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Jnana Yoga/Yoga of Discrimination

• Shankara’s Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (Viveka-Chudamani)
  translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood

• The Supreme Yoga (Yoga Vasistha)
  translated by Swami Venkatesananda, with intro by Swami Muktananda (buy from Bagchee.com )

VEDANTA/HINDUISM/BUDDHISM/ZEN

• Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God
  
translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
• The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

  by M., translated by Swami Nikhilananda
• The Eternal Companion: Brahmananda, His Life and Teachings

  by Swami Prabhavananda
• Srimad Bhagavatam: The Wisdom of God

  translated by Swami Prabhavananda
• Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal
  
translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Frederick Manchester
• Autobiography of a Yogi

  by Paramhansa Yogananda (buy from Crystal Clarity)
• Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri
  by Swami Muktananda

• Dhammapada: Teachings of the Buddha

  translated by Thomas Byrom
• Buddhist Masters of Enchantment: The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas
  
by Keith Dowman, illustrations by Robert Beer
• The Tibetan Book of the Dead
  
translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Karma-Glin-Pa
• The Way of Life

  by Lao Tzu, translated by Witter Bynner
• Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
  
compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
• Zen Antics: One Hundred Stories of Enlightenment
  
compiled and translated by Thomas Cleary

Literature & Fiction

• The Razor’s Edge
  by W. Somerset Maugham
• The Harry Potter series
  by J.K. Rowling
• His Dark Materials Trilogy
  by Philip Pullman
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Giving Tree
  by Shel Silverstein
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
  by Crockett Johnson

• The Legend of Bagger Vance
  by Steven Pressfield
• The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You
  by Dorothy Bryant
• The Hunger Games Trilogy
  by Suzanne Collins
• The “Divergent” Trilogy
  by Veronica Roth
• Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, *translation by Hilda Rosner 

The Works of William Shakespeare

• Hamlet 
• Macbeth 
• Julius Caesar 
• Titus Andronicus 

• Romeo and Juliet 
• Othello 
• The Merchant of Venice 

Poetry

• Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged
  by Robert Frost
• Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
  by Theodore Roethke

• The Divine Comedy
  by Dante Alighieri, translated by C.H. Sisson
• The Sonnets
  by William Shakespeare

Christian Mysticism

• The Interior Castle
  by St. Teresa of Avila, translated by Mirabai Starr
• Gnostic Gospels
  by Elaine Pagels

• The Prophet
  by Khalil Gibran
• Jesus, the Son of Man
  by Khalil Gibran (buy from Khalil Gibran Online)

Martial Arts and Work

• The Book of Five Rings
  by Miyamoto Musashi, translated by Thomas Cleary
• The Art of War
  by Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary
• The Zen Way to Martial Arts: A Japanese Master Reveals the Secrets of the Samurai
  by Taisen Deshimaru, translated by Nancy Amphoux
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
  by Dale Carnegie

• The Prince
  by Niccolo Machiavelli, translated by Peter Bondanella
• The War of Art
  by Steven Pressfield
• The Tipping Point
  by Malcolm Gladwell
• Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
  by Adam Grant

Mysticism

• The New Atlantis
  by Francis Bacon
• Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
  translated by Normandi Ellis (buy from Phanes Press)
• Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
  by Carlos Castaneda

• Tales of Power
  by Carlos Castaneda
• The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan
  by Carlos Castaneda

Autobiography

• Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography
  by Swami Muktananda
• The Soul of a Butterfly
  by Mohammad Ali, with Hana Yasmeen Ali

• Three Cups of Tea
  by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead
  by Jerry Weintraub