Frank Wright: If You Want to Understand This Crisis, Start Here

Frank Wright shares a reading list for viewers interested in Catholicism, civilization, philosophy, political thought, metaphysics, and literature. He begins with Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation as an introduction to the civilization shaped by Christianity, and Epictetus’ Discourses as an accessible guide to thinking and personal conduct. He recommends Félix Sardà y Salvany’s Liberalism Is a Sin and Herbert Butterfield’s The Whig Interpretation of History to understand liberalism, revolutionary ideas, and the modern belief in inevitable historical progress.

Wright places particular emphasis on a collected edition of Pope Leo XIII’s Catholic social teaching, recommending it for questions ranging from political economy and metaphysics to authority, family life, and the proper ordering of society. He also recommends Fr. James Mawdsley’s The Metaphysics of Love as an accessible introduction to concepts such as act and potency.

Turning to literature, Wright recommends Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Wise Blood, along with Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer. He promises a possible follow-up covering political theory, culture, poetry, and even writers with whom Catholics may strongly disagree.

The list is not merely academic. It is a map. Liberalism, progress, metaphysics, and the civilization that Christianity built—these books explain how we got here and what was lost. The question is whether Catholics will read them before it is too late.

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September 30, 2026