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The Wisdom of the Desert (New Directions) (1960)

by Thomas Merton (Editor and translator)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
1,101	12	19,357	(3.97)	4

Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period. If multiple works have the same number of copies during that period they share a popularity number.

Overall popularity: 19,357

Popularity year-by-year (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Popularity	33,576	19,475	14,626	22,588	20,618	20,709	25,052	17,134	25,943	19,347	20,224	22,945	17,074	15,430	18,414	22,881	17,247	20,945	35,948	27,818

Popularity quarter-by-quarter (top 25,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Q1		17,600	12,556	20,131	16,653			16,133		19,861	22,620	14,525		14,452	16,093	21,277		23,776		23,394
Q2		23,097	17,669		15,916			16,400	18,812	11,522	17,708	19,739	9,201	20,133		16,030	17,630	18,091
Q3		22,491	13,189	19,499		13,212	16,868	15,337					18,518	11,512	11,503		14,618	24,980
Q4		16,106	17,087	22,981		20,956	17,413		19,042	20,501	20,348		20,662	20,523			14,935	19,200	20,536	23,384

Popularity month-by-month (top 10,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan														8,644
Feb															9,832
Mar			6,917								9,486	5,732
Apr													6,426
May					9,008					6,766	7,805		4,968
Jun
Jul								9,621						8,083
Aug															7,906
Sept				8,757
Oct							8,940									9,371
Nov																	9,092
Dec

Cumulative popularity by month (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan		39,360	22,757	16,830	18,180	18,171	18,658	19,167	18,934	18,912	19,018	18,949	18,993	18,363	18,168	17,861	18,150	17,944	18,051	18,769
Feb		29,788	21,604	17,315	17,867	18,106	18,781	19,006	18,992	18,993	19,037	18,932	18,996	18,379	18,063	17,814	18,139	18,004	18,143	18,710
Mar		25,523	17,863	17,114	17,965	18,533	18,911	18,904	19,117	18,974	18,930	18,679	19,033	18,329	18,040	17,873	18,162	17,946	18,277	18,762
Apr		25,321	17,564	17,265	17,790	18,771	19,155	18,808	19,087	19,020	18,966	18,632	18,851	18,289	18,057	17,798	18,089	17,996	18,356	18,701
May		25,370	17,783	17,551	17,388	18,883	19,163	18,785	19,078	18,825	18,827	18,621	18,611	18,322	18,046	17,734	18,061	17,932	18,433	18,773
Jun		25,136	17,917	17,839	17,475	18,827	19,348	18,779	19,012	18,719	18,823	18,671	18,696	18,337	18,072	17,771	18,097	17,906	18,505	18,802
Jul		23,179	17,944	18,217	17,690	18,765	19,522	18,599	19,042	18,833	18,847	18,745	18,739	18,198	18,088	17,769	18,035	17,957	18,623	18,929
Aug		26,585	17,142	18,325	17,921	18,712	19,350	18,638	19,053	18,869	18,889	18,800	18,643	18,103	17,923	17,947	18,051	17,951	18,716	18,979
Sept	43,176	24,415	16,716	17,769	17,884	18,460	19,164	18,602	19,076	18,959	18,869	18,869	18,617	18,122	17,822	17,927	17,984	17,973	18,726	19,017
Oct		21,428	16,350	17,901	18,155	18,552	18,946	18,695	19,010	18,983	18,890	18,946	18,543	18,120	17,849	17,827	18,000	17,946	18,707	19,024
Nov	38,116	20,245	16,436	18,180	18,007	18,540	18,822	18,770	18,961	18,970	18,809	18,946	18,576	18,118	17,901	17,942	17,912	17,894	18,694	19,024
Dec	39,495	21,130	16,771	18,168	18,151	18,389	19,084	18,768	18,969	18,928	18,863	18,958	18,518	18,121	17,893	18,060	17,898	17,950	18,708

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Genres

Religion & Spirituality

Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

242Religions › Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology › Devotional Literature (Meditations + Contemplation)

LC Classification

BR63.V4132Philosophy, Psychology and Religion › Christianity › Christianity › Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.

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