Here’s another list, this time from Renovare. “The idea for the list that follows came after reflecting on the "Christian Classics" list that John Wesley put together to help those who were pouring into the young Methodist societies. Likewise here, we want to give you a basic list in the field of Christian Spirituality that you can work with in the years to come. These are all books that we believe can help you grow in grace. They all have intrinsic merit. They all have stood the test of time. And most of them have had a substantial impact on Christians throughout the centuries.”
Those marked with asterisks and prices should be available to buy on-line from the Renovare Store. (This list was published in 2000, so availability may have changed. Many of these are in the public domain and available as free downloads from sites such as the Christian Classics Ethereal Library or Project Gutenberg.
Andews, Lancelot (16th Century) . . . Private Devotions
Anonymous (13th Century) . . . A Mirror for Simple Souls
Anonymous (14th Century) . . . The Cloud of Unknowing
Anonymous (19th Century) . . . The Way of a Pilgrim /The Pilgrim Continues His Way
Aquinas, Thomas (13th Century) . . . The Aquinas Prayer Book: The Prayers and Hymns of St. Thomas Aquinas
Athanasius (4th Century) . . . The Life of Antony
*Augustine of Hippo (4th/5th Centuries) . . . The Confessions ($13.00)
Baillie, John (20th Century) . . . A Diary of Private Prayer
Bernard of Clairvaux (12th Century) . . . On the Love of God
Bloom, Anthony (20th Century) . . . Beginning to Pray
Boehme, Jacob (17th Century) . . . The Way of Christ
*Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (20th Century) . . . The Cost of Discipleship ($12.00) /Life Together
Bounds, E. M. (19th Century) . . . Power Through Prayer
Brother Lawrence (17th Century) . . . The Practice of the Presence of God
*Brother Ugolino (13th Century) . . . The Little Flowers of St. Francis ($10.00)
Bunyan, John (17th Century) . . . The Pilgrim's Progress
Buttrick, George (20th Century) . . . Prayer
Calvin, John (16th Century) . . . Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
Catherine of Genoa (15th Century) . . . The Spiritual Dialogue
Catherine of Siena (14th Century) . . . The Dialogue
Chesterton, G. K. (20th Century) . . . Orthodoxy
Church Councils (4th/5th Centuries) . . . The Apostles' Creed/The Nicene Creed
Dante Alighieri (13th/14th Centuries) . . . The Divine Comedy
Day, Dorothy (20th Century) . . . The Long Loneliness
*de Caussade, Jean-Pierre (18th Century) . . . The Sacrament of the Present Moment ($12.00)
de Sales, Francis (16th/17th Centuries) . . . Introduction to the Devout Life
Desert Fathers (4th Century) . . . Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Doherty, Catherine de Hueck (20th Century) . . . Poustinia
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (19th Century) . . . The Brothers Karamazov
Eckart, Meister (13th/14th Centuries) . . . Collected Works
Edwards, Jonathan (18th Century) . . . A Treatise on Religious Affections
Faber, Frederick William (19th Century) . . . Growth in Holiness
Fénelon, François (17th Century) . . . Christian Perfection
Fox, George (17th Century) . . . The Journal of George Fox
Gregory of Nyssa (4th Century ) . . . The Life of Moses
Grou, Jean-Nicholas (18th Century) . . . How to Pray
*Guyon, Madame (17th Century) . . . Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ ($9.00)
Hadewijch of Antwerp (13th Century) . . . The Complete Works (Letters, Visions, Poems)
Hallesby, Ole (20th Century) . . . Prayer
Hammerskjöld, Dag (20th Century) . . . Markings
Hildegard of Bingen (12th Century) . . . The Book of Divine Works
Hopkins, Gerard Manley (19th Century) . . . Poems
Ignatius of Loyola (16th Century) . . . The Spiritual Exercises
John Climacus (7th Century) . . . The Ladder of Paradise
John of the Cross (16th Century) . . . The Dark Night of the Soul
Johnson, Samuel (18th Century) . . . Prayers and Meditations/Ascent of Mount Carmel
Jones, E. Stanley (20th Century) . . . The Christ of Every Road
*Julian of Norwich (14th Century) . . . Showings ($20.00)
Kagawa, Toyohiko (20th Century) . . . Meditations on the Cross
*Kelly, Thomas (20th Century) . . . A Testament of Devotion ($12.00)
*Kempis, Thomas à (15th Century) . . . The Imitation of Christ ($10.00)
Kierkegaard, Søren (19th Century) . . . Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing
King, Martin Luther Jr.(20th Century) . . . Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Kuyper, Abraham (19th Century) . . . Near Unto God
Laubach, Frank (20th Century) . . . Letters by a Modern Mystic
*Law, William (18th Century) . . . A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ($7.00)
*Lewis, C.S. (20th Century) . . . Mere Christianity ($8.00) /The Screwtape Letters
Luther, Martin (16th Century) . . . The Bondage of the Will
MacDonald, George (19th Century) . . . Creation in Christ
Marshall, Catherine (20th Century) . . . Something More
Merton, Thomas (20th Century) . . . The Seven Storey Mountain
Milton, John (17th Century) . . . Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained
*Murray, Andrew (19th/20th Centuries) . . . With Christ in the School of Prayer ($6.00)
Nee, Watchman (20th Century) . . . The Normal Christian Life
Newman, John Henry (19th Century) . . . Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Nicodemus the Hagiorite (18th/19th Centuries) . . . Philokalia
*Nouwen, Henri J. M. (20th Century) . . . The Return of the Prodigal Son ($16.00)
Palmer, Pheobe (19th Century) . . . Pheobe Palmer: Selected Writings
Pascal, Blaise (17th Century) . . . Pensées
Paton, Alan (20th Century) . . . Cry the Beloved Country
Penington, Isaac (17th Century) . . . Letters on Spiritual Virtue
Penn, William (17th/18th Centuries) . . . No Cross, No Crown
Phillips, J. B. (20th Century) . . . Your God is Too Small
Rolle, Richard (14th Century) . . . The Fire of Love
Ruusbroec, John (14th Century) . . . The Spiritual Espousals
Sanford, Agnes (20th Century) . . . The Healing Light
Schaeffer, Francis A. (20th Century) . . . True Spirituality
Smith, Hannah Whitall (19th Century) . . . The Christians Secret of a Happy Life
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (20th Century) . . . One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Steere, Douglas V. (20th Century) . . . On Beginning from Within
Sundar Singh (20th Century) . . . At the Feet of the Master
Taylor, Jeremy (17th Century) . . . Holy Living and Holy Dying
Temple, William (20th Century) . . . Christianity and Social Order
Teresa of Ávila (16th Century) . . . The Interior Castle
Thérèsa of Lisieux (16th Century) . . . The Story of a Soul
Thompson, Francis (19th/20th Centuries) . . . The Hound of Heaven
Tolstoy, Leo (19th Century) . . . The Confession
*Tozer, A.W. (20th Century) . . . The Pursuit of God ($10.00)
Trueblood, D. Elton (20th Century) . . . Company of the Committed
Underhill, Evelyn (20th Century) . . . The Spiritual Life
Vanauken, Sheldon (20th Century) . . . A Severe Mercy
Vanier, Jean (20th Century) . . . Community and Change
von Hügel, Friedrich (19th/20th Centuries) . . . Selected Letters
Wallis, Arthur (20th Century) . . . God's Chosen Fast
Weil, Simone (20th Century) . . . Waiting for God
Wesley, Charles (18th Century) . . . A Song for the Poor: Hymns by Charles Wesley
*Wesley, John (18th Century) . . . The Journal of John Wesley ($23.00)
*Woolman, John (18th Century) . . . The Journal of John Woolman ($15.00)
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