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Given the many different lengths of published items, classification as a "book" is sometimes arbitrary. For the Baha'i Library, items under 50 pages are automatically classified as articles or essays and items over 75 pages are automatically classified as books. Items of 51-74 pages are classified based on subjective criteria such as venue of publication, formatting structure (e.g., whether broken into chapters), and length. Monographs are classified as articles, regardless of length. Theses and dissertations are in their own collection. Authorized-edition Sacred Writings are in a separate collection; only non-authorized editions are listed below.

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1. Abdu'l-Baha. Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy. Isabel Fraser Chamberlain, comp. Boston: The Tudor Press, 1918.
   
   
2. Abdu'l-Baha. Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation for the Assemblies and Meetings of the Bahais of the United States and Canada. Ahmad Sohrab, ed., trans., and annotated by. N.p.: New York, 1919. (first edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan)
   
   
3. Abdu'l-Baha, trans. and annotated by E. G. Browne. A Traveller's Narrative to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab. Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1975. Originally published Cambridge University Press, 1891.
   
   
4. Alexander, Agnes R. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1977.

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5. Badi'u'llah, Mirza. An Epistle to the Bahá'í World. Dr. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Chicago: Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1907.
   
   
6. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Baha. Bahá'í Scriptures: Selected Utterances of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha. New York: Brentano's, 1923.
   
   
7. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Baha. Bahá'í World Faith: Selected Writings of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1943
   
   
8. Bahá'u'lláh et al. Compilation of Compilations vol. 1. Mona Vale: Baha'i Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991.
   
   
9. Bahá'u'lláh et al. Compilation of Compilations vol. 2. Mona Vale: Baha'i Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991.
   
   
10. Bahá'u'lláh et al. Lights of Guidance, comp. Helen Hornby (New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust of India, 1983). (offsite; digital text available upon purchase of "Archive")
    
    
11. Bahá'í World Center [Research Dept]. Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1982.
    
    
12. Blomfield, Lady. Chosen Highway, The. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
    
    
13. Brown, Keven, ed. Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 12. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 2001.
    
    
14. Browne, E. G. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1918.
    
    
15. Browne, E. G. New History (tarikh-i-jadid) of Mirza Ali-Muhammed the Bab, The. London: Cambridge University Press, 1893. not proofread or formatted; please email to help
    
    
16. Browne, E. G. Persian Revolution of 1905-1909, The. New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1910. not proofread or formatted; email to help
    
    
17. Browne, E. G. A Year Amongst the Persians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927.
    
    
18. Browne, E. G. and Abdu'l-Baha. A Traveller's Narrative to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab. Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1975. Originally published Cambridge University Press, 1891.
    
    
19. Bryson, Alan. Light After Death: A comparison of the Near-Death-Experience and the teachings of the Baha'i Faith. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited, 1993. (offsite)
    
    
20. Buck, Christopher. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 7. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1995.

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21. Cameron, Glenn with Wendi Momen. Basic Baha'i Chronology, A. (Oxford: George Ronald, 1996). (offsite; digital text available upon purchase of "Baha'i Library CD-ROM" [no relation to this site])
    
    
22. Chase, Thornton. The Baha'i Revelation. New York: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1928. not proofread or formatted; please email to help
    
    
23. Chase, Thornton. In Galilee. 1908, reprinted Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1985. Includes Arthur S. Agnew's essay "In Wonderland."
    
    
24. Cobb, Stanwood. Islamic Contributions to Civilization. Washington DC: Avalon Press, 1963. not formatted; please email to help
    
    
25. Cornell, John and Beatrice C. Rinde. Six Lessons on Bahá'í Law: A Deepening Course for Bahá'ís. Hawaii: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands, 1974. Revised edition, 2000.
    
    
26. Craig, Robert and Antony Alexander. Lango: "Language Organisation". N.p., Isle of Man, 1996.
    
    
27. Curzon, George N. Persia and the Persian Question. London: Longman and Company, 1892. not proofread or formatted; email to help

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28. Dealy, Paul Kingston. The Dawn of Knowledge and the Most Great Peace. Chicago: Baha'i Publishing Society, 1903.
    
    
29. Drong, D. Llewellyn. John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over. N.p., 1998.
    
    
30. Esslemont, John E. Baha'u'llah and the New Era. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980.
    
    
31. Faizi, Abu'l-Qasim, compiled Shirley Macias. Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. © 2002 Baha'i Academics Resource Library.
    
    
32. Faizi, Abu'l-Qasim. Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 197?.
    
    
33. Fazel, Seena and John Danesh, eds. Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Bahá'í Thought: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 13. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 2002.

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34. Gail, Marzieh. Six Lessons On Islam. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1953.
    
    
35. Gandhimohan, M. V. Mahatma Gandhi and the Baha'is: Striving towards a Nonviolent Civilization. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust of India, 2000.
    
    
36. Gulpáygání, Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl. The Brilliant Proof. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1998. [earlier editions exist]. Includes essay by Peter Easton, "Bahá'ísm—A Warning" (1911).
    
    
37. Grundy, Julia M. Ten Days in the Light of Akka. First published in 1907; many subsequent editions.

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38. Harmon, W. W. Divine Illumination. Boston: Tudor Press, 1915.
    
    
39. Hassall, Graham. Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker. Web-published January 2000. (on the Asia-Pacific site)
    
    
40. Haydar-Ali, Haji Mirza. Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD. Chicago: Baha'i Publishing Society, 1904. not proofread or formatted; email to help
    
    
41. Herrick, Elizabeth. Unity Triumphant: The Call of the Kingdom. London: The Unity Press, 1925. not proofread or formatted; email to help

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42. Ives, Howard Colby. Portals to Freedom. Oxford: George Ronald, 1983 (reprint—many earlier editions exist).
    
    
43. Johnson, Lowell. Mulla Husayn. Johannesburg: NSA of the Baha'is of South and West Africa, 1982. not formatted for the Baha'i Library; email to help
    
    
44. Khanum, Ruhiyyih. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1948.

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45. Lacroix-Hopson, Elaine A. and Hussein Ahdieh. Abdu'l-Baha in New York: the City of the Covenant. New York: NewVistaDesign, 1987. Abridged and reformatted for the web. (offsite)
    
    
46. Lamb, Artemus. The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances. West Linn, OR: VanOrman Enterprises, 1995.
    
    
47. Latimer, George Orr. The Light of the World. Boston: George Orr Latimer (self-published), 1920. 148 pp.
    
    

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48. MacEoin, Denis. The Babi and Bahá'í Religions: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Press: forthcoming.
    
    
49. Maxwell, May. An Early Pilgrimage. Oxford: George Ronald, 1953 (first published 1917).
    
    
50. McLaughlin, Robert W. These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah. Oxford: George Ronald, 1982.
    
    
51. Miller, William McElwee. The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings. William Carey Library, 1974. (offsite) Note: this book intentionally distorts much of Bahá'í history; readers are advised to consult reviews by Douglas Martin and E.L. Sutton (who is not a Bahá'í) before reading it.
    
    
52. Momen, Moojan. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: George Ronald, 1990.
    
    
53. Momen, Moojan, ed. Scripture and Revelation: Papers Presented at Irfan Colloquia. Oxford: George Ronald, 1997.
    
    
54. Momen, Moojan. A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld, 1997.
    
    
55. Momen, Wendi. Basic Baha'i Dictionary, A. (Oxford: George Ronald, 1989). (offsite; digital text available upon purchase of "Baha'i Library CD-ROM" [no relation to this site])
    
    
56. Mustafa, Muhammad. Baha'u'llah: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an, trans. Rowshan Mustafa; ed. and annotated Laura M. Herzog. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, n.d.

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57. Nabil. The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation. Trans. Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1932.
    
    
58. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands. The Tree of Life: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Baha'i Community. Honolulu: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1993.
    
    
59. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1989. Also downloadable in formatted PDF. online text version not formatted; email to help

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60. Price, Ron. The Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White. Forthcoming.

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61. Riggs, Robert. The Apocalypse: An Exegesis. Unpublished, 1998 (revision of The Apocalypse Unsealed). not formatted
    
    
62. Riggs, Robert. The Apocalypse Unsealed. New York: Philosophical Library, 1981. 312 pp. ASCII formatted
    
    
63. Riggs, Robert. I, Daniel. Unpublished, 1998. ASCII formatted
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64. Salmani, Ustad Muhammad-'Ali. My Memories of Baha'u'llah, trans. Marzieh Gail. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982.
    
    
65. Sarwal, Anil. Miracles in Religion. Lucknow: Royale Publishers, 1996.
    
    
66. Savi, Julio. The Eternal Quest for God: An Introduction to the Divine Philosophy of Abdu'l-Baha. Oxford: George Ronald, 1989.
    
    
67. Schaefer, Udo. Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm. Trans. Geraldine Schuckelt. Prague: Zero Palm Press, 1998. (offsite; downloadable in PDF format only; zipped PDF also available)
    
    
68. Schaefer, Udo. In A Blue Haze: Smoking and Bahá'í Ethics. Trans. Michael H. Machado and Dr. Craig Volker. Prague: Zero Palm Press, 1997.
    
    
69. Sears, William. Prisoner and the Kings. Toronto: General Publishing Company, Ltd., 1971.
    
    
70. Shiel, Lady (Mary). Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia. London: John Murray, 1856. not proofread or formatted; email to help
    
    
71. Shoghi Effendi. Compilation of Letters and Extracts of Writings from the Guardian Published in the Baha'i News of the United States [December 1924 - November 1934]. N.p., n.d. (early draft of Directives of the Guardian)
    
    
72. Shoghi Effendi and Lady Blomfield. The Passing of Abdu'l-Baha. Haifa: Rosenfeld Brothers, 1922 (many subsequent editions)
    
    
73. Sims, Barbara R., comp. Japan Will Turn Ablaze! Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá Letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and Historical Notes about Japan. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1992. full text, with images and formatting
    
    
74. Sims, Barbara R. The Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years. 1991.
    
    
75. Sims, Barbara R. Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History. Tokyo, 1996.
    
    
76. Sims, Barbara R., comp. Selected Communications from the Universal House of Justice Concerning the North East Asia Area Including Japan. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1994.
    
    
77. Sims, Barbara R. The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle: An Historical Record of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Taiwan. Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Taiwan, 1994.
    
    
78. Sims, Barbara R. Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1989.
    
    
79. Sims, Barbara R.. Unfurling the Divine Flag in Tokyo: An Early Bahá'í History. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1998.
    
    
80. Smith, Peter. In Iran: Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History vol. 3. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1986.
    
    
81. Stockman, Robert. Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase. Draft of a book later published as Thornton Chase: The First American Bahá'í (Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 2001).
    
    
82. Stockman, Robert, and Jonah Winters. A Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith. Wilmette: Research Office of the Bahá'í National Center. 1997.
    
    

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83. Tehrani, Abdu'l-Karim Effendi. Addresses Delivered before the New York and Chicago Assemblies. Chicago: Baha'i Supply and Publishing Board, 1900.
    
    
84. Thompson, Juliet. Diary of Juliet Thompson, The. 1947; this edition Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1983.
    
    
85. Thompson, Juliet. I, Mary Magdelen. New York: Delphic Studios, 1940. not proofread or formatted; email to help
    
    
86. Tudor Pole, Wellesley. Private Dowding: a plain record of the after-death experiences of a soldier killed in battle. London: Neville Spearman, 1917.
    
    
87. Tudor Pole, Wellesley. The Silent Road in the light of personal experience. London: Neville Spearman, 1960. not proofread or formatted; email to help
    
    
88. Tudor Pole, Wellesley. Writing on the Ground. London: Neville Spearman, 1968. not proofread or formatted; email to help

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89. Universal House of Justice (written on behalf of). Century of Light. Baha'i World Center, 2001.
    
    
90. Universal House of Justice (prepared on behalf of). Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963. Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 1992. not fully formatted; email to help
    
    
91. Universal House of Justice. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, comp. Geoffrey Marks. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1996. Also download in Microsoft Word .doc format, zipped or unformatted text. email to help better format this book for the web
    
    
92. Universal House of Justice. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1976.
    
    
93. Universal House of Justice. Wellspring of Guidance: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1969.
    
    
94. Universal House of Justice. A Wider Horizon: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992, comp. Paul Lample. Riviera Beach: Palabra Publications, 1992.
    
    
95. Various. Appreciations of the Bahá'í Faith. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1941. Reprinted from The Bahá'í World vol. VIII.
    
    
96. Various. The Bahá'í Faith and Marxism. Ottawa: Bahá'í Studies Publications, 1987.

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