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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)
Link    Sikh pdf library
Link    Books about the Panjab or Punjab
Link    Manglacharan "
dedicated to shedding light on the treasure trove of knowledge passed down by our ancestors, which has not yet been translated into English." 
Link    Courses by Sikhi University on Punjabi literature   

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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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28/7/2026

The spirit born people

Title: The spirit born people
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Puran
Publisher: Punjabi University, Patiala
Pages: 140
ISBN: none
Publn 1976 (original publication date: 1976)
Location: shelf 21.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
Usual pompous rubbish so left with NO understanding of what the book is ABOUT.  It is a reprint of 1928 book by Singh on his views of Sikhi and a call to the young to embrace Sikhi in its purest sense.

27/7/2026

Aspects of guru nanak's philosophy

Title: Aspects of guru nanak's philosophy
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Wazir
Publisher: Lahore book shop Ludhiana
Pages: 103
ISBN: none
Publn 1969 (original publication date: 1969)
Location: shelf 21.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
It discusses the philosophy of Nanak's beliefs and also presents many "metaphysical gleanings" from his "bani".

25/7/2026

A popular dictionary of sikhism

SVariousTitle: A popular dictionary of sikhism
Author surname(s): Cole and Singh Sambhi
Author forename(s): W Owen and Piara
Publisher: Curzon Press
Pages: 163
ISBN:
'0700710485
Publn 1997 (original publication date: 1990)
Location: shelf 21.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
A dictionary that "embraces all major terms relating to Sikh concepts, beliefs, and practices."  It includes Sikh wars, marriage, gurdwara, and bios of some personalities.  Its introdn covers the evolution of Sikhi.

25/7/2026

Selected poetry of Ranjit Singh Rana

SVariousTitle: Selected poetry of Ranjit Singh Rana
Author surname(s): Kaur
Author forename(s): Gurdev
Publisher: HD Publishers, Birmingham
Pages: 124
ISBN:
187441131x
Publn 1999 (original publication date: 1999)
Location: shelf 21.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
A collection of  poems by a "British Punjabi poet" and a "revolutionary poet" translated by the author into English, on various aspects of Sikhi and Sikhs and of Punjab, and how times and morals have changed.

25/7/2026

At home and abroad with Amardip and Rema two Sikh children visit India

SVariousTitle: At home and abroad with Amardip and Rema two Sikh children visit India
Author surname(s): Harrison
Author forename(s): Steve
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Pages: 48
ISBN:
'0333386108
Publn 1986 (original publication date: 1981)
Location: shelf 21.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
Self-explanatory with lots of pictures and also descriptions of Sikhi

24/7/2026

Self realization

SVariousTitle: Self realization
Author surname(s): Singh Cheema
Author forename(s): Mohinder
Publisher: Opinion Makers
Pages: 56
ISBN: none

Publn 1999 (original publication date: 1999)
Location: shelf 21.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
A personal account by the author of self-realisation with extracts from gurbani, though the book is intended to be general and not just about  Sikh principles.  It is difficult to understand, I found -but that is bec I find this theme difficult.

24/7/2026

The spiritual heritage of the Punjab

SVariousTitle: The spiritual heritage of the Punjab
Author surname(s): Singh Neki
Author forename(s): Jaswant
Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev university, Amritsar
Pages: TBC
ISBN: none

Publn 2000 (original publication date: 2000)
Location: shelf 21.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
The book tracks the path of spiritual development in the Punjab and the spiritual insights they revealed.  A lot of the content is on Sikhi but it also includes other movements including Sufi, Bhakti etc.

24/7/2026

How to know thy real self 3

SVariousTitle: How to know thy real self 3
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Waryam
Publisher: Atam Marg Spiritual Scientific Educational Charitable Trust
Pages: 228
ISBN: none

Publn 2000 (original publication date: 2000)
Location: shelf 21.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
This is vol 3 in two parts; this book is part I.  It is a translation into English of the original author's journey to knowing thyself.  Not sure if it is based n the teachings of the gurus or whether his experience is based solely on "Isher Singh" whom he calls his Holiness and a saint.  I hope it is based on gurbani and the Sikh gurus and not on someone trying to replace them, i.e., an imposter.  Flicking through I can see refs to the Gurus.

24/7/2026

Sikh religion and hinduism

SVariousTitle: Sikh religion and hinduism
Author surname(s): Singh Sidhu
Author forename(s): Gurbachan
Publisher: Sikh Missionary Society, Southall
Pages: 216
ISBN:
19022122003
Publn 2011 (original publication date: 2011)
Location: shelf 21.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
A chapter by chapter comparison of Sikhi and Hinduism, such as: scriptures, women, caste, diet, worship, rituals etc

24/7/2026

The Sikh philosophy

SVariousTitle: The sikh philosophy
Author surname(s): Singh Kholi
Author forename(s): Surindar
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Pages: 160
ISBN:
8172050615
Publn 1992 (original publication date: 1992)
Location: shelf 21.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
The book gives "an insight into the metaphysics, ethics, mysticism and cosmology of Sikhism."  It provides a "philosophic" overview of Sikhism.  The second half compares Sikhi to other religion, as discussed in the GGS. "the monograph provides a comprehensive study of the Sikh concepts in their proper perspective.  The approach of the study is analytical but wholly based on the Divine Hymns of the Sikh Gurus."  There are refs, but the text is in Punjabi.

23/7/2026

Sachkhand Patra

VariousTitle: Sachkhand Patra
Author surname(s): Singh Sangha
Author forename(s): Gurcharan
Publisher: Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib, Nanded
Pages: 50; 50 estd.
ISBN: ns

Publn 2005; 2003 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 21.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
2003 edition: two articles in Eng (& Punj): 'concern for the poor in Sikhism' and 'Concept of Sikh as a Quam'
2005 edition:  two articles in Eng (& Punj): 'the message of Guru Gobind Singh' and 'Guru Granth Sahib Ji - the perfect perpetual guide in moral & spiritual development of man - 2' 

23/7/2026

historical dictionary of Sikhism

VariousTitle: historical dictionary of Sikhism
Author surname(s): McLeod
Author forename(s): WH
Publisher: OUP
Pages: 340
ISBN:
'0195662083
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 1995)
Location: shelf 21.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: 
The book describes the religion, culture, organisation, and history, of the Sikhs

23/7/2026

Punjabi Fragrance

Title: Punjabi Fragrance
Author surname(s): Singh Alag
Author forename(s): Sarup
Publisher: Sarup Singh Alag
Pages: 243
ISBN:
9789384060152
Publn 2015 (original publication date: 2015)
Location: shelf 21.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book discusses around 90 subjects - affecting daily life - in terms of gurbani; for example, the environment.

22/7/2026

A message of gurbani

Title: A message of gurbani
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Gurbakhsh
Publisher: Guru Gobind Study Circle
Pages: 100
ISBN: none

Publn 2009 (original publication date: 2009)
Location: shelf 21.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
"The book provides a deep insight into the central and core values enunciated in [the banis of Nitnem: Jap, Rehras, Sohila, Anand and Asa Di Var]".  It also explains "relevant aspects of a noble life".

21/7/2026

Gurbani god's word

Title: Gurbani god's word
Author surname(s): Singh Kapoor
Author forename(s): Sukhbir
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 220
ISBN:
'8170102464
Publn 1994 (original publication date: 1994)
Location: shelf 20.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book describes the GGS and the first handwritten form of it (compiled by guru Arjan Dev) and the DG, and then translates and provides a glossary of the meaning of words of hymn selected from the GGS and DG

21/7/2026

Sabd guru to granth guru and in depth study

Title: Sabd guru to granth guru and in depth study
Author surname(s): Singh Chahal
Author forename(s): Devinder
Publisher: Institute for understanding Sikhism, Canada
Pages: 83
ISBN:
'0973429119
Publn 2004 (original publication date: 2004)
Location: shelf 20.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book tries to dispel misconceptions about sabd [bani] and gur, in relation to 'Nanakian philosophy' and to help understand the 'status' of the GGS.  The book also tries to correct the false doctrines and practices adopted by followers of Sikhi.  There is a glossary and biblio.

21/7/2026

Sikh religion karma and transmigration

Title: Sikh religion karma and transmigration
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Harnam
Publisher: Lahore Bookshop, Ludhiana
Pages: 175
ISBN: none

Publn 1955 estd (original publication date: 1955 estd)
Location: shelf 20.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book tries to explain the Sikh view on karma and transmigration and compares those views to those of other religions.  It claims there is reincarnation but that cycle can end.

21/7/2026

Sikhism a modern and psychological perspective

Title: Sikhism a modern and psychological perspective
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Dalip
Publisher: Bahri Publications
Pages: 130
ISBN: none

Publn 1979 (original publication date: 1979)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
A psychological perspective to describe the messages of the gurus.

21/7/2026

Martyrdom of guru arjan dev and essentials of sikhism

Title: Martyrdom of guru arjan dev and essentials of sikhism
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Teja
Publisher: B Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh
Pages: 128
ISBN:
8176016276
Publn 2004 (original publication date: 2004)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
The book describes the three 'commandments' of guru Nanak and guru Gobind; describes the martyrdom of gur Arjan.  Half of the book is poetry that imagines the dialogue bween Arjan and his jailer. It also describes Rehat and also describes the history of the Golden Temple.

21/7/2026

Ethics of the Sikhs

Title: Ethics of the Sikhs
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Avtar
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 288
ISBN:
8173802017
Publn 1996 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
This is an earlier edition of the book on shelf 20.2, but having checked, it appears to have the same content as the later edition .  The book is "a systematic and scientific study of the Sikh ethic." "the book constructs the overall Sikh world view in its moral, spiritual, and religious dimensions."  The author has "explored the entire Sikh corpus, from the Guru Granth  to the codes and manuals which followed the creation of the Khalsa..."  There is a bibliography.

21/7/2026

Sikhism norm and form

Title: Sikhism norm and form
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Dharam
Publisher: Vision & Venture, Patiala
Pages: 166
ISBN:
81865769056
Publn 1997 (original publication date: 1997)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
An overview of Sikhi, its history and philosophy,  its distinctive features, its political ideas (not modern politics or political parties).

21/7/2026

Sikhism its ideals and institutions

Title: Sikhism its ideals and institutions
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Teja
Publisher: Khalsa Brothers, Amritsar
Pages: 142
ISBN: none

Publn 1970 (original publication date: 1938)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
A collection of personal essays on various aspects of Sikh history and Sikhi, including Ardas, Sikh Rites & ceremonies; Sikh organisation; Sikh sects.  All in English.

17/7/2026

Spirit of the sikh part 1

Title: Spirit of the sikh part 1
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Puran
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 113
ISBN:
8173806241
Publn 2000 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
Another example (in the Forward) of pompous writing.  The book was written between 1927 and 1930 and is written in a flowery style that is similar to a descriptive novel.  It is a collection of short essays.  The theme is the Sikh way of life, its principles and message, and about the gurus.

17/7/2026

Sikh religion and culture

Title: Sikh religion and culture
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Dewan
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Pages: 103
ISBN:
817205209x
Publn 1998 (original publication date: 1998)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
A view on Sikh culture and religion, with an emphasis on retaining strict adherence to the teachings and commands of the gurus.

17/7/2026

Sikhism philosophy and culture

Title: Sikhism philosophy and culture
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Wazir
Publisher: National Book Shop
Pages: 128
ISBN:
8171162215
Publn 1991 (original publication date: 1991)
Location: shelf 20.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview:
A scientific account of Sikhi that seeks to exclude fiction that has permeated many other books on Sikhi.There is a bibliograpohy
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