145: Books You Must Read Before You Die—Joseph Pearce

If Joseph Pearce had a superhero alter ego, it would be…Bookman! I know of very few other scholars more qualified to recommend the great books we all ought to read before we go to The Great Printer. The British born writer, editor, and professor of literature has spent his life mining the gold from the raw ore of books out there. How great to have a guide who can tell gold apart from fool’s gold.

This exchange was a lot of fun, and I know you’ll learn as much as I did.

 

In this episode you will learn

• The true meaning of a “classic” book
• Pearce’s favorites to read and reread
• How author biographies and their novels amplify each other
• Why reading is so essential as a life skill
• Tips on reading lists, priorities, and understanding genres
• The difference between taking time and wasting time
• How books can prompt or strengthen conversion to Christ

Resources mentioned in this episode

• The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde by Joseph Pearce
• Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce
• Unafraid of Virginia Woolf: The Friends and Enemies of Roy Campbell by Joseph Pearce
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
• Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Aquinas by Frederick C. Copleston
• The Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adam
• Evidence For Our Faith by Joseph Cavanaugh
• Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine by Archbishop Michael Sheehan
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson
• The Catholic Writer Today: And Other Essays by Dana Gioia
• The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
• The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis
• Collected Letters, Vol. 3: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy, 1950-1963 ed by Walter Hooper

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