Books featuring monks and/or nuns

1

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

21,754 members

335 reviews

4.2

16 Members: Edward, Aquila, aprille, devenish, inge87, varielle, thorold, aulsmith, Oct326, Cecrow, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, karenekwiatkowsi4884
Explanations: aulsmith: Franciscan friars

2

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

25,076 members

185 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: aprille, devenish, varielle, thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Assorted Roman Catholic religious

3

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller

13,248 members

343 reviews

3.9

8 Members: Aquila, aprille, devenish, varielle, aulsmith, Oct326, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: New order in post-apocalyptic world

4

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

34,488 members

395 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: aprille, aulsmith, Cecrow, souloftherose, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, luke4
Explanations: aulsmith: Russian Orthodox monks

5

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

4,434 members

117 reviews

3.8

7 Members: aprille, devenish, varielle, aulsmith, souloftherose, ahef1963, Nova_Mortem
Explanations: aulsmith: Benedictine monks

6

Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett

13,400 members

211 reviews

4.2

6 Members: aulsmith, souloftherose, Dilara86, MDGentleReader, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Monks in an obscure sect on Discworld

7

In This House of Brede

by Rumer Godden

1,608 members

37 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Aquila, aulsmith, souloftherose, Dilara86, MDGentleReader
Explanations: aulsmith: Benedictine nuns

8

The Nun

by Denis Diderot

1,598 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: henkl, thecoroner, Dilara86, crichine, JuliaMaria

9

Kim

by Rudyard Kipling

10,212 members

217 reviews

3.8

5 Members: varielle, aulsmith, Cecrow, MDGentleReader, ahef1963
Explanations: aulsmith: Tibetan lama

10

Black Narcissus

by Rumer Godden

683 members

17 reviews

3.9

4 Members: varielle, Soupdragon, souloftherose, MDGentleReader

11

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

30,400 members

806 reviews

4.2

5 Members: aprille, varielle, Dilara86, luke4, ahef1963,souloftherose

12

Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse

7,031 members

86 reviews

4.1

4 Members: varielle, thorold, thecoroner, Dilara86

13

The Monk

by Matthew Lewis

5,061 members

103 reviews

3.8

4 Members: devenish, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Sparrow

by Mary Doria Russell

8,526 members

437 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Aquila, aprille, varielle, souloftherose, Dilara86

15

The Corner That Held Them

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

763 members

22 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, Soupdragon, souloftherose, Dilara86

16

The Betrothed

by Alessandro Manzoni

3,804 members

61 reviews

4

3 Members: Oct326, thecoroner, JuliaMaria

17

Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman

39,066 members

875 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Aquila, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Lost Horizon

by James Hilton

4,468 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: varielle, aulsmith, Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Hidden monastery in the Himalayas

19

Dissolution

by C. J. Sansom

4,698 members

205 reviews

3.9

4 Members: devenish, varielle, souloftherose, Dilara86

20

The Bell

by Iris Murdoch

2,249 members

57 reviews

3.9

2 Members: thorold, JuliaMaria

21

The Monastery

by Sir Walter Scott

373 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: devenish, thorold, Dilara86

22

Thief of Time

by Terry Pratchett

10,854 members

128 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila

by Teresa de Ávila

2,143 members

22 reviews

3.8

2 Members: varielle, Dilara86

24

The Italian

by Ann Radcliffe

1,410 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: devenish, souloftherose, Dilara86

25

The Land of Spices

by Kate O'Brien

351 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: lahochstetler, Dilara86

26

The Lilies of the Field

by William E. Barrett

926 members

15 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, cej1027
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

27

Through the Narrow Gate

by Karen Armstrong

777 members

11 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

28

The Second Cadfael Omnibus

by Ellis Peters

273 members

1 review

4

2 Members: crichine, ahef1963

29

The Cloister Walk

by Kathleen Norris

2,893 members

36 reviews

4

3 Members: varielle, Dilara86, ahef1963

30

Frost in May

by Antonia White

983 members

24 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lahochstetler, souloftherose

31

The Nun's Story

by Kathryn Hulme

536 members

9 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic missionary nuns

32

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë

10,080 members

158 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda

33

A Time to Keep Silence

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

951 members

34 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, thorold

34

The Diary of a Country Priest

by Georges Bernanos

1,973 members

29 reviews

3.9

2 Members: thecoroner, crichine

35

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

by Karen Armstrong

2,155 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

36

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton

5,302 members

64 reviews

3.9

2 Members: varielle, aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Trappist monks

37

Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

by Rosemary Curb

517 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

38

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough

8,382 members

162 reviews

4

3 Members: varielle, crichine, ahef1963,
Explanations: : I don't remember a monk. Unless priest=monk?

39

Gargantua

by François Rabelais

733 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: varielle, Dilara86

40

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1)

by Philip Pullman

5,412 members

161 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Genesee Diary

by Henri J. M. Nouwen

1,054 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aulsmith, souloftherose
Explanations: aulsmith: Trappist monks

42

The Devils of Loudun

by Aldous Huxley

1,692 members

26 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Dilara86, bluepiano

43

Brother Cadfael's Penance

by Ellis Peters

1,969 members

30 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

44

A Nun in the Closet

by Dorothy Gilman

581 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: MDGentleReader, ahef1963

45

Medieval People

by Eileen Power

1,437 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aulsmith, Oct326
Explanations: aulsmith: Catholic nun

46

The Long Earth

by Terry Pratchett

4,622 members

218 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

47

The Sound of Music [libretto]

by Richard Rodgers

162 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

48

The Rule of St. Benedict

by Saint Benedict

4,406 members

45 reviews

3.8

Member: John5918

49

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers

4,161 members

230 reviews

4.2

Member: sinki

50

The Sinner

by Tess Gerritsen

3,425 members

69 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

51

The Sign of Jonas

by Thomas Merton

807 members

13 reviews

4.2

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Trappist monks

52

The Monk Downstairs

by Tim Farrington

554 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mkbird

53

The Cardinal

by Henry Morton Robinson

366 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: crichine

54

The Convent

by Panos Karnezis

164 members

25 reviews

3.2

Member: bluepiano

55

Cosmas, or the Love of God

by Pierre de Calan

39 members

1 review

4

Member: inge87

56

Monk's Magic

by Alexander de Comeau

18 members

½ 4.5

Member: Crypto-Willobie

57

Les Deux Moniales

by Anne Huré

11 members

½ 3.5

Member: pickupf

58

The Haunted Monastery

by Robert van Gulik

487 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: devenish, Dilara86

59

How Far Can You Go?

by David Lodge

765 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: thorold, Dilara86

60

Egg and Spoon

by Gregory Maguire

837 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Orthodox monk

61

Silence

by Shusaku Endo

4,497 members

111 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, Dilara86

62

The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul

by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

3,691 members

43 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86
Explanations: aulsmith: Carmelite nuns

63

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

by Becky Chambers

2,228 members

108 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: sinki

64

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson

1,242 members

29 reviews

4.2

Member: Nova_Mortem

65

Lent: A Novel of Many Returns

by Jo Walton

419 members

22 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

66

The Rosary Murders

by William X. Kienzle

237 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

67

Missing Sisters

by Gregory Maguire

137 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns

68

The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent; Abridged Edition (Yale Nota Bene)

by Craig Harline

60 members

3.8

Member: bluepiano

69

The Masterful Monk

by Owen Francis Dudley

22 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: inge87

70

Knowledge of Angels

by Jill Paton Walsh

632 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: Oct326

71

Henry and Cato

by Iris Murdoch

528 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: JuliaMaria

72

Lambs of God

by Marele Day

315 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Oct326

73

Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner

by Palden Gyatso

309 members

8 reviews

4

Member: crichine

74

The First Rule of Ten

by Gay Hendricks

161 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: lahochstetler

75

Chameleon

by William X. Kienzle

121 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

76

In the Image of Saint Dominic: Nine Portraits of Dominican Life

by Guy Bedouelle

69 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: inge87

77

Secret Prey

by John Sandford

2,171 members

27 reviews

4

Member: dara85

78

Queen of the Sea

by Dylan Meconis

305 members

37 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

79

Thank You and Okay: An American Zen Failure in Japan

by David Chadwick

231 members

6 reviews

4

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Japanese zen monastery

80

Little Bits of Baby

by Patrick Gale

117 members

3.8

Member: thorold

81

Yoga in Ten Lessons

by J. M. Déchanet

53 members

Member: crichine

82

Sisters of the Vast Black

by Lina Rather

414 members

32 reviews

4

Member: Aquila

83

Exiles

by Ron Hansen

245 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

84

The Orb of Xoriat

by Edward Bolme

105 members

1 review

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

Nun Plussed

by Monica Quill

60 members

3

Member: MDGentleReader

86

Murder at Holy Cross (Berkley True Crime)

by Peter Davidson

20 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

87

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

by Zen Cho

640 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Aquila

88

The April Fools' Day Murder

by Lee Harris

82 members

½ 3.6

Member: MDGentleReader

89

Souls {novella}

by Joanna Russ

32 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Catholic nuns

90

Brother Petroc's Return

by Sister Mary Catherine Anderson

30 members

1 review

4

Member: inge87

91

Forgive Me, Father: A True Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Brutal Murder

by John Glatt

15 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

92

The Little World of Don Camillo

by Giovannino Guareschi

1,486 members

42 reviews

4.2

Member: crichine

93

The Song at the Scaffold

by Gertrud von LeFort

295 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

94

Consequences

by E. M. Delafield

229 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

95

Romola

by George Eliot

1,660 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

Comrade Don Camillo

by Giovannino Guareschi

497 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: crichine

97

The Life of St. Columba

by Adomnan of Iona

458 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

98

A Meeting by the River

by Christopher Isherwood

345 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Member of a Hindu ashram

99

The Love Letters

by Madeleine L'Engle

293 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: MDGentleReader

100

Whitethorn Woods

by Maeve Binchy

2,391 members

65 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: crichine

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