Le Guin
  • Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark
  • The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew B. Crawford
  • Till We Have Faves: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis
  • The World's Great Catholic Literature edited by George N. Shuster
  • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Mark Tegmark
  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
  • Things I Wish I’d Know Before We Got Married by Gary Chapman
  • Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom by Ryan T. Anderson
  • The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor
  • The Will to Climb by Ed Viesturs
  • Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric by Ward Farnsworth
  • The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
  • Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold
  • Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer J. Adler
  • The Trial and Death of Socrates: Apology, Phaedo by Plato
  • The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages by Scott Hahn
  • Saint Padre Pio: In the Footsteps of Saint Francis by Michael J. Ruszala
  • The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James A. Michener
  • Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way by Pope John Paul II
  • The Road to Character by David Brooks
  • The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis
  • The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich by Harry S. Dent, Jr.
  • Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands
  • The Fortunes of Poetry in and Age of Unmaking by James Matthew Wilson
  • Poetry as Prayer: Jessica Powers by Robert F. Morneau
  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
  • Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One by Thomas Sowell
  • The Circle by Dave Eggers
  • Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities by James Turner
  • Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday
  • Airport by Arthur Hailey
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
  • Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
  • Salary Tutor by Jim Hopkinson
  • Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
  • Beyond Band of Brothers by Major Dick Winters
  • Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
  • The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos
  • The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D.
  • Conversations with Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed
  • Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • Tidy Data (Journal of Statistical Software) by Hadley Wickham
  • Just Married by Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak
  • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move The World by Adam Grant
  • Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
  • Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla by Marc J. Seifer
  • The Shadow of His Wings (Abridged) by Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM
  • The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom
  • The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
  • City of God by St. Augustine
  • The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rob Dreher
  • Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World by Charles J. Chaput
  • Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen
  • The Power of a Half Hour by Tommy Barnett
  • The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
  • Open by Andre Agassi
  • Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster by John Konrad & Tom Shroder
  • Highest Duty by Chesley B. Sullenberger
  • Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
  • Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral by Philip Ball
  • Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became odore Roosevelt by David McCullough
  • Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
  • Moneyball by Michael Lewis
  • Legacy by James Kerr
  • Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
  • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
  • Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
  • Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

2016

  • New American Bible, Revised Edition (Luke, John, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, Titus, Philemon)
  • Modeling Aircraft Loan & Lease Portfolios by Nils Hallerst
  • Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz
  • An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner
  • How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
  • The Library: A World History by James W. P. Campbell
  • The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Humphrey Carpenter
  • Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
  • The Early History of Rome (Book I) by Livy
  • Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  • God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis
  • Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Saint John Paul the Great by Jason Evert
  • Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
  • Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  • The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
  • Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love by Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
  • The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development by Chad Fowler
  • Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else by Steve Lohr
  • Sexy Little Numbers: How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have by Dimitri Maex
  • Project Holiness: Marriage as a Workshop for Everyday Saints by Bridget Burke Ravizza and Julie Donovan Massey
  • Data Science From Scratch by Joel Grus
  • Walden by Henry David Throeau
  • The Seven Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane by Matthew Hutson
  • The Constitution of the United States
  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
  • His Needs Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Willard F. Harley, Jr.
  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
  • The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
  • Witness to Love: How to Help the Next Generation Build Marriages that Survive and Thrive by Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret
  • For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage by Tara Parker-Pope
  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu
  • The Art of Data Science by Roger Peng and Elizabeth Matsui
  • A Man On The Moon: The Voyages Of The Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
  • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
  • Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
  • The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
  • The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
  • Why Teach: In Defense of a Real Education by Mark Edmundson
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
  • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
  • The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Making of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
  • Jesus of Nazareth: From The Baptism In The Jordan To The Transfiguration by Pope Benedict XVI
  • Principles of Helicopter Flight by W.J. Wagtendonk
  • The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Abridged) by Daniel Yergin
  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  • The God Machine: The Story of the Helicopter by James R. Chiles
  • Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  • The First Congress by Ferguson M. Bordewich
  • Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
  • Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zuskar
  • All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
  • Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
  • David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Fr. Gregory Boyle
  • The Vatican Pimpernel: The Wartime Exploits of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty by Brian Fleming
  • American Sniper by Chris Kyle
  • Amoris Laetitia by Pope Francis
  • The Autobiography of Mark Twain
  • Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
  • Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook by Michael Lopp
  • Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
  • The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
  • Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Father Jacques Philippe
  • Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper
  • A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer
  • Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
  • The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages by Jean Gimpel
  • Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life by Donald Rumsfeld
  • Vision to Reality by Honorée Corder
  • You Can't Predict A Hero: From War to Wall Street, Leading in Times of Crisis by Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
  • Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
  • Solar Power Demystified: The Beginners Guide to Solar Power, Energy Independence, and Lower Bills by Lacho Pop and Dimi Avram
  • The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture by Dennis R. McNamara
  • The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
  • The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
  • Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities by Peter Fox-Penner
  • Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
  • The Big Short by Michael Lewis

2015

  • New American Bible, Revised Edition (complete)
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • The Rosary of Our Lady by Romano Guardini
  • Meditations for Advent by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
  • Live Today Well: St. Francis de Sales's Simple Approach to Holiness by Fr. Thomas F. Dailey, O.S.F.S.
  • Joy to the World: How Christ’s Coming Changed the World (and Still Does) by Scott Hahn
  • The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  • Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI
  • Catholic Realism: A Framework for the Refutation of Atheism and the Evangelization of Atheists by Sebastian Mahfood
  • Into the Breach: An Apostolic Exhortation by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
  • Inferno by Dante Alighieri
  • Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor by Allen Hunt
  • What Is Marriage - Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Seven Deadly Sins by Dr. Kevin Vost
  • Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Robert Barron
  • Seeds of the Word: Finding God In The Culture by Robert Barron
  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
  • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
  • The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
  • The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
  • The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic by Matthew Kelly
  • Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy
  • Theodore Roosevelt by Louis Auchincloss
  • John Paul II: A Personal Portrait of the Pope and the Man by Ray Flynn
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
  • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
  • Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.: Priest, President, Citizen of the World 1917-2015 by Notre Dame Magazine
  • The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
  • Love Does by Bob Goff
  • I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
  • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
  • Catholic Literary Giants by Joseph Pearce
  • Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Reaching Out by Henri Nouwen
  • The Martian by Andy Weir
  • Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller
  • Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
  • Peace of Soul by Fulton Sheen

2014

  • Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
  • The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan’s Top Hand by Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner
  • Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
  • The Prison Angel: Mother Antonia’s Life of Service in a Mexican Jail by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan
  • Finding True Happiness by Fulton Sheen
  • On Heaven and Earth by Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka
  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
  • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  • St. Thomas Aquinas by G.K. Chesterton
  • To Save a Thousand Souls by Fr. Brett A. Brannen
  • Better by Atul Gawande
  • Finding Darwin’s God by Kenneth R. Miller
  • Camerado, I Give You My Hand by Maura Poston Zagrans
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
  • St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red by Fr. Godfrey Poage, C.P.
  • The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
  • YOUCAT by (Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church)
  • A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II by Edward P. Hahnenberg
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality by Ronald Rolheiser
  • Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
  • Evangelical Catholicism by George Weigel
  • For Better Forever: A Catholic Guide to Lifelong Marriage by Gregory K. Popcak
  • The Idea of a University by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  • The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
  • Silence by Shusaku Endo
  • In Good Company by James Martin, SJ
  • The Portal of the Mystery of Hope by Charles Péguy
  • Ex Corde Ecclesiae by Pope John Paul II
  • Vipers' Tangle by François Mauriac
  • The Wealth of Nations (Book I, Chapters I-VIII) by Adam Smith
  • Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri de Lubac
  • The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
  • Life Out of Death: Meditations on the Paschal Mystery by Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • The God of Jesus Christ by Joseph Ratzinger
  • The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
  • The Other by Ryszard Kapuściński
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
  • Change by Design by Tim Brown and Barry Katz
  • *Foundations of Strength* and *Transform Your Habits* by James Clear
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium
  • Lumen Gentium
  • Dei Verbum
  • Lumen Fidei by Pope Francis
  • Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design edited by Wiley J. Larson and Linda K. Pranke

2013

  • Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Understanding the Scriptures: A Complete Course on Bible Study by Scott Hahn
  • The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis
  • Seven Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God by A. Cressy Morrison
  • Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft
  • Manalive by G.K. Chesterton
  • Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Mission by John R. Wood
  • Rekindling the Fire: 9 Days with the Living Legacy of Basil Moreau by Joel Giallanza, C.S.C.
  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
  • When You Are an RCIA Sponsor by Rita burns Senseman
  • Grow by Focusing on What Matters by Joel E. Urbany and James H. Davis
  • Breakthrough Marketing Plans by Tim Calkins
  • Negotiation Genius by Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman
  • Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
  • The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin, SJ
  • The Story of a Soul by St. Thérèse of Lisieux
  • The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God by Daniel Burke
  • St. Anselm's Proslogion
  • No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton
  • Holy Cross and Christian Education by Fr. James B. King, C.S.C.
  • The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
  • Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Seeking a Center: My Life as a "Great Bookie" by Otto Bird
  • Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute
  • Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley
  • Getting It Right by Viva Barktus and Ed Conlon
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  • Vocation of the Business Leader
  • Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
  • The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton by Dale Ahlquist
  • In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen
  • Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton
  • The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to be Successful by Michael Ellsberg
  • Making All Things New by Henri J.M. Nouwen
  • My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ
  • The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
  • On China by Henry Kissinger

2012

  • Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
  • The Information by James Gleick
  • A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics by David A. Moss
  • The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
  • The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
  • Microeconomics for MBA's by Richard B McKenzie and Dwight R Lee
  • The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
  • In the School of the Holy Spirit by Jacques Philippe
  • The Truth About Confident Presenting by James O'Rourke
  • An Introduction to General Systems Thinking by Gerald M. Weinberg
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must by Robert Zurbin
  • Frugal Cool: How to Get Rich Without Making Very Much Money by John F. Gaski
  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  • The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
  • The Existential Pleasures of Engineering by Samuel C. Florman
  • Life's Greatest Lessons by Hal Urban
  • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor
  • Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs by Stephen B. Johnson
  • Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story by Michael Collins
  • Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
  • Warmth Disperses and Time Passes by Hans Christian Von Baeyer
  • After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
  • A Canticle For Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Einstein by Walter Isaacson

2011

  • Why Choose the Liberal Arts? by Mark William Roche
  • Turning Point: The Inside Story of the Papal Birth Control Commission by Robert McClory
  • What the CEO Wants You To Know by Ram Charan
  • The Elements of Preliminary Aircraft Design by Roger Schaufele
  • Design of Aircraft by Thomas Corke
  • The Reverse of the Metal
  • East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
  • Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts
  • Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
  • As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Handbook of Model Rocketry by G. Harry Stine
  • The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo
  • Doing the Truth in Love by Michael Himes

2010

  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • Confessions by St. Augustine
  • An Introduction to Catholic Sacramental Theology by Alexandre Ganoczy
  • Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn
  • Reasons To Believe: How To Understand, Explain and Defend the Catholic Faith by Scott Hahn
  • United States Catholic Catechism For Adults
  • The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
  • A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt
  • Rediscovering Catholicism by Matthew Kelley
  • A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
  • The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
  • All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum
  • Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
  • In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
  • Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
  • Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life by Pope John Paul II
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine
  • The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
  • If You Really Loved Me by Jason Evert
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

2009

  • Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Domers: A Year at Notre Dame by Kevin Coyne
  • Making the Most of College by Richard J. Light
  • God, Country, Notre Dame by Theodore Hesburgh
  • The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
  • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
  • The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
  • How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
  • Deception Point by Dan Brown
  • Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
  • Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
  • Hamlet by Shakespeare
  • Stages of Faith by James Fowler

2008

  • Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts by Alvin Townley
  • Rachel and Her Children by Jonathan Kozol
  • There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
  • The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelley
  • The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelley
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Fences by August Wilson
  • Othello by Shakespeare
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
  • Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
  • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
  • Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

2007

  • Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
  • Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram
  • The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Tales of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twin
  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History by John Patrick Diggins
  • Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
  • Kriegies, Caterpillars and Lucky Bastards by Glenn A. Stephens
  • Macbeth by Shakespeare
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  • Utopia by Thomas More

2006

  • Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
  • Beowulf
  • The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
  • It Doesn't Take A Hero by Norman Schwarzkopf
  • Air Power: Heroes and Heroism in American Flight Missions 1916 to Today by Bill Gilbert
  • Medal of Honor by Peter Collier
  • At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Turned the Tide of World War II by Sam Moses
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • Night by Elie Wiesel

2005 (and before)

  • A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
  • Press on! by Chuck Yeager
  • That Others May Live: The True Story of a PJ, a Member of America's Most Daring Rescue Force by Pete Nelson and Jack Brehm
  • Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
  • The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • The Odyssey by Homer
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
  • Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  • The Battle of Britain by James Lucas
  • The Dambusters Raid by John Sweetman
  • The Small Back Room by Nigel Balchin
  • Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
  • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
  • Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  • The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen
  • Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
  • Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
  • The River by Gary Paulsen
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  • Voyager: The Flying Adventure of a Lifetime by Jeana Yeager & Dick Rutan