Lost in the Forest: Notes on not belonging from the English countryside by Colin Heber-Percy (Gaia, £18.99 (£16.99); 978-1-80419-231-3).
“Blending anecdotes from parish life, with philosophy, literature and tales from his local Savernake Forest, Colin argues that there is an overlooked richness, a spirituality and a freedom to be found outside the boundary lines our culture sets for us.”
Embarrassed: Living with a faith that makes no sense to my friends by Graham Turner (Sacristy Press, £14.99 (£13.49); 978-1-78959-367-9).
“In Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, and occasionally – to modern eyes – bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain.”
Selected by Frank Nugent, of the Church House Bookshop, which operates the Church Times Bookshop.