Prayer, Spiritual Life, and Mysticism:
The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross. The stages of a life of prayer, together with advice on how to deal with spiritual problems.
The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
On Prayer by Origen
The Shepherd of Hermas. This early Christian bestseller was even included in some early canons of scripture.
The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux (Therese Martin).
Scripture and Theology:
Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Book I, Book II, Book III, Book IV, and Book V.
The Catechetical Lectures and Mystagogical Lectures by St. Cyril of Jerusalem. The secret teachings of the early Christians. Promise not to tell! 
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman: Part 1 and Part 2.
On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius
The Sacrifice of the Mass by M. Gavin, S.J. A textbook explaining the Mass to adult learners. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
The Seven Words on the Cross by St. Robert Bellarmine. An examination of, and meditation upon, the seven sayings spoken by Jesus on the cross — aka “the seven last words” — as well as the associated total solar eclipse.
Pastoral and Life Advice:
The Art of Dying Well by St. Robert Bellarmine. Part I (the part available in the public domain in English) is about living well while still healthy and far from death.
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins by St. Methodius of Olympus. Praise of chastity and proper respect for the body in all states of life, and especial praise for vowed virginity.
A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation by St. Thomas More: Part 1 and Part 2. What do you do when bad stuff happens?
The Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch. Letters of an extremely early Christian, as he is remanded to Rome for martyrdom.
On the Catechizing of the Unlearned by St. Augustine of Hippo. How do you teach Christianity? Or anything, for that matter? This book touches on all kinds of psychological, neurological, and linguistic stuff.
On Patience by Tertullian. Hey, he admits he’s not good at it!
Of Shows by Tertullian. When is entertainment immoral? Tertullian, once a big fan of gladiator games and other shows, argues that Christians shouldn’t support such things with their money and their hearts.
Pastoral Care by Pope St. Gregory the Great (aka The Book of Pastoral Rule). Shrewd psychological and management advice, mixed with deep religious insight.
History, Biography, and Hagiography:
Europe and the Faith by Hilaire Belloc. A look at the role of Christianity in Europe’s history.
The Life of Antony by St. Athanasius. All about St. Anthony of Egypt, aka St. Anthony the Abbot, who greatly influenced the development of monasticism.
The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton
Of the Life of St. Martin of Tours by St. Sulpicius Severus
Of the Ruin of Britain by St. Gildas the Wise. From the days of King Arthur.
The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux (Therese Martin). Autobiography. Also talks about her “Little Way”.
Hi,
Thank you for your rosary. They are most heartily recited. I’m using them everyday.
John fom the fareast/Hong Kong.
I’ve been working my way through St. Catherine. getting to the second section of files, it looks like the file labeled pt. 21 is not fully there. It’s only 14 seconds long, and it doesn’t even sound like you finish the first sentence. I thought you should know, and hopefully you can re-post that one without much trouble.
I, too, use your Rosary recordings every day, and would like to express my gratitude to you for making them available.
You may want to know, however–in your recording of the Joyful Mysteries, you erroneously announce the first Joyful Mystery as “the first Glorious Mystery.” Just in case you plan to update your recordings.
God bless you!
(P.S. I, too, am an anime otaku. Have you seen Death Note?)
The imitation of Christ Books 3-part 2 and Book 4 have an error and cannot be listened to. The recording is speeded up so you can’t make out the words.
Books 1 and 2 and fine.
Good translation.
Maria,
I’m so thankful that I found your page. Have you considered doing First Clement?
Lane
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this all. I really appreciate it. You choices have been excellent as well.
May I suggest that you do St. Francis de Sales’ Introduction to a Devout Life?
You are a star and I shall suggest you for canonisation at the first available opportunity. Your choice so far has been impeccable, but I still dare to suggest Augustine’s “On Christian Teaching”: it is short and quite the most profound book I’ve read (with the obvious exception).
But please: do what you want, because you seem to have everything in order!
Thank you thank you thank you.
Andrew.
Thanks for the Catholic MP3 audio recordings. I did not know this existed until someone sent me a link to your page. Of course it is blocked from work, but from home, there is no problem. I especially recommend “Shepherd of Hermas”, I read that about 10 years ago and have long since lost the book and had totally forgotten about the story. I have now burned a copy on MP3 Cd for myself. I plan on downloading everything that you have done. Great job. Please keep at it. Do you have an MP3 CD of everything you’ve done?
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Kewl, but you need to spice it up with some Maxmus or Palamas.
here is a wonderful audio resource from ewtn’s website…
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I have listened to The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Story of a Soul and Imitation of Christ and I must say I am deeply grateful for your service. It is an added bonus that you do such a beautiful job in your reading that it touches the very depths of our souls . Thank you so much and without a doubt you will be rewarded abundantly for what you do.
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Thank you for this website! I’ve been having some difficulty with reading St. John of the Cross, but he is wonderful to hear.
This is a much needed apostolate and I am profoundly grateful for the efforts that have made so many genuinely Catholic Audiobooks available!! Thank you!!
A Grateful sufferer of ADD and lover of audiobooks -
David Myers