Books featuring monks and/or nuns

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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
19,244 members
303 reviews
4.2
15 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: Franciscan friars
2
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
21,490 members
163 reviews
½ 3.7
9 Members
devenish, varielle, thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: Assorted Roman Catholic religious
3
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,458 members
305 reviews
3.9
7 Members
Aquila, devenish, varielle, aulsmith, Oct326, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New order in post-apocalyptic world
4
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28,721 members
315 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, souloftherose, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, luke4
Explanations
aulsmith: Russian Orthodox monks
5
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
3,853 members
101 reviews
3.8
6 Members
devenish, varielle, aulsmith, souloftherose, ahef1963, Nova_Mortem
Explanations
aulsmith: Benedictine monks
6
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
11,839 members
176 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
1,381 members
32 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
Aquila, aulsmith, souloftherose, Dilara86, MDGentleReader
Explanations
aulsmith: Benedictine nuns
8
The Nun
by Denis Diderot
1,348 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
henkl, thecoroner, Dilara86, crichine, JuliaMaria
9
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
8,772 members
199 reviews
3.8
5 Members
varielle, aulsmith, Cecrow, MDGentleReader, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Tibetan lama
10
Black Narcissus
by Rumer Godden
548 members
16 reviews
3.9
4 Members
varielle, Soupdragon, souloftherose, MDGentleReader
11
Narcissus and Goldmund
by Hermann Hesse
6,231 members
75 reviews
4.1
4 Members
varielle, thorold, thecoroner, Dilara86
12
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
4,276 members
93 reviews
3.8
4 Members
devenish, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Betrothed
by Alessandro Manzoni
3,014 members
50 reviews
4
3 Members
Oct326, thecoroner, JuliaMaria
14
Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett
33,773 members
775 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
Aquila, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
3,875 members
97 reviews
3.9
4 Members
varielle, aulsmith, Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: Hidden monastery in the Himalayas
16
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
26,681 members
746 reviews
4.2
4 Members
varielle, Dilara86, luke4, ahef1963,souloftherose
17
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,087 members
190 reviews
3.9
4 Members
devenish, varielle, souloftherose, Dilara86
18
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
7,554 members
402 reviews
4.1
4 Members
Aquila, varielle, souloftherose, Dilara86
19
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
2,002 members
47 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, JuliaMaria
20
The Corner That Held Them
by Sylvia Townsend Warner
562 members
18 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Soupdragon, souloftherose, Dilara86
21
The Monastery
by Sir Walter Scott
318 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
devenish, thorold, Dilara86
22
Thief of Time
by Terry Pratchett
9,680 members
113 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila
by Teresa de Ávila
1,726 members
19 reviews
3.8
2 Members
varielle, Dilara86
24
The Italian
by Ann Radcliffe
1,194 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
devenish, souloftherose, Dilara86
25
The Land of Spices
by Kate O'Brien
322 members
7 reviews
4
2 Members
lahochstetler, Dilara86
26
The Lilies of the Field
by William E. Barrett
838 members
15 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, cej1027
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns
27
Through the Narrow Gate
by Karen Armstrong
744 members
11 reviews
4
3 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns
28
The Second Cadfael Omnibus
by Ellis Peters
237 members
1 review
4
2 Members
crichine, ahef1963
29
The Cloister Walk
by Kathleen Norris
2,643 members
32 reviews
4
3 Members
varielle, Dilara86, ahef1963
30
Frost in May
by Antonia White
910 members
23 reviews
3.9
2 Members
lahochstetler, souloftherose
31
The Nun's Story
by Kathryn Hulme
491 members
9 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic missionary nuns
32
A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
790 members
30 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, thorold
33
The Diary of a Country Priest
by Georges Bernanos
1,634 members
23 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, crichine
34
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
by Karen Armstrong
1,983 members
50 reviews
4
3 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns
35
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
4,529 members
53 reviews
3.9
2 Members
varielle, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Trappist monks
36
Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
by Rosemary Curb
481 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns
37
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
7,397 members
146 reviews
4
3 Members
varielle, crichine, ahef1963,
Explanations
: I don't remember a monk. Unless priest=monk?
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Gargantua
by François Rabelais
586 members
11 reviews
3.8
2 Members
varielle, Dilara86
39
La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman
4,187 members
129 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Genesee Diary
by Henri J. M. Nouwen
904 members
9 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Trappist monks
41
The Devils of Loudun
by Aldous Huxley
1,471 members
22 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, bluepiano
42
Brother Cadfael's Penance
by Ellis Peters
1,743 members
27 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
43
A Nun in the Closet
by Dorothy Gilman
546 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
MDGentleReader, ahef1963
44
Medieval People
by Eileen Power
1,293 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, Oct326
Explanations
aulsmith: Catholic nun
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The Long Earth
by Terry Pratchett
3,861 members
189 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
46
The Rule of St. Benedict
by Saint Benedict
3,727 members
37 reviews
3.9
Member
John5918
47
The Sinner
by Tess Gerritsen
2,998 members
60 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
48
The Sign of Jonas
by Thomas Merton
664 members
9 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Trappist monks
49
The Monk Downstairs
by Tim Farrington
537 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
mkbird
50
The Cardinal
by Henry Morton Robinson
305 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
crichine
51
The Convent
by Panos Karnezis
160 members
24 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
bluepiano
52
Cosmas, or the Love of God
by Pierre de Calan
30 members
1 review
4
Member
inge87
53
Monk's Magic
by Alexander de Comeau
16 members
½ 4.3
Member
Crypto-Willobie
54
Les Deux Moniales
by Anne Huré
11 members
½ 3.5
Member
pickupf
55
The Haunted Monastery
by Robert van Gulik
421 members
7 reviews
3.9
2 Members
devenish, Dilara86
56
How Far Can You Go?
by David Lodge
692 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
57
The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul
by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
2,760 members
35 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
Explanations
aulsmith: Carmelite nuns
58
Vespertine
by Margaret Rogerson
656 members
20 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Nova_Mortem
59
Lent
by Jo Walton
290 members
17 reviews
4
Member
Aquila
60
The Rosary Murders
by William X. Kienzle
220 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
61
Missing Sisters
by Gregory Maguire
111 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Roman Catholic nuns
63
The Masterful Monk
by Owen Francis Dudley
18 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
inge87
64
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
8,582 members
142 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
Knowledge of Angels
by Jill Paton Walsh
575 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
Oct326
66
Henry and Cato
by Iris Murdoch
463 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
JuliaMaria
67
Lambs of God
by Marele Day
287 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Oct326
68
Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner
by Palden Gyatso
252 members
8 reviews
4
Member
crichine
69
The First Rule of Ten
by Gay Hendricks
142 members
20 reviews
3.8
Member
lahochstetler
70
Chameleon
by William X. Kienzle
112 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
71
In the Image of Saint Dominic: Nine Portraits of Dominican Life
by Guy Bedouelle
53 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
inge87
72
Secret Prey
by John Sandford
1,941 members
23 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
73
Queen of the Sea
by Dylan Meconis
220 members
36 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
74
Thank You and Okay: An American Zen Failure in Japan
by David Chadwick
208 members
6 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Japanese zen monastery
75
Little Bits of Baby
by Patrick Gale
112 members
3.8
Member
thorold
76
Yoga in Ten Lessons
by J. M. Déchanet
50 members
Member
crichine
77
Sisters of the Vast Black
by Lina Rather
288 members
20 reviews
4
Member
Aquila
78
Exiles
by Ron Hansen
224 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
79
The Orb of Xoriat
by Edward Bolme
83 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
80
Nun Plussed
by Monica Quill
52 members
3
Member
MDGentleReader
81
Murder at Holy Cross (Berkley True Crime)
by Peter Davidson
16 members
1 review
4.2
Member
dara85
82
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
by Zen Cho
473 members
27 reviews
3.8
Member
Aquila
83
The April Fools' Day Murder
by Lee Harris
74 members
½ 3.6
Member
MDGentleReader
84
Brother Petroc's Return
by S. M. C
27 members
1 review
4
Member
inge87
85
Souls {novella}
by Joanna Russ
26 members
1 review
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Catholic nuns
86
Forgive Me, Father: A True Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Brutal Murder
by John Glatt
14 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
87
The Little World of Don Camillo
by Giovannino Guareschi
1,254 members
36 reviews
4.2
Member
crichine
88
The Song at the Scaffold
by Gertrud von LeFort
221 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
89
Consequences
by E.M. Delafield
206 members
10 reviews
3.8
Member
souloftherose
90
Romola
by George Eliot
1,414 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
Comrade Don Camillo
by Giovannino Guareschi
431 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
crichine
92
The Life of St. Columba
by Adomnan of Iona
357 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
93
A Meeting by the River
by Christopher Isherwood
301 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Member of a Hindu ashram
94
The Love Letters
by Madeleine L'Engle
264 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
MDGentleReader
95
Whitethorn Woods
by Maeve Binchy
2,166 members
62 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
crichine
96
Doubt: A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley
750 members
15 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
97
Murder Makes a Pilgrimage
by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie
132 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
MDGentleReader
98
The Outlaws of Sherwood
by Robin McKinley
2,784 members
38 reviews
3.8
Member
Aquila
99
The Trolley to Yesterday
by John Bellairs
443 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
Good Behavior
by Donald E. Westlake
336 members
11 reviews
4.1
Member
MDGentleReader