The most popular religious life books of 2025

These books are about people who give their lives to a faith. Priests, nuns, monks, rabbis and imams appear in memoirs and novels set in convents, monasteries and parishes. They are stories of vocation, discipline, doubt and community, and they have a quiet fascination. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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EVERYWORD—ACTS
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EVERYWORD—ACTS

Leadership Ministries Worldwide

Published 2025

504 pages

Thomas Merton
Cover of Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Published 2025

584 pages