Basic Christian Readings

For spiritual reading, there are several lists in the internet such as those of: 

• Catholic Information Center
• Fr. Fernando Jadraque and Fr. Javier Lopez
• Fr. Thomas Morrow at Catholic Faith Alive
• Regnum Christi
• Fr. Gary Coulter
• Fr. John Hardon, S.J.

The book, Jesus-Centered Life: Guide to the Happiest Life has this list: 

• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (online)

• Youcat (Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church) 

• Faith Explained by Leo Trese

• Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed

• My Way of Life by St. Thomas Aquinas

• Walking with God by Kilian Healy (online)

• Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn

• Our Lady of Fatima by William Thomas Walsh

• The Curé d’Ars by Francis Trochu

• Time for God, Way of Trust ad Love, Interior Freedom, Searching and Maintaining Peace, Called to Life, etc. by Jacques Philippe

• Understanding “Our Father;” The Lamb’s Supper; Lord, Have Mercy; etc. by Scott Hahn

• Catechesis on Prayer, the Apostles, the Fathers, etc. by Pope Benedict XVI (online)

• Prayer: the Great Means of Salvation and Perfection, School of Christian Perfection, The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, etc. by St. Alphonsus Liguori (online)

• Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola

• The Practice of Humility by J. Pecci/Pope Leo XIII (online)

• Introduction to the Devout Life, Treatise on the Love of God, etc. by St. Francis de Sales (online)

• Little Catechism, Sermons, etc. by St. John Mary Vianney (online)

• The Way, The Furrow, The Forge, Christ is Passing By and Friends of God by St. Josemaría Escrivá (online)

• To Know Christ Jesus, Theology and Sanity, etc. by Frank Sheed

• Life of Christ, Three to Get Married, etc. by Fulton Sheen

• Public Life of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Passion and Death of our

Lord Jesus Christ by Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J.

• The Hidden Power of Kindness by Lawrence Lovasik

• In Conversation with God, Lukewarmness, etc. by Francisco

Fernandez-Carvajal

• Saints in the World, God and Children, etc. by Jesus Urteaga

• In Silence with God, Frequent Confession by Benedict Baur

• Back to Virtue, Before I Go, etc. by Peter Kreeft

• Heart of Virtue by Donald DeMarco

• Faith Applied by Jean Daujat

• Letters to a Young Catholic, The Truth of Catholicism, etc. by George Weigel

• Conversation with Christ by Peter Thomas Rohrbach

• Meditations and Devotions, Sermons, etc. by St. John Henry Newman (online)

• The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St Thérèse of Lisieux (online)