The Greatest Books of All Time on Buddhism

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1098 Seven Years in Tibet Heinrich Harrer 1952 Austrian German
1375 The Sea of Fertility Yukio Mishima 1965 Japanese Japanese
2713 The Narrow Road to the Deep North Matsuo Bashō 1684 Japanese Japanese
2854 The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac 1958 American English
4151 Oxherding Tale Charles R. Johnson 1982 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
9137 Bangkok 8 John Burdett 2003 British English
10235 In Love With The World Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov 2019 Unknown English
12174 Tibetan Book Of The Dead Robert Thurman 1994 Tibetan English
12513 The World And The Bo Tree Helen Bevington 1991 American English
14161 My Journey to Lhasa Alexandra David-Neel 1927 French French
14983 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
15897 The Fundamental Wisdom Of The Middle Way Nagarjuna, Jay L. Garfield -150 Unknown Sanskrit
17119 The Wise Heart Jack Kornfield 2008 American English
17119 That Bird Has My Wings Jarvis Jay Masters 2009 American English
17119 The Cult Of Emptiness The Western Discovery Of Buddhist Thought And The Invention Of Oriental Philosophy Urs App 2012 Swiss English
17119 Dignaga's Investigation Of The Percept Douglas Duckworth 2016 Unknown English