Pilgrimage books
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New to the genre? These 4 are the books to read first.
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey ChaucerA group of pilgrims tells stories on the road to Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury, so the journey frames the whole collection and shows medieval society in motion. Dates given are approximate; the work was left unfinished.
The Pilgrim's Progress
John BunyanAn allegory in which Christian leaves the City of Destruction for the Celestial City, meeting figures such as Giant Despair and Vanity Fair. It became one of the most widely read works in English and set the pattern for later allegorical jo
Book of Margery Kempe
Margery KempeThe earliest surviving autobiography in English by a woman, dictated by Kempe and recounting her pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela. It gives a close, first-person view of devotional travel and its social risks. The
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Ibn BattutaA rihla covering travels across the Islamic world, including the hajj to Mecca, and into Africa, India, and China. It is the best-known example of the travel account in Islamic literature. The text was completed in 1355 and dictated to a sc
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More pilgrimage books
- The Pilgrimage
The PilgrimagePaulo Coelho1995 - Coptic tattoo designs
Coptic tattoo designsJohn Carswell1958 - The journey
The journeyPeter Kreeft1996 - Piers Plowman
Piers PlowmanWilliam Langland1900 - Longing for darkness
Longing for darknessChina Galland1990 - The Camino
The CaminoShirley MacLaine2000 - Crossing to Avalon
Crossing to AvalonJean Shinoda Bolen1994 - The Śucīndram templeThe Śucīndram templeK. K. Pillay1953
- Journey through the twelve forests
Journey through the twelve forestsDavid L. Haberman1994 - Pilgrimage
PilgrimageJonathan Sumption1975 - Medjugorje
MedjugorjeWayne Weible1989 - The way of a pilgrim and The pilgrim continues his way
The way of a pilgrim and The pilgrim continues his wayR. M. French1974