304 modernized editions · 31 topics · 133 audiobooks
Modernized Books
Classic texts in clear modern English, faithful to the original. Browse by topic below, or jump to an era.
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The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 
Confessions Augustine of Hippo 
Institutes: Book 1 John Calvin 
The Mortification of Sin John Owen 
The Imitation of Christ Thomas à Kempis 
The Rare Jewel Jeremiah Burroughs 
The Bruised Reed Richard Sibbes 
Religious Affections Jonathan Edwards 
The City of God Augustine of Hippo 
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards Living
The Christian life, from the first call to the last breath.
Books on Prayer 13 books How to pray, what to pray for, and what God does with the prayers of his people. Expositions of the Lord's Prayer sit beside the Puritans' most practical manuals. 
→ Books on Sin 16 books Temptation, indwelling sin, and repentance. Owen's three treatises are the backbone; Watson, Brooks and Venning show what sin costs and how it is fought. 
→ Books on Assurance 14 books For the doubting, the downcast and the almost-Christian. Pastors who spent their lives with troubled consciences explain how a believer can know where they stand. 
→ Books on Suffering 15 books Providence, affliction and contentment. Books written for people in the middle of loss, by men who had buried children and lost their pulpits. 
→ Books on Holiness 30 books The Christian life as a walk: sanctification, self-denial, uprightness and the daily business of godliness. 
→ Books on Love 11 books The believer's affection for God and God's heart toward sinners: communion, delight, and the love that drives out lesser loves. 
→ Books on Conversion 12 books The gospel call and the new birth. Pleas to the unconverted, and testimonies from those who answered. 
→ Books on Heaven 12 books Death, judgment, heaven and hell. The Puritans wrote about eternity as the thing that makes sense of everything before it. 
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→ Books on Sin 16 books Temptation, indwelling sin, and repentance. Owen's three treatises are the backbone; Watson, Brooks and Venning show what sin costs and how it is fought. → Books on Assurance 14 books For the doubting, the downcast and the almost-Christian. Pastors who spent their lives with troubled consciences explain how a believer can know where they stand. → Books on Suffering 15 books Providence, affliction and contentment. Books written for people in the middle of loss, by men who had buried children and lost their pulpits. → Books on Holiness 30 books The Christian life as a walk: sanctification, self-denial, uprightness and the daily business of godliness. → Books on Love 11 books The believer's affection for God and God's heart toward sinners: communion, delight, and the love that drives out lesser loves. → Books on Conversion 12 books The gospel call and the new birth. Pleas to the unconverted, and testimonies from those who answered. → Books on Heaven 12 books Death, judgment, heaven and hell. The Puritans wrote about eternity as the thing that makes sense of everything before it. → Doctrine
What the church believes, and why.
Books on Theology 23 books The whole counsel of God in order: systematic works, confessions, and the great treatises on God's attributes and will. 
→ Books on Jesus Christ 11 books The person and work of Jesus: his incarnation, his glory, his sufferings, and what his death accomplished. 
→ Books on the Holy Spirit 7 books The Holy Spirit's person and work, from the fourth-century defense of his deity to Owen's four-volume treatment. 
→ Books on Covenant 6 books Covenant theology from its Reformed architects: the covenants of works and grace, and how the Bible holds together. 
→ Catechisms 10 books Question-and-answer summaries of the faith, with the classic expositions that unpack them. 
→ Books on Sacraments 3 books Baptism, the Lord's Supper and the ordering of worship. 
→ Books on Apologetics 11 books Defending the faith before pagans, skeptics and rival creeds, from the second century to the Enlightenment. 
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→ Books on Jesus Christ 11 books The person and work of Jesus: his incarnation, his glory, his sufferings, and what his death accomplished. → Books on the Holy Spirit 7 books The Holy Spirit's person and work, from the fourth-century defense of his deity to Owen's four-volume treatment. → Books on Covenant 6 books Covenant theology from its Reformed architects: the covenants of works and grace, and how the Bible holds together. → Catechisms 10 books Question-and-answer summaries of the faith, with the classic expositions that unpack them. → Books on Sacraments 3 books Baptism, the Lord's Supper and the ordering of worship. → Books on Apologetics 11 books Defending the faith before pagans, skeptics and rival creeds, from the second century to the Enlightenment. → Church
Pastors, preachers, missionaries and martyrs.
Books on Ministry 8 books The pastor's calling and the care of souls. 
→ Books on Preaching 10 books How to preach, and sermons worth studying as models. 
→ Books on Missions 6 books Taking the gospel to those who have not heard it, from Eliot's New England to Carey's call for the modern missionary movement. 
→ Books on Revival 5 books The Great Awakening in its own words: Edwards' analysis and Whitefield's preaching. 
→ Books on the Martyrs 3 books Those who died for the faith, and the records kept by those who watched. 
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→ Books on Preaching 10 books How to preach, and sermons worth studying as models. → Books on Missions 6 books Taking the gospel to those who have not heard it, from Eliot's New England to Carey's call for the modern missionary movement. → Books on Revival 5 books The Great Awakening in its own words: Edwards' analysis and Whitefield's preaching. → Books on the Martyrs 3 books Those who died for the faith, and the records kept by those who watched. → Home
Marriage, children, work and the household.
Books on Marriage 6 books Husbands and wives: the duties, the comforts and the theology of the married estate. 
→ Books on Parenting 11 books Raising children in the home: catechizing, discipline, and the formation of young minds and hearts. 
→ Books on Education 11 books Teaching and learning as a discipline: method, curriculum and the training of the mind. 
→ Books for Women 8 books Books written for women or about them, from the early church to the nineteenth century. 
→ Books for Young Readers 10 books For young readers and those just setting out. 
→ Books on Money 9 books Work, wealth, thrift and vocation, from Puritan tradesmen to American self-made men. 
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→ Books on Parenting 11 books Raising children in the home: catechizing, discipline, and the formation of young minds and hearts. → Books on Education 11 books Teaching and learning as a discipline: method, curriculum and the training of the mind. → Books for Women 8 books Books written for women or about them, from the early church to the nineteenth century. → Books for Young Readers 10 books For young readers and those just setting out. → Books on Money 9 books Work, wealth, thrift and vocation, from Puritan tradesmen to American self-made men. → Society
Government, the classical world, and lives worth reading.
Books on Politics 30 books Government, liberty and the limits of power, from Aristotle through the Reformers to the American founding. 
→ Greek Classics 11 books The Athenian foundations: Plato's dialogues and Aristotle's treatises on ethics, politics, logic and art. 
→ Roman Classics 5 books Rome's moralists, statesmen and letter-writers. 
→ Biographies and Memoirs 14 books Lives and memoirs, from Augustine's Confessions to the slave narratives. 
→ Christian Allegories 9 books Stories that carry their meaning underneath: Bunyan's pilgrims, Comenius's labyrinth, Defoe's castaway. 
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→ Greek Classics 11 books The Athenian foundations: Plato's dialogues and Aristotle's treatises on ethics, politics, logic and art. → Roman Classics 5 books Rome's moralists, statesmen and letter-writers. → Biographies and Memoirs 14 books Lives and memoirs, from Augustine's Confessions to the slave narratives. → Christian Allegories 9 books Stories that carry their meaning underneath: Bunyan's pilgrims, Comenius's labyrinth, Defoe's castaway. → By era
The same library, sorted by tradition and century.
Puritan 133 books Classic works from the English Puritan tradition, spanning the 16th through 18th centuries. 
→ Reformation 30 books Foundational texts from the Protestant Reformation that shaped Western Christianity. 
→ Early Church 30 books Writings from the early centuries of Christianity, including Church Fathers and foundational documents. → Catechisms 9 books Question-and-answer guides to the Christian faith, from the Reformation era through the 19th century — designed to ground believers in the essentials of doctrine. 
→ Christian Living 32 books Practical works on prayer, devotion, meditation, and daily Christian life. → Homeschool 32 books Classic works for Christian families teaching at home: education, parenting, catechisms, and read-alouds, in modern English. 
→ Philosophy 18 books Classic philosophical texts that have shaped Western thought. 
→ Political Philosophy 18 books Works on governance, liberty, and political theory. 
→ American History 16 books Key texts from American history and founding. 
→ Abolition 6 books Writings from the movement to abolish slavery. 
→ History & Literature 9 books Histories, biographies, travel narratives, and novels from the ancient world to the nineteenth century, in modern English. 
→ Jewish History 5 books Works of Jewish history and apologetic — Josephus on Genesis through the fall of Jerusalem, along with Second Temple era writings that shape the background of the New Testament. 
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→ Reformation 30 books Foundational texts from the Protestant Reformation that shaped Western Christianity. → Early Church 30 books Writings from the early centuries of Christianity, including Church Fathers and foundational documents. → Catechisms 9 books Question-and-answer guides to the Christian faith, from the Reformation era through the 19th century — designed to ground believers in the essentials of doctrine. → Christian Living 32 books Practical works on prayer, devotion, meditation, and daily Christian life. → Homeschool 32 books Classic works for Christian families teaching at home: education, parenting, catechisms, and read-alouds, in modern English. → Philosophy 18 books Classic philosophical texts that have shaped Western thought. → Political Philosophy 18 books Works on governance, liberty, and political theory. → American History 16 books Key texts from American history and founding. → Abolition 6 books Writings from the movement to abolish slavery. → History & Literature 9 books Histories, biographies, travel narratives, and novels from the ancient world to the nineteenth century, in modern English. → Jewish History 5 books Works of Jewish history and apologetic — Josephus on Genesis through the fall of Jerusalem, along with Second Temple era writings that shape the background of the New Testament. →