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I would say reading The Catholic Catechism by Fr John Hardon and Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales would be enough to get a reasonably thorough overview of Catholic doctrine and spirituality. Having a Bible helps too. Start by reading the Gospel of Matthew (which will only take a couple hours) for Jesus' life story, then move on to the catechism.
Came here to recommend the RSV with the others. It's my primary Bible. Oxford still sells the 1977 RSV edition of the New Oxford Annotated Bible. The notes are solid, though not as contemporary as the latest scholarship, they'll do fine. For a study Bible it's also a surprisingly handy size (not compact, but not a cinderblock like other study bibles). This is the most common edition of the RSV available.
My favorite edition of the RSV is a compact version of the RSV-Catholic Edition published by Oxford. It looks like this. Don't know whether the smaller print will bother you but I enjoy it.
You said in this thread you like pew hardback Bibles - the American Bible Society published one of the RSV. Out of print unfortunately, but they look like this - a plain black or maroon book with "The Bible" on the cover. Sometimes you can find cheap ones on EBay.
Other new editions of the RSV are harder to find. Catholic publishers like Ignatius Press and Saint Benedict Press continue to publish new editions of the RSV Catholic Edition, which is virtually identical to the RSV and includes a chart of the differences in an appendix. Ignatius also has an "RSV 2nd Catholic Edition" which modernizes thees/thous and is designed to reflect more Catholicism.
Oxford published a 50th Anniversary edition of the RSV, in both hardcover and leather, but it's rare and thus expensive unfortunately.
Ok, thanks. So something like [this](Catholic Bible: Revised Standard Version https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0898708338/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_lV-tub0CPW06M) [or this](Revised Standard Version Catholic Bible: Compact Edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0195288564/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_GY-tub14XVE37) ?
Theres also [this](Catholic Bible: New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Anglicised edition with the Grail Psalms (Bible Nrsv) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007414099/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_mZ-tub1D9YMTJ) . Whats the difference between NRSV and RSV?
Sorry if I'm being a pest with all these questions.
My travel Bible is Verbum on my phone ;)
If you are looking for a paper Bible, this one seems nice.
Is $14 cheap enough? You can get this compact RSV Catholic Bible--it's published by Oxford University Press and has some useful Catholic prayers devotions on the back page. It's the Bible I use and I have no complaints about it.