Good Buddhist Novels

1
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
31,295 members
420 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, JuliaMaria
2
Zen Attitude
by Sujata Massey
450 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
JuliaMaria
3
The Japanese Corpse
by Janwillem van de Wetering
332 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
4
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
5,705 members
125 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
5
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
10,177 members
215 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
6
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,782 members
118 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
7
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
6,942 members
129 reviews
4.1
8
Zorba the Greek
by Níkos Kazantzákis
3,966 members
78 reviews
3.9
9
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
2,915 members
43 reviews
4.1
10
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
2,783 members
55 reviews
3.8
11
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
2,562 members
151 reviews
½ 3.4
12
Monkey
by Wu Ch'eng-en
2,058 members
26 reviews
4
13
Runaway Horses
by Yukio Mishima
1,471 members
20 reviews
4.1
14
The Temple of Dawn
by Yukio Mishima
1,219 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
15
The Decay of the Angel
by Yukio Mishima
1,182 members
16 reviews
3.9
16
Breakfast with Buddha
by Roland Merullo
1,145 members
53 reviews
½ 3.7
17
Journey to the West (complete)
by Wu Cheng'en
655 members
10 reviews
4.1
18
Buddha Da
by Anne Donovan
484 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
19
The Laughing Sutra
by Mark Salzman
391 members
9 reviews
3.9
20
Kleinzeit
by Russell Hoban
329 members
7 reviews
3.9
21
Night of the Milky Way Railway
by Kenji Miyazawa
257 members
6 reviews
3.9
22
Silk Road
by Jeanne Larsen
200 members
5 reviews
4
23
The Buddha Tree
by 丹羽 文雄
65 members
3.8
24
Bronze Mirror
by Jeanne Larsen
59 members
1 review
4.2
25
Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence
by David Guy
56 members
4 reviews
4
27
Manchu Palaces
by Jeanne Larsen
25 members
4
29
Second Brother
by David Guy
15 members
½ 3.5
30
Mind to Mind: A Novel (Companions of Zen Training)
by Seikan Hasegawa
9 members