The books my book's been reading
All the books* cited in Building the Benedict Option
*Mostly books, listed in order of first appearance
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After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
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Company by Stephen Sondheim
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Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
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The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Alexander Schmemann
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100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater by Sarah Ruhl
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Bed and Board: Plain Talk About Marriage by Robert Farrar Capon
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Spiritual Friendship by Wesley Hill
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Washed and Waiting by Wesley Hill
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher
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The Wisdom of the Beguines by Laura Swan
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Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities by Elie Kaunfer
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What’s Wrong With The World by G.K. Chesterton
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Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
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The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg
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Playborhood by Mike Lanza
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Fr. Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus by Fr. Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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The Messiah by Handel
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah
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Spiritual Friendship by St. Aelred of Rievaulx
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Captive Flames: On Selected Saints and Christian Heroes by Ronald Knox
And somehow I never managed to get an explicit recommendation of The Little Oratory into the text, but I heartily recommend it.