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The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. 50th anniversery edition, 1999, © 1948. Merton's most famous work is often discribed as a Modern day Confessions of Saint Augustine. hardcover edition   Audio Cassette Edition (abridged) Sidney Lanier (Reader), 1992.

New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, November 1974.

The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 7) by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (editor), 1999. Hardcover

Thoughts in Solitude, by Thomas Merton, 1999.

• The City of God (Modern Library Paperback Classics), by Saint Augustine, with an introduction by Thomas Merton, 2000. ebook - Microsoft format.
• Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh (Introduction), 1971.
• Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton, 1988.
• Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton, 1988. While a trappist monk Merton's spirtuality, intelectual curiousity and writing ability allowed him to create exceptional English language works based on Eastern thought.
• No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton, 1978.
• The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals by Thomas Merton (edited by Patrick Hart and Jonathan Montanaldo), 2001. Excepts from his Journals from 1939 (prior to entering the Monistary) to 1968 (within days of his death).   Hardcover - 1999.
• Life and Holiness by Thomas Merton, 1969.
• Zen and the Birds of Appetite by Thomas Merton, 1988.
• Journeys into Emptiness: Dogen, Merton, Jung, and the Quest for Transformation(Jung and Spirituality Series) by Robert Jingen Gunn and Robert L. Moore, 2000. Explores the phiolosphy expessed in the writing of Merton and others.
• The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton by Thomas Merton (edited by Patrick Hart and Naomi B. Stone), 1988.

Journals of Thomas Merton Series

• Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 1) by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (editor), 1996. Covers 1939-1941.
• Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2) by Thomas Merton, Jonathan Montado (editor), 1997.
• A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3) by Thomas Merton, Lawrence S. Cunningham (editor), 1997.
• Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4) by Thomas Merton, Victor A. Kramer (editor), 1997.
• Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage (Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5) by Thomas Merton, Robert E. Daggy (editor), 1997.
• Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 6) by Thomas Merton, Christine M. Bochen (editor), 1997.
• The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 7) by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (editor), 1999. Hardcover

• The New Man by Thomas Merton, 1999.
• The Sign of Jonas by Thomas Merton, 1979.
• Mornings With Thomas Merton: Readings and Reflections, by Thomas Merton, John C. Blattner (Editor), 1998.
• Spiritual Direction and Meditation by Thomas Merton, 1986.
• When Prophecy Still Had a Voice: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax by Arthur W. Biddle (Editor), 2001.
• Gandhi on Non-Violence by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Thomas Merton (editor), Paperback, 1965.
• A Retreat With Thomas Merton: Becoming Who We Are by Anthony T. Padovano, 1996.
• Mystics and Zen Masters by Thomas Merton, 1999.
• Swimming in the Sun: Discovering the Lord's Prayer With Francis of Assisi and Thomas Merton by Albert Haase, Albert Haaso, 1993.
• Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton, 1956.
• The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton, 1989.
• Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation by William H. Shannon, 2000.
• Opening the Bible by Thomas Merton, 2000.
• The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton by Thomas Merton, 1987.
• Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz edited by Robert Faggen, 1997.
• The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers by Thomas Merton, Christine M. Bochen (editor), 1994.
• Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton by James H. Forest, 1991.
• Thomas Merton: Contemplative Critic by Henri J. M. Nouwen, 1993.
• Bread in the Wilderness by Thomas Merton, 1993.
• Merton's Palace of Nowhere: A Search for God Through Awareness of the True Self by James Finley, 1980.
• A Seven Day Journey With Thomas Merton by Esther De Waal, Photos by Thomas Merton, forward by Henri J. M. Nouwen, 1993. Merton enjoyed photography.
• Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton, 1993, © 1956.
• Thomas Merton in Alaska: The Alaskan Conferences, Journals, and Letters by Thomas Merton, 1989.
• A Cache of Anti-Letters by Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, 1994.
• The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton by Michael Mott, 1993. The official biography sanctioned by the Thomas Merton Legacy Trust.
• Poetry, the Angelic Realm by Thomas Merton, Audio Cassette, 1995.
• The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns by Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon (editor), 1993.
• The Springs of Contemplation: A Retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani by Thomas Merton, Jane M. Richardson (editor), 1997. Merton talks with nuns on retreats in December 1967 and May 1968. His words are quite radical when viewed from within the Catholic Church. For those wihtout an ingrained sense of what it is to grow up within the Catholic Church it may seem less interesting than many of his other ideas.
• The Waters of Siloe by Thomas Merton, 1979.
• A Thomas Merton Reader by Thomas Merton, Thomas P. McDonnell (editor), introduction by M. Scott Peck, 1974.
• Contemplation in a World of Action (Gethsemani Studies in Psychological and Religious Anthropology) by Thomas Merton, forward by Robert Coles, 1999.
• Disputed Questions by Thomas Merton, 1985.
• Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis (Thomas Merton Letters, Vol 5) by Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon (editor), 1995.   Hardcover
• Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story by William H. Shannon, 1994.
• Becoming Our True Self by Thomas Merton, Audio Cassette, 1994.
• Ways of the Christian Mystics by Thomas Merton, 1994.
• The Mystical Life by Thomas Merton, Audio Cassette, 1994.
• Surrender to God by Thomas Merton, Audio Cassette, 1995.
• Patience by Thomas Merton, Audio Cassette, 1995.
• Thomas Merton: Writings by Thomas Merton, Christine Bochen (editor), 2000.
• Merton: A Biography by Monica Furlong, 1995.
• Poetry As Prayer: Thomas Merton (The Poetry As Prayer Series) by Robert G. Waldron, 2000.
• Honorable Reader: Reflections on My Work by Thomas Merton, Robert E. Daggy (editor), 1991.
• The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (editor), 1993.
• Bread in the Wilderness by Thomas Merton, 1997.
• Praying With Thomas Merton by Wayne Simsic, 1994.
• Thomas Merton: Poet, Prophet, Priest by Jennifer Fisher Bryant, 1997.
• Thoughts on the East by Thomas Merton, George Woodcock (introduction), 1995.
• The Road to Joy: The Letters of Thomas Merton to New and Old Friends by Thomas Merton, Robert E. Daggy (editor), 1989.
• The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction
  by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (editor), 1990.
• Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton, 1998.
• A Vow of Conversation: Journals 1964-1965 by Thomas Merton, Naomi Burton Stone (editor), 1988.