7,878 books
—
49,831 voters
to-read
(8)
currently-reading (4)
read (944)
did-not-finish (0)
historical-fiction (93)
crime-mystery (71)
20th-century-classics (58)
19th-century-classics (49)
children (48)
top-40 (40)
currently-reading (4)
read (944)
did-not-finish (0)
historical-fiction (93)
crime-mystery (71)
20th-century-classics (58)
19th-century-classics (49)
children (48)
top-40 (40)
alice-hoffman
(33)
virginia-woolf (27)
poetry (23)
anne-tyler (22)
margaret-atwood (20)
autobiography-memoir (19)
feminism (18)
marge-piercy (18)
anna-quindlen (16)
faith (16)
virginia-woolf (27)
poetry (23)
anne-tyler (22)
margaret-atwood (20)
autobiography-memoir (19)
feminism (18)
marge-piercy (18)
anna-quindlen (16)
faith (16)
“Real life is unbelievable. Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war over nothing. It’s all preposterous. That’s why we have novels. To make sense of things.”
― The Invisible Hour
― The Invisible Hour
“I'm experiencing the death of visiting God and the birth of living with God and through God.”
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
“No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that caused it.”
― Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
― Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
“Suffering does not solve any problem mechanically as much as it reveals the constant problem that we are to ourselves and opens up new spaces within us for learning and loving.”
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
“I'm not homesick for the first half of life because it's really never been my true home.”
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Catherine
Lists liked by Catherine





























































