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Books About Non-Abrahamic Religions

Description: (Books that are in part about Abrahamic religions but also focus on non-Abrahamic ones are fair game as well, as well as books that are only partially about religion while touching on other topics like politics or etc)

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1

16,384 members

189 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie

2

The Bhagavad Gita

10,605 members

101 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie

3

62,208 members

521 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

4

47,349 members

445 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

5

6,950 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ngoomie

6

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

by John G. Neihardt

4,274 members

56 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

7

by Snorri Sturluson

3,711 members

32 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

8

3,431 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

9

The Miracle of Mindfulness

by Thich Nhat Hanh

3,250 members

62 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

10

The Poetic Edda

3,058 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

11

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess

2,791 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

12

Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America

by Margot Adler

2,724 members

22 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

13

The I Ching or Book of Changes

by Richard Wilhelm

2,510 members

36 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

14

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

2,406 members

32 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

15

by Quiché Maya

2,196 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

16

Ethics for the New Millennium

1,625 members

14 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

17

Principia Discordia

by Malaclypse the Younger

1,588 members

23 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

18

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Padmasambhava

1,403 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

19

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

by Chogyam Trungpa

1,347 members

12 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

20

Book of the Law

by Aleister Crowley

1,322 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

21

The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)

1,171 members

3 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

22

God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter

by Stephen Prothero

1,023 members

23 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

23

by Royall Tyler

1,003 members

3 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

24

Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

by Raymond O. Faulkner

877 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

25

In the Buddha's Words : An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

by Bhikkhu Bodhi

854 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ngoomie

26

The Rig Veda (Penguin Classics)

838 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ngoomie

27

Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction

by Damien Keown

831 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

28

The Nature of the Gods

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

828 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ngoomie

29

by Charles Godfrey Leland

608 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

30

Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies

by Moss Roberts

597 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

31

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction

593 members

9 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ngoomie

32

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

by Richard H. Wilkinson

518 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

33

The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology

by Pierre Grimal

514 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

34

Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

by James T. Patterson

486 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

35

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

by Thich Nhat Hanh

483 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ngoomie

36

African Folktales

by Roger Abrahams

481 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ngoomie

37

Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages

by A. K. Ramanujan

441 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

38

The Heart Sutra

434 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ngoomie

39

Ancient Mystery Cults

by Walter Burkert

424 members

2 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

40

A Book of Pagan Prayer

by Ceisiwr Serith

402 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

41

Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

by Helen Morales

401 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ngoomie

42

The Lotus Sutra

by Burton Watson

394 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

43

Transformation and Healing : The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

by Thich Nhat Hanh

369 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: ngoomie

44

Shinto: The Kami Way

369 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

45

The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

by Ō no Yasumaro

357 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

46

Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions

by Thich Nhat Hanh

336 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

47

by Michael Carrithers

309 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ngoomie

48

African Religions & Philosophy

by John S. Mbiti

292 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ngoomie

49

Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

by Damien Keown

290 members

1 review

3.1

Member: ngoomie

50

Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu

by Brian Walker

271 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

51

Chinese Thought, from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung

by Herrlee Glessner Creel

264 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ngoomie

52

Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction

by Geraldine Pinch

256 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ngoomie

53

Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession

255 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: ngoomie

54

Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction

by Eleanor Nesbitt

227 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ngoomie

55

The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon

by Ñāṇamoli

204 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: ngoomie

56

Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction

by Malcolm Gaskill

200 members

5 reviews

2.9

Member: ngoomie

57

Paganism in the Roman Empire

by Ramsay MacMullen

197 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ngoomie

58

Modern Buddhism - The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra

by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

177 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

59

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

by Baba Ifa Karade

169 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

60

by H. Saddhatissa

151 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ngoomie

61

Introduction to African Religion (African Writers Series)

by John S. Mbiti

142 members

3

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62

The Wings to Awakening

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

125 members

1 review

5

Member: ngoomie

63

Sri Aurobindo, or the Adventure of Consciousness

121 members

6 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: ngoomie

64

Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred

by Jeremy Naydler

120 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

65

Paganism: A Very Short Introduction

117 members

2 reviews

4

Member: ngoomie

66

Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction

by Matthew T. Kapstein

109 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

67

Akhenaten and the Religion of Light

by Erik Hornung

105 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ngoomie

68

The Pagan Family: Handing the Old Ways Down

by Ceisiwr Serith

91 members

3.9

Member: ngoomie

69

African Religions: A Very Short Introduction

by Jacob K. Olupona

85 members

3

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70

by Sikh Missionary Center

71 members

1 review

4

Member: ngoomie

71

Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans

by Ceisiwr Serith

67 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: ngoomie

72

The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine

by Sophie Strand

67 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie

73

Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt

by Emily Teeter

61 members

4

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74

by Richard Seaford

52 members

4

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75

A New History of Shinto

49 members

5

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76

Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History

by Thomas A. Tweed

46 members

4

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77

Mindfulness of Breathing: Buddhist Texts from the Pali Canon and Commentaries

by Ñāṇamoli

46 members

1 review

4

Member: ngoomie

78

Godless paganism : Voices of non-theistic pagans

by John Halstead

43 members

3.8

Member: ngoomie

79

Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)

41 members

1 review

4

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80

Opening the Door to Bon

38 members

½ 3.5

Member: ngoomie

81

The Religion of the Etruscans

by Nancy Thomson de Grummond

34 members

1 review

5

Member: ngoomie

82

The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook

by Tamara L. Siuda

27 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: ngoomie

83

Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice

by Charles Johnson

27 members

4

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84

Aphrodite (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World)

by Monica S. Cyrino

23 members

½ 4.5

Member: ngoomie

85

Conversations in the House of Life: A New Translation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth

by Richard Jasnow

17 members

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86

The Egyptian Book of Gates

by Erik Hornung

16 members

5

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87

Getting Right with Tao: A Contemporary Spin on the Tao Te Ching

16 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: ngoomie

88

Shinto & Japanese New Religions (Religion, Scriptures and Spirituality)

by Byron Earhart

12 members

1 review

½ 2.3

Member: ngoomie

89

Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

10 members

1 review

Member: ngoomie

90

The Ancient Egyptian Daybook

by Tamara L. Siuda

10 members

Member: ngoomie

91

Nebt-het: Lady of the House

by Tamara L. Siuda

6 members

Member: ngoomie

92

The Buddha Smiles: Humor in the Pali Canon

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

5 members

Member: ngoomie

93

The Doctrine of Tenrikyo

by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters

2 members

Member: ngoomie

94

Oxford studies of religion : preliminary & HSC course

by Rosemary King

2 members

Member: ngoomie

95

Tenrikyo : the path to joyousness

by Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department

1 member

Member: ngoomie

96

Tao Te Ching: An insightful and modern translation

by J. H. McDonald

1 member

Member: ngoomie

97

Yoboku's Guide to Tenrikyo

by Tenrikyo Overseas Department

1 member

Member: ngoomie

98

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

by E. A. Wallis Budge

3,082 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

Explanations: ngoomie : Budge's translations are really outdated, there's a fair few others released since which are much better!

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