Written by The NBCW Book Club meets online, with the number of meetings led by the size and subject matter of each book. We are always looking for more people to moderate and lead the discussion, so if there’s a book that you have enjoyed please get in touch so that we can read it together.
We also hope that local groups may be able to meet and discuss the same titles at a time that suits them and possibly send a delegate to share their thoughts with the online group.
Below are the titles that have been suggested by existing members. This group has women authors which was a founding criterion for the group.
has women authors which was a founding criterion for the group.
| Title | Availability |
|---|---|
| Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream This is a memoir written by a woman who entered and enclosed Carmelite community. It is quite long 320 pages that can be read like a novel not a heavy tome. It raises issues that are relevant to women and their position and status in the church | Available at Amazon Kindle and at Waterstones in hardback and will be published in paperback in March 2025. |
| 50/10 Women Every Christian Should Know by Michelle Derusha The download only 10 women version is an e-book. It’s said to be inspiring stories of Christian women who made a difference in the lives of people around them and had an immeasurable impact on the kingdom of God. Christian but not Catholic. The author is a Massachusetts native, who moved to Nebraska in 2001, where she discovered the Great Plains, grasshoppers the size of Cornish hens … and God. | Available from https://www.eden.co.uk/creators/michelle-derusha/The 50 version also available at Amazon Kindle |
| A Tree full of Angels – seeing the Holy in the Orrdinary by Macrina Wiederkehr 178 pages on The Benedictine tradition and practice of divine reading made accessible for everyone. | Available from Amazon Kindle and Waterstones £16.99 Publisher: Ave Maria Press ISBN: 9781933495101 |
| Lost Women of the Bible by Carolyn Custis James 240 pages Rediscover and be inspired by: • Eve • Sarah • Hagar • Tamar • Hannah • Esther • Mary • and others | Available from Amazon Kindle and WaterstonesPublisher: Zondervan ISBN: 9780310285250 |
| Born to Fly by Margaret Silf 160 pages. In Born to Fly, Margaret Silf helps us to explore what it would mean for each of us to be such an emerging butterfly – to be an agent of spiritual transformation in our own lives and in the world around us. What kind of future do we desire for ourselves, for those who follow after us, and for the whole of creation? And, if the choices we make today are shaping that future, how might we learn to make those choices more wisely? | Available from Amazon Kindle and Waterstones Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd ISBN: 9780232533316£12.99 paperback |
| Green Sisters by Sarah McFfarland Taylor 384 pageshow can we, as human beings, find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet? Inviting us into the world of green sisters, this book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities. Green sisters are environmentally active Catholic nuns who are working to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. | Available from Amazon Kindle and Waterstones but neds to be ordered from publisher. Second hand on Amazon Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674034952£26.95 |
| Comforts from the Cross: Celebrating the Gospel One Day at a TimeElyse M. Fitzpatrick 152 pages. Nothing comforts a woman’s soul more than a fully understood and embraced gospel. But many women aren’t finding solace in their relationship with Christ because they don’t see how his life, death, and resurrection connect with soccer practices and swim lessons Comforts from the Cross provides those well-intentioned women with bite-sized readings to remind them of their place in Christ and of his love and ministry in their busy lives. | Available from Amazon (not Kindle)Publisher Crossway books (US) Publisher: Crossway Books ISBN: 9781433528217 Unavailable at Waterstones at present but may be available in second hand book shops |