Order of James Carroll Books
James Carroll is an American author and Roman Catholic priest. That latter career has influenced his writing in a lot of ways and he’s often drawn on his experiences in that career. He has written many fiction books as well as the non-fiction book, The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul.
Carroll was born as the son of an Air Force general and he spend his childhood between Germany and Washington, DC. He would go on to attend Georgetown University where he earned his Bachelor’s degree and then moved on to St. Paul’s College where he earned his Master’s degree. He would also attend Paulist Father’s Seminary where he got his priest training. Carroll may be best known for writing An American Requiem which won him the National Book Award.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Madonna Red | (1976) |    |
| Mortal Friends | (1978) | |
| Fault Lines | (1980) | |
| Family Trade | (1982) | |
| The Prince of Peace | (1984) | |
| Supply of Heroes | (1986) | |
| Firebird | (1989) | |
| Memorial Bridge | (1991) | |
| The City Below | (1994) | |
| Secret Father | (2003) | |
| Warburg in Rome | (2014) | |
| The Cloister | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| An American Requiem | (1996) | |
| Constantine's Sword | (2001) | |
| Toward a New Catholic Church | (2002) | |
| Crusade | (2004) | |
| House of War | (2006) | |
| Practicing Catholic | (2009) | |
| Jerusalem, Jerusalem | (2011) | |
| Christ Actually | (2014) | |
| Village Vets | (2015) | |
| Calving Straps and Zombie Cats | (2016) | |
| The Truth at the Heart of the Lie | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ploughshares Fall 1989 | (1989) | |
If You Like James Carroll Books, You’ll Love…
Warburg in Rome sees the new director of the US War Refugee Board, David Warburg, arriving in Rome at the war’s end. He is here with the intention of bringing aid to the destitute European Jews that are now streaming into the city. The city is a labyrinth of desperate fugitives with Jewish resisters, Nazis, and criminal Church figures among them. Here, Warburg discovers a great scandal in the form of the Vatican ratline: an escape route maintained by church officials to help Nazis escape. He turns to US Intelligence for help, but quickly learns that this secret isn’t so secret.
Carroll is also the author of The Cloister. The story sees Father Michael Kavanagh deciding to reconsider the past when he meets up with Rachel Vedette. She is a Holocaust survivor who escaped to America and is obsessed with her late father’s achievements, specifically the famously discredited monk Peter Abelard and Jewish scholars.