Books by Catholic converts?

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I’m looking for books, biographies, testiments, whathaveyou written by people who have converted to the Catholic church. Know any good ones?
 
"Rome Sweet Home: by Scott and Kimberly Hahn

“There We Stood, Here We Stand” by Timothy Drake

These two are my favorites
 
If you’re looking for something a little more classic:

Augustine’s Confessions

Cardinal Newman’s Apologia
 
The Catholic Home by Meredith Gould was written by a Jewish person who converted to Catholism. I really enjoyed reading about how she realized the Messianic fulfillments from her early Jewish education.
 
I agree that “Home Sweet Rome” by the Hahns is great, as is Crossing the Tiber by Steve Ray (though you need to have a tolerance for footnotes to finish it!)

Also great conversion stories:
Evangelical Is Not Enough by Thomas Howard
and
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie

Enjoy! God bless!
 
Who can forget G.K. Chesterton? He came to The Church from the Anglican Communion and has written many classics that are read by both Catholics and Protestants alike.

I believe Karl Keating is a cradle Catholic but I definitely would recommend his book Catholicism and Fundamentalism for anyone considering coming into the Church from a protestant background.
 
Dr. Peter Kreeft, professor of Philosophy at BC (which he says means “Barely Catholic”, but most people take to mean “Boston College”) is a former Calvinist minister. He’s written about 40 books, but lots of his speeches are downloadable in mp3 format, and are very good listening…

For example, his “Seven Reasons Why Everyone Should be a Catholic” is wonderful. (Link to a download here: catholicaudio.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-peter-kreeft-7-reasons-to-be.html)
 
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