100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

1.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,948 ratings
2.
Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating β€” 447,097 ratings
3.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating β€” 694,158 ratings
4.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating β€” 832,538 ratings
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Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating β€” 41,133 ratings
6.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,543 ratings
7.
Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies 4.39 avg rating β€” 9,806 ratings
8.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 241,465 ratings
9.
The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,438 ratings
10.
Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux 4.43 avg rating — 19,751 ratings
11.
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life 4.31 avg rating β€” 45,715 ratings
12.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by: C.G. Jung
4.17 avg rating β€” 37,272 ratings
13.
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World 4.50 avg rating β€” 1,690 ratings
14.
The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi 4.50 avg rating β€” 496 ratings
15.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice 4.21 avg rating β€” 48,741 ratings
16.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating β€” 176,950 ratings
17.
Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating β€” 73,829 ratings
18.
Think on These Things
Think on These Things 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,508 ratings
19.
The Road Less Traveled: Part 1 Discipline
The Road Less Traveled: Part 1 Discipline 4.08 avg rating β€” 101,262 ratings
20.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous 4.49 avg rating β€” 11,594 ratings
21.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,369 ratings
21.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,279 ratings
23.
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism 4.22 avg rating β€” 8,780 ratings
24.
The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship 4.30 avg rating β€” 48,822 ratings
25.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets 4.37 avg rating β€” 19,408 ratings
26.
The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy 4.12 avg rating β€” 6,308 ratings
27.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12,769 ratings
28.
The Gospel of Ramakrishna
The Gospel of Ramakrishna 4.61 avg rating β€” 1,367 ratings
29.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating β€” 29,049 ratings
30.
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 4.12 avg rating β€” 18,419 ratings
31.
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating β€” 39,744 ratings
32.
Meetings With Remarkable Men
Meetings With Remarkable Men 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,645 ratings
33.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,195 ratings
34.
New Seeds of Contemplation
New Seeds of Contemplation 4.26 avg rating β€” 9,093 ratings
35.
Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series
Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series 4.23 avg rating β€” 621 ratings
36.
The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History
The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,272 ratings
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Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture 3.88 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
38.
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
Crossing the Threshold of Hope 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,646 ratings
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My Guru And His Disciple
My Guru And His Disciple 3.93 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
40.
The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating β€” 99,791 ratings
41.
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge 4.19 avg rating β€” 52,475 ratings
42.
Journal of a Soul
Journal of a Soul 4.28 avg rating β€” 359 ratings
43.
The Transcendent Unity of Religions
The Transcendent Unity of Religions 4.07 avg rating β€” 241 ratings
44.
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,298 ratings
45.
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism 4.52 avg rating β€” 599 ratings
46.
The Diary of a Country Priest
The Diary of a Country Priest 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,808 ratings
47.
I and Thou
I and Thou 4.07 avg rating β€” 11,691 ratings
48.
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth 4.20 avg rating β€” 39,525 ratings
48.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,539 ratings
50.
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,198 ratings
51.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres 3.95 avg rating β€” 442 ratings
52.
The Courage to Be
The Courage to Be 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,794 ratings
53.
A Simple Path
A Simple Path 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,823 ratings
54.
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry 4.26 avg rating β€” 475 ratings
55.
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi 4.25 avg rating β€” 71,259 ratings
56.
The World's Religions
The World's Religions 4.04 avg rating β€” 13,797 ratings
57.
Letters and Papers from Prison
Letters and Papers from Prison 4.31 avg rating β€” 3,781 ratings
58.
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,537 ratings
58.
Way of All the Earth, The: Experiments in Truth and Religion
Way of All the Earth, The: Experiments in Truth and Religion really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
60.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,723 ratings
61.
The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times 4.33 avg rating β€” 667 ratings
62.
Markings: Spiritual Poems and Meditations
Markings: Spiritual Poems and Meditations 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,729 ratings
63.
The Golden String: An Autobiography
The Golden String: An Autobiography 4.28 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
63.
The Lord
The Lord 4.56 avg rating β€” 599 ratings
65.
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,837 ratings
66.
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism 4.39 avg rating β€” 1,638 ratings
67.
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man 4.37 avg rating β€” 7,307 ratings
68.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating β€” 377,371 ratings
69.
And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran: Blind Hero of the French Resistance
And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran: Blind Hero of the French Resistance 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,500 ratings
70.
Meditations and Devotions
Meditations and Devotions 4.44 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
71.
Christ and Culture (Torchbooks)
Christ and Culture (Torchbooks) 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,824 ratings
72.
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture 4.31 avg rating β€” 254 ratings
73.
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
by: Paul Reps
4.17 avg rating β€” 8,466 ratings
74.
Waiting for God
Waiting for God 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,739 ratings
75.
Mystical Dimensions of Islam
Mystical Dimensions of Islam 4.26 avg rating β€” 708 ratings
76.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,649 ratings
77.
In the Heart of the Seas
In the Heart of the Seas 3.33 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
78.
Seeing the Form (The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1)
Seeing the Form (The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 141 ratings
79.
The Epistle to the Romans
The Epistle to the Romans 4.15 avg rating β€” 798 ratings
80.
Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness 3.92 avg rating β€” 2,142 ratings
81.
Tales of the Hasidim, Vols 1-2
Tales of the Hasidim, Vols 1-2 4.19 avg rating β€” 565 ratings
82.
Spiritual Letters
Spiritual Letters 4.42 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
83.
Mount Analogue
Mount Analogue 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,979 ratings
84.
The Immense Journey
The Immense Journey 4.31 avg rating β€” 2,499 ratings
85.
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters 4.58 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
86.
A Testament of Devotion
A Testament of Devotion 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,520 ratings
87.
Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion
Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion 4.47 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
88.
RaΓ―ssa's Journal
RaΓ―ssa's Journal 4.28 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
89.
Something Beautiful for God
Something Beautiful for God 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,609 ratings
90.
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vols 1-2
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vols 1-2 4.13 avg rating β€” 379 ratings
91.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating β€” 36,564 ratings
92.
The Idea of the Holy
The Idea of the Holy 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,504 ratings
93.
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,823 ratings
94.
The Star of Redemption
The Star of Redemption 4.08 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
95.
The Candle of Vision: Inner Worlds of the Imagination
The Candle of Vision: Inner Worlds of the Imagination 4.26 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
96.
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 4.31 avg rating β€” 624 ratings
97.
A Guide for the Perplexed
A Guide for the Perplexed 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,309 ratings
98.
The Thirteen Petalled Rose: A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence and Belief
The Thirteen Petalled Rose: A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence and Belief 4.27 avg rating β€” 435 ratings
99.
Gitanjali
Gitanjali 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,595 ratings
100.
Centuries
Centuries 4.44 avg rating β€” 255 ratings