Some of the books in this list are only available through specialty bookstores. Additionally, several of them are out of print. You can often find less-known and out-of-print books through Amazon.com, on eBay or at Bookfinder.

1. Edd Anthony, OFM: The Canticle of Brother Sun (Out of Print)
2. Regis Armstrong, OFM Cap: True Joy: Wisdom of Francis and Clare (In Print – softcover)
3. Lester Bach, OFM Cap: The Franciscan Journey (Book/In Print)
4. Lester Bach, OFM Cap: Called to Rebuild the Church: A Spiritual Commentary on the General Constitutions of the Secular Franciscan Order (In Print – softcover)
5. Lester Bach, OFM Cap and Teresa Baker: Come and See: An Invitation to Explore the Secular Franciscan Life (In Print – softcover)
6. Lester Bach, OFM Cap: Catch Me a Rainbow Too (In Print – softcover)
7. Teresa Baker, OFS: Gospel Living Every Day of Our Lives: A Formation Guide to the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order (In Print – softcover)
8. Piero Bargellini, tr. by Fr Edmund O’Gorman OFM Conv.: Little Flowers of St. Clare(Out of Print)
9. Michael Bedard: The Wolf of Gubbio(In Print – hardcover)
10. Murray Bodo, OFM: Clare A Light in the Garden (In Print – softcover)
11. Murray Bodo, OFM: Francis: The Journey and the Dream (In Print – softcover)
12. Murray Bodo, OFM: Tales of St. Francis (Out of Print)
13. Murray Bodo, OFM: Through the Years With Francis of Assisi: Daily Meditations from his Words and Life (In Print – softcover)
14. Murray Bodo, OFM: The Way of St. Francis (In Print – softcover) and unabridged audio cassette
15. Leonardo Boff: The Prayer of St. Francis (In Print – softcover)
16. Raphael Brown: The Little Flowers of St. Francis (In Print – softcover)
17. Raphael Brown: The Roots of St. Francis (In Print – hardcover)
18. Pierre Brunette, OFM, tr. by Paul LaChance and Kathryn Krug: Francis of Assisi and his Conversions (In Print – softcover)
19. Salvatore Butler, OFM: We were with St. Francis (Out of Print)
20. J. F. Godet-Calogeras: Clare of Assisi: A Woman’s Life (Out of Print)
21. J. F. Godet-Calogeras: Out of the Shadows: Clare and Franciscan Women (Out of Print)
22. Margaret Carney, OSF: The First Franciscan Woman: Clare of Assisi and her Form of Life (In Print – softcover)
23. G. K. Chesterton: Saint Francis of Assisi (In Print – softcover, hardcover, audio book)
24. James Cowan: Francis, A Saints Way (In Print – hardcover)
25. Lawrence Cunningham: Love, Humility and Service: The Life of St. Francis (In Print – softcover)
26. Francis de Beer: We Saw Brother Francis (In Print – softcover)
27. Marie Dennis, Joseph Nangle, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Stuart Taylor: St. Francis and the Foolishness of God (In Print – softcover)
28. Theophile Desbonnets, OFM: Assisi in the Footsteps of St. Francis (Out of Print)
29. Ilia Delio, OSF: Crucified Love, Bonaventure’s Mysticism (Out of Print)
30. Ilia Delio, OSF: Simply Bonaventure (In Print – hardcover)
31. Eric Doyle, OFM Cap: The Disciple and the Master: St. Bonaventure’s Sermons on St. Francis of Assisi (In Print – hardcover)
32. Omer Englebert: St. Francis of Assisi: a Biography (In Print – softcover)
33. Leonard Foley, Jovian Weigel, Patti Normile, Jovian Wiegel: To Live as Francis Lived: A Guide for Secular Franciscans (In Print – softcover)
34. Benet Fonck, OFM: Fully Mature with the Fullness of Christ (In Print – looseleaf)
35. Benet A. Fonck: Ritual of the Secular Franciscan Order (In Print – softcover)
36. Linda Bird Francke: On the Road with Francis of Assisi (In Print – softcover, hardcover, kindle)
37. Laurent Gallant, OFM and Andre Cirini, OFM: The Geste of the Great King: Office of the Passion of St. Francis of Assisi (In Print – hardcover)
38. Habig, Marion, ed.: St. Francis of Assisi Omnibus of Sources of the Life of St. Francis, Two Volume Set (Out of Print)
39. Mark Hegener, OFM: The Poverello: St. Francis of Assisi (In Print – softcover)
40. Peter Heinegg and Julien Green: God’s Fool: The Life of Francis of Assisi (Out of Print)
41. Adrian House: Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life (In Print – softcover)
42. Sophie Jewett: God’s Troubadour (Out of Print but available free online from Project Gutenberg)
43. Timothy Johnson: Bonaventure: Mystic of God’s Word (Out of Print)
44. Karen Karper: Clare: Her Light and Her Song (In Print – softcover)
45. Nikos Kazantzakis: Saint Francis (In Print – softcover)
46. Kenan Osborne: The Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (In Print – softcover)
47. John Kirvan: Peace of Heart (In Print – softcover)
48. Sr. Chiara Augusta Lainati, OSC: St Clare of Assisi (Out of Print)
49. Eloi Leclerc, OFM: Francis of Assisi Return to the Gospel (In Print – softcover)
50. Eloi Leclerc, OFM: The Wisdom of the Poverello (In Print – softcover)
51. Margaret Mayo: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Out of Print)
52. Patrick McCloskey: Franciscan Saint of the Day (Out of Print)
53. Ramona Miller, OSF: In the Footsteps of St. Clare: Pilgrim’s Guidebook (In Print – softcover)
54. Ramona Miller, OSF and Ingrid Peterson, OSF: Praying with St. Clare (In Print – softcover)
55. Paul Moses: The Saint And The Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, And Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace (In Print – hardcover, kindle)
56. Hugh Noonan and Roy Gasnick: Francis of Assisi: The Song Goes On (In Print – softcover)
57. Patti Normile, OFS: Following Francis of Assisi: A Spirituality for Daily Living (In Print – softcover)
58. Scott O’Dell, Scott: Road to Damiette (In Print – sofcover, kindle)
59. Pauline Books and Media: Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) (In Print – hardcover)
60. Ingrid Peterson, OSF: Clare of Assisi: a biographical study (Out of Print)
61. Gianmaria Polidoro, OFM: Francis Bernadone, the Saint of Assisi (Out of Print)
62. Prospero Rivi, OFM: Greyfriars Review – Francis and the Laity of His Time (Out of Print)
63. Paul Rout: Francis and Bonaventure (In Print – softcover)
64. Paul Sabatier: The Road to Assisi (In Print – softcover)
65. Octavian Schmucki, OFM: The Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi (Out of Print)
66. William Short, OFM: Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition (In Print – softcover)
67. Donald Spoto: The Reluctant Saint: The Life of St. Francis of Assisi (In Print – hardcover)
68. Joseph Stoutzenberger, John Bohrer: Praying with Francis of Assisi (Out of Print)
69. Sr. Mary Frances Teresa: The Living Mirror, Refections on Clare (Out of Print)
70. Sr. Mary Frances Teresa: Living the Incarnation: Praying with Francis and Clare of Assisi (In Print – softcover)
71. Fr. Austine Thompson: Francis of Assisi (In Print – softcover)
72. Damien Vorreux, OFM: First Encounter with Francis of Assisi (In Print – hardcover)