Best Religious Books: Top 10 Recommended Books To Read [2024 Update]

What Are The Best Religious Books? It can be very useful to delve into religion and spirituality. So read on for our list of religious books recommended by our editors…

Discover the top 10 religious books

If you are looking for a religious novel or an informative book about a particular religion, these top 10 religious books are ideal for you. We start our recommendations with the top 10 best religious books of all time. This list has been updated this year, including all the recent titles.

Best Religious Books	Author
Bible
Quran
Mahabharata	Vyasa
Guru Granth Sahib	Guru Nanak
Torah	Moses
Tanakh
Srimad Bhagavad Gita	Vyasa
Bhagavad Gita	Vyasa
Tripiṭaka	Harivarman
Ramayan	Valmiki

The editorial top 10 list: the best books about religion

The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

We like this book, because it explains in easy to understand language what religions there are in the world and how they differ from each other. It elaborates on five of the main religions, but also discusses some of the newer faiths.

World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained

What we think is unique about this book, is that it covers historical religions, the main religions of today, but also what the future may hold for religious belief and culture.

12 Major World Religions: The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity’s Most Influential Faiths

In this book Jason Boyett focuses on 12 of the world’s major religions. You will not only learn about the religions itself and its traditions, but also where they differ or intersect.

Christianity and World Religions Revised Edition: Questions We Ask About Other Faiths

In our opinion this book succeeds at comparing four of the world’s major religions – Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism – with Christianity. The DVD that comes with this book shows interviews with followers from the different religions and how they practice it.

What Do You Believe?: Big Questions About Religion

Kids can, and should, be curious, but some questions they have are hard to answer. This book is aimed at children age 7 to 10, and it helps explain the different faiths in the world in an easy language.

Adulting for Jesus: A Book about Purpose, Trusting God, and (Obviously) Burritos

This book hopes to assist young adults on their path of finding connection with God again. It is written in a fun and informing way, which will make it an easy read that is filled with good advice.

The Untold Story of Jesus: A Modern Biography from The Urantia Book

We highly recommend ‘The Untold Story of Jesus’ to those who are captivated by his life. There are many more stories on Jesus in this book then there were in the New Testament, and that is what makes it even more special.

Relax It’s Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious

What do you tell your children about religion if you yourself are not a religious person? This book helps you deal with this important question by providing a guide that can be followed step-by-step.

The Kids Book of World Religions

This is a book on world religions for children age 8 to 12. Let your child discover what religions and cultures there are on this planet and from there develop a tolerant and inquisitive attitude towards them.

Comparative Religion: Investigate the World Through Religious Tradition (Inquire and Investigate)

Almost 9 out of 10 people are religious, which could make you wonder why. How can we believe in something that we cannot see or prove? This book by Carla Mooney wants to answer this and many more questions we have on different world religions. She explains five of them by comparing their cultural, geographical and spiritual elements.