Selected Recommendations

If you enjoyed Delightful People by Stephen Schmalhofer, you might enjoy the following recommendations from the author.

Born on the Wind by Alice Curtayne

Mont St. Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The Life and Passion of Aleck Maury by Caroline Gordon

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather

My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather

Mr. Blue by Myles Connolly

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather

Loss and Gain by John Henry Newman

Obiter Dicta by Augustine Birrell

Egisto Fabbri by Mabel LaFarge

The Manner is Ordinary by John LaFarge S.J.

Will Mrs. Major go to hell? by Aloise Buckley Heath

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

Hymns of the Republic by S.C. Gwynne

Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne

The Perfect Pass by S.C. Gwynne

Musical Stages by Richard Rodgers

Mr. Isaacs by F. Marion Crawford

The Life of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin Mei by Msgr. Stephen DiGiovanni

Thomas Becket by Robert Speaight

The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole

Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys

Prosper: A Voyage at Sea by Simon Leys

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

New Selected Poems by Les Murray

Waiting for the Past by Les Murray

Taller When Prone by Les Murray

Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll

The Irish Story by Alice Curtayne

My Father’s Glory and My Mother’s Castle by Marcel Pagnol

Dominion by Tom Holland

Mr. Tibbit’s Catholic School by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Terms and Conditions by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

British Summer Time Begins by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness by Warren Carroll

Mine Were Of Trouble by Peter Kemp

The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga

A Papal Chamberlain: The Personal Chronicle of Francis Augustus Macnutt

The Dawn of All by Robert Hugh Benson

The English Way by Maisie Ward

Psmith in the City by P.G. Wodehouse

The Templars by Piers Paul Read

The Deep Places by Ross Douthat

The Strategy of Denial by Elbridge Colby

Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between The Wars by Paul Fussell

Nutcracker and Mouse King by Alexander Dumas

Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment by Stephen Kotkin

The Little City of Hope: A Christmas Story by F. Marion Crawford

The German Empire: A Short History by Michael Sturmer

A Mystery Play in Honour of the Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Drama by Robert Hugh Benson

The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans by Charles Royster

The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy

The Case of the Midwife Toad by Arthur Koestler

Against Stalin and Hitler by Wilfred Strik-Strikfeldt

Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

Come Rack, Come Rope by Robert Hugh Benson

Corleone by Francis Marion Crawford

Ave Roma Immortalis by Francis Marion Crawford

Born on the Wind by Alice Curtayne

Saint Brigid of Ireland by Alice Curtayne

None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson

Chariot of Fire by E.E.Y. Hales

The Accounting by Bruce Marshall

The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

Vespers in Vienna by Bruce Marshall

Father Malachy’s Miracle by Bruce Marshall

A Thread of Scarlet by Bruce Marshall

The Month of Falling Leaves by Bruce Marshall

Captive Flames by Ronald Knox

St. Ignatius by Christopher Hollis