GENERAL
Colgate, Isabel. A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits and Solitaries.
France, Peter. Hermits: the Insights of Solitude
Skorpen, Erling. "The Philosophy of Renunciation East and West" (article).

ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL
Brown, Peter. "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity" (article).
Bremmer, J. N. "Symbols of Marginality from Early Pythagoreans to Late Antique Monks" (article).
Clay, Rotha Mary. The Hermits and Anchorites of England and Darwin, Francis D. S.The English Mediaeval Recluse.
Conley, John. "Eremitical Anthropology of William of St. Thierry" (article).
Coon, Lynda. "Historical Fact and Exegetical Fiction in the Carolingian Vita S. Sualonis" (article).
Jotischkey, Andrew.The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States.
Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B. Lives of the Anchoresses: The Rise of Urban Recluses in Medieval Europe.
Swan, Laura. The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women.
Ward, Benedicta. Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources.
Warren, Ann K. Anchorites and Their Patrons in Medieval England.
Weaver, Charles P. The Hermit in English Literature from the Beginnings to 1660.

MODERN
Belisle, Peter-Damian. The Language of Silence: the Changing Face of Monastic Solitude.
Gionnone, Richard. Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist.
Hourani, G. "The Maronite Eremitical Tradition: A Contemporary Revival" (article).
Maguire, Nancy Klein.An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order.
Nikodom of Belgorod. Maria of Olonets.
Peskov, Vassily. Lost in the Taiga.
 

CHINA
Graham, A. C. "The Nung-chia School of the Tillers and the Origins of Peasant Utopianism in China" (article).
Porter, Bill. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits.
Where the World Does Not Follow: Buddhist China in Picture and Poem; translations by Mike O'Connor, photos by Steven R. Johnson. T'ang poems about Chinese hermits with B&W photos.

JAPAN
Brown, Kendall H. The Politics of Reclusion: Painting and Power in Momoyama Japan.
Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life, translated by Burton Watson.
    Works by Po-Chu-i, Yoshishige no Yasutane, Kamo no Chomei, and Basho.
MacWilliams, Mark. "The Holy Man's Hut as a Symbol of Stability in Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage" (article).
Marra, Michele. The Aesthetics of Discontent: Politics and Reclusion in Medieval Japanese Literature.

INDIA & TIBET
Crook, John & James Low. The Yogins of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayas.
Hartsuiker, Dorf. Sadhus: India's Mystic Holy Men.
    Photographic essay of eccentric Hindu eremitism.
Keemattam, Agusthy. The Hermits of Rishikesh.
    Sociological study in historic city of India.
Mackenzie, Vicki. Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment.

CLASSIC ASIAN TEXTS
Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life.
   Works by Po-Chu-i, Yoshishige no Yasutane, Kamo no Chomei, and Basho.

HERMIT'S HUT, HERMIT'S DREAM: 3 BOOKS/1 REVIEW
Pollan, Michael. A Place of One's Own: the Education of an Amateur Builder.
Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space.
Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Natural House.

THE IDEA OF THE HUT: 3 BOOKS
Rykwert, Joseph. On Adam's House in Paradise: The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History.
Cline, Ann. A Hut of One's Own: Life Outside the Circle of Architecture.
Sharr, Adam. Heidegger's Hut.

GENERAL

Balcom, David. The Greatest Escape: Adventures in the History of Solitude.
Barbour, John D. The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography.
Doherty, Catherine. Poustinia: Christian Spirituality of the East for Western Man.
Flood, Gavin. The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition.
Greene, Alice Bouchard. The Philosophy of Silence.
Housden, Roger. Retreat: Time Apart for Silence and Solitude.
Koch, Philip. Solitude: a Philosophical Encounter.
Lane, Belden C. The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality.
Picard, Max. World of Silence.
Powys, John Cowper. A Philosophy of Solitude.
Schmidt, Leigh Eric. Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality. Chapter 2: Solitude.
Storr, Anthony. Solitude: A Return to the Self.

BUDDHISM, SELF, & SOLITUDE: 3 BOOKS
Batchelor, Stephen. Alone With Others; Buddhism Without Beliefs; Living With the Devil.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOLITUDE: 2 BOOKS
Buchholz, Esther Schaler. The Call of Solitude: Alonetime in a World of Attachment.
Halpern, Sue. Migrations to Solitude.

WOMEN & SOLITUDE: 10 BOOKS, 1 ARTICLE
Sarton, May. Journal of a Solitude.
Grumbach, Doris. Fifty Days of Solitude.
Shulman, Alix Kates. Drinking the Rain.
Mills, Stephanie. Epicurean Simplicity.
Scot, Barbara J. The Stations of Still Creek.
Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
Karper, Karen. Where God Begins to Be: A Woman's Journey into Solitude.
Pinions. Wind on the Sand: the Hidden Life of an Anchoress.
Dobisz, Jane. The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods.
Ozelsel, Michaela. Forty Days: The Diary of a Traditional Solitary Sufi Retreat.
Miller, Leslie A. Alone in the Temple: A Personal Essay on Solitude and the Woman Poet.

MEN & SOLITUDE: 6 BOOKS
Kerouac, Jack. Desolation Angels
Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness.
Kull, Robert. Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes - A Year Alone in the Patagonia Wilderness.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild.
Katz, Jon. Running to the Mountain: A Journey of Faith and Change.
Mahler, Richard. Stillness: Daily Gifts of Solitude.

SOLITUDE IN LITERARY FICTION: 1 BOOK
Ionesco, Eugene. The Hermit (L'Solitaire)

GENERAL
Segal, Jerome M. Graceful Simplicity: Towards a Philosophy and Politics of Simple Living.

ECONOMICS OF SIMPLICITY: 2 BOOKS
Ritzer, George. Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption.
Schumacher, E. F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered.

VERSIONS OF SIMPLICITY: 3 BOOKS
Dominguez, Joe and Vicki Robin. Your Money or Your Life.
Huston, Paul. The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life.
Smith, Robert Lawrence. A Quaker Book of Wisdom.