Because many people are laid off from their jobs and unable to socialize, eat out, or even go to Mass for the foreseeable future, I’ve included a list of good Catholic books that you can read while you’re staying at home. All of them are available for free online (links included). You don’t need a credit card or a bank account, and you can browse them from the comfort of your laptop or mobile device.
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
Thomas à Kempis first wrote this spiritual classic in the Netherlands from ca. 1418–1427. Second only to the Bible as one of the best known and widely read Christian devotional books of all time, the Imitation is divided into four major sections. Book One, “Thoughts Helpful in the Life of the Soul,” consists of 25 short chapters that show the reader how to imitate Our Lord through humility, charity, reading the Holy Scriptures, following the example of the Holy Fathers and loving solitude and silence, among many others; Book Two, “The Interior Life,” continues Book One’s theme and includes “The Joy of a Good Conscience,” “Loving Jesus above All Things,” and following “The Royal Road of the Holy Cross.”