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Highly Recommended

  • Boorstein, Sylvia. It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness
  • Fronsdal, Gil. The Issue at Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice   
  • Germer, Christopher. The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
  • Goldstein, Joseph. One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
  • Goldstein, Joseph and Jack Kornfield. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation
  • Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola. Mindfulness in Plain English (Updated and Expanded Edition)
  • Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
  • Kornfield, Jack. A Path With Heart: A Guide to the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
  • Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Text from the Suttas and Dhammapada
  • Salzberg, Sharon. Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
  • Strong, John S. Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations

Additional Reading — Art

  • Lowenstein, Tom. Treasures of the Buddha: The Glories of Sacred Asia
  • Wasserman, Bill and Joe Cummings. Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection 

Additional Reading — Biography

  • Ajaan Maha Boowa Nanasampanno. Venerable Ajaan Khao Analayo: A True Spiritual Warrior
  • Friedman, Lenore. Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America (Revised and Updated Edition)

Additional Reading — History

  • Batchelor, Stephen. The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture
  • Conze, Edward. Buddhism: Its Essence and Development
  • Fields, Rick. How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
  • Seager, Richard Hughes. Buddhism in America

Additional Reading — Meditation

  • Catherine, Shaila. Focused and Fearless: A Meditator’s Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity
  • Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola. Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
  • Ingram, Daniel. Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book 

Additional Reading — Miscellaneous

  • Boorstein, Sylvia. Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat with Sylvia Boorstein
  • Brach, Tara. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
  • Davis, Jake H. Strong Roots: Liberation Teachings of Mindfulness in North America 
  • Dhammika, S. The Broken Buddha: Critical Reflections on Theravada and a Plea for a New Buddhism
  • Goldstein, Joseph. A Heart Full of Peace
  • Gyatso, Tenzin — H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality 
  • Kornfield, Jack. After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
  • Lester, Robert C. Buddhism
  • Loy, David. A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack
  • Moore, Dinty W. The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style
  • Murcott, Susan. First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening (2nd edition)
  • Nelson, Walter Henry. Buddha: His Life and His Teaching
  • Rosenberg, Larry. Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive
  • Salzberg, Sharon. A Heart As Wide As the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
  • Salzberg, Sharon. Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
  • Ajahn Sucitto and Candasiri. Buddhist Rituals and Observances  

Additional Reading — Philosophy

Additional Reading — Psychology

  • De Silva, Padmasiri, An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (4th edition)
  • Kornfield, Jack. The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of the Buddhist Psychology
  • Loy, David. Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism  

Additional Reading — Socially Engaged Buddhism/Contemporary Issues

  • Badiner, Alan Hunt (ed.). Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism
  • Chappell, David W. (ed.). Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace
  • Eppsteiner, Fred (ed.). The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism
  • Jones, Ken. The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action
  • Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
  • Kaza, Stephanie (ed.). Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire and the Urge to Consume
  • Kaza, Stephanie and Kenneth Kraft (eds.). Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism
  • Loy, David. The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory
  • Loy, David. Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
  • McLeod, Melvin (ed.). Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place
  • Nhat Hanh, Thich. Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Response to Terrorism
  • Rothberg, Donald. The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World
  • Watts, Jonathan, Alan Senauke, and Santikaro Bhikku (eds.). Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dhammic Societies

Additional Reading — Theravada

  • Ajahn Amaro. Small Boat, Great Mountain: Theravadan Reflections on the Natural Great Perfection  
  • Ajahn Chah. Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
  • Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo. Frames of Reference
  • Ajahn Sumedho. Intuitive Awareness 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. The Karma of Questions 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. Meditations 2 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. Meditations 3 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. The Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. The Paradox of Becoming 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. Purity of Heart 
  • Ajahn Thanissaro. The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon 

Additional Reading — Zen

  • Bayda, Ezra. Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
  • Fisher, Norman. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
  • Ford, James Ishmael. In This Very Moment: A Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
  • Grigg, Ray. The Tao of Zen
  • Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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