Thomas Merton bibliography explained

Below is a bibliography of published works written by Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk of The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. Several of the works listed here have been published posthumously. The works are listed under each category by date of publication.

Autobiographies

Book: The Seven Storey Mountain. Harcourt Brace. 1948. 385657.
Book: The Sign of Jonas. Harcourt Brace. 1953. 386887.
Book: Day of a Stranger. Peregrine Smith. 1981. 0-87905-092-6. 7653290.

Biblical topics

Book: Bread in the Wilderness. New Directions. 1953. 371126.
Book: The Living Bread. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1956. 386309.
Book: Praying the Psalms. The Liturgical Press. 1956.
Book: He Is Risen. Argus Communications. 1975. 0-913592-58-7.

Biographies

Book: Exile Ends in Glory: The Life of a Trappistine, Mother M. Berchmans, O.C.S.O.. Bruce Publishing Company. 1948. 932012.
Book: What are these wounds?: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières. Clonmore and Reynolds. 1948. 2952957.
Book: The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter, Doctor Mellifluus. Harcourt Brace. 1954. 502123.

Contemplation and meditations

Book: Seeds of Contemplation. New Directions. 1949. 225115.
Book: The Ascent to Truth. Harcourt Brace. 1951. 172787.
Book: Disputed Questions. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. 1960. 386651.
Book: New Seeds of Contemplation. London: Burns & Oates. 1962. 43261344.
Book: Raids on the Unspeakable. New Directions. 1966. 1155682. (Preview at Google Books)
Book: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. DoubleDay. 1966. 712184.
Book: The Climate of Monastic Prayer. Liturgical Press. 2018. 1015271272. [1st published 1968] Republished in the UK as Book: Where Prayer Flourishes. Canterbury Press. 2018. 1042336195.
Book: Contemplative Prayer. Herder and Herder. 1969. 16848.
Book: What is Contemplation. Templegate. 1978. [1st published 1950]

Eastern thought

Book: The Way of Chuang Tzu. New Directions. 1965. 783366.
Book: Mystics and Zen Masters. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1967. 377395.
Book: Zen and the Birds of Appetite. New Directions. 1968. 276806.
Book: The Inner Experience. 2003.

Journal writings

Book: Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, volume I: 1939–1941). 1995.
Book: Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer (Journals, II: 1941–1952). 1996.
Book: A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life (Journals, III: 1952–1960). 1996.
Book: Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (Journals, IV: 1960–1963). 1996.
Book: Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage (Journals, V: 1963–1965). 1997.
Book: Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Journals VI: 1966–1967). 1997.
Book: The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Journals VII: 1967–1968). 1998.
Book: The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1959. 14521398.
Book: The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton. New Directions. 1973. 0-8112-0464-2.
Book: Woods, Shore and Desert: A Notebook, May 1968. Museum of New Mexico Press. 1982. 0-89013-140-6.
Book: A Vow of Conversation: Journals 1964–1965. 1988.
Book: The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals. 1999.
Book: Cassian and the Fathers: Notes for Conferences Given in the Choir Novitiate, Abbey of Gethsemani. 2005. 16520690.

Letters

Book: The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters on Religious Experience and Social Concerns (Letters, I). 1985.
Book: The Road to Joy: Letter to New and Old Friends (Letters, II). 1989.
Book: The School of Charity: Letters on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (Letters, III). 1990.
Book: The Courage for Truth: Letters to Writers (Letters, IV). 1993.
Book: Witness to Freedom: Letters in Times of Crisis (Letters, V). 1994.
Book: Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz.. Merton. Thomas. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1997. Czeslaw. Milosz.
Book: Survival or Prophecy?: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Jean LeClercq. Merton. Thomas. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2002. LeClercq. Jean.
Book: Papagni, Mario. The Cold War Letters of Thomas Merton. M.A. Thesis: Spring Hill College. 2006. 51181592.
Book: Merton, Thomas. William H. Shannon . Christine M. Bochen. Thomas Merton: A Life In Letters. Harperone. 2008. 978-0-06-134832-7. 276930483.
Book: Merton, Thomas. William H. Shannon . Christine M. Bochen. Thomas Merton: A Life In Letters. Ave Maria Press. 2010. Notre Dame, Indiana. 978-1-59471-256-2.

Monastic, church and spiritual life

Book: The Waters of Siloe. Harcourt Brace. 1949. 386181.
Book: No Man Is an Island. Harcourt Brace. 1955. 388043.
Book: Silence in Heaven. Studio. 1956.
Book: The Silent Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1957. 774280.
Book: Thoughts in Solitude. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1958. 388042.
Book: The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings From the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century. New Directions. 1960. 943800.
Book: Spiritual Direction and Meditation. Liturgical Press. 1960. 255764.
Book: The New Man. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1961. 710446.
Book: Life and Holiness. Herder and Herder. 1963. 387439.
Book: Seasons of Celebration. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1965. 386274.
Book: Gethsemani: A Life of Praise. 1966. 969279.
Book: Contemplation in a World of Action. Doubleday. 1971. 127701.
Book: Cistercian Life. Cistercian Book Services. 1974. registration.
Book: Merton, Thomas. Hart, Patrick. The Monastic Journey. Sheldon Press. 1977. 0-85969-108-X. 3423688.
Book: Merton, Thomas. Burton, Naomi. Hart, Patrick. Love and Living. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1979. 0-15-653895-4.
Book: Merton, Thomas. Daggy, Robert E.. Introductions East and West: The Foreign Prefaces of Thomas Merton. Unicorn Press. 1981. 0-87775-139-0. 59232683.
Book: Opening the Bible. 1986.
Book: Thomas Merton in Alaska: The Alaskan Conferences, Journals and Letters. 1988.
Book: Dialogues with Silence. 2001.
Book: Love and Living. Harcourt Trade Publishers. 2002. 0-15-602799-2. registration.
Book: Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers. 2003.

Novel

Book: My Argument with the Gestapo: A Macaronic Journal. Doubleday. 1969. 13332.

Poetry

Book: Thirty Poems. New Directions. 1944. 1911736.
Book: A Man in the Divided Sea. New Directions. 1946. 1454855.
Book: The Tears of the Blind Lions. New Directions. 1949. 224716.
Book: The Strange Islands: Poems. New Directions. 1957. 289506.
Book: Selected Poems. J. Laughlin. 1959. 123120117.
Book: Emblems of a Season of Fury. New Directions. 1963. 289508.
Book: Monks Pond: No. 1, 1968. 1968. 170840170.
Book: Cables to the Ace. New Directions. 1968. 439169.
Book: The Geography of Lograire. New Directions. 1969. 58131.
Book: The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. New Directions. 1977. 0-8112-0643-2.
Book: In The Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton. New Directions. 2005. 0-8112-1613-6. 57414753.

Social issues

Book: Seeds of Destruction. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1964. 306973.
Book: Gandhi on Non-Violence. New Directions. 1965. 60860722.
Book: Faith and Violence. University of Notre Dame Press. 1968. 327320.
Book: The Non-Violent Alternative. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1980. 174711710. (Revised ed. of Thomas Merton On Peace. The McCall Publishing Company. 1971.)
Book: Peace in a Post-Christian Era. 2004.

Other

Book: The Behavior of Titans. New Directions. 1961. 1086883.
Book: Merton . Thomas . Thomas Merton . . Ishi means man . Unicorn keepsake series . 8 . 1976 . Unicorn Press . Greensboro, N. C. . 0-87775-100-5 . registration .
Book: Merton, Thomas. Hart, Patrick. The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton. New Directions. 1981.
Book: Merton, Thomas. edited by Laurence S. Cunningham. Thomas Merton: Spiritual Master. Paulist Press. 1992.

References

Book: Breit, Marquita E.. Robert E. Daggy. Thomas Merton: A Comprehensive Bibliography. 1986.
Book: Breit, Marquita E.. Patricia A. Burton . Paul M. Pearson . 'About Merton': Secondary Sources 1945-2000: A Bibliographic Workbook. 2002.