Top 5 Must Have Books
- The Holy Bible. New King James Version
- The Sayings of the Holy Desert Fathers, translated by E. A. Wallis Budges
- The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis, translated by William C. Creasy
- The Philokalia: The Complete Text (5 volumes), compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarious of Corinth, tranaleted by Palmer, Sherrard, and Ware
- Book of Common Prayer by Episcopal Church in the United States (1979)
Hermit Life
- Consider The Ravens: On Contemporary Hermit Life by Paul A. Fredette, Karen Karper Fredette
- A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses by Isabel Colegate
- Hermits; The Insights of Solitude by Peter France
- The Book of Hermits: A History of Hermits from Antiquity to the Present by Robert Rodriguez
- Hermits and Anchorites of England by Rotha Mary Clay
Christian Mysticism
- Growing into God: A Beginner’s Guide to Christian Mysticism by John R. Mabry
- Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness by Evelyn Underhill
- Christian Mysticism: The Art of the Inner Way by William McNamara
- The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism by Bernard McGinn
- Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from the Patristic Era with Commentary by Olivier Clément
Prayer
- Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard J. Foster
- With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray
- On the Prayer of Jesus: The Classic Guide to the Practice of Unceasing Prayer Found in The Way of a Pilgrim by Ignatius Brianchaninov
- The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology by Igumen Chariton
- Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
- New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
Knowing God
- The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life by A. W. Tozer
- Knowing God by J. I. Packer
- The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss by David Bentley Hart
- The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing by Bernard McGinn
Mystical Theology
- The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine by A. W. Tozer
- On the Divine Names and The Mystical Theology by Dionysius the Areopagite
- The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky
- The Spiritual Life: A Treatise on Ascetical and Mystical Theology by Adolphe Tanquerey
- Riding with the Lion: In Search of Mystical Christianity by Kyriacos C. C. Markides
Spiritual Disciplines
- Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster
- The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard
- Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines by Richard J. Foster
- Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups by Richard J. Foster
- Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World by Richard J. Foster
- Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney
- Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
