INSIDE BRUCE LEE'S PERSONAL LIBRARY



"All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge."
Like many influential and innovative thinkers, the bulk of Bruce Lee’s education was attained through his voracious reading and his dedication to a lifestyle of self-learning. At 32 his personal library contained over 2,500 books. 

I have compiled a list consisting of books Bruce Lee either confirmed ownership of publicly, or quoted from and discussed in his personal writings and published texts. 

*The titles that are green are linked to FULL & FREE online texts *



Library List

  • Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing and How It Works Scientifically by: Felix Mann
  • Advanced Karate by: Mas Oyama
  • The Age of Reason by Stuart Hampshire
  • An Affair of the Heart by Adele Davis
  • Aikido by Kisshamaru Ueshiba
  • Aikido: The Art of Self Defense by K. Tohei
  • The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
  • The Analects of Confucius by Confucius (translated by Arthur Waley)
  • Application of Measurement to Health and Physical Education by H. H. Clarke
  • Arms for Living by Gene Tunney
  • The Art of Keeping Fit by the editors of Esquire Magazine
  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Listen to it on LibriVox here.)
  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian
  • As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
  • The Athlete In The Making by Jesse Feiring Williams, M.D., and Eugene White Nixon, M.A.
  • Atlas of Man by William H. Sheldon, C. Wesley Dupertius and Eugene McDermott
  • At the Feet of the Master by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • The Awakening of Zen (Shambhala Dragon Editions) by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
  • Be Fit For Life by Kaare Rohdal, M.D.
  • A Beginner’s Book of Gymnastics by Barry Johnson
  • Beneath The Wheel by Herman Hesse
  • Better Boxing by LaFond and Menendez
  • Body and Mind in Harmony: Tai Chi Chuan- An Ancient Chinese Way of Exercise to Achieve Health and Tranquility by Sophia Delza
  • Bodybuilding: The Official Training Textbook of the British Amateur Weightlifting Association by John Barrs
  • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts
  • The Book of Fencing by Kass
  • The Book Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
  • The Book of Tao Translation by F.J. MacHovec
  • Boxing by Edwin L. Haislet
  • British Boxing by Denzil Batchelor
  • Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys
  • Bokuden Ikun Sho by Tsukahara Budoken
  • Bud Wilkinson’s Guide to Modern Physical Fitness by Bud Wilkinson
  • Building Our Own Rainbows by Harry and Joan Mier
  • Bushido: The Soul of the Samurai by Nitobe Inazo
  • Candles In the Sun by Emily Lutyens
  • Canon of Judo by Kyuzo Mifune
  • C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships. By Miquel Serrano
  • Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense. By Jack Dempsy
  • Championship Judo. By Trevor Leggett and K. Watanabe
  • Change: Eight Lectures on the I’Ching. By Hellmut Wilhelm
  • The Chinese Clasics: The Book of Documents . translated by James Legge
  • The Chinese Classics: The Book of Odes. Translated by James Legge
  • The Chinese Classics: I Ching. Translated by James Legge
  • The Chinese Classics: Record of Rites. Translated by James Legge
  • The Chinese Classics: Spring and Autumn Annals. Translated by James Legge
  • Chines Gung Fu” The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense. By Bruce Lee
  • Chinese Philosophy in Classical Times. Translated and edited by E.R. Hughes
  • Chuang Tzu. By Chang Tzu
  • The Chung Yung or the Centre, the Common. Translated by Leonard A. Lyall
  • The Civilization of China. By Herbert Giles
  • Client-Centered Therapy. By Carl Rogers
  • Combat Training of the Individual Soldier and Patrolling Published by the US Department of the Army
  • Come Away by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Commentaries on Living: First Series by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Commentaries on Living: Second Series by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Commentaries on Living: Third Series by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Commentaries on Zen by D. T. Suzuki
  • The Complete Amateur Boxer by Bohun Lynch
  • The Complete Kano of Jujitsu by Hancock H. Irving and Katsukona Higashi
  • The Complet Physique Book by David Webster
  • Concentration: A Guide to Mental Mastery. By Mouni Sadhu
  • Conjectures and Refutations. By Karl Jaspers
  • Contest Judo. By Charles Yerkow
  • Controlled Exercise for Physical Fitness. By J.R. Peebler
  • The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell
  • Creative Selling. By Charles Yerkow
  • Controlled Exercise for Physical Fitness. By
  • Crisis in Consciousness: Commentaries on Love, Life and Death and Other Matters. By Robert Powell
  • Discourse on the Method of Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences by RenĂ© Descartes
  • Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by RenĂ© Descartes
  • Dynamic Aikido by Gozo Shioda
  • Dynamic Judo: Throwing Techniques by Kazuzo Kudo
  • Dynamic Judo: Grappling Techniques by Kazuzo Kudo
  • Dynamic Self-Defense by Sam H. Alred
  • Dynamic Thinking by Melvin Powers
  • Education and the Significance of Life . by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Efficiency of Human Movement. By Marion Ruth Broer
  • Elements of Style. By Strunk and White
  • Encyclopedia Britannica 14th Edition: Volumes I-XXIII
  • Encyclopedia Britannica 14th Edition: Yearbook
  • English Grammar and Composition (author Unknown)
  • Enthusiasm Makes the Difference. By Norman Vincent Peale
  • The Essence of Buddhism by P. Lakshmi Narasu
  • Essential Karate. By Mas Oyama
  • Ethics by Baruch Spinoza
  • Faith is the Answer. By Norman  Vincent Peale
  • Fencing. By Hugo and James Castello
  • Fencing. By Muriel Bower and Torao Mori
  • Fencing With the Electric Foil. By Roger Crossnier
  • Fencing With The Epee. By Roger Crossnier
  • Fencing With the Sabre: Instruction and Technique. By Roger Crossnier
  • Fighting andBoxing (autior unknown)
  • The Fighting Man. By Jack Coggins
  • Figure Improvement and Body Conditioning Through Exercise. By Earl Wallis and Gene Logan
  • The Fireside Book of Boxing. Edited by W.C. Heinz
  • The First and Last Freedom. By Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Fit all the Way. By Camp
  • The Flight of the Eagle by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Freedom from the Known. By Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Functional Isometric Contraction. By Bob Hoffman
  • Fundamental Training on Martial Arts. By Tsai Lung-Yun
  • Fun in the Water (Author Unknown)
  • Gentleman’s Art of self-Defense
  • Genuine Tai Chi: Lee’s Modified Tai Chi for Health. By Lee  Ying Arn
  • The Gestalt Approach & Eye Witness to Therapy by Frederick S. Perls, M.D.
  • Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality by Federick Perls, M.D., Ralp F. Hefferline, Ph.D., and Paul Goodman, Ph.D.
  • Gestalt Therapy Now by Joen Fagan and Irma L. Shepherd
  • Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by Fritz Perls
  • Get Fit: The Champion’s Way by Brian Corrigan and Alan R. Morton
  • A Gold Orchid: The Love Poems of Tzu Yeh, by Tzu Yeh
  • Good English: How to Speak and Write it
  • Gorgias by Plato
  • Gray’s Anatomy
  • The Great Philosophers by Karl Jaspers
  • Greek Temples, Thaters and Shrines by H. Berve, Etc. al.
  • The Green Berets by Robin Moore
  • Grow Rich While You Sleep by Ben Sweetland
  • Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind by Napoleon Hill
  • A Guide to Confident Living by Normal Vincent Peale
  • Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • The Handbook of Judo by Gene Bell and L.C. Coughran
  • Handbook of Progressive Gymnastics by Tom DeCarlo
  • Handbook of Proverbs by Henry George Bohn
  • The Hand is My Sword by Robert A. Trias
  • Happiness Begins Before Breakfast by Harry and Joan Mier
  • Help For Your Aching Back! By Harvey Kopell, M.D.
  • Helping Yourself With Self-Hypnosis by Frank S. Caprio and Joseph R. Berger
  • The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Josepph Campbell
  • The Historical Aspect of the Study of Human Constitutional Types by Wilbur Marion Krogman in Ciba Symposia December, 1941
  • A History of Chinese Philosophy by Fun Yu-Lan, Translation by Derk Bodde
  • The Holy Bible
  • Honor Blackman’s Book of Self-Defense by Honor Blackman eith Joe and Doug Robinson
  • How I raised Myself From Failure To Success in Sellin by Frank Bettger
  • How to Box by Joe Louis 
  • How to Make Movies by Robert Ferguson
  • How to Relax: Scientific Body Control by William H. Miller
  • I Can: The  Key to Life’s Golden Secrets by Ben Sweetland
  • The I’Ching or Book of Changes translation by  Carry F. Baynes and R. Wilhelm
  • The I Ching translation by Richard Wilhelm
  • If The Shoe Fits by Harry and Joan Mier
  • If the War Goes On; Reflections On War and Politics by Hermann Hesse (translated by Ralph Manheim)
  • I will by Ben Sweetland
  • Illustrated Guide to the Takedown in Wrestling by Robert L. Brown and Thomas E. Robertson
  • An Illustrated History of the Olymipics by Richard Schaap
  • The Immortal Friend by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • The Impossible Question by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • The Indian Mind: Essentials of Indian Philosophy and Culture edited by Charles A. Moore
  • An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
  • In and Out the Garbage Pail by Frederick S. Perls
  • Integral Yoga Hatha by Swami Sattchidananda
  • Instructions to Young Boxers (author Unknown)
  • Introduction to Logic by Irving M. Copi
  • Introduction to Saint ThomasAquinas edited by Anton C. Pegis
  • An Introduction to Zen Bhuddism by D.T. Suzuki
  • Introduction to Zen Training by Omori Sogen
  • Ironman Magazine (quantity unknown, but he was a subscriber) 
  • Islam (author unknown)
  • Isometric and Isotonic Exercises (author unknown)
  • Jesus and Krishnamurti: Their Lives and Teachings by Harriet Tuttle Bartlett
  • Jiu Jitsu by Frederick Paul Lowell
  • Journey to the East by Herman Hesse
  • Judo by Eric Dominy
  • Judo by Wolfgang Hofmann
  • Judo by Kiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Judo Combination Techniques by Teizo Kawamura
  • Judo for the West by G.R. Gleeson
  • Judo For Young Men by Tadao Otaki and Donn Draeger
  • Judo On the Ground: the Oda (9th Dan) Method Katamawaza by E. J. Harrison
  • Judo Throws and Counters by Eric Dominy
  • Judo Training Methods: A Sourcebook by Takahiko Ishikawa and Donn Draeger
  • Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting by Hidetaka Nishiyama and Richard C. Brown
  • Karate Basics (author unknown)
  • Karate-Do: Nyumon by Gichin Funakoshi
  • Kenpo Karate: Law of the Fist by Ed Parker
  • The Key to Judo by Chikashi Nakanishi
  • The Key to Nutrition by Carlson Wade
  • Kill Or Get Killed by Col. Rex Applegate
  • The Koran
  • Language, Truth and Logic by A.J. Ayers
  • Let’s Cook It Right by Adelle Davis
  • Let’s East Right to Keep Fit by Adelle Davis
  • Lets Get Well by Adelle Davis
  • Life Ahead by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Life in Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Living Issues in Philosophy by Harold Titus
  • Living Zen by Robert Linssen
  • The Logic of Preference by G.H. Von Wright
  • The Magic of Personality Power: Your Guide to Busines and Social Success by Gyula Denes
  • The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
  • The Magic Power of Self-Image Psychology: The New Way to a Bright, Full Life by Maxwell Maltz
  • Man: A Constitutional Investigation by William A. Tucker and William A. Lessa in the Quarterly Review of Biology September, 1940
  • A Man Must Fight by Gene Tunney
  • Mas Oyama’s Karate: As Practiced in Japan by Bobby Lowe
  • The Master Key to Riches by Napoleon Hill
  • Masterpieces of World Philosophy by L. Frank N. Magill
  • The Matter of Zen: A Brief Account of Zazen by P. Wienphahl
  • Mazims and Reflections by Johann Wolfgang Won Goethe   
  • The Mechanics of Atheletics by Geoffrey H.G.Dyson  
  • The Medical Implications of Karate Blows by Brian C. Adams          
  • Meditations by Rene Descartes
  • Mencius by Leonard A. Lyall     
  • The Methods of Zen by Eugen Herrigel          
  • Modern Weight Training by Oscar Heidenstam
  • Modern Kung-Fu Karate: Iron, Poison Hand Training by James Yimm Lee
  • More Playboy’s Party Jokes by the editors of Playboy Magazine
  • Muir’s Thesaurus of Truths by Leo J. Muir
  • The Muscles of the Body and How to develop Them by Athletic Publications
  • Muscular Arms and Shoulders by Harry B. Paschall
  • Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections fom the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu introduction by Lionel Giles          The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard
  • My Study of Judo by G. Koizumi
  • Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manual (1945)
  • The New Art of Living by Norman Vincent Peale
  • New Dimensions of Yoga by Yogi Raushan Nath
  • Noble and Manly: The History of the National Sporting Club byGuy Deghy
  • Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather
  • The Odes of Confucius Translated by Kramer Byna
  • On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers
  • On Fencing by Nadi Aldo
  • The Only Revolution by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • On Sudden Illumination by Master Hui Hai
  • The Other Side of the Mind by Clement Stone
  • Overload Circuit Training by John E. Nulton
  • Pa Kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense by Robert W. Smith
  • A Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer
  • Peng Pu Chuan (Author and Exact title unknown)
  • The Philosophers of China by Clarence Burton Day
  • The Philosophical Works edited by J.M. Robertson
  • Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
  • Physical Activity in ModernLiving by Wayne Van Huss, John Fredrich, Robert Mayberry, Roy Miemeyer, Herbert Olson, and Janet Wessel
  • Physical Combat (author unknown)
  • Physical Conditioning Exercises for Sports and Healthful Living by George T. Stafford and Ray O. Duncan
  • Physical Culture (author unknown)    
  • Physical Fitness and Dynamic Health by Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr.
  • Physiology of Exercise by Laurence Morehouse and Augustus Miller         
  • A Pictorial History of Boxing by Sam Andre and Nat Fleischer         
  • Playboy Magazine (reportedly four boxes worth)     
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes by the editors of Playboy
  • Platform Sutra by Eno Kaikan Zenja
  • Poems That Live Forever, compiled by Hazel Feldman
  • Power in Athletics by Glenn Clark
  • The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
  • Practical Combat (author unknown)
  • Practical Karate Book Four: Defense Against Armed Assailants by Donn F. Draeger, Masatoshi Nakayama        
  • Practical Karate Book One: Fundamentals by Donn F. Draeger, Masatoshi Nakayama
  • The Practice of Zen by Chang Chen Chi
  •  The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
  • The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  • Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
  • Psychotherapy East and West by Alan Watts
  • Psycho-Yoga: The Practice of Mind Control by B. Edwin
  • Pure and Applied Gymnastics by Albert D. Munrow
  • The Range of Philosophy by Harold Titus and Maylon Hepp
  • Rational Limbering by Zelia Raye
  • The Recognition of Reason by Edward Pols
  • Reference Book of Gymnastics Training for Boys by the Board of Education (His Majesty’s Stationary Office)
  • The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
  • The Relationship of Extreme Somatypes to Performance in Motor and Strength tests by Frank D. Sills and Peter W. Everett in Research Quarterly May, 1953
  • Right and Left Hand Fencing by L.F. Terrone
  • Ring Magazine (quantity unknown, but he was a subscriber)
  • Rocky Marciano’s Best of Boxing and Bodybuilding by Rocky Marciano
  • Roget’s Thesaurus
  • Rosshalde by Herman Hesse (translation by Ralph Manheim)
  • Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam- Complete Reprint of The First Edition and Combined Third, Fourth & Fifth Editions with an Appendix by Edward FitzGerald 
  • Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing by Coleman Barks
  • The Samurai Sword: A Handbook by John M. Yumoto
  • The Sayings of Chuang Tzu by Chang Tzu
  • Scientific Basis of Athlete Training by Laurence E. Morehouse, Ph.D. and Philop J. Rasch
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • The Search by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Secret Fighting Arts of the World by John Gilbey       
  • Secrets of Chinese Karate by Ed Parker and James Woo
  • Secrets of the Golden Flower by Tung-Pin Leu
  • Secrets of Judo: A Text for Instructors and Students by Jiichi Watanabe and Lindy Avakian
  • Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing by Robert W.  Smith
  • Self Defense or the Art of Boxing (9th Edition) by Professor Ned Donnelly
  • Selected Verse by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, translated by David Luke
  • Selling Water by the River: A Manual of Zen Training by Jiyu Kewnnett
  • Sense and Sensitivity in Gymnastics by Allen
  • Shin Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki
  • Shorinji Kempo: Philosophy and Techniques by Doshin So
  • A Short History of Chinese Philosophy: A Systematic Account of Chinese
  • Thought From It’s Origins to the Present Day by Dr. Fun Yu-Lan
  • Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (LibriVox Audiobook)
  • Sign of the Times by Thomas Carlyle
  • Slimnastics by Pamela Nottidge
  • The Song of Life by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • A Source Book In Ancient Philosophy edited by Charles M. Blakewell
  • A Source Book In Chinese Philosophy by Wing-Tsit Chan
  • The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy by Fung Yu-Lan
  • The Spirit of Zen by Alan Watts
  • The Sport of Judo By Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Harold E. Sharp
  • Sports Illustrated Book of Fencing by Sports Illustrated
  • Standing Judo: The Combinations and Counterattacks by Mikonosuke Kawaishi
  • The Status Seekers by Vance Packard
  • The Story of Civilization Volume I: Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume II: The Life of Greece by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume III: Ceasar and Christ by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume IV: The Age of Faith by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume V: The Renaissance by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume VI: The Reformation by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume VII: The Age of Reason Begins by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume VIII: The Age of Louis XIV by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume IX: The Age of Voltaire by Will Durant
  • The Story of Civilization Volume X: Rousseau and Revolution by Will Durant
  • The Story of Oriental Philosophy by L. Adam Beck
  • The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
  • Strength and How to Obtain It by Eugen Sandow
  • Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra (One of the Most Important Texts of Mahayana Buddhism in which Almost all its principal Tenets are presented, including the Teaching of Zen) by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
  • Success Through a Positive Attitude by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill
  • Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion by Napoleon Hill
  • The Success System That Never Fails by Clement Stone
  • Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Clement Stone
  • Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • Tai Chi Chuan and I Ching by Da Liu
  • Tai Chi: The Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport and Self-Defense by Man-Ching Chen and Robert W. Smith
  • Tai Chi for Health by Edward Maisel
  • A Taoist Notebook by Edward Herbert
  • Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (alternate translation)
  • Tao, the Great Luminant translation by Evan Morgan
  • Teach Yourself Logic by A.A. Luce
  • The Technique of Film Making (author unknown)
  • Techniques of Aikido by Thomas H. Makiyama
  • The Textbook of Ju-Jitsu As Practiced in Japan by Sada Kazu Uyenishi
  • The Textbook of Yoga Psychology by Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D.
  • The Texts of Taoism translated by James Legge
  • Theory and Practice of Fencing by Julio Martinez Castello
  • Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  • Think On These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • This Is It by Alan Watts (Listen to it on YouTube here.)
  • This Is Karate by Mas Oyama
  • This Is Kendo by Junzo Sasamori and Gordon Warner
  • This Matter of Culture by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Watch the documentary here.)
  • Tibetan Yoga by Bernard Bromage
  • Training for Great Strength: An Introduction to the Science of Strength and BodyBuilding by Means of Progressive Weight Lifting by Chas T. Trevor
  • Translations from the Chinese by Arthur Waley
  • Translations from the Chinese by Lin Yu-Tang
  • The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
  • The Underdiscovered Self by Carl Jung
  • The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho
  • The Urgency of Change by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • U.S. Army Boxing Manual by the United States Navy
  • The Varieties of Human Physique by W.H. Sheldon, S.S. Stevens and W.B. Tucker
  • The Viking Book of Aphorisms edited by W.H. Auden
  • Wake Up Your Mind by Alex Osborn
  • Walk On! By Christmas Humphreys
  • War Without Weapons by Phillop Goodhart
  • The Way of Action by Christmas Humphreys
  • The Way of Chinese Painting: It’s Ideas and Techniques by Mai-Mai Sze
  • The Way of Chuang Tzu translation by Thomas Merton
  • The Way of Karate: Beyond Technique by George E. Mattson
  • The Way of Life (Tao Te Ching) by Lao Tzu,  translation by R.B. Blakney
  • The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
  • Weightlifting by Tackle
  • Weightlifting and Weight Training by George Kirkley
  • Weight Training for Athletics by Oscar State
  • What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
  • What is Karate by Mas Oyama
  • Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell
  • Wing Chun by James Lee
  • Winning Personal Recognition by Charles B. Roth
  • The Wisdom of China and India by Lin Yu-Tang
  • The Wisdom of the Chinese edited by Brian Brown
  • The Wisdom of Confucius Translated by Epiphanius Wilson
  • The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts
  • The Wisdom of Lao-Tse edited and translated by Lin Yu-Tang
  • Wisdom of the West by Bertrand Russell
  • The World of Literature (author unknown)
  • The World of Philosophy (author unknown)
  • The Works of Mencius Translated by James Legge
  • The Works of Plato
  • The Works of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  • The Works of Socrates
  • The World of Zen by Nancy Ross
  • The Worlds Religions by Huston Smith
  • Yoga Practice (author unknown)
  • Yogic Exercises (author unknown)
  • You Are the World by Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • You Can Learn to Speak by Royal L. Garff
  • Your Personal Handbook of Self Defense by Gene LeBell and L.C. Coughran
  • Yourself and Zen (author unknown)
  • You Too Can Work Wonders by Harry and Joan Mier
  • Zen and American Thought by Van Meter Ames
  • Zen and Japanese Culture by Van Meter Ames
  • Zen and Reality by Robert Powell
  • Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
  • Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis by Daisetz T Suzuki
  • Zen Comes West by Christmas Humphreys
  • Zen Dictionary by Ernest Wood
  • Zen for the West by Sohaka Kogata
  • Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
  • Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews edited by Lucien Stryk
  • Zen, Taoism and Oriental Philosopy (author unknown)
  • The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of the Mind by John  Biofeld