General Books on Shinran Shonin 
  • Illustrated Life of Shinran Shonin, Torin Shobo (1961)
  • Shinran; Hyakuzo Kurata, Cultural Interchange Institute for Buddhists (1964)
  • Shinran: An Illustrated Biography; Toyohara, Daijo, Nembutsu Press (2004)
  • Shinran: An Introduction to His Thoughts; Ueda, Yoshifumi
  • Shinran & Eshinni; Shansky, Albert, PublishAmerica (2007)
  • Shinran and His Religion of Pure Faith; Nakai, Rev. Godo,  Hyakka-en (1961)
  • Shinran: His Life & Thought; Kikumura, Norihiko
  • Shinran Shonin: His Life & Work; Murakami, Rev. Sokusui Toronto Buddhist Church (
  • The Essential Shinran; Bloom, Alfred, World Wisdom (2007)
  • The Life of Shinran Shonin: The Journey to Self Acceptance; Bloom, Alfred
  • The Monk Who Dared; Tabrah, Ruth M., Press Pacifica (1995)
  • Understanding Shinran; Keel, Hee-Sung, Asian Humanities Press (1995)
  • Shinran, by Hyakuzo Kurata(1964)
  • The Priest and his Disciples by Hyakuzo Kurata translated by Glenn Shaw(1922)
  • Shinran  An Introduction to His Thought  by Yoshifumi Ueda & Dennis Hirota (1989)
  • Letters of Shinran  A Translation of Mattosho    Editor Yoshifumi Ueda   (1978)  
  • Shinran’s Gospel of Pure Grace   by Alfred Bloom (1968)
  • Following the Footsteps of Shinran Shonin published by Sunday School Department  BCA. (1970)
  • The Private Letters of Shinran Shonin  by Kosho Yamamoto(1956)
  • The Collected Works of Shinran  Volume I & II   Hongwanji 

Shin Buddhism Translation Series, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha
  • Letters of Shinran (1978)
  • Notes on ‘Essentials of Faith Alone’ (1979)
  • Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling (1980)
  • Notes on the Inscriptions on Sacred Scrolls (1981)
  • Passages on the Pure Land Way (1982)
  • The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way (1983-1990)
  • Hymns of the Pure Land (1991)
  • Hymns of the Pure Land Masters (1992)
  • Hymns of the Dharma-Ages (1993)
  • A Record in Lament of Divergences (1995)
  • The Collected Works of Shinran, Vol. 1 & 2 (1997) 
Books on Eshinni
  • Letters of Nun Eshinni, Dobbins, James
  • The Life of Eshinni: Wife of Shinran, Ohtani, Yoshiko
  • The Monk’s Wife: A Novel About Eshinni, Tabrah, Ruth M.-