Vatican City (61 books)

Non-fiction preferred since there's at least one list for Vatican thrillers but if you want to add fiction I won't stop you. Properties of the Holy See can also be included.

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1	The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican by David Alvarez 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis's Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican by Gianluigi Nuzzi 3.51 avg rating — 436 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV means for the church and world by Christopher Lamb 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Spies in the Vatican: Espionage and Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust by David Alvarez 2.88 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church by Thomas J. Reese 3.73 avg rating — 98 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Inside the Vatican of Pius XII: The Memoir of an American Diplomat During World War II by Harold H. Tittmann Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Vatican Gardens: An Architectural and Horticultural History by Alberta Campitelli it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Gardens of the Vatican by Linda Kooluris Dobbs 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Vatican Observatory: In the Service of Nine Popes by Sabino S.J. Maffeo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis 3.69 avg rating — 1,764 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church by John W. O'Malley 4.11 avg rating — 239 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth 3.95 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration by Pierluigi de Vecchi (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Secrets of a Vatican Cardinal: Celso Costantini's Wartime Diaries, 1938-1947 by Celso Costantini 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Vatican Pimpernel: The World War II Exploits of the Monsignor Who Saved Over 6,500 Lives by Brian Fleming 4.01 avg rating — 1,137 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King 3.85 avg rating — 39,152 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Della Gran Galleria Vaticana. Journey through the restoration of the Gallery of maps by Annavaleria Caffo 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Raphael: In the Apartments of Julius II and Leo X: English Language Edition by Guido Cornini et al 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Conservation of the Vatican Museums: A Ten Year Project Completed by Vittoria Cimino 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Sistine Chapel Twenty Years Later: New Breath New Light, 30th-31st October 2014, Conference Proceedings by Vittoria Cimino (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	A Guide to the Vatican Gardens : History, Art, Nature by Ambrogio M. Piazzoni 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Bones of St. Peter: A 1st Full Account of the Search for the Apostle's Body by John Evangelist Walsh 4.29 avg rating — 163 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's by R.A. Scotti 3.99 avg rating — 2,448 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	When in Rome: A Journal of Life in the Vatican City by Robert J. Hutchinson (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 189 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Nothing Sacred: Nazi Espionage Against the Vatican, 1939-1945 by David J. Alvarez it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Vatican Radio: Propagation by the Airwaves (Media and Society Series) by Marilyn J. Matelski 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican: An Interpretive Guide by George L. Hersey 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Casino of Pius IV by Graham Smith (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Raphael: The Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, 1508-1511 by Sydney Joseph Freedberg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	La necropoli di San Pietro. Arte e fede nei sotterranei della Basilica vaticana by Pietro Zander liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture by Anthony Grafton (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts by Anja Grebe 4.64 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Renaissance Secrets: A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican by Maurizio De Luca really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Vatican Lifeline '44: Allied Fugitives aided by the Italian Resistance foil the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied Rome by William Simpson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Old Saint Peter's, Rome by Rosamond McKitterick (editor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Eyewitness to Old St Peter's: Maffeo Vegio's ‘Remembering the Ancient History of St Peter's Basilica in Rome,' with Translation and a Digital Reconstruction of the Church by Maffeo Vegio 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600 by L. Bosman (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome by Jake Morrissey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 544 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Altars and Altarpieces of New St. Peter's: Outfitting the Basilica, 1621–1666 by Louise Rice really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Renovatio Christiana: The Counter Reformed Patronage Of Pope Sixtus V At The Holy Steps In Rome (1585-1590) by Stefano Sandano it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	St. Paul's Outside the Walls: A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era by Nicola Camerlenghi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	What No Eye Has Seen...Visual Theology of the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls by Edmund Power 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Sixtus V and the Lateran Palace by Corinne Mandel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Lateran Complex: A Guide to the Basilica, the Apostolic Palace and the Holy Staircase by Roberto. Luciani 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome by Ulrich Pfisterer 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Sistine Chapel: History of a Masterpiece by Antonio Forcellino 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Bernini and the Bell Towers: Architecture and Politics at the Vatican by Sarah McPhee 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Popes on Air: The History of Vatican Radio from Its Origins to World War II by Raffaella Perin did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Vatican Cookbook: Presented by the Pontifical Swiss Guard by The Pontifical Swiss Guard 4.15 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Museum of the Papal Carriages in the Vatican: Recent Restorations of the Vatican Museums by Pietro Amato 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization by Anthony Ekpo liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Tomb of St. Peter by Margherita Guarducci 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search by John O'Neill 4.22 avg rating — 2,245 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs by Wendy J. Reardon 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Le grotte vaticane. Memorie storiche, devozioni, tombe dei papi by Vittorio Lanzani 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Vatican: Spirit and Art of Christian Rome by John Daley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Papacy and the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIII's Tower of the Winds in the Vatican by Nicola Courtright it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Vatican Necropoles: Rome's City of the Dead by F Buranelli 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Eschatological symbolism in the Vatican necropolis by Michele Basso 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Guide to the Vatican Necropolis by Michele Basso 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Saint Peter's: The Story of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome by James Lees-Milne 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars