My Top Ten Books for 2020

Ronald Rolheiser
December 28, 2020
Reproduced with Permission
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When St. Augustine said that "concerning taste there can be no dispute", he was only partially right. Admittedly, taste always has a subjective aspect; but there's always an objective component as well: objectively, a cheap soda is not a fine wine, millions of musical compositions are not Mozart, and the picture that your kindergarten child drew for your birthday is not a Van Gogh.

With that being said as an apologia, I admit that my selection of these ten books has a strongly subjective factor. These are simply the books that spoke most deeply to me this past year. Perhaps they won't do the same for you. Nonetheless, I assure you that none of them is a cheap soda or a crayon picture a child drew for your birthday.

Which ten books spoke to me most deeply this past year?

Beyond these ten books, I also highly recommend Pope Francis' new Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.

These are the ten books that spoke deeply to me this year. I can't guarantee they will do that for you. But I can guarantee that none of them is a cheap soda!

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