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100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
In November of 1999, Harper San Francisco compiled a list of the 100 best spiritual books of the century. Phillip Zalewiski, editor of the Best Spiritual Writing series, gathered nominations from a variety of spiritual writers. For a list of the writers and more information on this process, go to http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/aboutus/imprints/spiritbooks.htm.
Used with permission of Harper San Francisco.

 
Alcoholic Anonymous
Anonymous

And There was Light
Lusseyran, Jacques

Autobiography of a Yogi
Yogananda, Paramahansa

Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
Malcolm X

Autobiography: The Story of my Expiriments with Truth, An
Gandhi, Mohandas

Black Elk Speaks
Black, Elk

Candle of Vision, The
Russell, George William

Celebration of Discipline, A
Foster, Richard

Centuries
Traherne, Thomas

Christ and Culture
Niebuhr, Richard H

Christianity and Culture
Eliot, T.S.

Chronicles of Narnia, The
Lewis, C.S.

Collected Poems
Hopkins, Gerard Manley

Collected Poems
Yeats, William Butler

Collected Stories
Singer, Isaac Bahevis

Cost of Discipleship, The
Bonhoeffer, Dietch

Courage to Be, The
Tillich, Paul

Crossing the Threshold of Hope
John XXIII, Pope

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Trungpa, Chogyam

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Dharma Bums, The
Kerouac, Jack

Diary of a Country Priest
Bernanos, Georges

Duino Elegies
Rilke, Rainer Maria

Enthusiasm
Knox, Ronald

Epistle to the Romans, The
Barth, Karl

Essays in Zen Buddhism
Suxuki, D.T.

Four Quartets, The
Eliot, T.S.

Gitanjali
Tagore, Rabindranth

Glory of the Lord, The
Balthasar, Hans Urs von

God in Search of Man
Heschel, Abraham Joshua

Golden String, The
Griffiths, Bede

Gospel Of Sri Ramakristna, The
Ramakrishna

Gospel of Thomas, The
Anonymous

Guide for the Perplexed, A
Schumacher, E.F.

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I and Thou
Buber, Martin

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
Washington, James Melvin

Idea of the Holy, The
Otto, Rudolf

Immense Journey, The
Eisley, Loren

In Search of the Miraculous
Ouspensky, P.D.

In the Heart of the Seas
Agnon, S.Y.

Journal of the Soul
John XXIII, Pope

Journals
Maritain, Raissa

Letters and Papers from Prison
Bonhoeffer, Dietch

Long Loneliness, The
Day, Dorothy

Lord, The
Guardini, Romano

Lord of the Rings, The
Tolkien, J.R.R.

Lost in the Cosmos
Percy, Walker

Love of Learning and the Desire for God, The
Leclercq, Jean

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Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Scholem, Gershom

Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl, Viktor

Markings
Hammarskjold, Dag

Meditations on the Tarot
Tomberg, Valentin

Meetings with Remarkable Men
Gurdjief, G.I

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jung, Carl

Mere Christianity
Lewis, C.S.

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
Adams, Henry

Mount Analogue
Daumal, Rene

My Guru and his Disciple
Isherwood, Christopher

Mystical Dimensions of Islam
Schimmel, Anne-Marie

Myth of Eternal Return, The
Eliade Mircea

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Nature and Destiny of Man, The
Niebuhr, Reinhold

New Seeds of Contemplation
Merton, Thomas

Night
Wiesel, Elie

Orthodoxy
Chesterton, G.K.

Peace is Every Step
Hahn, Thich Nhat

Perennial Philosophy, The
Huxley, Aldous

Phenomenon of Man, The
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Dillard, Annie

Pillar and the Ground of Truth, The
Florensky, Pavel

Plague, The
Camus, Albert

Power and the Glory, The
Greene, Graham

Practical Mysticism
Underhill, Evlyn

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Razor's Edge, The
Maugham, W. Somerset

Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, The
Guenon, Rene

Road Less Traveled, The
Peck, M. Scott

Sabbath, The
Heschel, Abraham Joshua

Saving the Appearances
Barfield, Owen

Seven Storey Mountain, The
Merton, Thomas

Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann

Silence
Endo, Shusako

Simple Path, A
Teresa, Mother

Something Beautiful for God
Muggeridge, Malcolm

Spiritual Letters
Chapman, John

Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharashi, The
Maharashi, Ramana

Star of Redemption, The
Rosenzweig, Franz

Story of a Soul, The
Lisieux, St. Therese of

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Tales of the Hasidim
Buber, Martin

Taking on the Heart of Christ: Meditations and Devotions
Newman, John Henry

Testament of Devotion, A
Kelley, Thomas

Think on These Things
Krishnamurti

Thirteen-Petalled Rose, The
Steinsaltz, Adin

Transcendent Unity of Religions, The
Schuon, Fritjof

Trial, The
Kafka, Franz

Varieties of Religious Experience , The
James, William

Waiting for God
Weil, Simone

Way of all the Earth, The
Dunne, John S

Wise Blood
O'Conner, Flannery

World's Religions, The
Smith, Huston

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Pirsig, Robert

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Reps, Paul

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Suxuki, Shunryu

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