TLC Suggested Reading List

(Updated 12/12/98)


It is assumed that the reader is conversant with the Bible, Book of Mormon and History of the Church. We do not fully endorse all contents of listed books, but believe that the overall contents thereof are of a beneficial nature in understanding the Restoration and also the apostasy of modern Israel. The Spirit of God must be the guiding light in everything a person reads.

People are invited to call or write Sam Weller's bookstore, 254 South Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Their toll free number is 1-800-333-7269. They are expert in helping to find rare Mormon books and also have many of these suggested books in stock.


(Titles are listed in no particular order.)

The Book of Isaiah: A new translation with interpretive keys from the Book of Mormon. trans. Avraham Gileadi, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1988.

The Last Days: Types and Shadows from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Avraham Gileadi, Salt Lake City, Utah: Covenant Books 1991

An Intimate Chronicle: The Journals of William Clayton. ed. George D. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature books, in association with Smith Research Associates, 1995

Lectures on Faith. Compiled by N.B. Lundwall, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft

The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship. David John Buerger, Salt Lake City, Utah: Smith Research Associates,1994

Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage. B. Carmen Hardy, University of Illinois Press, 1992

Approaching Zion. Hugh Nibley, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1989

The Words of Joseph Smith. Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, Provo, Utah: Grandin Book Company, 1991

Unpublished Revelations of the Prophets and Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Vols. 1 and 2. Compiled by Fred Collier, Collier's Publishing Company, 1979

The Teachings of President Brigham Young, Vol. 3: 1852-1854. Compiled and Edited by Fred C. Collier, Collier's Publishing Company, 1987

The Essential Brigham Young, Signature Books, 1992

The Discourses of Brigham Young. ed. John A. Widtsoe, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1925

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1976

The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil. H. Verlan Andersen, Orem, Utah: H. Verlan Anderson, 1972

The Mormon Hierarchy, Vol. 1: Origins of Power. D. Michael Quinn, Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books in Association with Smith Research Associates, 1994

The Mormon Hierarchy, Vol. 2: Extensions of Power. D. Michael Quinn, Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books in Association with Smith Research Associates, 1997

Doctrines of the Restoration, Vol 1: Adam-God. Craig L. Tholson, Payson, Utah: Publishment, 1991

The Notes, Vol. One. Compiled by Robert R. Openshaw, Bitterroot Publishing Company, 1980

The Life of Heber C. Kimball. Orson F. Whitney, Bookcraft, 1945

The Widows's Son: The Esoteric History of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Origin of Mormonism. Kerry Ross O'Boran with Lisa Lee O'Boran, 1997 (Obtain through Sam Weller Books)

(More to be added later.)


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