A contemplative prayer bibliography 

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"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander" Introduction by Thomas Moore. Paperback Reissue edition (February 9, 1968) Image Books; ISBN: 0385010184

"Contemplative Prayer" Introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh. Paperback Reissue edition (February 5, 1971) Image Books; ISBN: 0385092199

"Spiritual Direction and Meditation" Paperback (June 1986) Liturgical Press; ISBN: 0814604129 

"New Seeds of Contemplation" Paperback Rev. edition (November 1974) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 081120099X

"The Selfless Self" Paperback - 176 pages (September 1998) Continuum Pub Group; ISBN: 082641091X

"Light Within; The Inner Path of Meditation" With Yehudi Menuhin. Paperback (April 1987) Crossroad Pub. Company; ISBN: 0824507851

"Open Mind, Open Heart : The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel" Paperback Reissue edition (December 1994) Element; ISBN: 0826406963

"Intimacy With God" Paperback (December 1996) Crossroad Pub Co; ISBN: 0824515889

Thomas Keating (Editor), Gustave Reininger (Editor) "Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry" Paperback - 96 pages (May 1998) Continuum Pub Group; ISBN: 0826410413

"The Cloister Walk" Paperback - 400 pages Reprint edition (April 1997) Riverhead Books; ISBN: 1573225843 

"Dakota: A Spiritual Geography" Paperback - 224 pages (August 1994) Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap); ISBN: 039571091X

"The Quotidian Mysteries : Laundry, Liturgy and 'Women's Work' (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality)" Paperback (May 1998) Paulist Press; ISBN: 0809138018 

"The Song of the Seed : A Monastic Way of Tending the Soul" Paperback - 170 pages (February 1997) Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 0060695544 

"Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict" Paperback - 160 pages. Liturgical Press; ISBN: 0814613888 

"The Genesee Diary : Report from a Trappist Monastery" Paperback - 223 pages Reissue edition (March 20, 1981) Image Books; ISBN: 0385174462 

"Making All Things New : An Invitation to the Spiritual Life" Hardcover - 96 pages 1st Ed. (May 1981) Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 006066326X

"Call to the Center : The Gospel's Invitation to Deeper Prayer" Paperback - 168 pages 3d edition (January 1995) New City Press; ISBN: 1565480708

"Centering Prayer : Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form" Paperback - 254 pages Reprint edition (September 17, 1982) Image Books; ISBN: 0385181795

"Lectio Divina : Renewing the Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures" Hardcover (August 1998) Crossroads; ISBN: 0824517792. NB: This book has been published in paperback but the first printing was sold out; look for it in paperback again.

Other important books and publishers

Continuum publishes a number of books on contemplative prayer