What to Read After Chuang Tzu
Readers who loved Chuang Tzu by Burton Watson keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Chuang Tzu is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Chuang Tzu
Mencius (Penguin Classics)
Tao
The Heart Sutra
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng
Readings in classical Chinese philosophy
Zhuangzi speaks
The way of Chuang Tzu
I Ching
Taoism
365 Tao
The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
The tao is silent
Tao te Ching
The Way of Zen
Zen in the Art of Archery
The Book
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Philosophical essays
The Nag Hammadi Library
Does It Matter?
The Gospel of Thomas
Zen Buddhism
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The ego tunnel