The latest monastery & convent books

Books set in monasteries and convents enter communities apart from the world. Bells, silence, routine and faith shape the days, and human passions find their way in all the same. Historical mysteries and contemplative novels both make good use of the cloister. The newest come first.

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Aelfric's Abbey
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Aelfric's Abbey

Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, G. Keevill, Oxford Archaeology

Published 2003

662 pages

Assimilative Memory
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Assimilative Memory

Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown

1996 · 2016 edition

302 pages

Athos 60
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Athos 60

Gareth Morgan

Published 1994

125 pages