What to Read After Zen Buddhism
Readers who loved Zen Buddhism by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Zen Buddhism 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 Zen Buddhism
I Ching
The Three pillars of Zen
The Way of Zen
Tao
The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
The Heart Sutra
This is it, and other essays on Zen and spiritual experience
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng
Not Always So
Taking the path of Zen
Dhammapada
An introduction to Zen Buddhism
The Book
Zen in the Art of Archery
Zen mind, beginner's mind
Tibetan Book of the Dead
The way of Chuang Tzu
Upanisads
The perennial philosophy
The Upaninṣads
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
The supreme identity
The Three Pillars of Zen