Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton has written at least 64 books. Their most popular book is The Seven Storey Mountain with 28 saves with an average rating of 3.14⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Classics, Religion, and Body.

Author Bio

Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was a 20th century American Catholic writer. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis.

Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews, including his best-selling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948), which sent scores of disillusioned World War II veterans, students, and even teen-agers flocking to monasteries across US, and was also featured in National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century.

Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures, including the Dalai Lama, D.T. Suzuki, the Japanese writer on the Zen tradition, and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Merton has also been the subject of several biographies.

The Seven Storey Mountain

1948 • 28 Readers • 429 pages • 3.1

New Seeds of Contemplation

1962 • 15 Readers • 321 pages • 3.3

The Way of Chuang Tzu

The Way of Chuang Tzu
ByZhuangzi,Thomas Merton(Translator)

-350 • 11 Readers • 208 pages • 2.5

The Wisdom of the Desert

1960 • 10 Readers • 100 pages • 4.8

No Man Is an Island

No Man Is an Island
ByThomas Merton

1955 • 9 Readers • 233 pages • 5

Thoughts in Solitude

Thoughts in Solitude
ByThomas Merton

1956 • 7 Readers • 144 pages • 4.5

Contemplative Prayer

Contemplative Prayer
ByThomas Merton

1969 • 4 Readers • 130 pages • 4

Contemplation in a World of Action

1965 • 3 Readers • 280 pages

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1959 • 3 Readers • 5

Zen and the Birds of Appetite

1968 • 3 Readers • 141 pages • 4

Gandhi on Non-Violence

Gandhi on Non-Violence
ByMahatma Gandhi,Thomas Merton

1965 • 2 Readers • 82 pages

Seeds of Contemplation

Seeds of Contemplation
ByThomas Merton

2015 • 2 Readers • 201 pages • 5

The City of God

The City of God
ByAugustine of Hippo,Marcus Dods(translator)

426 • 2 Readers • 929 pages • 2

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#1 of 5 in Cistercian Studies Series

1968 • 1 Reader

The Nonviolent Alternative

1980 • 1 Reader • 270 pages

Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality

1996 • 1 Reader • 124 pages

Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation

#1 of 3 in The Journals of Thomas Merton

1995 • 1 Reader • 512 pages • 5

Life and Holiness

Life and Holiness
ByThomas Merton

1962 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 4

Mystics and Zen masters

1961 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 4

Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

1966 • 1 Reader • 377 pages • 4

The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton

1977 • 1 Reader • 1,058 pages • 5

Woods, Shore, Desert: A Notebook, May 1968

1982 • 1 Reader • 58 pages

The ascent to truth

The ascent to truth
ByThomas Merton

1 Reader

Raids On The Unspeakable

1966 • 1 Reader • 135 pages • 5

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Original Child Bomb
ByThomas Merton

1983 • 1 Reader

The Sign of Jonas

The Sign of Jonas
ByThomas Merton

2002 • 1 Reader • 379 pages

Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire

Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire
ByFwd.) Thich Nhat Hanh (Thomas Merton

1967 • 1 Reader • 115 pages • 5

Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together

Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together
ByEberhard Arnold,Dietrich Bonhoeffer,+10 more

1 Reader • 400 pages • 5

The Silent Life

The Silent Life
ByThomas Merton

1957 • 1 Reader

Love and Living

Love and Living
ByThomas Merton

1979 • 1 Reader

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Seeds of Destruction
ByThomas Merton

1961 • 1 Reader

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2004 • 1 Reader • 5

The Living Bread

The Living Bread
ByThomas Merton

1956 • 1 Reader • 157 pages • 3

The Pocket Thomas Merton

2005 • 1 Reader

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1948 • 1 Reader

Why We Live in Community

Why We Live in Community
ByEberhard Arnold,Thomas Merton

1 Reader

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Cold War Letters
ByThomas Merton

2006 • 1 Reader

Alfred Delp, SJ: Prison Writings

Modern Spiritual Masters

Alfred Delp, SJ: Prison Writings
ByAlfred Delp,Thomas Merton

2004 • 1 Reader • 163 pages

Selected Poems of Thomas Merton

1959 • 1 Reader • 140 pages

Silence, Joy

Silence, Joy
ByThomas Merton

2018 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

A Thomas Merton Reader

A Thomas Merton Reader
ByThomas Merton

1974 • 1 Reader • 516 pages

Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths

Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths
ByVernon Watkins,Jerzy Ficowski,+48 more

2001 • 1 Reader • 316 pages

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2001 • 1 Reader • 5

The Life of the Vows

The Life of the Vows
ByThomas Merton

2012 • 689 pages

Run to the mountain

#4 of 3 in The Journals of Thomas Merton

Run to the mountain
ByThomas Merton

1995 • 534 pages

Dialogues with Silence

Dialogues with Silence
ByThomas Merton

Dancing in the Water of Life, Vol 5:1963-65: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage

#5 of 3 in The Journals of Thomas Merton

1997 • 363 pages

The intimate Merton

The intimate Merton
ByThomas Merton,Patrick Hart,+1 more

1999 • 400 pages

The Other Side of the Mountain

2010 • 368 pages

In the Dark Before Dawn

2005 • 292 pages

When the Trees Say Nothing

2003 • 192 pages

Amar y vivir

Amar y vivir
ByThomas Merton

2012 • 98 pages

The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ

The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ
ByChuang-tzu,Zhuangzi,+1 more

1965 • 164 pages

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Seven Storey Mountain
ByThomas Merton

1948 • 429 pages

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton
ByThomas Merton

2000 • 200 pages

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#1 of 1 in Analog Sea Review

The Analog Sea Review: Number One
ByJonathan Simons(Editor),Janos Tedeschi(Editor)

2018

Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton

2007

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1949

The Waters of Siloe

The Waters of Siloe
ByThomas Merton

1949 • 435 pages