Find Similar Books | Similar Books Like Find Similar Books

Books like The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton


Thomas Merton’s memoir documents his decision to join the Trappist order at the age of twenty‑six, detailing the profound shift from worldly engagement to contemplative life within the Abbey of Gethsemani. The work serves as a candid exploration of faith, discipline, and personal devotion, while providing insight into Trappist monastic practice in the United States. As a foundational text in spiritual biographies, it has influenced readers worldwide, having been translated into more than twenty languages.
First publish date: 1956
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Thomas Merton
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 (8 community ratings)

All books by Thomas Merton
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to The Seven Storey Mountain (6 similar books)

Confessions by 6535781|Augustine of Hippo book cover

📘 Confessions
 by Augustine of Hippo

Garry Wills’s complete Penguin Classics translation of Augustine of Hippo’s spiritual classic, capturing the original’s philosophical depth and poetic power in clear, contemporary language.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (18 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Confessions
The Road to Character by 4264637|David Brooks book cover

📘 The Road to Character
 by David Brooks

David Brooks examines the shift from external accolades to internal virtues, using historical leaders to show how humility, self‑discipline, and moral depth guide true character and life fulfillment.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 (9 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Road to Character
The power and the Glory by 6345860|Graham Greene book cover

📘 The power and the Glory
 by Graham Greene

A Catholic priest, scarred by his past, navigates early 1930s Mexico while the church faces persecution, providing aid to impoverished peasants under the threat of ruthless police and betrayal.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (9 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The power and the Glory
De spirituali amicitia by 3908894|Aelred of Rievaulx, Saint book cover

📘 De spirituali amicitia
 by Aelred of Rievaulx, Saint


★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like De spirituali amicitia
Thomas Merton by 6988725|Thomas Merton book cover

📘 Thomas Merton
 by Thomas Merton


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton : master of attention by 8338355|Robert Waldron book cover

📘 Thomas Merton : master of attention
 by Robert Waldron


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Thomas Merton : master of attention

Some Other Similar Books

Confessions of a Trappist by Thomas Merton
Merton: A Biography by Edward Rice
The Seven Last Words from the Cross by Thomas Merton
The Wounded Healer by Henry Nouwen
The Inner Life by Thomas Merton
God and the Unconscious by Thomas Merton
The Holy Longing by Ron Rolheiser
The Essential Writings of Thomas Merton by Thomas Merton

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!