Good Buddhist Novels

1
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
28,904 members
390 reviews
4
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aulsmith
2
The Laughing Sutra
by Mark Salzman
377 members
9 reviews
3.9
Member
MWise
3
The Japanese Corpse
by Janwillem van de Wetering
316 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
4
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
5,324 members
117 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
5
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
9,378 members
202 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
6
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,585 members
110 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
7
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
6,445 members
123 reviews
4.1
8
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis
3,645 members
72 reviews
3.9
9
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
2,636 members
41 reviews
4.1
10
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
2,500 members
51 reviews
3.8
11
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
2,362 members
140 reviews
½ 3.4
12
Monkey
by Wu Ch'eng-en
1,913 members
23 reviews
4.1
13
Runaway Horses
by Yukio Mishima
1,346 members
19 reviews
4
14
The Temple of Dawn
by Yukio Mishima
1,113 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
15
The Decay of the Angel
by Yukio Mishima
1,079 members
16 reviews
3.9
16
Breakfast with Buddha
by Roland Merullo
1,064 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
17
Journey to the West (complete)
by Wu Cheng'en
611 members
8 reviews
4.1
18
Buddha Da
by Anne Donovan
463 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
19
Kleinzeit
by Russell Hoban
311 members
7 reviews
3.9
20
Night of the Milky Way Railway
by Kenji Miyazawa
232 members
6 reviews
3.9
21
Silk Road
by Jeanne Larsen
185 members
5 reviews
4
22
The Buddha Tree
by 丹羽 文雄
59 members
3.8
23
Bronze Mirror
by Jeanne Larsen
54 members
1 review
4.2
24
Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence
by David Guy
54 members
3 reviews
4
26
Manchu Palaces
by Jeanne Larsen
24 members
4
28
Second Brother
by David Guy
15 members
½ 3.5
29
Mind to Mind: A Novel (Companions of Zen Training)
by Seikan Hasegawa
11 members