Monastic life

Description
Fiction about monks, nuns, and other clerics (Christian or other religions).
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,690 members
335 reviews
4.2
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The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
8,511 members
436 reviews
4.1
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Narcissus and Goldmund
by Hermann Hesse
6,996 members
85 reviews
4.1
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The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
5,048 members
103 reviews
3.8
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,395 members
117 reviews
3.8
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
2,774 members
55 reviews
3.8
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Hild
by Nicola Griffith
1,906 members
105 reviews
4
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In This House of Brede
by Rumer Godden
1,607 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Nun
by Denis Diderot
1,590 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
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Absolution by Murder
by Peter Tremayne
1,007 members
33 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Sixth Lamentation
by William Brodrick
887 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Corner That Held Them
by Sylvia Townsend Warner
755 members
21 reviews
3.9
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Black Narcissus
by Rumer Godden
680 members
17 reviews
3.9
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The Novice's Tale
by Margaret Frazer
663 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
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Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel
by Kate Horsley
641 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
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Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
by Rumer Godden
448 members
14 reviews
3.9
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The Land of Spices
by Kate O'Brien
351 members
7 reviews
4
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Maresi
by Maria Turtschaninoff
318 members
22 reviews
3.9
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The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play
by Mary Hoffman
276 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
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Flying to Nowhere
by John Fuller
275 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
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Fortune like the Moon
by Alys Clare
274 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Anchoress
by Robyn Cadwallader
260 members
13 reviews
3.8
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Daniel Stein, Interpreter
by Ludmila Ulitskaya
204 members
7 reviews
4
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The Witch's Brat
by Rosemary Sutcliff
203 members
8 reviews
3.8
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Scholarium
by Claudia Gross
48 members
2 reviews
3.2
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Abbés
by Pierre Michon
31 members
3.9
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Die Abtei. Roman.
by Alois Brandstetter
27 members
1 review
3.8
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Matrix
by Lauren Groff
2,250 members
111 reviews
3.8
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The Ninth Hour
by Alice McDermott
963 members
47 reviews
3.8
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The Lilies of the Field
by William E. Barrett
926 members
15 reviews
3.9
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The Initiate Brother
by Sean Russell
506 members
8 reviews
4.1