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The Best Spiritual Books of 2011

By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Every year from the more than 300 books we review on this website, we choose 50 "best spiritual books." These are the titles that have most impressed and inspired us, and since we only review books that we want to recommend to you for your spiritual journey, this selection actually represents the best of the best.

We have organized this list by a major theme or spiritual practice covered in the book. These headings are just to make it easier for you to find the books you might be most interested in; they are not subcategories of the awards. Through diverse approaches, drawing upon the wisdom and practices of the world's religions, these titles explore the quest for meaning and purpose, wholeness and healing, commitment and community, contemplation and social activism.

We congratulate the authors and publishers of these exceptional contributions to today's spiritual renaissance. Click on the title link to read the full review.

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Ron Rolheiser, OMI - Books That Have Crossed My Path in 2010

There's some rhyme and reason to how I select my reading material. I check reviews, I try to be alert to what gets mentioned when friends and colleagues talk literature, and I deliberately set myself a diet that balances spiritual books, novels, intellectual essays, and select biographies.  Nonetheless, invariably, some of the best books I read each year are stumbled upon by accident. I ascribe to the theory that the book you're supposed to be reading at a given time finds you.

 

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Ron Rolheiser, OMI - Books That Found Me- 2009

 
Ron Rolheiser, OMI, author of Holy Longing:The Search for a Christian Spirituality and a weekly columnist for diocesan newspapers, recommends those books that touched him the most in 2009. Books that Found Me.

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Invitation to the Classics

Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to the Books You've Always Wanted to Read

One Hundred Great Catholic Books

One Hundred Great Catholic Books by Don Brophy

In this lovely tome, Don Brophy introduces readers to the myriad works of Catholic literature, having carefully selected pieces that have greatly impacted their readers. His short reviews are put into chronological order and comprise the classic Catholic books as well as some true surprises.

"This is the most congenial history of Catholic thought one could ever hope to find. On every page, I found some new connection to be made or an intriguing insight to be savored."  —Phyllis Tickle, author, The Divine Hours