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Best Religious & Spiritual Books

Name: Best Religious & Spiritual Books
Creator: Open Library
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Most-published religious and spiritual texts across world traditions.

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Name↕	Title↕	Author↕	First Published↕	Subjects↕	Editions↕	Languages↕
Bible	Bible	Bible	1200	Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Glossaries, vocabularies, Early works to 1800, Bible	6,084	ukr, jpn, aym
The Art of War	The Art of War	孙武, Sun Tzu	1900	Open Library Staff Picks, Early works to 1800, Military art and science, great_books_of_the_western_world	1,434	jpn, por, cmn
La Divina Commedia	La Divina Commedia	Dante Alighieri	1472	Poetry (poetic works by one author), Literatura, Portraits, Paradise	1,337	arm, jpn, por
The Man Who Was Thursday	The Man Who Was Thursday	Gilbert Keith Chesterton	1908	Anarchists, Novela de misterio, Police, Libros en letra grande	1,105	pol, heb, spa
Dracula	Dracula	Bram Stoker	1897	English literature, Fiction, Horror, Horror stories	736	eng, por, fre
The Pilgrim's Progress	The Pilgrim's Progress	John Bunyan	1678	Bibliography, Readers, Fiction, Spiritual life	683	epo, paa, ger
As a man thinketh	As a man thinketh	James Allen	1902	New Thought, Conduct of life, Miniature books, Specimens	657	ger, mal, hin
Tao te Ching	Tao te Ching	老子	1842	Chinese Philosophy, Chinese language materials, Peace, Tao	648	heb, spa, may
The Man Who Knew Too Much	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Gilbert Keith Chesterton	1922	Fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Aristocracy (Social class), Fiction, mystery & detective, general	644	chi, eng, spa
The Prophet	The Prophet	Kahlil Gibran, R. Black	1900	American Prose poems, Lebanese, Prose, Essays Classic Literature	569	arm, heb, guj
Orthodoxy	Orthodoxy	Gilbert Keith Chesterton	1874	Apologetics, Christianity, History, Essence, genius, nature	551	eng, ger, pol
Heretics	Heretics	Gilbert Keith Chesterton	1905	Criticism, English Authors, English essays, Essays	551	pol, spa, cze
Saint Francis of Assisi	Saint Francis of Assisi	Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Doyle Kim	1923	Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality	547	eng, ger, spa
Metamorphoses	Metamorphoses	Ovid	1479	Poetry, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Mythology	491	por, dan, frm
Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona	Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona	Henryk Sienkiewicz	1895	Fiction, History, Church history, Primitive and early church	453	pol, arm, spa
Confessions	Confessions	Augustine of Hippo	1482	Religious aspects of Truth, Christian saints, Christianity, Spiritual life	449	heb, spa, rus
De la démocratie en Amérique	De la démocratie en Amérique	Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont	1835	Early America, American government, Democracy, American culture	421	heb, spa, rus
Nicomachean Ethics	Nicomachean Ethics	Aristotle, J. A. Smith	1558	Ethics, Early works to 1800, Morale ancienne, Ouvrages avant 1800	416	heb, guj, spa
Paradise Lost	Paradise Lost	John Milton	1667	Bible, Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Devil	396	arm, jpn, por
Pensées	Pensées	Blaise Pascal, Philippe Sellier	1670	Apologetic works, Apologetics, Apologétique, Auteurs catholiques	395	ger, lat, fre
Imitation of Christ	Imitation of Christ	Thomas à Kempis, Jérôme de Gonnelieu	1568	Early works to 1800, Christian life, Devotional literature, Example	394	spa, cre, und
Der Antichrist	Der Antichrist	Friedrich Nietzsche	1895	Christianity, Controversial literature, Antichrist, Christianity, controversial literature	384	eng, ger, spa
The golden bough	The golden bough	James George Frazer, Theodor Herzl Gaster	1890	Mythology, Magic, Superstition, Religion	371	ita, eng, fre
The Rainbow	The Rainbow	D. H. Lawrence	1915	Fiction, Families, Family, Families in fiction	358	eng
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	David Hume	1779	Natural theology, Early works to 1800, Early works to 1900, Religion	340	fre, eng
The Devil's Dictionary	The Devil's Dictionary	Ambrose Bierce	1840	Humor, English language, Semantics, Vocabulary	312	eng, ita, ger
Φαίδων	Φαίδων	Πλάτων	1713	Immortality, Immortality (Philosophy), Early works to 1800, Biblioteca Nacional (Spain)	291	pol, roa, spa
Summa Theologica	Summa Theologica	Thomas Aquinas, Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1930	1467	Anthropology, Attributes, Catholic Church, Catholic Theology	277	arm, pol, mul
The Varieties of Religious Experience	The Varieties of Religious Experience	William James, Dr. William James	1817	Religious Psychology, Religion, Conversion, Experience (Religion)	266	eng
Siddhartha	Siddhartha	Hermann Hesse	1922	Alegorías, Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism	205	guj, spa, rus
Das Kapital	Das Kapital	Karl Marx	1867	Economics, Capital, Communism, Marxian economics	189	spa, rus, cze
The pursuit of God	The pursuit of God	A. W. Tozer	1897	God, Worship and love, Spirituality, Devotional literature	176	eng
Marius the Epicurean	Marius the Epicurean	Walter Pater	1885	Christianity and other religions, Fiction, Roman, Young men	171	eng, ita
L' Orlando furioso	L' Orlando furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	1545	Roland (Legendary character), Romances, Church of Ireland, Religion and ethics	167	mac, spa, und
The great controversy	The great controversy	Ellen Gould Harmon White, E. G. White	1858	Adventists, Bible, Church history, Controversial literature	158	pol, eng, spa
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei	Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei	Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)	1991	Art, Sculpture, Seals (Numismatics), Painting	156	chi, jpn
Philosophical essays concerning human understanding	Philosophical essays concerning human understanding	David Hume	1900	Theory of Knowledge, Ethics, Early works to 1800, English Philosophy	155	und, fre, eng
The book of the damned	The book of the damned	Charles Fort	1919	Miscellanea, Meteorology, Astronomy, Curiosities and wonders	154	eng, spa, por
Exercitia spiritualia	Exercitia spiritualia	Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Aloysio R.P Bellecio	1548	Spiritual exercises, Meditations, Spiritual retreats, Catholic Church	145	spa, cze, mul
Implementation of the Helsinki accords	Implementation of the Helsinki accords	United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe	1982	Admission of nonimmigrants, African cooperation, Aliens, American Economic assistance	144	eng