The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan (LTRP) offers about 100 books that constitute an outstanding guide to a lifetime of great Catholic reading. Pope John Paul II has encouraged us to rediscover the riches of our Catholic faith and to share the message of the Gospel with all we meet. We Catholics can do this principally by living a life of holiness in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives — holiness inspired and informed by good spiritual reading. » View All LTRP Books

Spiritual Classics

By reading the great classics of Catholic spirituality like St. Augustine's Confessions, St. Teresa of Avila's Way of Perfection, and St. Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life, or modern masterpieces including The Way by St. Josemaría Escrivá or Dietrich Von Hildebrand's Transformation in Christ, we can deepen our interior lives, grow closer to Christ, and bring His promise of salvation to our loved ones at home and those we meet in our professional lives.

Theology & Holiness

Through reading works on Christian marriage and family life, such as Fulton Sheen's Three to Get Married and Cormac Burke's Covenanted Happiness, or books on philosophical and theological issues like Josef Pieper's The Four Cardinal Virtues or C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, we can continue our spiritual education, come to a deeper understanding of the implications of Gospel, and be strengthened for the daily challenges of living our faith in the world.

Saints & Christian Heroes

By exploring the lives of the Church's great saints and heroes through outstanding biographies, such as Chesterton's lives of St. Francis and St. Thomas Aquinas, Gerard Wegemer's portrait of St. Thomas More, or George Weigel's biography of Pope John Paul II Witness to Hope, we can be inspired by the example of those have followed Christ unreservedly with courage and faith.

Masterpieces of History & Literature

Through studying the masterpieces of Catholic historians, such as Hilaire Belloc's How the Reformation Happened and Christopher Dawson's Christianity and European Culture, or enjoying the great works of literature from Dante's Divine Comedy and the Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins to Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, the Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, we can savor the rich and luminous experience of Catholic culture.