Books Like The End of the Affair by Graham Greene | Suggesting Reading

The End of the Affair What Do I Read Next?

Greene acknowledged that he admired Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (1915) and read it repeatedly. Critics often comment on the influence of this novel on The End of the Affair. Considered by many to be Ford's masterpiece, it is the story of how indiscretions and lust destroy two couples who often vacation together.

The Power and the Glory (1940) is among the four novels included in Greene's Catholic tetralogy. In this novel, one Mexican state has outlawed the Church and executed all priests save one, the whisky priest, who must run for his life. The priest is a divided man, torn between his own sinfulness and his compulsion to put himself in danger by doing the work of the Church.

Francis Joseph Sheed's Theology for Beginners (1982) is an easy-to-understand introduction to Catholic doctrine. Insightful for Catholics and non-Catholics alike, this book explains...
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