Reader Recap

The Register looks back at three months of good Catholic books.

American Babylon

Notes of a Christian Exile
By Richard John Neuhaus
Basic Books, 2009

The Right to Privacy

By Janet E. Smith

Ignatius Press/National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2008


The Faithful Departed:

The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture

By Philip F. Lawler

Encounter Books, 2008


By Their Fruits:

Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign

By Ann Farmer

Catholic University of America Press, 2008


Against the Grain:

Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace

By George Weigel

Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008


Ratzinger’s Faith:

The Theology of Benedict XVI

By Tracey Rowland

Oxford University Press, 2008


The Duty of Delight:

The Diaries of Dorothy Day

Edited by Robert Ellsberg

Marquette University Press, 2008


The Promise:

God’s Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts

Father Jonathan Morris

HarperOne, 2008


The Greatest Marian Titles:

Their History, Meaning and Usage

By Anthony Buono

Alba House, 2008


Gut Check:

Confronting Love, Work & Manhood

By Tarek Saab

Ransom Books, 2008


Faith at the Edge:

A New Generation of Catholic Writers Reflects on Life, Love, Sex, and Other Mysteries

Edited by Angelo Matera

Ave Maria Press, 2008


God’s Plan for You:

Understanding Your Personal Vocation

By Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz

Basilica Press, 2008


What God Has Joined:

A Catholic Teaching on Marriage

By Bishop Kevin W. Vann

Basilica Press, 2008


Audrey:

The True Story of One Child’s Heroic Journey of Faith

By Gloria Conde

Circle Press, 2008


Marriage:

The Dream That Refuses to Die

By Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2008


The Mass as Sacrifice:

Theological Reflections on the Sacrificial Elements of the Mass

By Rev. James B. Collins III

St. Pauls Editions, 2008


The Pope’s Legion:

The Multinational Force That Defended the Vatican

By Charles A. Coulombe

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008


Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life:

A Practical Guide for Active People

By Father Robert Spitzer, S.J.

Ignatius Press, 2008