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A Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster (20th century)
A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher (20th century)
A Path with Heart: A Guide through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life by Jack Kornfield (20th century)
A Simple Path by Mother Teresa (20th century)
A Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly (20th century)
Alcoholics Anonymous by Anonymous (20th century)
An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Quabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy by Manly P. Hall (20th century)
Bhaja Govindam (a.k.a. Moha Mudgara) by Shankaracharya (4th century B.C.E.). In 31 simple musical stanzas, Adi Shankara exposes the fundamentals of Vedanta
Bliss Divine, by Swami Shivananda. (20th century)
Christ and Culture by Richard H. Niebuhr (20th century)
Christ the Yogi: A Hindu Reflection on the Gospel of John by Ravi Ravindra (20th century)
Christianity and Culture by T.S. Eliot (20th century)
City of God by St. Augustine
Confessions by St. Augustine
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa (20th century)
Divine Romance, by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century)
Enthusiasm by Ronald Knox (20th century)
Essays in Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki (20th century)
Essential Unity of All Religions by Bhagavan Das (20th century
Flashes from the Himalayan Heights by Swami Rama Tirtha (20th century)
Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti (20th century)
God in Search of Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel (20th century)
I am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj (20th century)
I have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World by Martin Luther Jr. King (20th century)
In Search of the Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky (20th century)
In the Woods of God-Realization: the Complete Works of Swami Rama Tirtha, by Swami Rama Tirtha (20th century). Highest truths of Vedanta expounded with a profusion of delightful stories in 7 volumes.
Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin (20th century)
Jñaneshwari, by the 15 year-old poet-saint Jñaneshwar (13th century). The luminous interpretation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita.
Laws by Plato
Letter to a Teacher by the School of Barbiana, Italy
Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (20th century)
Love Never Faileth: On St. Francis, St. Paul, St. Augustine, and Mother Teresa by Eknath Easwaran (20th century)
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Gershom Scholem (20th century)
Man's Eternal Quest, by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century)
Markings by Dag Hammarskjold (20th century)
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Meditations and Devotions by John Henry Newman
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung (20th century)
Mere Christianity (comprising "The Case for Christianity," "Christian
Behaviour," and "Beyond Personality") by C.S. Lewis (20th century). A series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity delivered in war-torn Britain in 1943
Mont-Saint Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (20th century)
Mount Analogue by René Daumal (20th century)
Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Anne-Marie Schimmel (20th century)
Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill (20th century)
Natural History by Pliny
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton (20th century)
On Death and Dying by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, which presents the five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating (20th century)
Original Goodness: On the Beatitudes of the Sermon of the Mount by Eknath Easwaran (20th century)
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (20th century)
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hahn (20th century)
Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich (15th century)
Saving the Appearances by Owen Barfield (20th century)
Seeing with the Eyes of Love: On the Imitation of Christ by Eknath Easwaran (20th century)
Something Beautiful for God by Malcom Muggeridge (20th century)
Spiritual Letters by John Chapman (20th century)
Summa Theologica by St. Thomas of Aquinas
Talks with Ramana Maharshi (20th century). Gems from a realized Master and greatest exponent of the path of Self-inquiry.
Tattwa Bodha by Shankaracharya (4th century B.C.E.). A question-and-answer classic that lays the foundation of Vedanta.
The Art of Peace by Morihei Ueshiba (20th century)
The Ascent of Mount Camel by St. John of the Cross (16th century)
The Book of Divine Consolation, by Meister Eckhart (14th century)
The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing who you are by Alan W. Watts (20th century). A lucid presentation of Hinduism and Vedantic philosophy
The Candle of Vision by George William Russell (20th century)
The Cloud of Unknowing, by an anonymous British mystic (14th century). An influential treatise on mystic prayer
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (20th century). All subjects of Vedanta presented in a very dynamic style by Ramakrishna's most famous disciple
The Conferences by John Cassian
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (20th century)
The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich (20th century)
The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (viveka-chudamani) by Shankaracharya.
The classic text on jñana yoga (path to God through knowledge)
The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross (16th century)
The Enneads by Plotinus
The Epistle to the Romans by Karl Barth (20th century)
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (20th century)
The Golden Bough by J.G. Frazer
The Great Mystery, by Jakob Boehme
The Hebraic Tongue Restored by Fabre d'Olivet
The Holy Science, by Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri (19th century)
The Holy War by John Bunyan
The Idea of the Holy by Rudolf Otto
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (15th Century). This humble
monk points out ways to follow Christ's teachings in all circumstances
The Immense Journey by Loren Eisley (20th century)
The Interior Castle, by St. Teresa of Avila (16th century)
The Kingdom of the Lovers of God by Jan Ruysbroeck (14th century)
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God by Jean Leclercq (20th century)
The Memoirs of Socrates by Xenophon (390 B.C.E.)
The Myth of Eternal Return by Mircea Eliade (20th century)
The Nature and Destiny of Man by Reinhold Niebuhr (20th century)
The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley (20th century)
The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (20th century)
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Pillar and the Ground of Truth by Pavel Florensky (20th century)
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. A powerful Christian message and technique for restoring the faltering faith
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (17th century). The enduring classical guide for all seekers of union with God
The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times by René Guenon (20th century)
The Republic by Cicero (51 B.C.E.)
The Republic by Plato (370 B.C.E.)
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel (20th century)
The Second Coming of Christ by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century)
The Sermon on the Mount by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century)
The Spiritual Guide by Michael Molinos (17th century). A practical book that advocates a direct and personal relationship with God
The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharashi by Ramana Maharshi (20th century)
The Star of Redemption by Franz Rosenzweig (20th century)
The Transcendent Unity of Religions by Fritjof Schuon (20th century)
The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra (20th century)
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (20th century)
The Way of All the Earth by John S. Dunne
Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti (20th century)
Timaeus by Plato
Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn by Simon Jacobson (20th century)
Waiting for God by Simone Weil (20th century)
Wine of the Mystic: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a Spiritual Interpretation by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century)
World Religions by Huston Smith (20th century). A very lucid and compassionate look at the contribution of every major religion
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunrya Suzuki (20th century), founder of the San Francisco Zen Center
Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: The Place of Zen in Christian Life by Robert E. Kennedy (20th century)
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