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