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Of all elements, the most significant is the element of knowledge. (SGGS 152)

ਵਿਦਿਆ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਤਾਂ ਪਰਉਪਕਾਰੀ ॥ vidhiaa veechaaree taa(n) paraupakaaree || "Vidiaa veechaaree tan parupkaaree”. That education is good, which is used for the welfare of people. (Guru Nanak Dev Ji, 356) 

Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge, and you will become a benefactor to others. (SGGS, 356)

"There is no good in science that won't help people, and there's no good in scholars isolated from people" (Al-Khawarizmi)

I've observed over time that the Sangat, generally-speaking, shows very little interest in books on Sikhi.  On the other hand, many Sikhs (academics and ordinary folk) have written and published thousands of books on many aspects of Sikhi, and in Punjabi and in English. 
Other websites with lists of books on Sikhi

Link   (Sacha Sauda Gurmat Parchar Society, Canada)

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Karamveer Singh appeals to Sikhs to have a library in their home to stimulate a passion for reading books to change their lives (click on the image to see and listen).  Karamveer Singh says:
"There is a weakness in our community, we are not used to reading. We can have a bar [alcoholic drinks] in our homes, but we don't have libraries in our homes. If we had libraries and books, we would have a passion for reading.
But we don't have a passion for reading. Today we have a passion to buy big cars and build a bank balance. But I would like to request the community through this channel [Satluj TV], that where you have big houses, where you have expensive houses, build a room in one of those big houses, in the form of a library, where there are thoughts of precious scholars.  And by reading those thoughts, we can make a change in our lives."  Transcribed from Punjabi to English by TurboScribe.ai.  Click on this link to view the full video interview by Satluj TV of Karamveer Singh.


Read books on Sikhi and Sikhism

Browse through the list below, of more than 550 items of literature on Sikhi.  Click on "previous" or "forward" (in the bottom left and right corners of a page) to move between pages.  Filter your selection using the Categories listed in the box below.  Each book entry provides details of the book, such as its title, author, and the gurdwara library where it's located.  Check the list regularly for new books added to it. 
The list was started on 31 Jan 2025.  Currently, only items held at the library at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall (category: SGSSS) are listed, and only those written primarily in English.  In time, I hope to add books held at other local gurdwara libraries.  I hope other sewadars will compile similar lists so that, ultimately, anyone in any region of any country, will be able to see online what books on Sikhi are available to read at their local gurdwara libraries.  To increase the likelihood and ease of the Sangat seeing what books are available locally, local gurdwaras need to cooperate and form a "hub and spoke" network in which the central gurdwara (the "hub") publishes an online list of books held at local gurdwaras (each a "spoke").
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Abbreviations: AG = Adi Granth; GGS = Guru Granth Sahib; DG = Dasam Granth; NS = not stated

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12/7/2026

The Sikhs and their scriptures

Title: The Sikhs and their scriptures
Author surname(s): Loehlin
Author forename(s): CH
Publisher: Lucknow Publishing House
Pages: 115
ISBN: none

Publn 1964 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 20.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book's author is a christian missionary "who has lived among the Sikhs for over 35 years".  It is a "bird's-eye view of the origin and history of the Sikhs…[its] fundamental concepts and tenets…and culture."  The book compares and contrasts Sikhism with other faiths.  There is a bibliography.

9/7/2026

Non-Sikhs' views: excellence of Sikhism (abridged form)

Title: Non-Sikhs' views: excellence of Sikhism (abridged form)
Author surname(s): Singh Alag
Author forename(s): Sarup
Publisher: Alag Shabad Yug International Charitable Trust
Pages: 132
ISBN: none
Publn 1998 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 20.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: The book is an abridged version of a book of the same title held on another shelf.  It is a collation of "comments, compliments, utterances…In a way this book is a document, preserving anything good done by the Sikhs serving humanity selflessly but in a spirit of self respect."  The book describes  stories of Sikh history from the time of Nanak onwards.

9/7/2026

Stories from Sikh history book-IV

Title: Stories from Sikh history book-IV
Author surname(s): Singh and Singh Dhillon
Author forename(s): Kartar and Gurdial
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 138
ISBN: none
Publn 1977 (original publication date: 1971)
Location: shelf 19.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (aimed at school children, but useful for all ages) is stories of the life and times of guru Gobind Singh.  

7/7/2026

A brief account of the Sikhs

Title: A brief account of the Sikhs 
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Ganda
Publisher: SGPC
Pages: 48
ISBN: none
Publn 2015 (original publication date: 1956)
Location: shelf 19.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: An account of the evolution of Sikhi from Nanak and including the efforts of Banda Singh and up to partition.  A 1981 edn is on shelf 23.3

7/7/2026

The warrior saint Sant Baba Vir Singh

Title: The warrior saint Sant Baba Vir Singh 
Author surname(s): ns
Author forename(s): ns
Publisher: ns
Pages: 43
ISBN: none
Publn 2009 estd (original publication date: 2009 estd)
Location: shelf 19.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: This booklet is full of colourful photos and is about Sikh history, and was published to commemorate the opening in 2009 of a gurdwara in memory of Vir Singh.  The gurdwara's location is a place called Hulu Yam Bharu Selangor - in Malaysia.

6/7/2026

Sikhism 1000 questions answered

Title: Sikhism 1000 questions answered
Author surname(s): Singh Kapoor
Author forename(s): Sukhbir
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 284
ISBN: 817010310x
Publn 2001 (original publication date: 2001)
Location: shelf 19.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book contains "1000 questions and answers…on different aspects of Sikhism, including a few questions on Indian history, Islam and Hinduism for a comparative study."

6/7/2026

The Sikh religion and the Sikh people

Title: The Sikh religion and the Sikh people
Author surname(s): Singh Kapoor
Author forename(s): Sukhbir
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 467
ISBN: 8170102308
Publn 1994(original publication date: 1992)
Location: shelf 19.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book "describes…the emergence…the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, the Sikh theology; the Sikh history; the Sikh ceremonies; the Sikh festivals and the Sikh personalities."  The appendix contains sample exam questions (but no answers).

4/7/2026

A history of the Sikh people 1469-1978

Title: A history of the Sikh people 1469-1978
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Gopal
Publisher: World Sikh university press, New Delhi
Pages: 762
ISBN: n
Publn 1979 (original publication date: 1979)
Location: shelf 19.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: "A  thick book covering a long time period."  I cannot believe I wrote this description of this book.   This is the first edition.  The following text is about the second edn.  The second edn (1988) is on shelf 27.1 or 27.2 and is an updated and revised version of first edn (1979).  It was reprinted 2002.  The books has many chaps on the gurus and their lessons and their lives and times.  There is a section on the "socio-political conditions of India as depicted in the Adi Granth".  The chap on Gurdas gives his views on the Sikh way of life.  Subsequent chaps describe Sikh history and struggles and the sovereignty of Punjab and its demise as an empire.  There is a chap on Ranjit Singh.   There are chaps on: Anglo-Sikh wars; reviving Sikhi; the fight for freedom from the Brits and the transfer of power after independence.  The decade 1978-88.  Appendix 1 & 2: Akali Dal demands (1981); Appendix 3: Anandpur Sahib Resolution; Appendix 4: Opn Blue Star; Appendix 5: Sikh popln across India; Appendix 6: Rehat; Appendix 7: hukamnammas; Appendix 8: extracts from Bachittar Natak; Appendix 9: zafarname; Appendix 10: the meaning of 'raj karega Khalsa'; Appendix 11: Miri Piri; Appendix 12: Sikh congregational prayer in English (Ardas); Appendix 13: 1920 debate on Jallianwala Bagh in UK Parliament; Appendix 14: letters bween the author and others.

4/7/2026

Sikh pilgrimage to Pakistan

Title: Sikh pilgrimage to Pakistan
Author surname(s): Singh Chowdhary and Singh Choudry
Author forename(s): Hardip and Anup
Publisher: Gurbani Cassette Centre, UK
Pages: 32
ISBN: n
Publn 1985 (original publication date: 1985)
Location: shelf 18.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: It "introduces most of the Sikh shrines in Pakistan connected with the founding Guru…[and its aim is to] assist and encourage prospective pilgrims to visit these shrines."  There is also a chapter on Sikh history and the current (1985) political status.

1/7/2026

Stories from Sikh history book 7

Title: Stories from Sikh history book 7
Author surname(s): Singh and Singh Dhillon
Author forename(s): Kartar and Gurdial
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9788170101772
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 1975)
Location: shelf 18.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (aimed at school children, but useful for all ages) covers the period from Ranjit singh to 1989.  Test Qs are provided (without answers).

1/7/2026

July 01st, 2026

Title: Highroads of Sikh history book 1
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Teja
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 55
ISBN: none
Publn 1987 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 18.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: A collection of stories about Sikh history.

1/7/2026

Question bank of the Sikhs

Title: Question bank of the Sikhs
Author surname(s): Singh & Singh
Author forename(s): Baljit and Inderjeet
Publisher: Sikh Foundation
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9788178730271
Publn 2009 (original publication date: 2007)
Location: shelf 18.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is "a collection of questions related to Sikh religion, history, philosophy, culture etc…[with answers] This book will help the present as well as the next generation know more about Sikhism." "This book covers the entire history of the Sikh religion...It also introduces basic concepts of the Sikh religion and philosophy...and the Sikh Rehat"

1/7/2026

Tales from the Sikh history

Title: Tales from the Sikh history
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Harnam
Publisher: Language Dept, Patiala, Punjab
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
Publn 1971 (original publication date: 1917)
Location: shelf 18.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: "It is said these are not mere tales but accounts of actual happenings…To inculcate the required qualities in their children, parents narrate their ancestors' stories.  The present work also has the same purpose."

1/7/2026

Guru Nanak world teacher

Title: Guru Nanak world teacher
Author surname(s): Singh Mansukhani
Author forename(s): Gobind
Publisher: ns
Pages: 20
ISBN: none
Publn 1969 estd. (original publication date: 1969 estd.)
Location: shelf 18.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The pamphlet "will enable the reader to discover for himself…the historical traditions of Sikhism [and that] its is a living faith which has an important message…for all mankind."

30/6/2026

Sikhs in the eighteenth century

Title: Sikhs in the eighteenth century
Author surname(s): Singh Ghandi
Author forename(s): Surjit
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Pages: 741
ISBN: 8172052170
Publn 1999 (original publication date: 1999)
Location: shelf 17.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is wide-ranging and begins from the revenge of Banda Singh Bahadur, to the efforts by mughals, afghans and marathas to eliminate or oppress the Sikhs; Sikhs' response by forming Sikh organisations and concepts to counter such forces. There is also a section about Sikh Misls; Sikhs and the Marathas; Sikhs' incursions towards Delhi.  There is a section on Sikhi developing into an offshoot of Hinduisim as a consequence of control of gurdwaras, and a section on the emergence of casteism among Sikhs.  The book also highlights failures and successes of Sikhi in the 18th C.  There is a bibliography.

29/6/2026

History of the Sikhs

Title: History of the Sikhs
Author surname(s): Cunningham
Author forename(s): Joseph Davy
Publisher: S Chand & Co, New Delhi
Pages: 402
ISBN: none
Publn 1966 estd. (original publication date: 1966 estd.)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is an edited version (editor: Garrett HLO) of Cunningham's book that was first published in 1849. Cunningham spent 8 years among Sikhs.  His book is considered an accurate account.  His book "told the whole truth-the unpalatable truth, regarding the first Sikh war; it exposed the real strength of the Sikh army; the conduct of, and the negotiations with, the Sikh chiefs...But a despotic Government cannot endure truths which seem to reflect on the justice of its policy.  Looking at the policy of annexation from the basis of Cunningham's book, that policy was undoubtedly unjust." Cunningham's book covers the gurus and other religions and the history of the Punjab from around AD 800 and the surrounding states that came under Sikh control or influence.  It covers the period of Ranjit Singh and his battles with the Brits through to around 1846. There are many appendices that present treaties and information about GGS and DG scriptures, and a variety of other information.

29/6/2026

The Sikhs

Title: The Sikhs
Author surname(s): Gordon
Author forename(s): John
Publisher: Language Dept, Punjab Govt
Pages: 236
ISBN: none
Publn 1988 (original publication date: 1970)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is based on the 1883 book by Gordon about his time among Sikhs.  It is therefore a book about Sikhs, including Sikhi as a religion, Ranjit Singh, battles with the Brits, and Brit Raj.  Unfortunately, some pages are blank.

29/6/2026

The fall of the Sikh empire

Title: The fall of the Sikh empire
Author surname(s): Gardner
Author forename(s): Alexander
Publisher: National Book Shop, Delhi
Pages: 132
ISBN: 8171162312
Publn 2007 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (edited by Baldev Singh Baddan) is based on the memoirs of a western soldier of fortune, Gardner, employed by Ranjit Singh around 1831, and then by Gulab Singh.  The appendices provide data on prominent people of the time.  There is a bibliography and a book list of useful books on Sikh history.

28/6/2026

How the Sikhs lost their Kingdom

Title:How the Sikhs lost their Kingdom
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Khushwant
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Pages: 194
ISBN: none
Publn 1997 (original publication date: 1996)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book tells of the fall of the kingdom and covers the decade after Ranjit Singh.

28/6/2026

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Title: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Author surname(s): Singh Bhatia and Bakshi
Author forename(s): H and SR
Publisher: Deep & Deep publications, New Delhi
Pages: 279
ISBN: 8176291331
Publn 2000 (original publication date: 2000)
Location: shelf 17.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book deals with the history of the Punjab and the life and times of Ranjit Singh including the Koh-i-Noor diamond and his relationship with the Brits.  There is a bibliography.

28/6/2026

Sikhism and Punjab's heritage

Title: Sikhism and Punjab's heritage
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Wazir
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 179
ISBN: none
Publn 1990 (original publication date: 1990)
Location: shelf 17.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is a collection of 20 essays on "the theme of Punjab's culture, religious history and Sikhism."

26/6/2026

An introduction to Indian religions

Title: An introduction to Indian religions
Author surname(s): Singh and Joshi
Author forename(s): Harbans and Lal Mani
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 269
ISBN: none
Publn 1973 (original publication date: 1973)
Location: shelf 16.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is "a beginning course for college students" and covers four Indian religions including Sikhi.

26/6/2026

Modern religious movements in India

Title: Modern religious movements in India
Author surname(s): Farquhar
Author forename(s): JN
Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London
Pages: 471
ISBN: none
Publn 1924 (original publication date: 1924)
Location: shelf 16.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: A description of many Indian religions, including 6 pages on Sikhi, by a westerner, who says "Though I have done my utmost to secure accuracy and to avoid misrepresentation, the movements are so varied and so intricate that there must be many omissions and mistakes [in the book]."

26/6/2026

Religious systems of the world

Title: Religious systems of the world
Author surname(s): ns
Author forename(s): ns
Publisher: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London
Pages: 824
ISBN: none
Publn 1905 estd.(original publication date: 1905 estd.)
Location: shelf 16.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: A collection of essays by various authors on many religions, including one of 13 pages on Sikhi by Frederic Pincott, that is worth reading.

26/6/2026

Religion in the multi-faith school a tool for teachers

Title: Religion in the multi-faith school a tool for teachers
Author surname(s): Cole
Author forename(s): W Owen
Publisher: Bradford Education Committee and Yorkshire Committee for Community Relations
Pages: 215
ISBN: none
Publn ns (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 16.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: A book by teachers for teachers of religion in schools in England.  Contents include: "the religious upbringing and education of a Sikh child"; "Guru Nanak's birthday"; a list of books on Sikhi; Sikh stories.  The book also covers other religions.
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