The following is a list of books that many have found to be beneficial. Hopefully it will be added to from time to time.
History and Theology
The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (Volumes 1-5)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
Orthodox Dogmatic Theology
by Father Michael Pomazansky
Genesis, Creation and Early Man
by Father Seraphim Rose
Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future
by Father Seraphim Rose
The Soul After Death
by Father Seraphim Rose
God’s Revelation to the Human Heart
by Father Seraphim Rose
The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church
by Father Seraphim Rose
The Holy Fathers of Orthodox Spirituality (Part II): How to Read the Holy Fathers
by Father Seraphim Rose
Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age
by Father Seraphim Rose
The Rush to Embrace
by Archpriest Alexey Young
Ultimate Things: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on the End Times
by Dennis E. Engleman
Popes and Patriarchs: An Orthodox Perspective of Roman Catholic Claims
by Michael Whelton
An Unbroken Circle: Linking Ancient African Christianity to the African American Experience
edited by Father Paisius Altschul
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
by Vladimir Lossky
Life After Death: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos
by Hierotheos
Ecclesiastical History
by Eusebius Pamphilus
Saint Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos
by Hierotheos
The Truth of our Faith
by Elder Cleopa of Romania
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
by St. John of Damascus
Mary The Mother of God: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas
edited by Christopher Veniamin
The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?
by David Bentley Hart
Spiritual Life
Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast
St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery
Counsels From the Holy Mountain: Selected From the Letters and Homilies of Elder Ephraim
St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery
Elder Arsenios the Cave-Dweller (1886-1983): Fellow Ascetic of Elder Joseph the Hesychast
by Monk Joseph Dionysiatis
Abbot Haralambos Dionysiatis: The Teacher of Noetic Prayer
by Monk Joseph Dionysiatis
St. Andrew the Fool For Christ’s Sake
by Priest Nikephorus
St. Silouan the Athonite: Archimandrite Sophrony
Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios
published by Denise Harvey
Father Arseny (1893-1973): Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father
translated from the Russian by Vera Bouteneff
Father Seraphim Rose – His Life and Works
by Hieromonk Damascene
The Philokalia (Volumes 1-4)
compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth
Writings From the Philokalia: On Prayer of the Heart
translated by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
by St. John Climacus
On Ascetical Life: St. Isaac of Nineveh
translated by Mary Hansbury
Little Russian Philokalia, Volume 1: St. Seraphim
translated by Father Seraphim Rose
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
translated by Benidicta Ward
The First Created Man: St. Symeon the New Theologian
translated by Father Seraphim Rose
The Way of the Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
edited by New Sarov Press
We Shall See Him as He Is
by Archimandrite Sophrony
The Deification as the Purpose of Man’s Life
by Archimandrite George of St. Gregorios of Mt. Athos
Experiences of the Grace of God
by Archimandrite George of St. Gregorios of Mt. Athos
A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain
by Metropolitan of Nafpaktos – Hierotheos
Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece
by H. Middleton
Obedience Is Life: Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
by Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi
Avvakum the Barefoot
by Monk Theodoretos the Hagiorite
Elder Joseph the Hesychast: Struggles – Experiences – Teachings
by Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi
The Illness and Cure of the Soul in the Orthodox Tradition: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos
by Hierotheos
The Life of St. Anthony the Great
by St. Athanasius
The Life of St. Mary of Egypt
by St. Nectarios Press
Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain
by Priestmonk Christodoulos
God’s Fools: The Lives of the Holy “Fools for Christ”
by Bishop Varlaam Novakshonoff
The Divine Flame – Elder Porphyrios – Lit In My Heart
by Monk Agapios
Counsels For Life
from the Life and Teachings of Father Epiphanios Theodoropoulos
Apostle to Zaire: The Life and Legacy of Blessed Father Cosmas of Grigoriou
by Demetrios Aslandidis and Monk Damascene Grigoriatis
The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism
by Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov
In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
by John Chryssavgis
The Fathers of the Church
by Saint Gregory the Great Dialogues
Life – Miracles – Prophecies of Saint Seraphim of Viritsa
translated from Greek by Father Nick Palis
Unseen Warfare
by Theophan the Recluse
edited by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain
St. Cosmas Aitolos
by Constantine Cavarnos
From Glory to Glory
by St. Gregory of Nyssa
Consoler of Suffering Hearts – The Life, Counsels and Miracles of Eldress Rachel, Visionary of Russia
Archpriest Sergei Lebedev
We Shall See Him As He Is
Archimandrite Sophrony
On the Mystical Life – The Ethical Discourses (Vol. 1): The Church and the Last Things
St. Symeon the New Theologian
Hymns on Paradise
St. Ephrem the Syrian
The Discourses
St. Symeon The New Theologian
On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Gifts of the Desert: The Forgotten Path of Christian Spirituality
Kyriacos Markides
Shepherd of Souls: The Life and Teachings of Elder Cleopa
Archimandrite Ioanichie Balan
The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality
by Kyriacos C. Markides
The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Pauses
by Dionysios Farasiotis
Guidance Toward Spiritual Life: Saints Barsanuphius and John
On the Prayer of Jesus
Ignatius Brianchaninov
Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos (Vols. 1 & 2)
Archimandrite Cherubim
The Evergetinos (Vol. 1)
Becoming Orthodox
Thirsting For God in a Land of Shallow Wells
by Matthew Gallatin
Becoming Orthodox
by Peter E. Gillquist
Non-Orthodox Writings
Orthodoxy
by G.K. Chesterton
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton
Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis
Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man
by C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
by C.S. Lewis
Miracles
by C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Journey Into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist
by Mark A. Gabriel
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
What’s So Great About Christianity
by Dinesh D’Souza
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins’ Case Against God
by Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker
There is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
by Antony Flew
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
