Free Traditional Catholic Books
Thanks to technology, and perhaps due to Christianity’s low status in our modern liberal age, there is a fantastic treasure trove of good, traditional Catholic books available for free or near-free. Below are links to valuable and timeless Catholic texts (including those written by great saints and Fathers and Doctors of the Church) that you can read and download for free. Take advantage of this – they have changed my life and will change yours, too. Tolle et lege!
Please say a prayer for my sanctification. May God reward you for your charity.
(Due to the length of the book list it became necessary to split it in two. The second part can be found here.)
Catholic life, path to holiness
The Imitation of Christ (Thomas a Kempis) – pdf, text, audio
Uniformity with God’s Will (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, audio; or read online here
Humility of Heart (Fr. Gaetano M. da Bergamo) – pdf, text
Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre de Caussade) – pdf, text, audio
The Spiritual Combat (Fr. Lorenzo Scupoli) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf; or here text, kindle format
The Art of Dying Well (St. Robert Bellarmine) – pdf, text, kindle; also pdf here; or audiobook version here
The Practice of Perfection and Christian Virtues (Fr. Alphonsus Rodriguez) – pdf, text, kindle format (both volumes); or here Vol I (doc format) and Vol II (doc format)
Introduction to the Devout Life (St. Francis of Sales) – pdf, text, audio
The Treatise on the Love of God (St. Francis de Sales) – read online; or audiobook here
Little Book of Eternal Wisdom (Bl. Henry Suso) – pdf, text, ibook
Calamities, Chastisement and the Love of God (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle
The Practice of the Presence of God – The Best Rule for Holy Life (Brother Lawrence) – pdf, text, audio
On Loving God (St. Bernard of Clairvaux) – pdf, text, audio; or read online here
Holiness of Life (St. Bonaventure) – pdf; or audiobook here
The Holy Ways of the Cross (Henri-Marie Bouden) – pdf; or kindle format here
The Interior Life (Fr. J. Tissot, St. Francis de Sales) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (St. Ignatius) – pdf, text, audio
The End of This Present World and the Mysteries of the Life to Come (Fr. Charles Arminjon) – pdf, text
A Memorial of Christian Life (Ven. Luis de Granada) – pdf, text, kindle format
All for Jesus: The Easy Ways of Divine Love (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
Growth in Holiness, Or The Progress of the Spiritual Life (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
On Union with God (St. Albert the Great) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
My Daily Bread: Meditations (Fr. A. Paone) – pdf, text, kindle format
Prayer, the Key of Salvation (Fr. M. Mueller) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Ways of Mental Prayer (Dom V. Lehodey) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Art of Mental Prayer (Fr. B. Frost) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Following of Christ (Fr. J. Tauler) – pdf, text, kindle format; or read online and pdf here
The Friendship of Christ (Mons. R. H. Benson) – audiobook; or read online here
The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous, 14th cent.) – audiobook
The Wisdom of the Desert (James O. Hannay) – pdf, kindle format; or read online here
Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears (Fr. C. G. Quadrupani)– audiobook; or read online and pdf here
Directorium Asceticum: Guide to the Spiritual Life (Fr. G. B. Scaramelli) – vol. I, vol. II, vol. III, vol. IV
Manual of Christian Perfection (Fr. G. B. Scaramelli; P. J. Stockman) – pdf, text, kindle format
Manual of Self-Knowledge and Christian Perfection (Fr. J. H. Schagemann) – pdf, text, kindle format
Spiritual Theology (Fr. Jordan Aumann) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Manual of Mystical Theology (Fr. A. Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith (Fr. Luis de la Puente) – vol. I, vol. II, vol. III, vol. IV, vol. V, vol. VI
Our Lord, Our Lady
On the Passion of Jesus Christ (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the Seven Last Words (St. Alphonsus) – pdf, kindle
The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – read online
The Glories of Mary (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Louis de Montfort) – read online; or audiobook here; and pdf here
The Mother of the Savior (Fr. R. Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online
The Mystical City of God (vol 1-4) (Ven. Maria de Jesus de Agreda) – pdf; or here in pdf; or read online here; or audio files for the complete book here
The Foot of the Cross or The Sorrows of Mary (Fr. F. W. Faber) – pdf; or pdf, text, kindle format here
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich) – text, kindle format; or here in pdf and text versions; or audiobook here (in 10 parts)
The Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Fr. Sebastian of the Blessed Sacrament) – pdf, kindle
The Divine Motherhood of Mary (Abbot Vonier) – audiobook
The Divine Eucharist (St. Peter Julian Eymard) – pdf
Contemplations and Meditations on the Passion and Death… according to the Method of St. Ignatius (W. Eyre) – pdf, text
History of the Passion (Fr. Arthur Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
The History of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Fr. J. Groenings) – pdf, text, kindle format
History of the Passion, Death, and Glorification of Our Saviour, Jesus Christ (Fr. J. E. Belser) – pdf
The Seven Words Spoken on the Cross (St. Robert Bellarmine) – read online; or audiobook here
Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (St. Bonaventure) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ (L. Veuillot) – pdf, text, kindle format
On the Incarnation of the Word (St. Athanasius) – pdf, text, audio; or read online here
The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ (St. Alphonsus) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Mystery of Jesus (Fr. S. Louismet) – pdf, text, kindle format
Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Fr. J. Tauler) – pdf or read online
Prayers and meditations on the life of Christ (Thomas a Kempis) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Hidden Treasure or the Immense Excellence of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (St. Leonard of Port Maurice) – pdf
How Christ Said the First Mass (Fr. J. L. Meagher) – pdf, text, kindle format
Lives of Saints
The Life of St. Pius V (Fr. T. A. Dyson) – pdf, text, kindle format
Pope St. Pius X (F.A. Forbes) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
Life of Pius X (Msg. E. Schmitz) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Miracles of St. Philomena, Virgin and Martyr – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of the Cure d’Ars, St. J.B.M. Vianney (Alfred Monnin) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Cure of Ars (Kathleen O’Meara)– pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Bl. John B. Marie Vianney – audiobook
The Man Who Fought the Devil (E. K. Betz) – audiobook
Biography of St. Gemma Galgani (Fr. Amedeo) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Diary of St. Gemma Galgani – pdf, text, kindle format
Autobiography of St. Gemma Galgani – pdf, text, kindle format; audiobook here (in 6 parts)
Alexandrina: For Love Alone! (E. and Ch. Signorile) – read online
The Life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Fr. A. Tannoja) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Alphonsus de Liguori (Fr. A. Carroll) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Charles Borromeo (G.P. Giussano) – (Vol I, II)- pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal (L. Stacpoole-Kenny, St. Pius X) – audio version
Life of St. Augustine (St. Possidius) – audiobook; or read online here
The Confessions of St. Augustine (St. Augustine of Hippo) – read online or pdf; or audiobook here
The Life of St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church (P. E. Moriarty) – pdf, text, kindle
Saint Vincent Ferrer (Stanislaus Hogan) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Vincent Ferrer, His Life, Spiritual Teaching, and Practical Devotion (Andre Pradel) – pdf; or pdf, text and kindle format here
Three Catholic Reformers of the Fifteenth Century: St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. John Capistran (M. H. Allies) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Bernardine of Siena (Fr. Amadio M. da Venezia) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Bernardine of Siena (P. Thureau-Dangin) – pdf, text, kindle format
Pio X, un Papa Veneto (part I – pdf, part II – pdf, part III – pdf) … illustrated book about St. Pius X (in Italian language, but even if you don’t read Italian, it’s worth looking at the 100+ historic photographs)
Robert Bellarmine: Saint and Scholar (Fr. James Brodrick) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila) – pdf, text, audio
The Life of St. Teresa of Avila (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook
The Life of Saint Teresa (by a Carmelite nun; preface Mons. R. H. Benson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Saint Teresa (M. Trench) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. John of the Cross (D. Lewis) – pdf, text, kindle format
Story of a Soul (autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux) – pdf, text, audio
The “Little Way” of Spiritual Childhood: According to the Life and Writings of Blessed Therese of the Child Jesus (Fr. G. Martin) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Miracles of St Therese (Fr. T. N. Taylor) – audiobook
Admirable Life of the Glorious Patriarch St. Joseph (Ven. Maria de Jesus de Agreda) – pdf, text, kindle
Saint Peter and the First Years of Christianity (Abbe Fouard) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of Our Saviour and St. Peter: The Rock upon which He Built His Church (F. de Ligny) – pdf, text
The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul (Mons. A. Stapylton Barnes) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Paul of the Cross (Fr. Pius a Spiritu Sancto) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Blessed Paul of the Cross (Fr. Pius of the Name of Mary) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Veronica Giuliani (F.M. Salvatori) – read online; or pdf, text here
Life of St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Fr. Dominic Devas) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Blessed Leonard of Port Maurice (G. Alapont) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Anthony (St. Athanasius) – audiobook (life of St. Anthony the Abbot)
St. Anthony’s War Against Demons – audiobook
Life of Our Holy Father St. Benedict (St. Gregory the Great) -pdf, text; or read online here
The Life of St. Benedict, Patriarch of the Monks of the West (P. Lechner) – pdf, text, kindle
Saint Benedict (F. A. Forbes) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
Maid of France: The Story of Joan of Arc (Andrew Lang) – audiobook; or pdf and kindle format here
St. Joan of Arc: The Life Story of the Maid of Orleans (Fr. D. Lynch) – pdf, text, kindle
The Maid of Orleans: Her Life and Mission (Fr. F. M. Wyndham) – pdf, text, kindle format
Blessed Joan of Arc (E. A. Ford) – pdf, text, kindle format
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Mark Twain) – pdf; or audiobook here
The Conferences of John Cassian (John Cassian; on lives and thoughts of 2nd-3rd century Fathers of the Desert) – pdf, text, audio
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas (Pius Cavanaugh) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life and Labours of St. Thomas of Aquin (Mons. Vaughan) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Thomas Aquinas (G.K. Chesterton) – pdf, text
St. Joseph of Cupertino (Angelo Pastrovicchi) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Tuscan Penitent: The Life and Legend of St. Margaret of Cortona (Fr. Cuthbert) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Margaret of Cortona (A. F. Giovagnoli) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Jerome, the Great Doctor of the Church (Fr. J. de Siguenza) – pdf, text, kindle
Life of St. Dominic (Fr. H. D. Lacordaire) – pdf, text, kindle format
The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers (A. T. Drane) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Dominic (Jean Guiraud) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Dominic and a Sketch of the Dominican Order (J. S. Alemany) – pdf, text, kindle
St. Martin of Tours (Sulpicius Severus) – read online; or audiobook here
Saint Bonaventure (Fr. L. Costelloe) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Francis of Assisi (Fr. Leopold de Cherance) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Francis (G. K. Chesterton) – read online
Saint Francis of Assisi (J. Jorgensen) – audiobook
The Autobiography of Ignatius (St. Ignatius of Loyola) – pdf; or audiobook here
The Spirit of St. Ignatius (Fr. Xavier de Franciosi) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Ignatius Loyola (F. Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format
In God’s Army: I. St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Saint Philip Neri (Fr. P. G. Bacci) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Wonder-Worker of Padua (Charles W. Stoddard) – audiobook
St. Anthony of Padua, His Life and Miracles (M. Farnum) – pdf, text, kindle format
Albert the Great (J. Sighart) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook
Life and Works of Venerable Don Bosco, Apostle of Youth (M. S. Pine) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Dominic Savio (S. John Bosco) – read online
The Life of St. Francis Borgia (A. M. Clarke) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Priest of the Eucharist: St. Peter Julian Eymard (M. E. Herbert) – pdf, text, kindle
Venerable Pierre Julien Eymard, Priest of the Eucharist (Fr. E. Tenaillon) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Holy Man of Tours: Life of Leon Papin-Dupont (P.D. Janvier) – pdf, text, kindle
Bernadette (Henri Lasserre) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Lily of Mary: Bernadette of Lourdes, the Venerable Sister Mary Bernard – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (Mons. E. Bougaud) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of Blessed Margaret Mary, and Devotion to the Sacred Heart (Fr. G. Tickell) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life of St. Teresa Margaret Redi (Mons. A. Albergotti) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Catharine of Siena (Blessed Raymond of Capua) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa (St. Catherine of Genoa) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
The Life of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (V. Cepari) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (Fr. P. Fabrini) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Venerable Anna Maria Taigi (E. Healy Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude (St. Gertrude the Great) – pdf, text, kindle
St. Gertrude the Great (Fr. G. Dolan) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of Sister St. Rita of Cascia (Fr. Jose Sicardo) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Rita of Cascia (Fr. R. Connolly) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Saint Monica (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook; or pdf, text and kindle format here
Life of St. Monica (Abbe Bougaud) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Lydwine of Schiedam (Thomas a Kempis) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Mary Magdalene, or, The Path of Penitence (Fr. T. S. Preston) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life of St. Mary Magdalen (D. Cavalca) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Macrina (St. Gregory of Nyssa) – audiobook
The Life of St. Boniface (G. W. Robinson, St. Willibald) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Legend of St. Clare (F. Dupuis) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Saint Clare (Fr. Thomas of Celano) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of Venerable Maria de Jesus de Agreda (Fr. J. Ximenez Samaniego) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich (Fr. C. E. Schmoeger) – (vol. I+II) pdf, text, kindle format
The Lives of St. Jane Frances de Chantal and St. Rose of Viterbo (F. M. de Chaugy) – pdf, kindle format
St. Catherine de Ricci: Her Life, Letters, Community (F. M. Capes) – pdf, text, kindle format
Autobiography of Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr (Dom Prosper Gueranger) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
Life of St. Angela Merici (Fr. F. J. Parenty) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Venerable Madeleine Barat (Mons. Baunard) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus (Fr. D. Ferris) – pdf, text, kindle
Life of Sister Mary of St. Peter, Carmelite of Tours (autobiography) – pdf, text, kindle
Upon God’s Holy Hills: I. St. Antony of Egypt, St. Bruno, St. John of the Cross (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Bruno the Carthusian (Fr. A. Ravier) – read online
The Life of St. Cajetan, Founder of the Theatines (G. M. Zinelli) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Cajetan of Thiene (Fr. B. Destutt de Tracy) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. John of God, Founder of the Hospitallers (J. G. de Villethierry) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life of St. Thomas of Villanova (C. Maimbourg) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Lives of St. Thomas of Villanova, and of St. Francis Solano – pdf, text, kindle format
Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Gerard Majella (Fr. E. Saint-Omer) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Gerard Maiella (Fr. O. R. Vassall-Phillips) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Camillus de Lellis (Fr. Sanzio Ciccatelli) – pdf, text, kindle format
Camillus de Lellis, the Hospital Saint (M. C. Lyons) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. John Berchmans (N. Frizon, G. Boero) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Blessed Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Fr. H. Hage) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Fr. F. Goldie) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Francis Xavier: Apostle of the Indies and Japan (D. Bartoli, G. P. Maffei) – pdf, kindle
A Life of St. Francis Xavier (M. T. Kelly) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Blessed Alphonsus Rodriguez (H. Foley) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. Stanislas Kostka (E. Healy Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Cistercian Fathers: Lives and Legends of the Saints and Blessed of the Order of Citeaux – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Peter Claver, Apostle of the Negroes (Fr. B. G. Fleuriau) – pdf, text, kindle
The Lepers of Molokai (Ch. W. Stoddard) – audiobook (story of St. Damien of Molokai); or pdf, kindle here
Life of St. John Neumann (Fr. J. A. Berger) – pdf, text, kindle format
St Kateri, the Lily at the Foot of the Cross – audiobook
Pius IX and His Time (Fr. A. McDonell Dawson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Story of Hildebrand, St. Gregory VII (E. M. Wilmot Buxton) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Clement, Pope and Martyr, and His Basilica in Rome (Fr. J. Mullooly) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of St. George (E. Clapton) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Martyrdom of St. Sebastian – audiobook
The Lives of the English Saints – pdf, text, kindle: vol. I, vol. II, vol. III, vol. IV, vol. V, vol. VI
Sir Thomas More: His Life and Times (W. J. Walter) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket (Fr. J. Morris) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of Blessed John Fisher, Bishop, Cardinal and Martyr (Fr. T. E. Bridgett) – pdf, text, kindle
The Glorious Martyrdom of Edmund Campion and His Companions (William Cardinal Allen) – pdf, text, kindle format
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Bl. John Henry Newman) – pdf, text, audio
A Life of Cardinal Newman (Fr. T. C. McGoldrick) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Columba (Abbot Adamnan) – read online
Life of St. Malachy of Armagh (St. Bernard of Clairvaux) – pdf, text, kindle format
The History of St. Cuthbert: His Life, Decease, and Miracles (Abp. Charles Eyre) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Cuthbert (Fr. E. Consitt) – pdf, text, kindle format
Confession (Autobiography of St. Patrick) – audiobook; pdf and text version here
St. Patrick: His Life, His Heroic Virtues, His Labours (Fr. D. Kinane) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Writings of St. Patrick (Abp. John Healy) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of St. Alnselm (Eadmer) – pdf [latin/english]
The Life of St. Boniface (Willibald) – read online
History of Saint Norbert (Fr. C. J. Kirkfleet) – pdf, text, kindle format
Saint Edmund, King and Martyr (Fr. J. B. Mackinlay) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Jude Thaddeus (Fr. L. C. Gainor) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life and Writings of St. Irenaeus (James Beaven) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life of John Chrysostom (F. M. Perthes) – read online
St. John Chrysostom: His Life, Eloquence and Piety (W. J. Walter) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (J. Blomfield) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Justin the Martyr (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format
Victories of the Martyrs or The Lives of the Most Celebrated Martyrs of the Church (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Acts of the Early Martyrs (Fr. J. A. M. Fastre) -pdf: volume I, volume II, volume III, volume IV, volume V
The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers: Histories of the Anchorites, Recluses, Monks, Coenobites and Ascetic Fathers of the Desert – pdf, text, kindle format
Saints for Sinners (Fr. A. Goodier) – pdf, text, kindle format
In God’s Garden (A. Steedman) – audiobook
Writings and sermons of the Saints
[Books listed above in the sections “Catholic life” and “Our Lord, Our Lady” are not duplicated here, to avoid multiple listings of the same works.]
The Confessions of St. Augustine (St. Augustine of Hippo) – read online or pdf; or audiobook here
The City of God (St. Augustine) – text, kindle format; also here in pdf, text, audio
Handbook on Faith, Hope and Love (St. Augustine) – pdf, text, audio
Soliloquies (St. Augustine) – pdf; or pdf, text, kindle format here
The School of Christian Perfection (St. Alphonsus) – read online
On the Vice of Impurity (St. Alphonsus) – read online
The Holy Eucharist (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Holy Mass (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dignity and Duties of the Priest (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Divine Office: Explanation of the Psalms and Canticles (St. Alphonsus) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Catholic Controversy (St. Francis de Sales) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Consoling Thoughts of St. Francis de Sales – pdf, text, kindle format; audio book here
The Secret of Sanctity (St. Francis de Sales, Fr. Crasset) – pdf, text, kindle format
True Spiritual Conferences (St. Francis de Sales) – pdf, text, kindle format
Maxims and Counsels of St. Francis de Sales – pdf, text, kindle format
Flowers of the Passion: Thoughts of St. Paul of the Cross – pdf, text, kindle format
The Interior Castle (St. Teresa of Avila) – pdf, text, audio
The Way of Perfection (St. Teresa of Avila) – pdf, text, audio
The Spirit of St. Teresa (from writings of St. Teresa of Avila) – pdf, text, kindle format
Conceptions of Divine Love (St. Teresa of Avila) – audiobook
Relations (St. Teresa of Avila) – audiobook
The Cure of Ars: Selections from the Writings of St. John Vianney – pdf, text, kindle
The Little Catechism of the Cure of Ars (St. John Vianney) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Secret of Mary (St. Louis de Montfort) – pdf, text, kindle format
Treatise on the Spiritual Life (St. Vincent Ferrer) – read online
Prayers of St. Therese – pdf
On Cleaving to God (St. Albert the Great) – pdf; or audiobook here
Against Heresies (St. Irenaeus) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
Commonitorium (St. Vincent of Lerins) – read online
The Holy Rule of St. Benedict (St. Benedict of Nursia) – pdf, text, audio; or read online here
Ascent of Mount Carmel (St. John of the Cross) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross) – pdf, text, audio
A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul (St. John of the Cross) – pdf, text, kindle format
Treatise on Purgatory (S. Catherine of Genoa) – audiobook
Spiritual Dialog (St. Catherine of Genoa) – audiobook
The Seven Spiritual Weapons (St. Catherine of Bologna) – read online
Dialog of Catherine of Siena (St. Catherine of Siena) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
The Prophecies and Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden – read online
Divine Consolation (Bl. Angela of Foligno) – pdf, text; or audio book here
A Spiritual Consolation and Other Treatises (St. John Fisher) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri – read online
Selected Writings on the Spiritual Life (St. Peter Damian) – pdf, text, kindle format
Duty of a Christian towards God (St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Summa Contra Gentiles: Of God and His Creatures (St. Thomas Aquinas) – pdf, text, kindle format
Contra Errores Graecorum (St. Thomas Aquinas) – read online [latin/english]
Nature and Grace (St. Thomas Aquinas) – read online
Works of St. Thomas Aquinas – read online [latin/english] (largest collection of his works translated to english); [All of St. Thomas’ works in latin are here.]
Collected Works of St. Patrick – audiobook
Devotions (St. Anselm) – audiobook
The First Apology of St. Justin Martyr – pdf; or audio here
The Second Apology of St. Justin Martyr – audiobook
On the Duties of the Clergy (St. Ambrose) – audiobook
Concerning Virgins (St. Ambrose) – audiobook
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins (St. Methodius) – audiobook
Contra Gentes (St. Athanasius) – audiobook
Morals on the Book of Job (St. Gregory the Great) – read online
Catechetical Lectures (St. Cyril of Jerusalem) – audiobook
On Christian Doctrine: Treatise on Scripture Interpretation Rules (St. Augustine) – audiobook; or read online here
On Catechizing of the Unlearned (St. Augustine) – audiobook
Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters – pdf, text, kindle format
Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch – audiobook
Select Letters of St. Jerome – pdf, text, kindle format
The Moral Concordances of St. Anthony of Padua – pdf, text, kindle format
The Correspondence of St. Boniface – read online
Sermons of St. Vincent Ferrer – read online
Saint Bernardine of Siena: Sermons – pdf, text, kindle format
Sermons of St. Leo the Great – audio
Homilies of St. John Chrysostom – audiobook
Miracles, prodigies, prophecies
Legends of the Blessed Sacrament, Gathered from the History of the Church and Lives of the Saints (E. M. Shapcote) – pdf, text, kindle format; or (abridged) audiobook here
The Shroud of Christ (P. Vignon) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Wonderful Crucifix of Limpias, Remarkable Manifestations (E. von Kleist) – pdf, text, kindle format; or here
Miraculous Stories of the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audio here
An Account of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin at La Salette – pdf, text, kindle format
The Message of Our lady of La Salette – read online
The Holy Mountain of La Salette (Bp. W. B. Ullathorne) – pdf, text, kindle format
Our Lady of Good Success (Apparitions and Prophecies) – pdf
Our Lady of Good Success – read online
Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes: Faithful Narrative of the Apparitions (F. C. Husenbeth) – pdf, kindle format
Miracles through the Brown Scapular – audiobook
The Question of Miracles (Fr. G. H. Joyce) – pdf, text, kindle format
Prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny, the Breton Stigmatist – read online; or pdf here
Medjugorje: A Warning (Michael Davies) – read online; or pdf here [about the fake “apparitions”]
Miscellaneous
Liberalism Is a Sin (Fr. Felix Sarda y Salvany) – read online; or audiobook here
The Last Crusade: Spain 1936 (Warren H. Carroll) – read online
Garcia Moreno, President of Ecuador (A. Berthe) – audiobook
America’s Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen (T. C. Reeves) – read online or pdf
Christian Patience (Abp. W. B. Ullathorne) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
On Patience (Tertullian) – audiobook
The Sign of the Cross (Mons. Jean-Joseph Gaume) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
Your Life Is Worth Living (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online or pdf
The World´s First Love (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – pdf, text, kindle format
Three to Get Married (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online
The Divine Verdict (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Way of Divine Love (Sr. Josefa Menendez) – read online
How to Avoid Purgatory (Fr. F. X. Schouppe)– audiobook
Masters of the Spiritual Life (F. W. Drake) – pdf, text, kindle format
AA-1025: The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle (Marie Carre) – pdf, text, kindle format
School of Darkness (Bella Dodd) – read online
The Plot Against the Church (Maurice Pinay) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Prophets and Our Times (Fr. G. Culleton) – pdf, text, kindle format
Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement (Y. Dupont) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Reign of Antichrist (Fr. G. Culleton) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Devil’s Final Battle (Fr. P. Kramer) – read online
The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita: A Masonic Blueprint for the Subversion of the Catholic Church (John Vennari) – read online
The Lord of the World (Mons. R. H. Benson) – pdf; or audiobook here
The Truth of Papal Claims (Cardinal Merry del Val) – pdf, text, kindle format
Will Christ Ever Come Back? (Fr. L. Castellani) – audiobook; or pdf and kindle format here
A Doctor at Calvary: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as Described by a Surgeon (Pierre Barbet) – pdf
The Finding of the Cross (Louis de Combes) – pdf, text, kindle format
Celestial Hierarchy (Dionysius) – pdf, text
The Holy Angels (Fr. R. O’Kennedy) – audiobook
Prayer (Fr. A. Galvez) – pdf
Origen on Prayer – pdf, text; or audiobook here
A Story of Love (Fr. F. Cassilly) – audiobook
Considerations on Eternity (Fr. J. Drexelius) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Marvels of Divine Grace (A. Lovat) – audiobook
The Cardinal Virtues (Fr. Joseph Rickaby) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relations with His Final End (Bp. W. B. Ullathorne) – audiobook
Fraternal Charity (Fr. B. Valuy) – audiobook
Self-Deceit (Fr. F. W. Faber) – read online
Kindness (Fr. F. W. Faber) – audiobook; or pdf, text, kindle format here
On Piety (Fr. J. Guibert) – audiobook
On the Exercises of Piety (Fr. J. Guibert) – audiobook
Our Christian Heritage (Cardinal Gibbons) – pdf, text, kindle format
Paradoxes of Catholicism (Fr. Robert Hugh Benson) – pdf, text, kindle format
Selected Works of Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange – pdf, text, kindle format
Compendium of Church History [for use in Catholic schools] – pdf, text, kindle format
Manual of Patrology (Fr. Bernard Schmid) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Handbook of Patrology (Fr. J. Tixeront) – pdf, text, kindle format
Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church (O. Bardenhewer) – pdf, text, kindle format
The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages (Ludwig von Pastor) – pdf (all volumes)
Popes through the Ages (Fr. J. Brusher) – read online
The book of the popes (Liber pontificalis) I: To the pontificate of Gregory I (L. Ropes Loomis) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Primitive Church and the See of Peter (L. Rivington) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Government of the Church in the First Century (Fr. W. Moran) – pdf, text, kindle format
Penance in the Early Church (Fr. M. J. O’Donnell) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Charlemagne (Einhard) – read online
Europe and the Faith (Hilaire Belloc) – audiobook
Monasticism and Civilization (J. B. O’Connor) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Formation of Christendom (T. W. Allies) – vol. I, vol. II, vol. III, vol. IV, vol. V, vol. VI, vol. VII, vol. VIII
The Genius of Christianity (Chateaubriand) – pdf, text, kindle format
Letters on the Spanish Inquisition (Joseph De Maitre) – pdf, text, kindle format
Chronicles of the Crusades (Shaw, Villehardouin, Joinville) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Short History of the Crusades (Fr. J. Michaud) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Knights of St. John; with The Battle of Lepanto and Siege of Vienna (A. T. Drane) – pdf, text, kindle
The Life of King John Sobieski, a Christian Knight, Savior of Christendom (Count Sobieski) – pdf, text, kindle format
Pope Boniface VIII and His Times (L. Tosti) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Acts of Pope Leo XIII (Fr. Joseph E. Keller) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life and Life Work of Pope Leo XIII (Fr. J. J. McGovern) – pdf, text, kindle format
The New Glories of the Catholic Church (by the Fathers of the Oratory) – pdf, text, kindle format
Ten Lectures on the Martyrs (Paul Allard) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Great Thousand Years (R. A. Cram) – pdf, text, kindle format
Was Savonarola Really Excommunicated? An Inquiry (Fr. J. L. O’Neil) – pdf, text, kindle format
Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola (P. Villari) – pdf, text, kindle format
Jerome Savonarola: A Sketch (Fr. J. L. O’Neil) – pdf, text, kindle format
Galileo and His Condemnation (Fr. E. R. Hull) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Life of Cardinal Ximenez de Cisneros (Rev. K. J. von Hefele) – pdf, text, kindle format
Pictures of Christian Heroism (with Preface by Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Grounds of Faith (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Four Great Evils of the Day (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
Why I Became a Catholic (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
Scholasticism (Fr. J. Rickaby) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Manual of Modern Scholastic Philosophy (Cardinal Mercier) – pdf, text, kindle: volume I, volume II
Catholic Moral Teaching and Its Antagonists (J. Mausbach) – pdf, text, kindle format
Indulgences (Cardinal Lepicier) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Modernist (Fr. J. Rickaby) – pdf, text, kindle format
Modernism and Modern Thought (Fr. Bampton) – pdf, text, kindle format
Luther’s Own Statements Concerning His Teaching and Its Results (Fr. H. O’Connor) – pdf, text, kindle
Some Lies and Errors of History (Fr. Reuben Parsons) – pdf, text, kindle format
The French Revolution (Hilaire Belloc) – audiobook
The Conversion of Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne (Baron de Bussieres) – pdf, text, kindle
Confessions of a Convert (Mons. R. H. Benson) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
The Catholic Church and Conversion (G. K. Chesterton) – read online
Everlasting Man (G.K. Chesterton) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
Orthodoxy (G. K. Chesterton) – pdf, text, audiobook
Heretics (G. K. Chesterton) – pdf, text, audio
What’s Wrong with the World (G. K. Chesterton) – pdf, text; or audiobook here
Eugenics and Other Evils (G. K. Chesterton) – audiobook
The Superstition of Divorce (G. K. Chesterton) – audiobook
The New Jerusalem (G. K. Chesterton) – audiobook
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis) – pdf; or audiobook here
The Shepherd of Hermas – audiobook
Come Rack! Come Rope! (Fr. R. H. Benson) – audiobook
God Goes to Murderer’s Row (Fr. M. Raymond) – audiobook
Windswept House (Malachi Martin) – pdf, text, kindle format
On Shows (Tertullian) – audiobook
Mysticism (E. Underhill) – pdf, text, audiobook
Selections from the Writings of Frederick W. Faber – pdf, text, kindle format
The Rosary and Other Poems (Fr. F. W. Faber) – read online
Spiritual Conferences (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Sermons and Conferences of John Tauler – pdf, text, kindle format
The History and Life of John Tauler with 25 of His Sermons – pdf or read online
The Inner Way (Sermons of Fr. J. Tauler) – pdf or read online
Spirago’s Method of Christian Doctrine: A Manual for Priests, Teachers, and Parents – pdf, kindle format
A Catholic Dictionary (Fr. W. E. Addis, T. Arnold) – pdf, text, kindle format
Catholic Pocket Dictionary and Cyclopedia (Fr. J. McGovern) – pdf, text, kindle format
Ecclesiastical Dictionary (Fr. J. Thein) – pdf, text, kindle format
Thoughts on Religious Life (C. A. Basso, F. X. Lasance) – pdf, text, kindle format
Guide to Catholic Church for Non-Catholic Visitors (W. L. Fox, Fr. O’Gorman) – pdf, text, kindle
Churches – Their Plan and Furnishing (P. F. Anson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments (Bp. G. Durand) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Law of Christian Marriage According to the Teaching and Discipline of the Catholic Church (Fr. Arthur Devine)– pdf, text, kindle format
Marriage and Parenthood, the Catholic Ideal (Fr. T. J. Gerrard) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Christian Father: What He Should Be, and What He Should Do (Rev. W. Cramer) – pdf, text, kindle
The Young Man’s Guide: Counsels, Reflections, Prayers for Catholic Young Men (Fr. F. X. Lasance) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Catholic Girl’s Guide (Fr. F.X. Lasance) – pdf
The Mirror of True Womanhood: A Book of Instruction for Women in the World (Fr. B. O´Reilley) – pdf, text, kindle format
Guide for Catholic Young Women (Fr. G. Deshon) – pdf, text, kindle format
Marylike Modesty Handbook – read online
Those Who Serve God Should Not Follow the Fashions (R. Hart) – pdf; or also here
Essay on Love (Fr. E. R. Hull) – pdf, text, kindle format
Defending a Higher Law: Why We Must Resist Same-Sex “Marriage” and the Homosexual Movement (TFP) – pdf
Short articles and texts
On the Vice of Impurity (St. Alphonsus) – read online
How to Pray at All Times (St. Alphonsus) – read online
The Way of the Cross (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – read online
Christ´s Last Agony: His Seven Words (Fr. Henry O´Keeffe) – pdf, text, kindle format
Treasures of the Mass – pdf
This is the Mass (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online
Calvary and the Mass (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online
Liturgical Shipwreck (Michael Davies) – read online
The Mass of Luther (Abp. Marcel Lefebvre) – read online
A Short History of the Roman Mass (Michael Davies) – read online
Confessions of a Roman Catholic (Paul Whitcomb) – read online
When Was the Catholic Church Founded? – read online
How Old Is Your Church? – read online
Salvation Outside the Church? – read online
Defense of the Inquisition (J.-C. Dupuis) – read online
The Holy Inquisition: Myth or Reality (Dr. M. Horvat) – read online
Liberalism Is a Sin (Don Felix Sarda y Salvany) – read online; or audiobook here
The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita: A Masonic Blueprint for the Subversion of the Catholic Church (John Vennari) – read online
The Papacy and Freemasonry (Mons. Jouin) – read online
Why Do Christians Have Different Bibles? – read online
To Start You Thinking (Fr. Herbert H. J. Crees) – pdf (apologetic booklet addressed to potential Catholic converts)
Must I believe It? (Fr. G. Smith) – read online
What Was the Reformation (Hilaire Belloc) – read online
The Heresy of Mohammed (Hilaire Belloc) – read online
Free Traditional Catholic Books II
Due to the length of the (ever growing) book list it became necessary to split it in two. Here’s the second part, consisting of the following sections:
Our Faith
Problems with the modern(ist) Church
Catholic Bible, Catechism, Doctrine
Traditional Liturgy
Understanding Latin
Traditional prayer books, devotions, etc
Papal Encyclicals and related texts
Gregorian chant (CDs)
Our Faith
The Faith of Our Fathers (Cardinal Gibbons) – pdf, text version; or audio book here
And You Will Know the Truth: How to Explain and Defend the Catholic Faith (S. R. Fama) – pdf, kindle
The Catholic Church Has the Answer (Paul Whitcomb) – read online
The Catholic’s Ready Answer: A Popular Vindication of Christian Beliefs and Practices Against the Attacks of Modern Criticism (Fr. M. P. Hill) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Spirit of Catholicism (Karl Adam) – read online
What Faith Really Means (Fr. H. G. Graham) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Beauty and Truth of the Catholic Church (Fr. H. von Hurter, E. Jones) – vol. I, vol. II, vol. III, vol. IV, vol. V
The Faith of Catholics, Confirmed by Scripture and Attested by the Fathers (J. Berington, J. Kirk) – pdf, text, kindle format; or enlarged version: volume I, volume II, volume III
The Truths of the Catholic Religion Proved from Scripture Alone – pdf, text, kindle: volume I, volume II
The Belief of Catholics (Fr. Ronald Knox) – read online
Catholic Belief (Fr. J. Faa di Bruno) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Systematic Study of the Catholic Religion (Fr. Ch. Coppens) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Teaching of the Catholic Church (Fr. G. D. Smith) – (vol. II) pdf, text, kindle format
Christian Apologetics; A Defense of the Catholic Faith (Fr. W. Devivier) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Manual of Apologetics (F. J. Koch) – pdf, text, kindle format
Apologetica: Elementary Apologetics for Pulpit and Pew (Fr. P. A. Halpin) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Threshold of the Catholic Church: A Course of Instructions for Those Entering Her Communion (Fr. John Bagshawe) – pdf, text, kindle format
Early Steps in the Fold: Instructions for Converts and Enquirers (Fr. F. M. de Zulueta) – pdf, kindle format
Which Is the True Church? (C. F. B. Allnatt) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Chief Points of Difference Between the Catholic and Protestant Creeds (Fr. F. Laun) – pdf, kindle
A Doctrinal Catechism (Fr. Stephen Keenan) – read online (addressed to Protestants, demonstrating the truths of the Faith)
Radio Replies in Defence of Religion – read online (great Catholic answers for Protestants)
Answers to a Jewish Enquirer (Fr. Theodore Ratisbonne) – pdf, text, kindle format
Which Bible Should You Read (Thomas A. Nelson) – pdf (download starts instantly)
The Exercise of Faith Impossible Except in the Catholic Church (W. G. Penny) – pdf, text, kindle
Questions and Answers on Salvation (Fr. M. Muller) – read online
Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual Subjects (Fr. F. W. Faber) – pdf, kindle format: volume I, volume II
The Treasure of the Church, or, The Sacraments of Daily Life (Fr. J. Bagshawe) – pdf, text, kindle
The Glories of Divine Grace (Fr. E. Nieremberg; M. J. Scheeben) – pdf, text, kindle format
Grace (Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online; or pdf here
Grace and the Sacraments (Fr. Michael Mueller) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Sacraments Explained According to the Teaching and Doctrine of the Catholic Church (Fr. Arthur Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
These Are the Sacraments (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online
Catechetical Conferences on Penance as a Virtue and a Sacrament (Bp. J. Lanigan) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Supernatural Life of the Soul on Earth and in Heaven (Fr. A. Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Mother of Christ: or, The Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic Tradition, Theology, and Devotion (Fr. O. R. Vassall-Phillips) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Mother of the Savior (Fr. R. Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online
The Commandments Explained (Fr. Arthur Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Creed Explained (Fr. Arthur Devine) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Sacrifice of the Mass (Fr. M. Gavin) – read online; or audiobook here
The Holy Mass (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Holy Eucharist (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Blessed Sacrament, or, The Works and Ways of God (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Blessed Sacrament: Preparation, Attendance, Giving of Thanks, Spiritual Communion (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle
The Blessed Eucharist, Our Greatest Treasure (Fr. M. Mueller) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Bread of Life, or, St. Thomas Aquinas on the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar – pdf, text, kindle format
The Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist, Proved from Scripture (Cardinal Wiseman) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist: Demonstrably Proved from Scripture, from Tradition and from the Writings… (M. D. Talbot) – pdf, text, kindle format
Providence (Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online
Life Everlasting (Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online; or here
The Future Life (Fr. J. C. Sasia) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Last Things (Abbe A. Michel) (death, judgement, heaven, hell) – read online
The Four Last Things (Fr. Martin von Cochem) – read online; or pdf, kindle format here
Purgatory, Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints (Fr. Francois Xavier Schouppe) – pdf, text, kindle format
Hell (Fr. F. X. Schouppe) – read online
Sin and Its Consequences (Cardinal Manning) – audiobook
The Love of Jesus to Penitents (Card. Manning) – audiobook (on confession)
Thoughts on Great Mysteries (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
Precious Blood, or, The Price of Our Salvation (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Divinity of Christ (Fr. J. Rickaby) – pdf, text, kindle format
Christ in the Church (Mons. Robert Hugh Benson) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Creator and the Creature, or, The Wonders of Divine Love (Fr. F. G. Faber) – pdf, text, kindle
The Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
Christ the Savior (Fr. R. Garrigou-Lagrange) – read online; or pdf here
The Glories of the Sacred Heart (Cardinal Manning) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Evidence for the Papacy (Colin Lindsay) – pdf, text, kindle format
St. Peter, Bishop of Rome, or, The Roman Episcopate of the Prince of the Apostles (Fr. T. S. Livius) – pdf
St. Peter, His Name and His Office; The See of St. Peter (both by T. W. Allies)
Cathedra Petri: or, The Titles and Prerogatives of St. Peter, and of His See and Successors; as Described by the Early Fathers, and Councils of the Church (C. F. B. Allnatt) – pdf, text, kindle
A Commentary by Writers of the First Five Centuries on the Place of St. Peter in the New Testament, and That of His Successors in the Church (Fr. J. Waterworth) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Treatise on the Church (Fr. H. Klee) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Church (A. G. Sertillanges) – pdf, text, kindle format
Moral Briefs: A Concise Exposition of Catholic Morals (Fr. J. H. Stapleton) – pdf, text, kindle format
Problems with the modern(ist) Church
Iota Unum (Romano Amerio) – read online
An Open Letter to Confused Catholics (Abp. Marcel Lefebvre) – read online; or pdf (compressed/zip) here
I Accuse the Council! (Abp. Marcel Lefebvre) – read online or pdf
Apologia pro Marcel Lefebvre (Michael Davies) – read online
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Vatican (Fr. Laisney) – read online
Liturgical Shipwreck (Michael Davies) – read online
The Problems with the New Mass (R. Coomaraswamy) – read online
The Broken Cross (P. Compton) – read online
Paul VI Beatified? No! (Fr. Luigi Villa) – pdf [and here a related Letter to Cardinals]
Popes Against Modern Errors: 16 Papal Documents – read online
Liberalism Is a Sin (Don Felix Sarda y Salvany) – read online
Catholic Bible, Catechism, Doctrine
Douay-Rheims Roman Catholic Bible – read online; or download pdf here
The Knox Bible – read online (trilingual: english Knox translation/greek Septuagint/latin Vulgata)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (Catechism of St. Pius V) – pdf; or pdf, text, kindle format here
Catechism of St. Pius X – read online; or download text [rtf] here
The Douay Catechism (1649) – pdf; or read online here
The Baltimore Catechism (1891) – pdf; or read online here
The Baltimore Catechism #2 (for younger catechumens) – read online; or audio version here
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion (Fr. F. Spirago) – pdf, text, kindle
A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion (Fr. Joseph Deharbe) – pdf, text, kindle format
Catechism Made Easy: A Familiar Explanation of the Catechism of Christian Doctrine (Fr. Henry Gibson) – pdf, text, kindle format: volume I, volume II, volume III
A Doctrinal Catechism (Fr. Stephen Keenan) – read online (addressed to Protestants, demonstrating the truths of the Faith)
Anecdotes and Examples Illustrating the Catholic Catechism (Fr. F. Spirago) – pdf, text, kindle format
Catechism on Modernism according to the encyclical ‘Pascendi Dominici Gregis’ of His Holiness Pius X (J.B. Lemius) – pdf, text, kindle format
Summa Theologica (St. Thomas Aquinas) – text, kindle format; or read online here or here; or in audio format; [parallel latin/english text available here]
A Tour of the Summa (Mons. Paul J. Glenn) – read online
Sources of Catholic Dogma (Fr. H. J. D. Denzinger) – read online; [latin text here]; or pdf, kindle format here
Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma (Ludwig Ott) – pdf, text version
Dogmatic Canons and Decrees – pdf, text, kindle format
Christian Doctrine (Laurence Vaux) – read online
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent – pdf, text, kindle format; or read online here
Dogmatic Theology I. God: His Knowability, Essence, Attributes (Mons. J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle
Dogmatic Theology II. The Divine Trinity (Mons. Joseph Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology IV. Christology (Mons. Joseph Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology VI. Mariology: A Dogmatic Treatise on the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mons. Joseph Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology VII. Grace, Actual and Habitual (Mons. J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology VIII. The Sacraments, Vol. 1: Baptism, Confirmation (J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle
Dogmatic Theology IX. The Sacraments, Vol. 2: The Holy Eucharist (J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle
Dogmatic Theology X. The Sacraments, Vol. 3: Penance (Mons. J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology XI. The Sacraments, Vol. 4: Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, Matrimony (Mons. J. Pohle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Dogmatic Theology XII. Eschatology: The Catholic Doctrine of the Last Things (J. Pohle) – pdf, kindle
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Anton Koch) – pdf, text, kindle format: volume I, volume II, volume III
The Raccolta or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910) – pdf; or pdf, text and kindle formathere
The Roman Martyrology (1916) – pdf, text version; or read online here
The Liturgical Year (Dom Prosper Gueranger) – read online; or pdfs here
The Church’s Year: Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels (Fr. Leonhard Goffine) – read online; or pdf, text, kindle format here
Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels – pdf, text, kindle format
Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture (A. E. Breen) – pdf, text, kindle format
Practical Handbook for the Study of the Bible (M. Seisenberger) – pdf, text, kindle format
Haydock’s Bible Commentary (Fr. G. L. Haydock) – read online
Cornelius a Lapide: The Great Commentary [on Scripture]- vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6, vol. 7, vol. 8
Catena Aurea (St. Thomas Aquinas) – read online (commentaries on the Gospels)
The Apocalypse of St. John (Fr. Sylvester Berry) – pdf, text, kindle format
Traditional Liturgy
Ordo Missae of the Missale Romanum 1962 (latin/english) – includes mp3 audio
Ordo Missae – Ordinary of the Mass (latin/english; 1921) – read online
The Roman Missal/Missale Romanum (1913, english/latin) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Rubrics of the Missale Romanum (1962; translated into english by Fr. D. Duvelius) – read online
Sancta Missa (Sacred Liturgy, Music. etc) – great resource: tutorials, guides, videos, texts, audios
The Holy Mass (Fr. Michael Mueller) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here
Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (Fr. Martin Cochem) – pdf; or pdf, text, kindle format here
Calvary and the Mass (Abp. Fulton Sheen) – read online
The Order and Ceremonial of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (F. Oakeley) – pdf, text, kindle
The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy (A. Fortescue) – pdf, text, kindle format
A History of the Mass and Its Ceremonies (Fr. John O’Brien) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Church’s Year: Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels (Fr. Leonhard Goffine) – read online; or pdf, text, kindle format here
Goffine’s Devout Instructions – pdf, text, kindle format
Divine Office; Little Office of BVM (latin/english) – read online (or download)
A Manual of Gregorian Chant (Solesmes) – pdf, text, kindle format
Gregorian Chant Manual (Bp. J. Schrembs) (1935) – pdf
Rituale Romanum (1853; latin) – pdf; [an english translation of the 1962 version is here]
The Manual of the Holy Catholic Church (Fr. J. McGovern) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Visible Church, Her Government, Ceremonies, Sacramentals, Festivals and Devotions (Fr. J. F. Sullivan) – pdf, text, kindle format
A Sacristan’s Illustrated Glossary – read online
Understanding Latin
Cassell’s Latin Dictionary: Latin-English and English-Latin – pdf, text, kindle format
A Complete English-Latin Dictionary (J. E. Riddle) – pdf, text, kindle format
Traditional prayer books, devotions, etc
Divine Office; Little Office of BVM (latin/english) – read online
The Raccolta or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910) – pdf; or pdf, text and kindle formathere
My Prayer Book (Fr. F. X. Lasance) – pdf; or read online here
The Baltimore Prayer Book – pdf, text, kindle format
The Blessed Sacrament Book (Fr. F. X. Lasance) – pdf, text, kindle format
Prayer Book for Religious (Fr. F. X. Lasance) – pdf, text, kindle format
Goffine’s Devout Instructions – pdf, text, kindle format (devotions, prayers from p. 479)
The Pious Christian (Bp. G. Hay) – pdf (prayers, exercises, devotions)
Stations of the Cross (St. Francis of Assisi) – read online
Ancient Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (by 14-17 cent. Carthusian monks) – pdf
Saints’Prayers – pdf; or read online here
Saints’ Prayers (compilation) – pdf; (another prayerbook available here)
The Medal of St. Benedict (D. P. Gueranger) – audiobook
Prayers and Devotions – read online
Papal Encyclicals and related texts
Papal Encyclicals Online (www.papalencyclicals.net) features encyclicals of 43 Popes (from 13th century to present) in html text as well as kindle format. The Vatican website also lists encyclicals and other papal documents.
Some of the noteworthy encyclicals –
Bl. Piux IX – The Syllabus of Errors (1864)
Bl. Pius IX – Quanta Cura (1864, Condemning Current Errors)
Bl. Pius IX – Qui Pluribus (1846, On Faith and Religion)
St. Pius X – Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907, On the Doctrine of the Modernists)
St. Pius X – Lamentabili Sane (1907, Condemning Errors of Modernism)
St. Pius X – Vehementer Nos (1906, Condemning Separation of Church and State)
St. Pius V – Quo Primum (1570, Promulgating the Tridentine Liturgy)
Pius XI – Quas Primas (1925, on the Kingship of Christ)
Gregory XVI – Mirari Vos (1832, On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism)
Gregory XVI – Commissum Divinitus (1835, on Church and State)
Leo XIII – Quod Apostolici Muneris (1878, On Socialism)
Leo XIII – Arcanum (1880, On Christian Marriage)
Leo XIII – Diuturnum (1881, On the Origin of Civil Power)
Leo XIII – Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (1878, On the Evils of Society)
Leo XIII – Libertas Praestantissimum (1888, On the Nature of Human Liberty)
Leo XIII – Sapientiae Christianae (1890, On Christians as Citizens)
Leo XIII – Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (1900, On Jesus Christ the Redeemer)
Benedict XVI – Summorum Pontificum (2007, Motu Propio on Tridentine Mass)
Catechism on Modernism according to the encyclical ‘Pascendi Dominici Gregis’ of His Holiness Pius X (J.B. Lemius) – pdf, text, kindle format
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church (from AD 492) – read online (biographical entries)
Gregorian chant (CDs)
Gregorian chant – Benedictines of Ligugé – CD 1 & CD 2
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Countless other classics on Church history, doctrine, lives and thoughts of saints and Church Fathers (including all the volumes of “Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers” and “Ante-Nicene Fathers”) can be downloaded at ccel.org. (The site unfortunately carries many Protestant books as well, so do your research to make sure any book you intend to read is Catholic and doctrinally sound.)
Other websites I recommend for free Catholic books: freecatholicebooks.com, catholic-books.blogspot.com,saintsbooks.net/BooksList.html, catholicebooks.wordpress.com,basilica.org/pages/ebooks.php, liberius.net/langues.php (books in a dozen different languages).http://www.traditionalcatholic.co/free-catholicbooks/
For a vast quantity of texts, mostly in Latin, see DocumentaCatholicaOmnia.eu.
If you know the name of the book, author or topic, archive.org/details/texts and openlibrary.org are also helpful.
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