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Books on Catholic Conversions & Converts

December 27, 2021

*Religions are placed in alphabetical order*


From Many Backgrounds:

20 Answers – Conversion (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Shaun McAfee (2019)

Beyond East and West by John C.H. Wu (2018)

Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line by Karen Edmisten (2013)

Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations by John Henry Newman (1984)

Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic by Ian Murphy (2020) 

Encounter Jesus: From Discovery to Discipleship by Fr. Dave Pivonka T.O.R. and Deacon Ralph Poyo (2014)

Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism by Brian Besong and Jonathan Fuqua (2019)

From Felon to Secular Franciscan by Don J. Bessette OFS (2022)

iGod: A Hidden and Fragmentary Autobiography by Donald Wallenfang (2021)

Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion by Abigail Rine Favale (2018)

My Journey As A Catholic: A Perspective Of The Catholic Faith And Testimonies Of Life Experiences: A Guide for RCIA and Non-Practicing Christians by Jordan Bolich (2018)

Now I Walk on Death Row: A Wall Street Finance Lawyer Stumbles into the Arms of a Loving God by Dale S. Recinella (2011)

Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce (2013)

Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid (2016)

Surprised by Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic (v. 2) by Patrick Madrid (2000)

Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic (v. 3) by Patrick Madrid (2002)

The Apostasy That Wasn’t: The Extraordinary Story of the Unbreakable Early Church by Rod Bennett (2015)

The Big Hustle: A Boston Street Kid’s Story of Addiction and Redemption by Jim Wahlberg (2020)

The Catholic Church and Conversion by G.K. Chesterton 

The Fourth Cup: Unveiling the Mystery of the Last Supper and the Cross by Scott Hahn (2018)

Why Do You Believe In GOD?: Catholic Conversations With Skeptics and Non-Believers by Bryan Mercier (2016)

Why I Am A Catholic by Garry Wills (2003)

Why I am a Catholic: An Exploration of Western Christianity by Edmond Ko (Kindle Edition) (2019)

Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) by Brandon Vogt (2019)

Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love by Trent Horn (2017)


Agnosticism & Atheism: Agnostics & Atheists

Atheist to Catholic: Stories of Conversion by Rebecca Vitz Cherico (2011)

Catholic Realism: A Framework for the Refutation of Atheism by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood and Dr. Ronda Chervin (2015)

Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic by Ian Murphy (2020)

From Atheism to Catholicism by Marcus Grodi (2017) 

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith by Sohrab Ahmari (2019)

Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story by Sally Read (2016)

Not God’s Type by Holly Ordway (2014)

Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion by Sara Miles (2008)

The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism by Patrick Madrid and Kenneth Hensley (2010)

The Mary Pages: An Atheist’s Journey to the Mother of God by Sally Read (2024)

The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology by Stephen Bullivant (2012)

Unbelievable?: Why After Ten Years of Talking with Atheists, I’m Still a Christian by Justin Brierley (2017)

What is Truth?: The Journey from Atheism to Catholicism by John Reuben Smith (2016)

Without God: Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life by Zachary Bloom (2019)


East Asian Religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, & Shinto 

Beyond East and West by John C.H. Wu (2018)

Buddhist to Catholic: From Zafu to Kneeler by Patricia Masters (2017)

Chinese Humanism and Christian Spirituality by John C. H. Wu (2017)

The Science of Love: A Study of the Teachings of Therese of Lisieux by John C. H. Wu (1941)

Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism by Paul Williams (2002) 

Currently in the Process of Adding More Books. Thank you for your patience!


Islam: Muslims

20 Answers- Islam (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Andrew Bieszad (2016)

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith by Sohrab Ahmari (2019)

From Islam to Christ: One Woman’s Path through the Riddles of God by Derya Little (2017) 

From Jihad to Jesus: An Ex-Militant’s Journey of Faith by Jerry Rassamni (2017)

Ex-Imam Reveals the Real Islam by Christina Bardstrum (2020)

Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever by Naeem Fazal (2014)

Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out by Ibn Warraq (2003)

No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi (2016) 

Once A Muslim: My Journey to Christ by James Jesser and Ashley Whitehouse Bumgarner (2020)

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi (2014)

Testimonies of Ex-Muslims by Michael H. Imhof (2006)

The Price to Pay: A Muslim Risks All to Follow Christ by Joseph Fadelle (2012) 


Jehovah’s Witnesses: 

A Catholic Response to the Jehovah’s Witnesses by Jennifer Moorcroft (2021)

Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses by Jason Evert (2001)

20 Answers- Jehovah’s Witnesses (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Trent Horn (2016)

EXiting the JW Cult: A Healing Handbook: For Current & Former Jehovah’s Witnesses by Bonnie Zieman (2015)

Fading Out of the JW Cult: A Memoir by Bonnie Zieman (2016)

How to Escape From Jehovah’s Witnesses by Lloyd Evans (2018)

I’m Perfect, You’re Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing by Kyria Abrahams (2010)

Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself by Linda A. Curtis (2018)

The Catholic Answer to the Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Challenge Accepted by Louise D’Angelo (1994)


Orthodox Christianity & Eastern Catholicism: 

20 Answers: Eastern Catholicism (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Fr. Dcn. Daniel Dozier (2020)

Disillusioned: Why I Left the Eastern Orthodox Priesthood and Church by Joshua Schooping (2022)

Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comparison by Dave Armstrong (2016)

The Truth: What Every Roman Catholic Should Know About the Orthodox Church (Faith Catechism) by Clark Carlton (2007)

Currently in the Process of Adding More Books. Thank you for your patience!


Protestantism: Protestants, Anglicans, & Non-Denominational Christians

A Lutheran’s Case for Roman Catholicism: Finding a Lost Path Home by Robert C. Koons (2020)

A Modern Pilgrim’s Progress by Bessie Anstice Baker

20 Answers: Faith and Works (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Jimmy Akin (2020)

20 Answers – Protestantism (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Jimmy Akin (2019)

20 Answers- The Bible (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Trent Horn (2016)

20 Answers- The Reformation (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers) by Steve Weidenkopf (2018)

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie (1996)

Faith and Prejudice by John Henry Newman (1956)

If Protestantism is True: The Reformation Meets Rome by Devin Rose (2011)

Meditations on Mary, Our Mother by John Henry Newman (2019)

No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy by Fr. Donald Calloway (2019)

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn Ph.D. and Kimberly Hahn (1993)

Something Greater is Here by Kenneth Howell (2015)

The Early Church Was the Catholic Church by Joe Heschmeyer (2021)

The Memoirs of Louis Bouyer: From You and Conversion to Vatican II, the Liturgical Reform, and After by Louis Bouyer and John Pepino (2015)

The Protestant’s Dilemma: How the Reformation’s Shocking Consequences Point to the Truth of Catholicism by Devin Rose (2014)

The Salvation Controversy by James Akin (2001)

Why I Became a Catholic: A Timeless Conversion Story by Joseph Pope 


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Mormons 

Confessions of an Ex-Mormon Recovery Journal by Tracy Tennant (2016)

Forty Years in the Mormon Church: Why I Left It! by R. C Evans (2017)

From the Susquehanna to the Tiber: A Memoir of Conversion from Mormonism to the Roman Catholic Church by Jeremy Christiansen (2022)

I’m (No Longer) a Mormon: A Confessional by Regina Samuelson (2013)

Mormonism, the Matrix, and Me: My Journey from Kolob to Calvary by Tracy Tennant (2014)

Mormons: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Jimmy Akin (2007)

101 Reasons to Quit Believing in the Mormon God(s): From a Mormon’s Perspective by Richard Nemelka (2018) 

The Mormon Mirage: A Former Mormon Tells Why She Left the Church by Latayne Colvett Scott (1979)

The Origin of the LDS (Mormon) Religion: It’s History Proves It Is Untrue! by Dr. Gerald Charles Tilley (2019)

Why Mormonism is Not Christian: The Essential Facts Every Catholic Must Know by Jimmy Akin (2012)

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