The Best Books About Popes And The Vatican
“What are the best books about Popes and the Vatican?” We looked at 436 different titles, aggregating and ranking the entries in an attempt to answer that very question!
Part 3 of our Italy week is Popes and the Vatican! Did you love Young Pope and want to learn about Old Popes? Curious to learn more about the smallest county in the world (.2 square miles)? Or possibly just a crazy hat enthusiast? Well this list is for you!
The lists we made are:
Below you can find the top 38 books, all appearing on 2 or more lists, with images, summaries, and links. The remaining 400 books, as well as the articles we used are at the bottom of the page.
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The Top Vatican & Pope Books
38 .) A History of the Popes, From Peter to the Present by John W. O’Malley
Lists It Appears On:
- Vatican
- Barnes & Noble
“The Pope of Rome is the best known and most influential moral and religious leader in the world. Pick up the paper, turn on the T.V., and there he is. Every government in the world has to deal with him somehow. Love him or hate him, there is no denying his importance. It’s this way today, and it’s been this way since Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in the 4th century.
In all that time, there have been wonder-working saints, lecherous murderers, and many, many mediocrities on the Papal throne – every kind of human being imaginable. Historically, the lives of Popes have been anything but dull and uneventful. Formosus was so hated by his successor, the corrupt Stephen VI, that his rotting corpse was disinterred and subjected to a court trial. St. Leo the Great frightened Attila the Hun into sparing Rome, while St. Gregory the Great banished the plague from the Eternal City by holding a procession. St. Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor by surprise on Christmas Day, but John XII (himself the son of a Pope) was killed by his mistress’ lover, and died in her arms. John Paul II raised the popularity of the Papacy to incredible heights, played a huge role in bringing down Communism – and exorcised the Devil from a girl during a public audience.”
37 .) A Season for the Dead by David Hewson
Lists It Appears On:
- What Should I Read next?
- Goodreads
“Stefano’s left arm, the one holding the weapon, swept the table, swept everything on it . . . She was quiet, waiting, which was, his eyes seemed to say, what he wanted. Then Stefano lifted up the bag to the height of the desk, turned it upside down, let the contents fall on the table and said, ‘The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”” ‘
Whilst Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room, a brutal murder is taking place in a nearby church. Then suddenly a crazed man enters the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag. He walks up to Sara’s desk. He has something he would like her to see . . .”
36 .) Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections by Frederic J. Baumgartner
Lists It Appears On:
- Georgetown Law
- Barnes & Noble
Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter’s Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant politicking that goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel in this important and timely book.
35 .) Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the Present by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Wikipedia
For nearly two thousand years the popes have not only shaped the course of one of the world’s great religions but have also played a part―sometimes a dominant part―in the history of Europe. Martyrs, monks, noblemen, Franciscans, Dominicans, hermits, and even unordained laymen have occupied the throne of St. Peter. This book recounts the lives and deeds of the popes from Peter to John Paul II.
34 .) City of Secrets: The Truth Behind the Murders at the Vatican by John Follain
Lists It Appears On:
- Books Set In
- Barnes & Noble
33 .) Conclave: The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election by John L. Allen
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Georgetown Law
“A captivating insider’s guide to the politics and personalities that will have a tremendous impact on one of the world’s most secretive and important events–the election of a pope.
The next time a conclave unfolds in Rome, some 6,000 journalists are expected to descend on the Eternal City to cover the death of John Paul II and report on the election of his successor. The man in white who emerges from the Sistine Chapel at its conclusion will automatically become one of the most important figures on earth, a leader who commands a unique combination of political and spiritual power. Depending on how he chooses to exercise that power, governments and political systems may rise or fall, religious wars may heat up or abate, and the Church may undergo a radical transformation–from changes in its stances on such issues as sexuality, the place of women in the Church, to the role of the papacy itself. “
32 .) Documents Illustrating Papal Authority: AD 96-454 by E Giles
Lists It Appears On:
- Questia
- Barnes & Noble
31 .) Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Book Browse
In Earthly Powers Burgess created his masterpiece. At its center are two twentieth-century men who represent different kinds of power—Kenneth Toomey, a past-his-prime author of mediocre fiction, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into, bitter, luxurious old age, living in self-exile on Malta; and Don Carlo Campanati, a man of God, eventually of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a shrewd manipulator to become the architect.
30 .) Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession by John-Peter Pham
Lists It Appears On:
- Georgetown Law
- Barnes & Noble
In Heirs of the Fisherman, former Vatican insider John-Peter Pham presents a candid portrait of the modern Vatican, the only account to reveal the striking changes to papal succession procedures made by John Paul II. Blending political and ecclesiastical history, Pham goes beyond a mere description of the complex rituals to offer rare insight into the dramatic shifts inside the College of Cardinals, whose 100 members now hail from 50 nations around the globe. He takes us into the secret conclave, where the electors were kept under lock and key, until they had selected a new pope. He also includes a chapter devoted to the intrigues of the 20th century where the first conclave had an emperor’s veto and the last was won by the first non-Italian in four centuries becauase the Italians were bitterly divided.
29 .) Italy and the Vatican at War by S. William Halperin
Lists It Appears On:
- Vatican
- Questia
28 .) Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St by Richard P. McBrien
Lists It Appears On:
- Wikipedia
- Barnes & Noble
27 .) Map of Bones (Sigma Force, #2) by James Rollins
Lists It Appears On:
- Books Set In
- Goodreads
“The bones lead to ancient mysteries and present-day terror . . . To follow them means death.
During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks’ robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a treasure that could reshape the world.
With the Vatican in turmoil, Sigma Force under the command of Grayson Pierce leaps into action, pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.”
26 .) Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King
Lists It Appears On:
- What Should I Read next?
- Barnes & Noble
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Despite having completed his masterful statue David four years earlier, he had little experience as a painter, even less working in the delicate medium of fresco, and none with challenging curved surfaces such as the Sistine ceiling’s vaults. The temperamental Michelangelo was himself reluctant: He stormed away from Rome, incurring Julius’s wrath, before he was eventually persuaded to begin.
25 .) Passing the Keys: Modern Cardinals, Conclaves and the Election of the Next Pope by Francis A. Burkle-Young
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Georgetown Law
Burkle-Young describes the principle candidates in the early negotiations for the conclave that will elect the next Pope and chronicles John Paul II’s most likely successors.
24 .) Pontiff by Gordon Thomas
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Browse
- Barnes & Noble
The Vatican has remained one of the last unexamined mysteries of the modern world. For centuries, pomp and pageantry have hidden from view the dramatic, sometimes sinister, realities that haunt the office of Supreme Pontiff and the men who make up his papacy. Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts now bring their tremendous investigative talent to this most secret of institutions, offering us an unrivaled portrait and day-to-day account of the lives, personalities, and relationships of the three most recent popes: an equally fine account of the hour-by-hour deliberations of the closely guarded conclaves at which two popes were elected in the fateful year of 1978; and a remarkable rendering of the concrete issues facing the institutional papacy—in foreign affairs, economic matters, and the human factor—the highly individual ambitions, loyalties, and hatreds that characterize the men and women who serve the Holy Father.
23 .) The Accidental Pope by Raymond Flynn
Lists It Appears On:
- What Should I Read next?
- Goodreads
“The former US Ambassador to the Vatican and the bestselling author of The French Connection join forces to write an unforgettable, compelling novel about a humble fisherman who is elected as the next Pope.
Locked in a stalemate after days of voting, the College of Cardinals struggles through the arduous process of electing a new pope after the death of Pope John Paul II. In an effort to break the impasse at the conclave, Brian Comiskey, Cardinal Primate of All Ireland, in a stunning surprise development, withdraws from the race. Explaining his decision, he offers an anecdote about being among a boat load of clerics who were caught in an unexpected storm, then miraculously rescued by his friend Bill Kelly, a former priest and now a Cape Cod fisherman.”
22 .) The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis) by Louise Ropes LoomisColumbia University Press
Lists It Appears On:
- Questia
- Vatican
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21 .) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Popes and the Papacy by Brandon Toropov
Lists It Appears On:
- Wikipedia
- Barnes & Noble
20 .) The Early Modern Papacy: From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution 1564-1789 by A.D. Wright
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Oxford Bibliographies
A history of the Papacy covering the vital period from the Renaissance through the Counter Reformation to the period of the French Revolution. Its a broad survey analysing the influence of Papal power not only across Europe but the wider world also.
19 .) The Medieval Papacy by Geoffrey Barraclough
Lists It Appears On:
- Wikipedia
- Barnes & Noble
18 .) The Papacy by Bernard Schimmelpfennig
Lists It Appears On:
- Oxford Bibliographies
- Barnes & Noble
Bernhard Schimmelpfennig chronicles the institution of the papacy and its influence on the culture, politics, and economy throughout the decline of the Roman emparie, Byzantine rule, and the Middle Ages in his book, The Papacy. The full spectrum of the institutional Medieval Church is examined as Schimmelpfennig presents its evolution through liturgical, political, artistic, cultural, and economic developments, as well as social changes that occurred under the papacy’s influence such as a revamping of marriage laws, housing construction, and food distribution.
17 .) The Papacy and World Affairs as Reflected in the Secularization of Politics by Carl Conrad Eckhardt
Lists It Appears On:
- Questia
- Vatican
16 .) The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation by Jon M. Sweeney
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Browse
- Barnes & Noble
“The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy.
At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint, and possibly the victim of murder. A stroke of fate would, practically overnight, transform this humble servant of God into the most powerful man in the Catholic Church. Half a year later, he would be the only pope in history to abdicate the chair of St. Peter, an act that nearly brought the papacy to its knees. What led him to make that decision and what happened afterward would be shrouded in mystery for centuries. The Pope Who Quit pulls back the veil of secrecy on this dramatic time in history and showcases a story that involves deadly dealings, apocalyptic maneuverings, and papal intrigue.”
15 .) The Popes at Avignon, 1305-1378 by Guillaume Mollat
Lists It Appears On:
- Questia
- Oxford Bibliographies
14 .) The Popes: Histories and Secrets by Claudio Rendina
Lists It Appears On:
- Wikipedia
- Barnes & Noble
The papacy started in 30 A.D. when Jesus Christ declared that Simon Bar-Jona would be called Peter (rock). It was on that “rock” the Catholic Church was built and a legacy of 263 popes would follow St. Peter. This book is a chronological compilation of all the men who have received the title of Bishop of Rome and the part each played in the evolution of the Catholic Church and in impacting the history of the world. Christianity took root in a land and time that was grudgingly tolerant at best or zealously persecutory at its worst. For the first four centuries, being named the Bishop of Rome often meant exile, imprisonment, torture, or martyrdom. As Christianity gained adherents among the rich and powerful the papal seat became one of global influence. The Popes shows the human aspects of the vicar of Christ while reassessing the myths surrounding the person. Theological evaluations are avoided to give readers a more realistic view of these men and the part they played in the shaping of history.
13 .) The Third Secret by Steve Berry
Lists It Appears On:
- Books Set In
- Goodreads
“Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and the future of religion.
Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant children, sharing with them three secrets, two of which are soon revealed to the world. The third secret is sealed away in the Vatican, read only by popes, and not disclosed until the year 2000. When revealed, its quizzical tone and anticlimactic nature leave many faithful wondering if the Church has truly unveiled all of the Virgin Mary’s words–or if a message far more important has been left in the shadows.”
12 .) The Vatican by Michael Collins
Lists It Appears On:
- The Culture Trip
- Barnes & Noble
“A visually stunning and uniquely informative insider’s view to the great treasures and daily life in the Holy City, The Vatican is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the world’s smallest nation and the spiritual center of the Catholic Church.
Written by an accomplished church historian and produced with the full cooperation of the Vatican, this beautifully illustrated guide delves into the 2,000-year-long history of the Vatican. It discusses papal influence, daily life and governance of the world’s largest religious body, and the art collections and other priceless treasures rarely seen by the public.”
11 .) A History of the Popes, 1830-1914 by Owen Chadwick
Lists It Appears On:
- Wikipedia
- Questia
- Barnes & Noble
Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento; and not only from Italy, but from liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Tsarist Russia as it oppressed its Polish subjects. If a united Italy was to be achieved, the State would have to disappear. These pressures caused Popes to resist “the world” rather than to try to influence it, to make the Vatican more of a sanctuary behind high walls, and to preach the more otherworldly aspects of Catholic faith. At the same time they met new moral demands: the rights of the laborer in industry, divorce, and toleration–which they could confront because the Revolution had destroyed the powers of the Catholic kings over their churches. Thus, Chadwick points out, Catholic authority could be far more centralized in Rome.
10 .) A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages by Walter Ullmann
Lists It Appears On:
- Questia
- Barnes & Noble
- Vatican
“This classic text outlines the development of the Papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge, insight and sophistication, Walter Ullmann traces the course of papal history from the late Roman Empire to its eventual decline in the Renaissance.
The focus of this survey is on the institution and the idea of papacy rather than individual figures, recognizing the shaping power of the popes’ roles that made them outstanding personalities. The transpersonal idea, Ullmann argues, sprang from Christianity itself and led to the Papacy as an institution sui generis.”
9 .) Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Lists It Appears On:
- What Should I Read next?
- Books Set In
- Goodreads
“An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol—seared into the chest of a murdered physicist—he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati…the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy—the Catholic Church.
Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican’s holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.”
8 .) God’s Spy by Juan Gomez-Jurado
Lists It Appears On:
- What Should I Read next?
- Books Set In
- Goodreads
A ruthless serial killer, a chilling conspiracy, and a deadly race around the Vatican converge in this internationally bestselling thriller. In the days following the death of Pope John Paul II, the horribly disfigured body of a cardinal is discovered in a chapel in Rome. With a serial killer now on the loose in the Vatican, Police Inspector Paola Dicanti is assigned to the grisly case. Desperate to find the killer before another victim dies, she enlists the help of Father Anthony Fowler, a charismatic American priest who knows more about the killer than Paola could have imagined. As Paola and Father Anthony struggle through the web of tantalizing clues, the evidence leads them to powerful figures within the Church hierarchy. But their pursuit of the truth may make them the next pawns to be sacrificed in this terrifying and deadly game.
7 .) Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy by Roger Collins
Lists It Appears On:
- Oxford Bibliographies
- Barnes & Noble
- Wikipedia
One of the most enduring and influential of all human institutions, the Papacy has also been among the most controversial. From the founding of the Christian Church in the first century AD to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century, the Popes have been central players in the history of Europe. In “Keepers of the Keys of Heaven,” eminent medieval and religious scholar Roger Collins presents the entire, grand arc of papal history in an objective, accessible single volume. From the separation of the Greek and Latin churches to the contemporary controversies that threaten the unity of the many-million-strong Catholic Church, Collins shows how no one seeking to make sense of the modern world can neglect the vital role of the popes.
6 .) Original Papal Documents in England and Wales from the Accession of Pope Innocent III to the Death of Pope Benedict XI by Jane E. Sayers
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Questia
- Vatican
The medieval popes conducted a vigorous correspondence with monarchs, clergy, and lay people all over western Europe. In this volume over a thousand surviving letters have been brought together, analyzed, and discussed for the first time. They provide important insights not only into the activities of the papal court but also into the aspirations and desires of the petitioners.
5 .) The Papal Monarchy, The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 by Colin Morris
Lists It Appears On:
- Vatican
- Questia
- Barnes & Noble
In this book Morris examines the building of Christian society between 1050 and 1250. The two centuries covered were among the most creative in the history of the Church and saw the emergence of much that is considered characteristic of European culture and religion: universities, commercial cities, hospitals, the crusades, the inquisition, papal government, canon law, and marriage in its “western” form.
4 .) When in Rome : A Journal of Life in Vatican City by Robert J. Hutchinson
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- World Rover
- The Culture Trip
Lighthearted and altogether fascinating, When in Rome is a delightful backstairs tour of one of the world’s most mysterious and eccentric cities. With his wife and three young sons, Robert Hutchinson moved to Rome shortly before his thirty-ninth birthday, intending to explore the Vatican in depth. He sought to capture “the personality of the place: the smells and the traffic, the rich delicacies of Roman food, the perils of the Italian language, the way Italian monsignori push their way to the front of the line, just like their lay countrymen.” When in Rome is the extraordinary journal of his Roman sojourn.
3 .) White Smoke: A Novel of Papal Election by Andrew M. Greeley
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Book Browse
- What Should I Read next?
“The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have gathered in Rome for the papal election following the death of the incumbent pope. Torn by internal conflict and with many of its members alienated, the Church faces one of the most serious crises in its history. A coalition of cardinals favors a more moderate and pluralistic style of papal governance, but must contend with shadowy Vatican forces that oppose change and loss of their own power. These forces are determined to destory the coalition’s candidate, a gentle and brilliant Spanish scholar. The leader of the coalition is Chicago’s wily Sean Cardinal Cronin, aided by his patently indispensable sidekick, Bishop John Blackwood “”Blackie”” Ryan.
A lone assassin stalks the Vatican, his crazed mission: to destroy the next pope as soon as the traditional white smoke issues from the cardinals’ meeting room–the Sistine Chapel–followed by the ancient words Habemus papam.”
2 .) Absolute Monarchs, A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Book Browse
- The Culture Trip
- Vatican
In a chronicle that captures nearly two thousand years of inspiration and intrigue, John Julius Norwich recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and socially to Rome and to the world. Norwich presents such popes as Innocent I, who in the fifth century successfully negotiated with Alaric the Goth, an invader civil authorities could not defeat; Leo I, who two decades later tamed (and perhaps paid off) Attila the Hun; the infamous “pornocracy”—the five libertines who were descendants or lovers of Marozia, debauched daughter of one of Rome’s most powerful families; Pope Paul III, “the greatest pontiff of the sixteenth century,” who reinterpreted the Church’s teaching and discipline; John XXIII, who in five short years starting in 1958 instituted reforms that led to Vatican II; and Benedict XVI, who is coping with today’s global priest sex scandal.
1 .) Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes by Eamon Duffy
Lists It Appears On:
- Barnes & Noble
- Book Browse
- Vatican
- Wikipedia
This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings to the present day. This new edition covers the unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI and the election of the first Argentinian pope.
The Remaining Best Pope Books
| # | Book | Author | Lists |
| (Books Appear On 1 List each) | |||
| 39 | 2011 Vatican, The Wall Calendar | Orange Circle Studio | Barnes & Noble |
| 40 | A Big Heart Open to God: A Conversation With Pope Francis | Delaware Online | |
| 41 | A Brief History of Vatican II | Giuseppe Alberigo | Barnes & Noble |
| 42 | A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II / Edition 1 | Edward P. Hahnenberg | Barnes & Noble |
| 43 | A Dark History: The Popes: Vice, Murder, and Corruption in the Vatican | Brenda Ralph Lewis | Barnes & Noble |
| 44 | A History of the Papacy | Allan Hall | Barnes & Noble |
| 45 | A History of the Popes: From Peter to the Present | John W. O’Malley | Barnes & Noble |
| 46 | A Moral Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its Unfulfilled Duty of Repair | Daniel Jonah Goldhagen | Barnes & Noble |
| 47 | A Retreat with Pope John XXIII: Opening the Windows to Wisdom | Alfred McBride | Barnes & Noble |
| 48 | A Special Mission: Hitler’s Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII | Dan Kurzman | Barnes & Noble |
| 49 | A Stroll in the Vatican Gardens | E. M. Jung | World Rover |
| 50 | A Sudden Terror | Anthony F. D’Elia | Barnes & Noble |
| 51 | A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I | John Cornwell | Barnes & Noble |
| 52 | A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation | Jon M. Sweeney | Book Browse |
| 53 | A Year with John Paul II: Daily Meditations from His Writings and Prayers | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 54 | A. D. One Thousand – Living on the Brink of Apocalypse: A History of the Tenth Century for Those Who Hope to See the Year 2000 | Richard Erdoes | Barnes & Noble |
| 55 | A.D. 1000 : A World on the Brink of Apocalypse | Richard Erdoes | Barnes & Noble |
| 56 | Address to World Meeting of Popular Movements | Delaware Online | |
| 57 | Africa: Apostolic Pilgrimage | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 58 | After Forty Years: Vatican Council II’s Diverse Legacy | Kenneth D. Whitehead | Barnes & Noble |
| 59 | All the Pope’s Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks | John L. Allen | Barnes & Noble |
| 60 | An Illustrated History of the Popes: St. Peter to John Paul II | Michael J. Walsh | Barnes & Noble |
| 61 | An Unquenchable Thirst | Mary Johnson | Book Browse |
| 62 | AT YOUR FINGERTIPS | Spiteri | Barnes & Noble |
| 63 | Augustinianism: Studies in the Process of Spiritual Tranvaluation | JD Green | Barnes & Noble |
| 64 | Basilica | William Montalbano | What Should I Read next? |
| 65 | Basilica: The Splendour and the Scandal: Building St Peter’s | R A Scotti | What Should I Read next? |
| 66 | Beatrice Cenci | Irene Musillo Mitchell | Barnes & Noble |
| 67 | Beginnings of the Temporary Sovereignty of the Popes AD 754-1073 | Louis M. Duchesne | Barnes & Noble |
| 68 | Bernini and the Bell Towers: Architecture and Politics at the Vatican | Sarah McPhee | Barnes & Noble |
| 69 | Between Two Wars: The Story of Pope Pius XI | Robin Anderson | Barnes & Noble |
| 70 | Bez dechu (Mac Sinclair, #2) | Lucie Adamová | Goodreads |
| 71 | Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851 | Saho Matsumoto-Best | Barnes & Noble |
| 72 | Britain and the Vatican during the Second World War | Owen Chadwick | Barnes & Noble |
| 73 | Buon Appetito, Your Holiness: The Secret of the Papal Table | Mariangela Rinaldi | Barnes & Noble |
| 74 | By Those Who Knew Them: French Modernists Left, Right, and Center | Harvey Hill | Barnes & Noble |
| 75 | Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern Influences on Rome and the Papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590-752 | Andrew J. Ekonomou | Barnes & Noble |
| 76 | Cabal: An Aurelio Zen Mystery | Dibdin, Michael | Books Set In |
| 77 | Canossa 1077 – Erschuetterung der Welt: Geschichte, Kunst und Kultur am Aufgang der Romanik | Christoph Stiegemann | Barnes & Noble |
| 78 | Cardinal Bendinello Sauli and Church Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Italy: The Career of Cardinal Bendinella Sauli, C. 1481-1518 | Helen Hyde | Barnes & Noble |
| 79 | Catholicism and History: The Opening of the Vatican Archives | Owen Chadwick | Barnes & Noble |
| 80 | Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Liberty | Kenneth L. Grasso | Barnes & Noble |
| 81 | Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Liberty | Kenneth L. Grasso | Barnes & Noble |
| 82 | Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust: An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relations / Edition 1 | Robert G. Weisbord | Barnes & Noble |
| 83 | Christmas in Italy and Vatican City | World Book | Barnes & Noble |
| 84 | Church and the English Crown | J. Robert Wright | Barnes & Noble |
| 85 | Church in Crisis: Ecclesiology and Paraenesis in Clement of Rome | Barabara Ellen Bowe | Barnes & Noble |
| 86 | Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler | Mark Riebling | Barnes & Noble |
| 87 | Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII | Laurie Nussdorfer | Barnes & Noble |
| 88 | Clement V | Sophia Menache | Barnes & Noble |
| 89 | Clement VI: The Pontificate and Ideas of an Avignon Pope | Diana Wood | Barnes & Noble |
| 90 | Communio: Church and Papacy in Early Christianity | Ludwig Hertling | Barnes & Noble |
| 91 | Conclave: A Secret and Sometimes Bloody History of Papal Elections | Michael Walsh | Barnes & Noble |
| 92 | Concord and Peace: A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement with an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition | Odd M Bakke | Barnes & Noble |
| 93 | Conflict at Rome: Social Order and Hierarchy in Early Christianity | James S. Jeffers | Barnes & Noble |
| 94 | Consensus and Controversy: Defending Pope Pius XII | Margherita Marchione | Barnes & Noble |
| 95 | Consul of God | Jeffrey Richards | Barnes & Noble |
| 96 | Council | Bill Huebsch | Barnes & Noble |
| 97 | Council (Holy See, #2) | Greg Tobin | Goodreads |
| 98 | Country of the Spirit: Vatican City | Frank J. Korn | Barnes & Noble |
| 99 | Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POWs | Margherita Marchione | Barnes & Noble |
| 100 | Day of Confession | Allan Folsom | What Should I Read next? |
| 101 | Death Comes for the Archbishop | Willa Cather | Book Browse |
| 102 | Deeds of Pope Innocent III | James M. Powell | Barnes & Noble |
| 103 | Der Staat der Vatikanstadt, der Heilige Stuhl und die Roemische Kurie in den Schriften von Winfried Schulz. Citta del Vaticano, Santa Sede e Curia Romana negli scritti di Winfried Schulz: Franz X. Walter zur Vollendung des 70. Lebensjahres | Winfried Schulz | Barnes & Noble |
| 104 | Diccionario de Los Papas Y Concilios | Javier Paredes | Barnes & Noble |
| 105 | Doctrines Politiques et Structures Ecclesiastiques dans l’Occident Medieval | Marcel Pacaut | Barnes & Noble |
| 106 | Dots on the Map | Leckey, Colin | Books Set In |
| 107 | El evangelio del mal/ The Gospel of Evil | Patrick Graham | What Should I Read next? |
| 108 | El Pontificado Medieval | Jose Manuel Nieto Soria | Barnes & Noble |
| 109 | EL SECRETO DE SANT ANGELO | Francisco Asensi | Goodreads |
| 110 | El Silencio: De Paulo VI A Bergoglio las Relaciones Secretas de la Iglesia con la ESMA | Horacio Verbitsky | Barnes & Noble |
| 111 | El sucesor de Juan Pablo II | Roberto Blancarte | Barnes & Noble |
| 112 | El Ultimo Caton | Matilde Asensi | What Should I Read next? |
| 113 | El Vaticano contra Dios | Milenarios | Barnes & Noble |
| 114 | Eminence | Morris L. West | Goodreads |
| 115 | Empire and Papacy: A Search for Right Order in the World? | Brian Tierney | Barnes & Noble |
| 116 | Encounters with Hellenism: Studies on the First Letter of Clement | Cilliers Breytenbach | Barnes & Noble |
| 117 | Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 118 | England Against the Papacy 1858-1861: Tories, Liberals and the Overthrow of Papal Temporal Power during the Italian Risorgimento | C. T. McIntire | Barnes & Noble |
| 119 | England, Rome and the Papacy, 1417-1464: The Study of a Relationship | Margaret M. Harvey | Barnes & Noble |
| 120 | Epochs of the Papacy: From Its Rise to the Death of Pope Pius IX | Wikipedia | |
| 121 | Exo-Vaticana: Petrus Romanus, Project LUCIFER, and the Vatican’s Astonishing Exo-theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior | Cris Putnam | Barnes & Noble |
| 122 | Fideles Crucis: The Papacy, the West, and the Recovery of the Holy Land, 1274-1314 | Sylvia Schein | Barnes & Noble |
| 123 | Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words | Rod Bennett | Barnes & Noble |
| 124 | Fragmentation and the International Relations of Micro-states: Self-determination and Statehood | Jorri C. Duursma | Barnes & Noble |
| 125 | Francis: Life and Revolution: A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio | Delaware Online | |
| 126 | From Apostles to Bishops: The Development of the Episcopacy in the Early Church | Wikipedia | |
| 127 | God’s Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican | Gerald Posner | Barnes & Noble |
| 128 | Great Britain and the Pope: The Diplomatic Relations Question, 1846-1852 | James P. Flint | Barnes & Noble |
| 129 | Gregory the Great | John Moorhead | Barnes & Noble |
| 130 | Gregory the Great and His World | R. A. Markus | Barnes & Noble |
| 131 | Gregory the Great: A Symposium | John C. Cavadini | Barnes & Noble |
| 132 | Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection | Carole Straw | Barnes & Noble |
| 133 | Hildebrand: A Life of Gregory the Seventh | Allan J. MacDonald | Barnes & Noble |
| 134 | Historia De Los Papas | Padre Apeles | Barnes & Noble |
| 135 | History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millenium | James Hitchcock | Vatican |
| 136 | History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages | Ludwig von Pastor | Oxford Bibliographies |
| 137 | Hitler and the Vatican: Inside the Secret Archives that Reveal the New Story of the Nazis and the Church | Peter Godman | Barnes & Noble |
| 138 | Hitler, the War and the Pope | Ronald J. Rychlak | Barnes & Noble |
| 139 | Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII | John Cornwell | Barnes & Noble |
| 140 | Il Tractatus Expendens Propositiones Damnatas Ab Alexandro VII Di Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz: Studio Introduttivo Ed Edizione Critica | Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz | Barnes & Noble |
| 141 | Illuminati | Dan Brown | What Should I Read next? |
| 142 | Images of Nepotism: The Painted Ceilings of Palazzo Barberini | John Beldon Scott | Barnes & Noble |
| 143 | In God’s Name | David Yallop | Barnes & Noble |
| 144 | In the Vatican | Peter Hebblethwaite | Barnes & Noble |
| 145 | Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities | Nino Lo Bello | Barnes & Noble |
| 146 | Innocent III | Jane E. Sayers | Barnes & Noble |
| 147 | Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon: The Limits of Papal Authority | Damian J. Smith | Barnes & Noble |
| 148 | Innocent III: Leader of Europe 1198-1216 / Edition 1 | Jane E. Sayers | Barnes & Noble |
| 149 | Innocent III: Studies on Papal Authority and Pastoral Care | Brenda Bolton | Barnes & Noble |
| 150 | Innocent III: Vicar of Christ or Lord of the World? / Edition 2 | James M. Powell | Barnes & Noble |
| 151 | Innocent Three, Church Defender | Charles Edward Smith | Barnes & Noble |
| 152 | Inside the Vatican | Stanfield | World Rover |
| 153 | Inside the Vatican | George Anthony Bull | Barnes & Noble |
| 154 | Inside the Vatican | Bart McDowell | Barnes & Noble |
| 155 | Inside the Vatican of Pius XII: The Memoir of an American Diplomat During World War II | William Tittman | Barnes & Noble |
| 156 | Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church | Thomas J. Reese S.J. | Barnes & Noble |
| 157 | Jesus, Peter & the Keys: A Scriptural Handbook on the Papacy | Wikipedia | |
| 158 | John Paul II: Reflections from the Tablet | Catherine Pepinster | Barnes & Noble |
| 159 | John XXIII: Pope of the Century | Peter Hebblethwaite | Barnes & Noble |
| 160 | John XXIII: The Official Biography | Mario Benigni | Barnes & Noble |
| 161 | Journal of a Soul | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 162 | Julius the Second: The Warrior Pope | Christine Shaw | Barnes & Noble |
| 163 | Kardinale im Konklave: Die lange Sedisvakanz der Jahre 1268 bis 1271 | Andreas Fischer | Barnes & Noble |
| 164 | Keeper of the Keys: John, Paul, and John Paul II – Three Who Changed the Church | Wilton Wynn | Barnes & Noble |
| 165 | Keepers of the Keys: A History of the Popes from St. Peter to John Paul II | Nicolas Cheetham | Barnes & Noble |
| 166 | Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II | Richard R. Rick Gaillardetz | Barnes & Noble |
| 167 | La Popessa | Paul I. Murphy | Barnes & Noble |
| 168 | Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home | Delaware Online | |
| 169 | Life in the Vatican with John Paul II | Luigi Accattoli | Barnes & Noble |
| 170 | Life of Cardinal Innocenzo del Monte, Together with Materials for a History of the House of Ciocchi del Monte: Scandal in Scarlet | Michael L. Doerrer | Barnes & Noble |
| 171 | Liturgy, Sanctity and History in Tridentine Italy: Pietro Maria Campi and the Preservation of the Particular | Simon Ditchfield | Barnes & Noble |
| 172 | Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes, | Raymond Davis | Barnes & Noble |
| 173 | Lives of the Ninth-Century Popes | Raymond Davis | Barnes & Noble |
| 174 | Lucrezia Borgia | Maria Bellonci | Barnes & Noble |
| 175 | Marcello Cervini & Eccles. Govt. | William V. Hudon | Barnes & Noble |
| 176 | Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf (Contemporary English Language Fiction) | David Madsen | What Should I Read next? |
| 177 | Mentiras y Crimenses en el Vaticano | de La Discipulos | Barnes & Noble |
| 178 | Michelangelo and The Sistine Chapel | Andrew Graham-Dixon | The Culture Trip |
| 179 | Miracles and the Venerable Bede | William D. McCready | Barnes & Noble |
| 180 | Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope | Eleanor Herman | Barnes & Noble |
| 181 | Modern Catholic Social Teaching | Joe Holland | Barnes & Noble |
| 182 | Modern Papacy 1789 1995 | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 183 | Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950 | Pollard John F. | Barnes & Noble |
| 184 | Murder in the Vatican: The Revolutionary Life of John Paul and The CIA, Opus Dei and the 1978 Murders | Lucien Gregoire | Barnes & Noble |
| 185 | Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome: Barberini Patronage under Urban VIII | Frederick Hammond | Barnes & Noble |
| 186 | Myth of Hitler’s Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis | David G. Dalin | Barnes & Noble |
| 187 | Next Pope | Peter Hebblethwaite | Barnes & Noble |
| 188 | Next Pope: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the Successor to John Paul II Will be Elected and Where He Will Lead The Church | Peter Hebblethwait | Barnes & Noble |
| 189 | Nino Lo Bello’s Guide to the Vatican | Nino Lo Bello | Barnes & Noble |
| 190 | No Vipers in the Vatican | Cathy Molloy | Barnes & Noble |
| 191 | Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites: A Theme Illuminating American Social History | Plinio Correa de Oliveira | Barnes & Noble |
| 192 | Nothing Sacred | David Alvarez | Barnes & Noble |
| 193 | On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the Twenty-First Century | Delaware Online | |
| 194 | Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia | Paul L. Williams | Barnes & Noble |
| 195 | Our Name Is Peter | Sean O’Reilly | Barnes & Noble |
| 196 | Panique Au Vatican (Sammy, #18) | Goodreads | |
| 197 | Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Revolution: The Canonistic Work of Anselm of Lucca | Kathleen G. Cushing | Barnes & Noble |
| 198 | Papacy and the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIII’s Tower of the Winds in the Vatican | Nicola Courtright | Barnes & Noble |
| 199 | Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries | Kenneth M. Setton | Barnes & Noble |
| 200 | Papacy Confronts the Modern World | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 201 | Papacy in the Age of Napoleon and the Restoration: Pius VII, 1800-23 | Margaret M. O’Dwyer | Barnes & Noble |
| 202 | Papacy, Councils and Canon Law in the 11th-12th Centuries | Robert Somerville | Barnes & Noble |
| 203 | Papacy, the Jews, and the Holocaust | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 204 | Papado, Cruzadas Y Ordenes Militares, Siglos XI-XIII | Luis Garcia-Guijarro Ramos | Barnes & Noble |
| 205 | Papal Abdication in Later Medieval Thought | John R. Eastman | Barnes & Noble |
| 206 | Papal Ceremonial At Rome In The Twelfth Century | Susan Twyman | Barnes & Noble |
| 207 | Papal Crusading Policy; The Chief Instruments of Papal Crusading Policy and Crusade to the Holy Land from the Final Loss of Jerusalem to the Fall of Acre 1244-1291 | Maureen Purcell | Barnes & Noble |
| 208 | Papal Diplomacy in the Modern Age | Peter Kent | Barnes & Noble |
| 209 | Papal Election in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922 | Francis A. Burkle-Young | Barnes & Noble |
| 210 | Papal Government and England during the Pontificate of Honorius III | Jane E. Sayers | Barnes & Noble |
| 211 | Papal Power: A Study of Vatican Control Over Lay Catholic Elites | Jean-Guy Vaillancourt | Barnes & Noble |
| 212 | Papal Reform and Canon Law in the 11th and 12th Centuries | Uta-Renate Blumenthal | Barnes & Noble |
| 213 | Papal Sin | Garry Wills | Book Browse |
| 214 | Papst Innozenz III., Philipp II. August, Koenig von Frankreich und die englisch-welfische Verbindung 1198 – 1216 | Theo Holzapfel | Barnes & Noble |
| 215 | Paroikie und Oikoumene: Sozial- und mentalitatsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zum 1. Clemensbrief | Tassilo Schmitt | Barnes & Noble |
| 216 | Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the Della Rovere in Renaissance Italy | Ian F. Verstegen | Barnes & Noble |
| 217 | Patrons and Adversaries: Nobles and Villagers in Italian Politics, 1640-1760 | Caroline Castiglione | Barnes & Noble |
| 218 | Paul VI: The First Modern Pope | Peter Hebblethwaite | Barnes & Noble |
| 219 | Pavia and Rome: The Lombard Monarchy and the Papacy in the Eighth Century | Jan T. Hallenbeck | Barnes & Noble |
| 220 | Peter’s Kingdom: Inside the Papal City | Jerrold M. Packard | Barnes & Noble |
| 221 | Petrus in Rom: Die literarischen Zeugnisse. Mit einer kritischen Edition der Martyrien des Petrus und Paulus auf neuer handschriftlicher Grundlage | Otto Zwierlein | Barnes & Noble |
| 222 | Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here | Thomas R. Horn | Barnes & Noble |
| 223 | Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII: State vs Papacy | Charles Tuttle Wood | Barnes & Noble |
| 224 | Philip the Fair and the Ecclesiastical Assemblies of 1294-95 | Jeffrey Howard Denton | Barnes & Noble |
| 225 | Phoenix: Cesare Borgia: His Life and Times | Sarah Bradford | Barnes & Noble |
| 226 | Pio Nono: A Study in European Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth Century | E. E. Y. HalesP.J. Kenedy & Sons | Questia |
| 227 | Pius XII and the Holocaust: Understanding the Controversy | Jose M. Sanchez | Barnes & Noble |
| 228 | Pius XII and the Holocaust: Understanding the Controversy | Jose M. Sanchez | Barnes & Noble |
| 229 | Pius XII and the Second World War: According to the Archives of the Vatican | Pierre Blet | Barnes & Noble |
| 230 | Pius XII, the Holocaust and the Revisionists: Essays | Patrick J. Gallo | Barnes & Noble |
| 231 | Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War / Edition 1 | Michael Phayer | Barnes & Noble |
| 232 | Pius XII: The Hound of Hitler | Gerard Noel | Barnes & Noble |
| 233 | Pius XXII and the Holocaust: A Reader | Robert A. Graham | Barnes & Noble |
| 234 | Pontiffs: Popes Who Shaped History | John Jay Hughes | Barnes & Noble |
| 235 | Pope Alexander III and the Council of Tours | Robert Somerville | Barnes & Noble |
| 236 | Pope and Bishops: A Study of the Papal Monarchy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | Kenneth Pennington | Barnes & Noble |
| 237 | Pope and the Duce | Peter C. Kent | Barnes & Noble |
| 238 | Pope Benedict XVI – Servant of the Truth | Peter Seewald | Book Browse |
| 239 | Pope Francis: A Guide to God’s Time | Delaware Online | |
| 240 | Pope Francis: The Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism | Delaware Online | |
| 241 | Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads | Delaware Online | |
| 242 | Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085 | Herbert Edward Cowdrey | Barnes & Noble |
| 243 | Pope Gregory XI: The Failure of Tradition | Paul R. Thibault | Barnes & Noble |
| 244 | Pope Innocent III | John C. Moore | Barnes & Noble |
| 245 | Pope Joan | Donna Woolfolk Cross | Book Browse |
| 246 | Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 247 | Pope John Paul II: Celebrates Mass in Central Park | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 248 | Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words | Pope John Paul II | Barnes & Noble |
| 249 | Pope John Paul II: The North American Journey of His Holiness | Rocky Mountain News Staff | Barnes & Noble |
| 250 | Pope John XXIII: A Clever, Pastoral Leader | Bernard R. Bonnot | Barnes & Noble |
| 251 | Pope John XXIII: A Life | Thomas Cahill | Barnes & Noble |
| 252 | Pope John XXIII: A Spiritual Biography | Christian Feldman | Barnes & Noble |
| 253 | Pope John XXIII: Essential Writings | Pope John XXIII | Barnes & Noble |
| 254 | Pope John XXIII: Model, Mentor and Patron Saint for Leaders | Bob Bonnot | Barnes & Noble |
| 255 | Pope John XXIII: Shepherd of the Modern World | Peter Hebblethwaite | Barnes & Noble |
| 256 | Pope Pius IX | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 257 | Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust | Carol Rittner | Barnes & Noble |
| 258 | Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace | Margherita Marchione | Barnes & Noble |
| 259 | Pope St. Pius X: Restorer of the Church | Yves Chiron | Barnes & Noble |
| 260 | Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi | Stephen Kuttner | Barnes & Noble |
| 261 | Pope, Church and City: Essays in Honour of Brenda M. Bolton | Frances Andrews | Barnes & Noble |
| 262 | Popes and Church Reform in the 11th Century | H. E. Cowdrey | Barnes & Noble |
| 263 | Popes and Politics: Reform, Resentment, and the Holocaust | Justus George Lawler | Barnes & Noble |
| 264 | Popes and Princess, 1417-1517: Politics and Polity in Late Medieval Church | John A. F. Thomson | Barnes & Noble |
| 265 | Popes of Vatican Council II | Peter Peter Wigginton | Barnes & Noble |
| 266 | Popes, Canonists, and Texts, 1150-1550 | Kenneth Pennington | Barnes & Noble |
| 267 | Popes, Monks and Crusaders | Herbert Edward Cowdrey | Barnes & Noble |
| 268 | Popes: Every Question Answered | Michael Collins | Barnes & Noble |
| 269 | Power and Religion in Baroque Rome: Barberini Cultural Policies | Peter Rietbergen | Barnes & Noble |
| 270 | Powers Matchless: The Pontificate of Urban VIII, the Baldachin, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini / Edition 1 | William Chandler Kirwin | Barnes & Noble |
| 271 | Prisoner of the Vatican: The Popes’ Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State | David I. Kertzer | Barnes & Noble |
| 272 | Psychological Problems in Mental Deficiency | Seymour B. SarasonHarper | Questia |
| 273 | Reform and the papacy in the eleventh century: Spirituality and social change | Kathleen G. Cushing | Barnes & Noble |
| 274 | Religious Liberty | John T. Ford | Barnes & Noble |
| 275 | Remembering in the Renaissance: Humanist Narratives of the Sack of Rome | Kenneth Gouwens | Barnes & Noble |
| 276 | Renaissance Popes: Statesmen, Warriors and the Great Borgia Myth | Gerard Noel | Barnes & Noble |
| 277 | Renaissance Rome: A Portrait of a Society, 1500-1559 | Peter Partner | Barnes & Noble |
| 278 | Righteous Gentiles: How Pius XII and the Catholic Church Saved Half a Million Jews from the Nazis | Ronald J. Rychlak | Barnes & Noble |
| 279 | Rise and Fall of the Bulgarian Connection | Edward S. Herman | Barnes & Noble |
| 280 | Rom und das Reich vor der Reformation | Nikolaus Staubach | Barnes & Noble |
| 281 | Rome: And the Vatican City | Brigitte Hintzen-Bohlen | Barnes & Noble |
| 282 | Saint Peter and the Popes | Michael M. Winter | Barnes & Noble |
| 283 | Saint Pius V – a Brief Account of His Life, Times, Virtues and Miracles | Robin Anderson | Barnes & Noble |
| 284 | Selecting the Pope: Uncovering the Mysteries of Papal Elections | Greg Tobin | Barnes & Noble |
| 285 | Shoes of the Fisherman | Morris West | Book Browse |
| 286 | Signs of Sanctity: Miracles in the Thought of Gregory the Great | William D. McCready | Barnes & Noble |
| 287 | Smiling Pope: The Life and Teaching of John Paul I | Raymond Seabeck | Barnes & Noble |
| 288 | Sombras Sobre El Vaticano | Francisco Asensi | Barnes & Noble |
| 289 | Spies in the Vatican: Espionage and Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust | David Alvarez | Barnes & Noble |
| 290 | St. Peter’s | Keith Miller | Barnes & Noble |
| 291 | St. Peter’s Bones: How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again | Thomas J. Craughwell | Barnes & Noble |
| 292 | St. Peter’s in the Vatican | William Tronzo | Barnes & Noble |
| 293 | St. Pius X: The Farm | Walter Diethelm | Barnes & Noble |
| 294 | Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles / Edition 1 | Ormond Rush | Barnes & Noble |
| 295 | Studien zum fruhchristlichen und fruhjudischen Gebet: Eine Untersuchung zu 1 Clem 59 bis 61 in seinem literarischen, historischen und theologischen Kontext | Hermut Lohr | Barnes & Noble |
| 296 | Sua Santità | Gianluigi Nuzzi | Goodreads |
| 297 | Symbols as Power: The Papacy following the Investiture Contest | M. Stroll | Barnes & Noble |
| 298 | Ten Greek Popes | Dennis Michelis | Barnes & Noble |
| 299 | Ten Popes Who Shook the World | Eamon Duffy | Barnes & Noble |
| 300 | The 1007 Anonymous and Papal Sovereignty: Jewish Perceptions of the Papacy and Papal Policy in the High Middle Ages / Hebrew Union College Annual Supplements 4 | Kenneth R. Stow | Barnes & Noble |
| 301 | The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages | Nancy Marie Brown | Barnes & Noble |
| 302 | The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England | Craig Rustici | Barnes & Noble |
| 303 | The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo | Irving Stone | Book Browse |
| 304 | The Artist and Moral Responsibility: Teachings of Pius XII and John XXIII | Gaetano Paxia | Barnes & Noble |
| 305 | The Basic Sixteen Documents Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations | Austin Flannery | Barnes & Noble |
| 306 | The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944 | Robert Katz | Barnes & Noble |
| 307 | The Borgia Bride | Jeanne Kalogridis | Book Browse |
| 308 | The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965 | Michael Phayer | Barnes & Noble |
| 309 | The Catholic Revolution: New Wine, Old Wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council / Edition 1 | Andrew Greeley | Barnes & Noble |
| 310 | The Chair of Saint Peter: A History of the Papacy | William J. La Due | Barnes & Noble |
| 311 | The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust: An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relations | Robert G. Weisbord | Barnes & Noble |
| 312 | The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy: The Church 1071-1453 A. D. | Aristeides Papadakis | Barnes & Noble |
| 313 | The Church in Italy in the Fifteenth Century | Denys Hay | Oxford Bibliographies |
| 314 | The Church of Mercy | Delaware Online | |
| 315 | The Confessor (Gabriel Allon, #3) | Daniel Silva | Goodreads |
| 316 | The Defamation of Pius XII | Ralph McInerny | Barnes & Noble |
| 317 | The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451 | Alcuin Reid | Barnes & Noble |
| 318 | The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273 | T F. 1855-1929 Tout | Barnes & Noble |
| 319 | The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages | Clifford H. Lawrence | Barnes & Noble |
| 320 | The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John / Edition 2 | Zachary Nugent Brooke | Barnes & Noble |
| 321 | The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage | Eric Frattini | Barnes & Noble |
| 322 | The Fallen Angel | Daniel Silva | What Should I Read next? |
| 323 | The Female Pope | Rosemary Pardoe | Barnes & Noble |
| 324 | The Fisherman’s Net: The Influence of the Papacy on History | Michael Collins | Barnes & Noble |
| 325 | The Francis Miracle: Inside the Transformation of the Pope and the Church | Delaware Online | |
| 326 | The Good Pope: The Making of a Saint and the Remaking of the Church–The Story of John XXIII and Vatican II | Greg Tobin | Barnes & Noble |
| 327 | The Gospel of Peace and Justice: Catholic Social Teaching Since Pope John | Joseph Germillion | Barnes & Noble |
| 328 | The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope | Delaware Online | |
| 329 | The Growth Of Papal Government In The Middle Ages: A Study In The Ideological Relation Of Clerical To Lay Power | Walter Ullmann | Barnes & Noble |
| 330 | The Hidden Encyclical of Pius XI | Georges Passelecq | Barnes & Noble |
| 331 | The Historia Pontificalis of John of Salisbury | John of Salisbury | Barnes & Noble |
| 332 | The Holy See and Hitler’s Germany | G. Besier | Barnes & Noble |
| 333 | The Human Quest | J. Michael Miller | Barnes & Noble |
| 334 | The Improbable Triumvirate: Kennedy-Khrushchev-Pope John, an Asterisk to the History of a Hopeful Year, 1962-3 | Norman Cousins | Barnes & Noble |
| 335 | The Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities: A Treasury of Trivia | Nino Lo Bello | Barnes & Noble |
| 336 | The Interdict: Its History and Operation, with Special Attention to the Time of Innocent the Third, 1198-1216 | Edward B. Krehbiel | Barnes & Noble |
| 337 | The Italian Crusades: The Papal-Angevin Alliance and the Crusades Against Christian Lay Powers, 1254-1343 | Norman Housley | Barnes & Noble |
| 338 | The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium | Delaware Online | |
| 339 | The Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order | Malachi Martin | Book Browse |
| 340 | The Last Cato | Matilde Asensi | What Should I Read next? |
| 341 | The Last Day | Glenn Kleier | Goodreads |
| 342 | The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth | Peter Stanford | Barnes & Noble |
| 343 | The Life and Legend of Gerbert of Aurillac: The Organbuilder Who Became Pope Sylvester II | Anna Marie Flusche | Barnes & Noble |
| 344 | The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII: The Roman Catholic Church and the Division of Europe, 1943-1950 | Peter Kent | Barnes & Noble |
| 345 | The Making of the Pope 2005 | Andrew M. Greeley | Barnes & Noble |
| 346 | The Modern Papacy, 1798-1995 / Edition 1 | Frank J. Coppa | Barnes & Noble |
| 347 | The Moses Expedition | Juan Gomez-Jurado | What Should I Read next? |
| 348 | The Mountaineer’s Pontiff: Achille Ratti | William Lowell Putnam | Barnes & Noble |
| 349 | The Myth of Pope Joan / Edition 2 | Alain Boureau | Barnes & Noble |
| 350 | The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | Book Browse |
| 351 | The Papacy | Paul Johnson | Barnes & Noble |
| 352 | The Papacy and Crusading in Europe, 1198-1245 | Rebecca Rist | Barnes & Noble |
| 353 | The Papacy and Modern Times: A Political Sketch, 1303-1870 | William BarryH. Holt and Company | Questia |
| 354 | The Papacy and the Church in the United States | Bernard J. Cooke | Barnes & Noble |
| 355 | The Papacy and the Levant, 1204–1571 | Kenneth M. Setton | Oxford Bibliographies |
| 356 | The Papacy in the Age of Reform, 1513–1644.” In Early Modern Catholicism: Essays in Honour of John W. O’Malley | William F. Hudon | Oxford Bibliographies |
| 357 | The Papacy in the Modern World, 1914-1970 | J. Derek Holmes | Barnes & Noble |
| 358 | The Papacy Today | Francis Xavier Murphy | Barnes & Noble |
| 359 | The Papacy, 1073-1198: Continuity and Innovation | I. S. Robinson | Barnes & Noble |
| 360 | The Papacy, Scotland and Northern England, 1342-1378 | A. D. M. Barrell | Barnes & Noble |
| 361 | The Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century: Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII | Ian Robinson | Barnes & Noble |
| 362 | The Papal Visit | Miami Herald | Barnes & Noble |
| 363 | The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII | Joseph Bottum | Barnes & Noble |
| 364 | The Plot to Kill the Pope | Paul B. Henze | Barnes & Noble |
| 365 | The Pocket Guide to the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul | Richard P. McBrien | Barnes & Noble |
| 366 | The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe | David I. Kertzer | Barnes & Noble |
| 367 | The Pope and the Mavericks | Louis Baldwin | Barnes & Noble |
| 368 | The Pope Encyclopedia: An A-Z of the Holy See | Matthew E. Bunson | Barnes & Noble |
| 369 | The Pope, His Banker, and Venice | Felix Gilbert | Barnes & Noble |
| 370 | The Pope’s Body | David S. Peterson | Barnes & Noble |
| 371 | The Pope’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere | Caroline P. Murphy | Barnes & Noble |
| 372 | The Pope’s Elephant | Silvio A. Bedini | Barnes & Noble |
| 373 | The Pope’s Jews: The Vatican’s Secret Plan to Save Jews from the Nazis | Gordon Thomas | Barnes & Noble |
| 374 | The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler | Peter Eisner | Barnes & Noble |
| 375 | The Pope’s Men: The Papal Civil Service in the Renaissance | Peter Partner | Barnes & Noble |
| 376 | The Pope’s Legion, The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican | Charles A. Coulombe | Vatican |
| 377 | The Popes | Christopher Hibbert | Barnes & Noble |
| 378 | The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism | David I. Kertzer | Barnes & Noble |
| 379 | The Popes and European Revolution | Owen Chadwick | Barnes & Noble |
| 380 | The Popes and Slavery | Joel S. Panzer | Barnes & Noble |
| 381 | The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages | Jeffrey Richards | Barnes & Noble |
| 382 | The Popes of Avignon: A Century in Exile | Edwin Mullins | Barnes & Noble |
| 383 | The Popes: The History of How They are Chosen, Elected, and Crowned | Zsolt Avadi | Georgetown Law |
| 384 | The Renaissance In Rome | Charles L. Stinger | Barnes & Noble |
| 385 | The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680-825 | Thomas F. X. NobleUniversity of Pennsylvania Press | Questia |
| 386 | The Right of Spoil of the Popes of Avignon, 1316-1415 | Daniel Williman | Barnes & Noble |
| 387 | The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church | John L. Allen | Barnes & Noble |
| 388 | The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology / Edition 1 | Maureen Sullivan | Barnes & Noble |
| 389 | The Ruined Bridge: Studies in Barberini Patronage of Music and Spectacle 1631-1697 | Frederick Hammond | Barnes & Noble |
| 390 | The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences | Jonathan Phillips | Barnes & Noble |
| 391 | The Secret Cardinal (Nolan Kilkenny Mystery, #5) | Tom Grace | Goodreads |
| 392 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Morris L. West | Goodreads |
| 393 | The Social Thought of John XXIII: Mater et Magistra | Jean Yves Calvez | Barnes & Noble |
| 394 | The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century | Peter Linehan | Barnes & Noble |
| 395 | The Spirit of Vatican II: A History of Catholic Reform in America | Colleen McDannell | Barnes & Noble |
| 396 | The Templar Salvation | Raymond Khoury | What Should I Read next? |
| 397 | The Thieves of Heaven | Richard Doetsch | What Should I Read next? |
| 398 | The Thorn Birds | McCullough, Colleen | Books Set In |
| 399 | The Thought of Gregory the Great | G. R. Evans | Barnes & Noble |
| 400 | The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI, New Edition: An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger | Aidan Nichols | The Culture Trip |
| 401 | The Time of the Assassins: Anatomy of an Investigation | Claire Sterling | Barnes & Noble |
| 402 | The Truth about What Really Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II | Michael Dimond | Goodreads |
| 403 | The Tweetable Pope: A Spiritual Revolution in 140 Characters | Delaware Online | |
| 404 | The Universal Father: A Life of John Paul II | Garry OConnor | Barnes & Noble |
| 405 | The Vatican and Communism in World War II: What Really Happened? | Robert A. Graham | Barnes & Noble |
| 406 | The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32: A Study in Conflict | John F. Pollard | Barnes & Noble |
| 407 | The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia | Paul Williams | Barnes & Noble |
| 408 | The Vatican Pimpernel: The World War II Exploits of the Monsignor Who Saved Over 6,500 Lives | Brian Fleming | Barnes & Noble |
| 409 | The Vatican Rip | Gash, Jonathan | Books Set In |
| 410 | The Vatican’s Women: Female Influence at the Holy See | Paul Hofmann | Barnes & Noble |
| 411 | The World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History | John L. LamonteAppleton-Century-Crofts | Questia |
| 412 | Theological Highlights of Vatican II | Pope Benedict XVI | Barnes & Noble |
| 413 | Towards the Healing of Schism: The Sees of Rome and Constantinople | E. J. Stormon | Barnes & Noble |
| 414 | Treasures of the Vatican Collections | Alan Levy | Barnes & Noble |
| 415 | Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa | Michele K. Spike | Barnes & Noble |
| 416 | Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy | Susan Zuccotti | Barnes & Noble |
| 417 | Unholy Popes: Outrageous But True Stories of Papal Misbehavior | Bob Curran | Barnes & Noble |
| 418 | Upon This Rock: The Popes and Their Changing Roles | Paul Collins | Barnes & Noble |
| 419 | Vatican | A Stroll in the Vatican Gardens | World Rover |
| 420 | Vatican | Malachi Martin | Goodreads |
| 421 | Vatican | F. Mayer | Barnes & Noble |
| 422 | Vatican City State | Michael J. Walsh | Barnes & Noble |
| 423 | Vatican Council Notebooks: Volume One | Henri De Lubac | Barnes & Noble |
| 424 | Vatican II and the Ecumenical Way | George H. Tavard | Barnes & Noble |
| 425 | Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? | John W. O’Malley | Barnes & Noble |
| 426 | Vatican II: The Essential Texts | Norman Tanner | Barnes & Noble |
| 427 | Vicars of Christ: Popes, Power, and Politics in the Modern World | Riccards | Barnes & Noble |
| 428 | Wartime Correspondence between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII | Myron C. Taylor | Barnes & Noble |
| 429 | Warwords: U. S. Militarism the Catholic Right and the Bulgarian Connection | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Barnes & Noble |
| 430 | Western Mysticism: Augustine, Gregory and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life | Dom Cuthbert Butler | Barnes & Noble |
| 431 | Western Mysticism: The Teaching of Saint Augustine and Saint Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life / Edition 2 | Butler | Barnes & Noble |
| 432 | Western Mysticism: The Teaching of SS. Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life | Cuthbert Butler | Barnes & Noble |
| 433 | What Happened at Vatican II | John W. O’Malley | Barnes & Noble |
| 434 | What Went Wrong with Vatican II: The Catholic Crisis Explained | Ralph McInerny | Barnes & Noble |
| 435 | Windswept House: A Vatican Novel | Malachi Martin | What Should I Read next? |
| 436 | Yours Is a Precious Witness: Memoirs of Jews and Catholics in Wartime Italy | Margherita Marchione | Barnes & Noble |
The Best Fiction And Nonfiction Book Lists About Popes And The Vatican
| Source | Article |
| Barnes & Noble | Vatican City – History: Books |
| Book Browse | Books About Popes, Past & Present, Fact & Fiction |
| Books Set In | Vatican City |
| Delaware Online | The 13 best books to read to understand Pope Francis |
| Georgetown Law | Papal Election Research Guide |
| Goodreads | BOOKS SET IN VATICAN CITY |
| Oxford Bibliographies | Papacy |
| Questia | Papal History |
| The Culture Trip | Beyond The Da Vinci Code: The Best Books About the Vatican City |
| Vatican | Books about the history of the Papacy |
| What Should I Read next? | Books with the subject: Vatican City |
| Wikipedia | History of the Papacy |
| World Rover | Vatican City Books and Travel Guides |
