The 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century: A List

Add to my lists | Print this list

Compiled by Philip Zaleski, editor of The Best Spiritual Writing series. Based on nominations by Thomas Moore, Natalie Goldberg, Rodger Kamenetz, Harold Kushner, Lawrence Kushner,Christopher de Vinck, David Yount, Kabir Helminski, Helen Tworkov, Ron Hansen, Frederic Brussat, Jospeh Bruchac, Huston Smith, Lawrence Cunningham, and John Wilson. The top ten selections are listed first. For an interesting commentary on this list see: http://www.jewishgateway.com/library/books/articles

Pages: 1 2

  1. 51.
    A Testament of Devotion
    by Thomas R. Kelly

    Drag me to re-order


  2. 52.
    The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    by Jack Kerouac

    Drag me to re-order


  3. 55.
    Think on These Things
    by Jiddu Krishnamurti

    Drag me to re-order


  4. 57.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C. S. Lewis

    Drag me to re-order


  5. 58.
    Mere Christianity
    by C. S. Lewis

    Drag me to re-order


  6. 60.
    ?
    Teachings of Ramana Maharishi
    by David Godman

    Drag me to re-order


  7. 61.

  8. 62.
    ?
    Raissa's Journal
    by Raissa Maritain

    Drag me to re-order


  9. 63.
    The Razor's Edge
    by W. Somerset Maugham

    Drag me to re-order


  10. 64.
    New Seeds of Contemplation (Shambhala Library)
    by Thomas Merton

    Drag me to re-order


  11. 65.
    The Seven Storey Mountain
    by Thomas Merton

    Drag me to re-order


  12. 66.
    Something Beautiful for God
    by Malcolm Muggeridge

    Drag me to re-order


  13. 68.
    Christ and Culture (Torchbooks)
    by H. Richard Niebuhr

    Drag me to re-order


  14. 70.
    Wise Blood: A Novel
    by Flannery O'Connor

    Drag me to re-order


  15. 71.
    The Idea of the Holy
    by R. Otto

    Drag me to re-order


  16. 72.
    ?
    In Search of the Miraculous
    by P.D. Ouspensky

    Drag me to re-order


  17. 73.
    The Road Less Travelled

    Drag me to re-order


  18. 74.
    Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
    by Walker Percy

    Drag me to re-order


  19. 75.

  20. 76.
    ?
    THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA
    by TRANS SWAMI NIKHILANANDA SRI RAMAKRISHNA

    Drag me to re-order


  21. 77.
    Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (Arkana)

    Drag me to re-order


  22. 78.
    Duino Elegies: A Bilingual Edition
    by Rainer Maria Rilke

    Drag me to re-order


  23. 79.
    ?
    The Star of Redemption (Modern Jewish Philosophy and Religion)
    by Franz Rosenzweig

    Drag me to re-order


  24. 80.
    The Candle of Vision
    by George W. Russell

    Drag me to re-order


  25. 81.
    Mystical Dimensions of Islam
    by Annemarie Schimmel

    Drag me to re-order


  26. 82.
    Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
    by Gershom Scholem

    Drag me to re-order


  27. 83.
    Guide for the Perplexed
    by E. F. Schumacher

    Drag me to re-order


  28. 84.
    The Transcendent Unity of Religions (Quest Book)
    by Frithjof Schuon

    Drag me to re-order


  29. 85.
    The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
    by Isaac Bashevis Singer

    Drag me to re-order


  30. 86.
    The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions
    by Huston Smith

    Drag me to re-order


  31. 88.
    ?
    Essays in Zen Buddhism (The Complete Works of D. T. Suzuki)
    by Daisetz Taitaro Suzuki

    Drag me to re-order


  32. 89.
    Gitanjali
    by Rabindranath Tagore

    Drag me to re-order


  33. 90.
    ?
    A Simple Path: Mother Teresa

    Drag me to re-order


  34. 91.
    The Courage to Be
    by Paul Tillich

    Drag me to re-order


  35. 92.
    The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Drag me to re-order


  36. 94.
    Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
    by Chogyam Trungpa

    Drag me to re-order


  37. 95.
    Mysticism
    by Evelyn Underhill

    Drag me to re-order


  38. 96.
    ?
    Night (Hrw Books)
    by Elie Wiesel

    Drag me to re-order


  39. 97.
    The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
    by William Butler Yeats

    Drag me to re-order


  40. 98.
    Autobiography of a Yogi
    by Paramahansa Yogananda

    Drag me to re-order


  41. 99.
    ?
    Meditations on the Tarot
    by Valentin Tomberg

    Drag me to re-order


  42. 100.
    Tales of the Hasidim
    by Martin Buber

    Drag me to re-order


Pages: 1 2

This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists.
Created by tassini on Sep 07, 2007.
 

Comments