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how to be a saint

  • "Late Show writer Sidley debuts with a delightfully irreverent rundown of Catholic saints and beliefs... Sidley's ribald tone is rooted in a genuine affection for her subject that shines through in the granular, informative, and sometimes bizarre details she shares about Catholic tradition. Readers will enjoy themselves."

    —starred review in Publisher’s Weekly 6.8.2025

  • "Hilarious! This is, without a doubt, the most important book in Christianity."

    Felipe Torres Medina, author of America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story and writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • "If you are aspiring towards canonization, Kate Sidley's How To Become A Saint is the one book you must read. The second is probably the Bible, but it isn't as funny. Sidley mines the humor found in theology, as she covers everything from the heroic virtues to different kinds of halos. This is a work that is sure to appeal to both the devout and those who definitely at least intend to go to church on Christmas and Easter."

    Jennifer Wright, author of Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good TIme: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way To Power.

  • "I laughed so hard, but I also learned so much? Kate Sidley is a brilliant writer!"

    Jo Firestone, head writer and co-executive producer After Midnight

  • "Kate Sidley is one of the sharpest, funniest people I've ever been lucky enough to know and this book somehow manages to be as sharp and funny as she is. Weird. Thanks to Kate from a fellow Catholic for all the laughs and for the very helpful advice on how to get past heaven's airtight security system."

    Brian Stack, writer, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • "Kate Sidley brings the humor of a tenured late-night comedy writer and the repression of a lifelong Catholic to this consecrated guide for anyone interested in the cheat codes to Heaven.... If you want to piss the Devil off, buy this book!"

    Nicole Conlan, writer, The Daily Show