Christian History — Recommended Reading

Novice Favorites

Recommended for beginners of any age

Book Title	Author
Stories from the Life of Christ Told to the Children	by Janet H. Kelman
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages	by George Hodges
Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages	by George Hodges

Christian History

Book Title	Author
History of the Church: Christian Antiquity	by Sisters of Notre Dame
History of the Church: Early Middle Ages	by Sisters of Notre Dame
History of the Church: Later Middle Ages	by Sisters of Notre Dame
History of the Church: Early Modern Times	by Sisters of Notre Dame
History of the Church: Later Modern Times	by Sisters of Notre Dame
Early Church: from Ignatius to Augustine	by George Hodges
Christian Persecutions	by Asa Craig
Eighteen Christian Centuries	by James White

Saints and Christian Heroes

Book Title	Author
Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts	by Abbie Farwell Brown
Stories of the Saints	by Jennie Hall
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages	by George Hodges
Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages	by George Hodges
Book of Saints and Heroes	by Mrs. Lang
In God's Garden	by Amy Steedman
Legends and Stories of Italy	by Amy Steedman
Our Island Saints	by Amy Steedman
Child's Book of Saints	by William Canton
Child's Book of Warriors	by William Canton
Seven Champions of Christendom	by F. J. Harvey Darton
Saint Christopher and Saint Cuthbert	by Mary Macgregor
Roses of Martyrdom	by Clarice M. Cresswell Cresswell
Stories of Saints and Martyrs	by Jetta Wolff

Biographies

Book Title	Author
Story of Joan of Arc	by Andrew Lang
Saint Ignatius of Loyola	by John Hungerford Pollen
God's Troubadour: The Story of St. Francis of Assisi	by Sophie Jewett
Isaac Jogues: Missionary and Martyr	by Martin Jerome Scott
Saint Gregory the Great	by Sisters of Notre Dame
Martin Luther—the Story of his Life	by Elsie Singmaster

Historical Fiction

Book Title	Author
To the Lions	by Alfred J. Church
Crown of Pine	by Alfred J. Church
Hammer	by Alfred J. Church

Bible Stories

Book Title	Author
Christ Legends	by Selma Lagerlof
Nursery Book of Bible Stories	by Amy Steedman
Story of the Bible Told for Young and Old	by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Old Testament Legends	by M. R. James
Bible History for the Use of Catholic Schools	by Richard Gilmour
Stories from the Life of Christ Told to the Children	by Janet H. Kelman
Stories from the Old Testament Told to the Children	by Louey Chisholm
Heroes of Israel	by Lawton B. Evans

Biblical Geography

Book Title	Author
Holy Land in Geography	by Townsend MacCoun
Bible Atlas	by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Crusades

Book Title	Author
Crusaders	by Alfred J. Church
Stories from the Crusades	by Janet H. Kelman
Story of the Crusades	by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton