Recs if you like The Imitation of Christ...

This is an ongoing list of great Catholic reads (of “classics” that are often recommend and just good Catholic books). I have personally read every book on this list.

And it goes without saying that a good translation of Scripture with the deuterocanonicals (the books removed by the Protestant Reformation) should top this list.

I hope this list can be helpful to someone. This list is in no particular order. Open to suggestions for additions in the comments.

We often talk about what Rizal wrote, but what did the National Hero consume to write so well? To think in that way? Rizal was known to be a voracious reader, getting it from his parents ("[My parents] urged me to read and understand them [books]") and then spending hours in libraries overseas. From his letter to Blumentritt (Nov. 8, 1888): "The Indio, in general, is very fond of reading and studying…”