The Greatest Books of All Time on Meditation

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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
1083 Upanishads Unknown -799 Indian Sanskrit
1733 Zen In The Art Of Archery Eugen Herrigel 1948 German German
2854 The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac 1958 American English
3324 Reveries of a Solitary Walker Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 French French
4687 Practical Mysticism Evelyn Underhill 1914 British English
5626 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
8340 Platform Sutra Huineng 713 Chinese Chinese
8767 An Introduction To Zen Buddhism D. T. Suzuki 1934 Japanese English
10235 In Love With The World Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov 2019 Unknown English
10391 Zhaun Falun Li Hongzhi 1992 Chinese Chinese
11566 The Imitation Of Christ Thomas à Kempis 1418 German Latin
12174 Tibetan Book Of The Dead Robert Thurman 1994 Tibetan English
13923 The Buddha And His Religion J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire 1860 French French
14519 Awakening Joy James Baraz 2010 American English
14553 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14787 The Tibetan Book of the Dead Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa 1350 Tibetan Tibetan
14983 Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
14983 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
14983 The Body Yasuo Yuasa 1987 Japanese Japanese
15855 Shobogenzo Dōgen 1231 Japanese Japanese
15897 A Guide To The Bodhisattva Way Of Life Santideva 700 Indian Sanskrit
17119 10% Happier Dan Harris 2014 American English
17119 A Sunlit Absence Martin Laird 2011 American English
17119 Into The Silent Land Martin Laird 2006 British English
17119 Think Like A Monk Jay Shetty 2020 British English
17119 Inner Engineering Sadhguru 2016 Indian English
17119 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17119 Writing Down The Bones Natalie Goldberg 1986 American English
17119 The Wandering Mind Jamie Kreiner 2023 Unknown English
17119 Traditional Buddhist Mind Training: Essential Mind Training Thupten Jinpa Tibetan English
17119 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17119 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17119 Practicing The Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
16991 What The Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula 1959 British English
17119 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
17119 Yatharth Geeta Swami Adgadanand 1994 Indian Unknown
17119 Supernatural Joe Dispenza 2017 American English