Lists of Bests: The 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century: A List http://www.listsofbests.com/list/40954 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 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:06:43 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Black Elk Speaks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78610 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78610"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803283857.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John G. Neihardt</div> Letters and Papers from Prison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485871 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485871"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0334028361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dietrich Bonhoeffer</div> Four Quartets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065501 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065501"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571068944.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.S. Eliot</div> The Sabbath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017489 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017489"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529752.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46613778_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abraham Joshua Heschel</div> Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964358 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964358"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590302672.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shunryu Suzuki</div> The Phenomenon of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222454 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222454"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006090495X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188124_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin</div> The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2627507 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2627507"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406807710.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Therese Martin (of Lisieux)</div> Orthodoxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918388 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918388"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SYPRWFR2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G.K. Chesterton</div> Waiting for God (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/555247 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/555247"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060959703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414576_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone Weil</div> I And Thou http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2566933 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Buber</div> Mont Saint Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64702 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64702"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140390545.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Adams</div> In the Heart of the Seas (Library Of World Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244233 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. Y. Agnon</div> Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism/B-1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711435 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711435"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0916856003.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46884937_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill W.</div> The Gospel of Thomas: Annotated & Explained (Skylight Illuminations,) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34095 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34095"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1893361454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Seeing the Form (The Glory of the Lord : a Theological Aesthetics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987199 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987199"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0898700310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126135945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hans Urs Von Balthasar</div> Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1066277 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1066277"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/081956205X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Owen Barfield</div> The Epistle to the Romans (Galaxy Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58871 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58871"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195002946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056423472_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Barth</div> The Diary of a Country Priest: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23139 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23139"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786709618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Bernanos</div> The Cost of Discipleship (scm classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160030 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160030"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0334028566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dietrich Bonhoeffer</div> The Plague (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73443 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73443"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185139.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus</div> Mount Analogue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335160 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335160"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0715633791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rene Daumal</div> The Long Loneliness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060617519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Day</div> Pilgrim at Tinker Creek http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766207 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> The Way of All the Earth: Experiments in Truth and Religion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918394 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918394"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KDA9QSJQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John S. Dunne</div> The Immense Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918396 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Loren Eisley</div> The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Princeton Classic Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626037 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626037"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691123500.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mircea Eliade</div> Christianity And Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2835004 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2835004"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ekcGEwQUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.S. Eliot</div> Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811576 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shusaku Endo</div> Spiritual Letters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918429 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918429"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01GJ9S8XNWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Chapman</div> The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340690 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340690"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691117675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081320310_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pavel Florensky</div> Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1031 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1031"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060628391.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43483554_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard J. Foster</div> Man's Search for Meaning http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595067 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595067"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080701429X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Viktor E. Frankl</div> An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2060409 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mahatma Gandhi</div> The Power and the Glory (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3713 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3713"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437301.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> The Golden String: An Autobiography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117059 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bede Griffiths</div> The Lord http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2595054 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roman Guardini</div> The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414399 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414399"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0900588683.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1093386463_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rene Guenon</div> Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333175 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333175"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140190376.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. I. Gurdjieff</div> Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15861 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15861"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553351397.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thich Nhat Hanh</div> Markings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2602578 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2602578"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V37864648_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dag Hammarskjold</div> God In Search Of Man A Philosophy Of Judaism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918436 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918436"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/116FkdsIuIL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abraham Joshua Heschel</div> Siddhartha: Literary Touchstone Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368647 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368647"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580493904.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> Collected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918495 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard Manley Hopkins</div> The Perennial Philosophy (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293017 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293017"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006057058X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> My Guru and His Disciple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127776 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127776"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0816638640.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Isherwood</div> The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (The Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918496 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2918496"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11XUgm00WGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William James</div> Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1593496 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1593496"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385497547.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439304_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pope John XXIII</div> Crossing the Threshold of Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2728464 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pope</div> Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Flamingo) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423022 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423022"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006540279.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.G. Jung</div> The Trial http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2706728 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2706728"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1847029809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div>