What to Read After The Desert Fathers
Readers who loved The Desert Fathers by Benedicta Ward keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Desert Fathers is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Desert Fathers
The Orthodox way
The Way to Love
Bread for the Journey
The Desert Fathers
Bed of Procrustes
The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism
Early Christian lives
A history of Christian theology
Another Sort of Learning
Philosophy for Understanding Theology
Where Are You Going?
Saints Behaving Badly
Truth vs. Falsehood
Peak Learning
Scivias
The Major Works
The Emerald Tablet
Miracle of Love
Turn Off Your Mind
Pocket Aristotle (Enriched Classics)
Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment
The Gospel of Thomas
On the Holy Spirit
Getting Involved with God