Good books for college students

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Odd question: My college age daughter is turning 19 soon and has said that she really just wants non-books for her birthday to gain knowledge about the world. While my first inclination is to give her apologetics or theological books- I know her well enough to know that that won’t interest her enough to read the material. I gave her a book by Paul Kengor that I had : A Pope and a President- because she will like the history and politics and it is able to sneak in some Christianity as well! But I would like some more suggestions. She would probably be most interested in history, economics or politics but I am trying to keep a Catholic Christian lean to the books…
Suggestions? Thank you!
 
What’s a “non-book”?

I’m going to assume you’re talking about “real” books (either hard copies or online). If so, here are my recommendations (and both my husband and I are college grads, and our two daughters are also college grads).

I recommend C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity for any college student, although it is also suitable for high school students and pretty much everyone else. Great apologetics book–the best, IMO, and I’ve heard many other priests, pastors, and professors say the same thing, including most Catholic teachers. It’s just a classic, and C.S. Lewis is a name respected by even the most ardent college atheist professor or intellectual.

I would also recommend It’s All Too Much! by Peter Walsh. I know this sounds like a strange recommendation–a book about clutter and organizing for college students?! But I think that college students, as young adults, are beginning to decide what kinds of possessions and hobbies and organizations and activities they want to devote their lives to, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed and over booked and to acquire a lot of junk that just clutters up life–and I’m not talking about just the material possessions. I think Walsh’s book would be a great training course for real life for college students. I read it at least once a year.
 
Peter Kreeft and Frank Sheed’s books.

Also, not sure what “non-books” are.
 
I meant to say non-fiction 🙂 Great advice- I am a bit Peter Kreeft fan. I’ll see what titles might interest her.
I think if it is not specifically a book about ‘religion’ but maybe is by a Catholic- Christian writer she may be interested. Thanks.
 
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