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.

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Thomas Merton's hermitage (interior) at the Abbey of Gethsemani

Autobiographies

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

Biblical topics

Biographies

Contemplation and meditations

Eastern thought

Journal writings

Letters

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

Monastic, church and spiritual life

Novel

Poetry

Social issues

Other

See also

References

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

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