My 2022 Reading List

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NOTE: Today is October 20, 2025. This is a repost from my old blog, "Ang Blog ni McJeff," for archival purposes. I have retained the original date and timestamp.

Started: January 1, 2022. Finished: December 26, 2022.

"The Compact History of the Catholic Church" — Alan Schreck
"General Councils of the Church (A Compact History)" — P.C. Thomas
"A Compact History of the Popes" — P.C. Thomas
"You are Good Enough: Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy" — Robert J. Furey, Ph.D.
"Tell Me Why: Answering Tough Questions About the Faith" — Ronda De Sola Chervin & Msgr. Joseph Pollard
"The Art of Thinking Clearly" — Rolf Dobelli (Translated by Nicky Griffin)
"Overcoming Depression: A Step-by-Step Approach to Gaining Control Over Depression (Second Edition)" — Paul Gilbert
"The Church and the Crisis of Truth" — Fr. Philip Francis Reazon Bersabe
"Catholic Soul: Concise Essays in Catholic Apologetics" — Edgardo C. de Vera
"Your Sins are Forgiven You: Rediscovering the Sacrament of Reconciliation" — Fr. George A. Maloney, S.J.
"Inquiring Faith" — Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer
"In Prayer with Mary, Mother of Jesus" — Fr. Jean Lafrance (Translated by Florestine Audette, R.J.M.)
"Why be Catholic? Understanding Our Experience and Tradition" — Fr. Richard Rohr and Dr. Joseph Martos
"How the World Works: Physics (From Natural Philosophy to the Enigma of Dark Matter)" — Anne Rooney
"The Metamorphosis" — Franz Kafka (translated and edited by Stanley Corngold)
"Catholic Answers to Fundamentalists' Questions" — Philip St. Romain
"The Documents of Vatican Council II" — Edited by James H. Kroeger, M.M.
"Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith" — Scott Hahn
"Love God and Do What You Please!" — St. Alphonsus de Liguori
"Why I am Catholic (And You Should Be Too)" — Brandon Vogt
"The Imitation of Christ" — Thomas à Kempis (Translated by Aloysius Croft and Harold Bolton)
"Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul" — St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
"Jesus' Ways to Success" — Fr. Biju Michael, SDB
"Catholic Q&A: Answers to the Most Common Questions About Catholicism" — Fr. John J. Dietzen
"Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families" — Charles L. Whitfield M.D.
"Playing Ball on Running Water: The Japanese Way to Building a Better Life" — David K. Reynolds, Ph.D.
"Ten Time Management Choices That Can Change Your Life" — Sandra Felton & Marsha Sims
"The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" — Suzette Haden Elgin
"The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity" — Lee Strobel
"Inside a Catholic Church: A Guide to Signs, Symbols, and Saints" — Fr. Joseph M. Champlin
"Death, Where is your Sting?" — Fr. George A. Maloney, S.J.
"Look Up to Mary" — Fr. Antonio Orozco
"Exorcism: Encounters with the Paranormal and the Occult" — Fr. Jose Francisco C. Syquia
"Ungodly Rage: The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism" — Donna Steichen
"I Have Weathered Other Storms: A Response to the Scandals and Democratic Reforms That Threaten the Catholic Church" — The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property
"The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code" — Carl E. Olson & Sandra Miesel
"New Age or Old Lie?" — Kerry D. McRoberts
"101 Questions & Answers on Popes and the Papacy" — Christopher M. Bellitto
"The Secret of the Rosary" — St. Louis de Montfort
"Our Blessed Mother: Mary in Catholic Tradition" — Therese Johnson Borchard
"Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years" — Diarmaid MacCulloch
"English Mass for Filipino Catholics: The Meaning of the New Words of the Holy Mass" — Virgilio T.J. Suerte Felipe

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