Dates denote years on the list.

1. James Agee, A Death in the Family, 1984-
2. Uwem Akpan, S.J., Say You're One of Them, 2010
3. Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith, 2010
4. John Allen, The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church, 2011
5. Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage, 1996
6. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, 1982-
7. Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace, 1993-1999
8. Andrea Barrett, The Voyage of the Narwhal, 2000
9. Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams, 2007-2009
10. Robert N. Bellah and Colleagues, Habits of the Heart, 1985-1991
11. Peter Berger, Rumor of Angels, 1982-1983
12. George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest, 1982-
13. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, The Gift of Peace, 1997
14. Ben Birnbaum, “How to Pray: Reverence, Stories, And the Rebbe’s Dream,” in Kathleen Norris (ed.), The Best American Essays 2001, 2002
15. Ben Birnbaum, Take Heart: Catholic Writers on Hope in our Time, 2008
16. Allan Bloom, Closing of the American Mind, 1987
17. Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons, 1982-
18. Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation, 1999
19. Frederick Buechner, Godric, 1984
20. Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree, 1991-93
21. Albert Camus, The Fall, 1982-
22. Ethan Canin, Emperor of the Air, 1994-1995
23. Evan S. Connell, Son of the Morning Star, 1985
24. George Crile, Charlie Wilson’s War, 2005
25. Annie Dillard, An American Childhood, 1990-1991
26. Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1986-1989
27. Annie Dillard, The Living, 1992
28. Charles F. Donovan, S.J., History of Boston College, 1990-1993
29. Brian Doyle, The Wet Engine, 2007-
30. Clare Dunsford, Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, a Son, and the Gene that Binds Them, 2008, 2010-2011
31. Freeman Dyson, Weapons and Hope, 1984-1985
32. Paul Elie, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, 2004-2006
33. Joseph Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington, 2005-
34. Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man, 1982-1997
35. Shusaku Endo, Deep River, 1995-1997
36. Shusaku Endo, Silence, 1982-1994
37. Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris, 2001
38. David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride, 1995
39. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1982-
40. Thomas Flanagan, The End of the Hunt, 1994
41. Thomas Flanagan, Tenants of Time, 1988
42. Thomas Flanagan, The Year of the French, 1982-1986
43. Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots, 1982-1985
44. Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, 2011
45. Lisa Genova, Still Alice, 2011
46. William Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1983-1990
47. Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon, 2002
48. Mary Gordon, Final Payments, 1982-1989
49. Thomas Grady and Paula Huston (eds.) Signatures of Grace: Catholic Writers on the Sacraments, 2000-2001
50. Elizabeth Graver, Unravelling, 1998
51. Elizabeth Graver, The Honey Thief, 2000
52. Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, 2000-2005
53. Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory, 1982-1999, 2006-
54. Thomas Groome, What Makes Us Catholic, 2002
55. David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, 1996
56. Patricia Hampl, The Florist's Daughter, 2008-
57. Ron Hansen, Atticus, 1997-1998
58. Michael Harrington, The Other America, 1982-1986
59. Shirley Hazzard, The Great Fire, 2005
60. Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, 2000-2004
61. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend, 2003
62. Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life, 1990-2007
63. Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2006
64. James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1982-2000
65. Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, 1998-2003
66. John Keegan, Face of Battle, 1982-1995
67. Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, 1986
68. Thomas Keneally, Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, 1982-1983
69. Thomas Keneally, The Confederates, 1984
70. William Kennedy, Ironweed, 1985-1987
71. Ross King, Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling, 2004
72. Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees, 1991-1995
73. Milan Kundera, Immortality, 1995-1996
74. Milan Kundera, The Joke, 1991
75. Florence Ladd, Sarah’s Psalm, 1999
76. Guiseppe Lampedusa, The Leopard, 1982-1997
77. H. C. Robbins Landon, 1791 Mozart's Last Year, 1991
78. Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel, 1987
79. Dennis Lehane, The Given Day, 2008-2009
80. William Leonard, S.J. The Letter Carrier, 1993
81. William J. Leonard, S.J., Where Thousands Fell, 1995
82. Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics, 2006
83. Bernard Lewis, The Crisis of Islam, 2003
84. Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams, 1993
85. Anthony J. Lucas, Common Ground, 1986
86. Paul Mariani, Thirty Days, 2002
87. Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 2003
88. James Martin, S.J., The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, 2010-
89. Suzanne Matson, The Hunger Moon, 1998
90. Suzanne Matson, The Tree-Sitter, 2006
91. Suzanne Matson, A Trick of Nature, 2001
92. Francois Mauriac, Viper's Tangle, 1982
93. Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing, 1994
94. Eugene McCarthy, Up 'Til Now, 1987
95. Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, 1997-1998
96. David McCullough, John Adams, 2002
97. David McCullough, Truman, 1993-
98. Alice McDermott, After This, 2007-
99. Alice McDermott, At Weddings and Wakes, 1993-1994
100. Alice McDermott, Charming Billy, 1999-2000
101. Alice McDermott, Child of My Heart, 2003-2010
102. James M. McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom, 1989
103. Stephen Miller, Conversation: A History of a Declining Art, 2006
104. Antonio Monda, Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion, 2008-2009
105. J. Donald Monan, Echoes of a University Presidency, 2008
106. Charles Morris, American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America’s Most Powerful Church, 1999-2010
107. Gloria Naylor, Women of Brewster Place, 1994-1999
108. Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1998-
109. Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock, 1988
110. Thomas O'Connor, The Boston Irish, 1996-1997
111. Thomas O'Connor, Civil War Boston, 1998
112. Thomas O’Connor, The Hub: Boston Past and President, 2001
113. John O'Malley, S.J. The First Jesuits, 1994-
114. Thomas P. O'Neill, Man of the House, 1988-91
115. James O'Toole, The Faithful, 2008
116. Jaroslav Pelikan, Jesus Through the Centuries, 1987-2004
117. Ann Petry, The Street, 1996-2000
118. J. F. Powers, Morte d'Urban, 1982-1984
119. J. F. Powers, Wheat that Springeth Green, 1989-1990
120. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead, 2005-2010
121. Marilynne Robinson, Home, 2000, 2011
122. Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping, 1997-1999
123. O. E. Rolvaag, Giants in the Earth, 1982-1983
124. Colin A. Ronan, The Natural History of the Universe, 1992
125. Tim Russert, Big Russ and Me, 2005
126. Tim Russert, Wisdom of Our Fathers, 2007
127. Simon Schama, Citizens, 1989
128. Nancy Lusignan Schulz, Fire and Roses, 2001
129. Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels, 1999-
130. Hampton Sides, Ghost Soldiers, 2003
131. Ignazio Silone, Bread and Wine, 1983-1992
132. Dava Sobel, Galileo’s Daughter, 2001-2004
133. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle, 1982-1988
134. Wallace Stegner, Collected Short Stories, 1990-
135. Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety, 1989
136. Wallace Stegner, Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs, 1992
137. Peter Steinfels, A People Adrift, 2004-2005
138. Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club, 1990
139. R. H. Tawney, Religion and Rise of Capitalism, 1982-1983
140. Stuart Taylor, K.C. Johnson, Until Proven Innocent Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, 2008-2009 
141. Studs Terkel, Race: How Blacks & Whites Think & Feel About The American Obsession, 1992
142. Christopher Tilghman, In a Father's Place, 1992-1993
143. Sigrid Undset, Gunnar's Daughter, 1989
144. Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, 1982-1988, 1990-
145. Jeanette Walls, Half Broke Horses, 2010
146. Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men, 1982-
147. David Warsh, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, 2007
148. Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, 1996
149. Garry Wills, Saint Augustine, 2000-
150. Simon Winchester, River at the Center of the World, 1997, 2011
151. Jay Winik, April 1865, The Month that Saved America, 2004-
152. Alan Wolfe, The Transformation of American Religion, 2004
153. Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities, 1988
154. Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Great Hunger, 1982-1990
155. Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, 1982-1996

Recommendations for an evening of good reading from Fr. William Neenan.