{"id":38557,"date":"2018-12-01T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T22:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/?page_id=38557"},"modified":"2019-09-19T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:17:45","slug":"reading-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/reading-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Plan for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dale Ahlquist makes G.K. Chesterton accessible, highlighting Chesterton’s keen insight, marvelous wit, and relevance for today’s world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense.<\/i><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0An overview of Chesterton\u2019s most important books, liberally spiced with quotations.<\/p>

Common Sense 101: Lessons From G.K. Chesterton.<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/span>\u00a0Chesterton’s profound and prophetic insights on topics from the faith to the family.<\/span><\/p>

Knight of the Holy Ghost.<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>Dale Ahlquist’s newest book on Chesterton…the man, the writer, the potential saint.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Orthodoxy.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Considered by many to be Chesterton\u2019s best book, this is a unique and refreshing spiritual autobiography and defense of the Christian faith.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>

The Everlasting Man.<\/b><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0One of Chesterton\u2019s greatest and most important books, this is Chesterton\u2019s view of history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Learn More<\/a><\/p>

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The Complete Father Brown Stories.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0 With his cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, Father Brown is one of the most unforgettable characters in literature.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>

The Man Who Was Thursday.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Chesterton\u2019s most famous novel, about a policeman who infiltrates a secret organization of anarchists.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Ball and the Cross.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0A novel that acts out the debate between Christianity and atheism<\/span>. Filled with humor, rich dialogue and striking allegorical imagery.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Learn More<\/a><\/p>

Manalive.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0 A novel about Innocent Smith, a man who picnics on rooftops, breaks into his own house, and has an affair with his own wife. This is the book on how to live Chesterton!\u00a0 \u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Defense of Sanity.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh and powerful as the day they were written. The only problem with Chesterton\u2019s essays is that there are too many of them\u2014over five thousand! Three of the leading authorities on Chesterton\u00a0selected the \u201cbest\u201d Chesterton essays for this collection to help you get started.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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St. Francis.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0 Cited as one of the best books ever written about St. Francis, this is the first real book written after Chesterton\u2019s reception into the Catholic Church.\u00a0 Learn More<\/a><\/p>

St. Thomas.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas, Chesterton chronicles the saint\u2019s life, focusing on the man and the events that shaped him.\u00a0 Learn More<\/a><\/p>

The Soul of Wit: G.K. Chesterton on William Shakespeare.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Chesterton took a keen interest in the English literary tradition, particularly in terms of the plays by the country\u2019s greatest dramatist. In this original collection, Dale Ahlquist introduces the best of Chesterton’s Shakespeare-related essays and reviews.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What’s Wrong With the World.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Chesterton systematically takes on big government, big business, compulsory education, and feminism. More timely today than when he wrote it.\u00a0 Learn More<\/a><\/p>

The Outline of Sanity.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span>In his most systematic treatment of the economic theory of distributism, Chesterton presents a scathing critique of communism, capitalism, and commercialism, leaving the only logical alternative: the wide distribution of capital, private ownership, and productive property.\u00a0\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>

The Hound of Distributism, <\/i><\/a><\/span>e<\/em><\/a><\/span>dited by Richard Aleman<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/a><\/span>A collection of essays on distributism written by G.K. Chesterton and leading distributist authors from around the world.\u00a0 Learn More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ballad of the White Horse.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>One of the last great epic poems in the English language, the Ballad is the story of the English King Alfred, who fought the Danes in the year 878. But it is also the story of Christianity battling against the destructive forces of nihilism and heathenism\u2014the battle we are still fighting.\u00a0
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Collected Poetry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Throughout his life, G.K. Chesterton penned nearly a thousand poems that described his reaction to people and events.\u00a0Chesterton’s drinking songs and traveling songs are perhaps Chesterton\u2019s best known comic verse. The Coloured\u00a0 Lands<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>presents a jolly medley of drawings, fables, and poetry\u2014all laced with satirical wit. Chesterton\u2019s fantasies reflect his overall philosophy of life, proclaiming the need for wonder in the face of the world of fact. Learn more<\/a> about Chesterton’s poetry and other volumes featuring his verse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Autobiography,\u00a0<\/i>G.K. Chesterton<\/b>. <\/i><\/a>Chesterton’s final book, finished a few weeks before his death.\u00a0Learn More<\/a><\/p>

G.K. Chesterton,\u00a0<\/i>Maisie Ward.<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>The most definitive and authoritative biography of Chesterton.\u00a0<\/p>

Wisdom and Innocence<\/i>, Joseph Pearce. <\/b>A\u00a0major biography of Chesterton, providing a great deal of important information never before published.<\/p>

G.K. Chesterton: A Biography, <\/i>Fr. Ian Ker.\u00a0<\/b>A monumental 750-page biography from Oxford University Press; presents the case that Chesterton is the intellectual and spiritual heir to Newman.<\/p>

The Universe According to G.K. Chesterton, compiled by Dale Ahlquist.<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>This book of \u201cChesternitions\u201d\u2014pithy and poetic definitions of words in the spirit of Samuel Johnson\u2014<\/span>is a glimpse of the dictionary Chesterton would have written!<\/span><\/p>

The Tumbler of God: Chesterton as Mystic, <\/i>Fr. Robert Wild. <\/b>A spiritual portrait of G.K. Chesterton that convincingly shows why he is precisely the kind of new mystic we need. Chesterton\u2019s mysticism was grounded in an experiential knowledge that existence is a gift from God, and that the only response is a spirituality of gratitude and praise for the unveiled beauty of creation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Systematic Approach to Reading Chesterton Wondering where to get started with G.K. Chesterton? This guide will take you through Chesterton’s major works by key category. 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