The priest is inspired somewhat by Chesterton’s Father Brown, but they are not to be confused! My favorite book of the year. Unlike many of my friends, I’ve never been keen on her fiction, but this book is exquisite.ĭuring a visit to Italy this summer I discovered the Don Camillo stories by Giovanni Guareschi-delightful stories about a small village in Italy following World War II and the ongoing battle of wits and wills between the Communist mayor and the parish priest. Read on!įor something more inspiring and edifying, I read The Spiritual Writings of Flannery O’Connor.
I hope that reading this list of good reads begins with expectation and closes with both delight and profit. I am thankful for their willingness to take part in this special end-of-the-year feature.Īs always, the criteria given to contributors is quite simple: “What were the best books you read in the past year?” The books chosen can address any topic and could be published recently or centuries ago. This is the third year that this popular feature has been on the CWR site (it was originally featured on the Ignatius Insight site), and this year we have nearly 40 contributors. It has now been 10 years since I posted the first “Best Books I Read in…” piece, and each year since there have been more contributors and more books. A world without books is hard to imagine, and among the great joys of this life are reading, contemplating, and conversing about good books.
It’s also true, as the author of Ecclesiastes wrote, of making many books there is no end. But, of course, I read that in a book-The Good Book. “That is a good book,” wrote Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), the father of novelist Louisa May Alcott, “which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.”
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