This list is made for high school readers who are looking for something to read OUTSIDE of the classic literature already being taught in school. These books may deal with tough issues, but they do not go against anything in our Catholic faith.
This list is constantly under construction with new titles, so be sure to check back with us regularly for new books!
A Cry of Stone by Michael D. O’Brien
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Eclipse of the Sun by Michael D. O’Brien
Elijah in Jerusalem by Michael D. O’Brien
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse by Michael D. O’Brien
God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
Plague Journal by Michael D. O’Brien
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Strangers and Sojourners by Michael D. O’Brien
The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalie Sanmartin Fenollera
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Hiding Place by Corrie TenBoom
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Island of the World by Michael D. O’Brien
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
The Shadow of His Wings: A Graphic Biography of Father Gereon Goldmann by Max Temesou
Theopolis by Michael D. O’Brien
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes