Exploring Catholic Literature: A Companion and Resource Guide, by Mary R. Reichardt provides an introduction to 12 recognized masterpieces of Catholic literature. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the author, an extended critical essay highlighting the work's Catholic and literary aspects, suggestions for further reading and study, and questions for discussion.
Augustine of Hippo, Confessions of Saint Augustine
Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
Gerard Manly Hopkins, Selected Poetry
Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Flannery O’Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm
Shusaku Endo, Deep River
Denise Levertov, The Stream and the Sapphire
