Around the time I came to Christ, I found in my parents’ house several Watchman Nee books inscribed from a family member who had passed many years before: Sit, Walk, Stand; The Normal Christian Life; Love Not the World; and Changed into His Likeness. As soon as I read Sit, Walk, Stand, I was hooked.

I found out that his other books were only a few dollars each at a used bookstore, and I began devouring them: Practical Issues of This Life, Spiritual Knowledge, The Release of the Spirit—his little books seemed to me an endless treasure hoard of straightforward teaching. He was the first Christian author I got really hooked on.

Fortunately, his books are easier to find than ever. They have been in digital format for many years, and his primary publisher, Living Stream Ministry, has made his books available for online reading for free, no strings attached. The only catch is, they are not for download (at least, not legally, and not here):

Free Books by Watchman Nee (COMPLETE)

Below I’ve marked with asterisks (***) the books by him which I recommend most. Living Stream’s website uses

List of Book Titles (Alphabetical):

1. The Assembly Life
2. Authority and Submission
3. The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit***
4. Burden and Prayer
   [Changed into His Likeness]***
5. The Character of the Lord’s Worker
6. Christ Becoming Our Wisdom
7. Christ is All Spiritual Matters and Things
8. Christ our Righteousness
9. Church Affairs
10. The Christian Life and Warfare (Works, Set 1, Vol. 1)
11. The Word of the Cross (Works, Set 1, Vol. 2)
12. The Christian (1) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 3)
13. The Christian (2) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 4)
14. The Christian (3) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 5)
15. The Christian (4) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 6)
16. The Christian (5) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 7)
17. The Present Testimony (1) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 8)
18. The Present Testimony (2) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 9)
19. The Present Testimony (3) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 10)
20. The Present Testimony (4) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 11)
21. The Spiritual Man (1) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 12)
22. The Spiritual Man (2) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 13)
23. The Spiritual Man (3) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 14)
24. Study on Matthew (Works, Set 1, Vol. 15)
25. Study on Revelation (Works, Set 1, Vol. 16)
26. Notes on Scriptural Messages (1) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 17)
27. Notes on Scriptural Messages (2) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 18)
28. Notes on Scriptural Messages (3) (Works, Set 1, Vol. 19)
29. Questions on the Gospel (Works, Set 1, Vol. 20)
30. The Christian (1934-1940) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 21)
31. The Assembly Life & The Prayer Ministry of the Church (Works, Set 2, Vol. 22)
32. The Song of Songs & Hymns (Works, Set 2, Vol. 23)
33. The Overcoming Life (Works, Set 2, Vol. 24)
34. Collection of Newsletters (1) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 25)
35. Collection of Newsletters (2) & Watchman Nee’s Testimony (Works, Set 2, Vol. 26)
36. The Normal Christian Faith (Works, Set 2, Vol. 27)
37.  The Gospel of God (1) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 28)
38. The Gospel of God (2) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 29)
39. The Normal Christian Church Life (Works, Set 2, Vol. 30)
40. The Open Door (1) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 31)
41. The Open Door (2) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 32)
42. The Glorious Church (Works, Set 2, Vol. 34)
43. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Works, Set 2, Vol. 35)
44. Central Messages (Works, Set 2, Vol. 36)
45. General Messages (1) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 37)
46. General Messages (2) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 38)
47. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (1) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 41)
48. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (2) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 42)
49. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (3) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 43)
50. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (4) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 44)
51. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (5) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 45)
52. Conferences, Messages, and Fellowship (6) (Works, Set 2, Vol. 46)
53. The Orthodoxy of the Church & Authority and Submission (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 47)
54. Messages for Building Up New Believers (1) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 48)
55. Messages for Building Up New Believers (2) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 49)
56. Messages for Building Up New Believers (3) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 50)
57. Church Affairs (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 51)
58. The Character of the Lord’s Worker (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 52)
59. The Ministry of God’s Word (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 53)
60. How to Study the Bible & The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 54)
61. The Ministers & The Open Door (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 55)
62. The Open Door & The Present Testimony (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 56)
63. The Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 57)
64. Spiritual Judgment and Examples of Judgment (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 58)
65. Miscellaneous Records of the Kuling Training (1) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 59)
66. Miscellaneous Records of the Kuling Training (2) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 60)
67. Matured Leadings in the Lord’s Recovery (1) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 61)
68. Matured Leadings in the Lord’s Recovery (2) (Collected Works, Set 3, Vol. 62)
69. Concerning the Lord’s Day Message Meeting
70. Deep Calls unto Deep
71. Expecting the Lord’s Blessing
72. Fact, Faith, and Experience
73. The Flow of the Spirit
74. Further Talks on the Church Life
75. The Glorious Church
76. God is Willing
77. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
78. God’s Eternal Plan
79. God’s Keeping Power
80. God’s Overcomers
81. God’s Plan and God’s Rest
82. The Gospel of God (2 volume set)
83. Head Covering
84. The Holy Spirit and Reality
85. How to Know God’s Will
86. How to Study the Bible
87. Key to Prayer, The
88. The Life of the Altar and the Tent
89. Messages for Building Up New Believers, Vol. 1
90. Messages for Building Up New Believers, Vol. 2
91. Messages for Building Up New Believers, Vol. 3
92. Messages Given During the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry (2 volume set)
93. The Messenger of the Cross***
94. Ministering to the House or to God?
95. The Ministry of God’s Word
    [The Mystery of Creation?]
96. The Mystery of Christ
97. Baptism (New Believer’s Series (1))
98. Terminating the Past (New Believer’s Series (2))
99. Separation from the World (New Believer’s Series (3))
100. Witnessing (New Believer’s Series (4))
101. Leading Men to Christ (New Believer’s Series (5))
102. If Anyone Sins (New Believer’s Series (6))
103. Consecration (New Believer’s Series (7))
104. Confession with the Mouth (New Believer’s Series (8))
105. Reading the Bible (New Believer’s Series (9))
106. Meeting (New Believer’s Series (10))
107. Prayer (New Believer’s Series (11))
108. Early Rising (New Believer’s Series (12))
109. Confession and Recompense (New Believer’s Series (13))
110. Forgiveness and Restoration (New Believer’s Series (14))
111. Deliverance (New Believer’s Series (15))
112. Our Life (New Believer’s Series (16))
113. Seeking God’s Will (New Believer’s Series (17))
114. Governmental Forgiveness (New Believer’s Series (18))
115. The Discipline of God (New Believer’s Series (19))
116. The Discipline of the Holy Spirit (New Believer’s Series (20))
117. Withstanding the Devil (New Believer’s Series (21))
118. Loving the Brothers (New Believer’s Series (22))
119. The Priesthood (New Believer’s Series (23))
120. The Body of Christ (New Believer’s Series (24))
121. The New Covenant (1952 Edition)
122. The Normal Christian Church Life
123. The Normal Christian Faith
     [The Normal Christian Worker = The Character of the Lord’s Worker]
124. The Orthodoxy of the Church
125. The Overcoming Life
126. Praising
127. A Prayer for Revelation
128. The Prayer Ministry of the Church
129. Questions on the Gospel
     [The Release of the Spirit = The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit]
130. The Renewing of the Mind
131. A Righteous Forgiveness
132. Self-Knowledge and God’s Light
133. Separated Unto the Lord
134. The Sinners’ Friend
135. The Song of Songs
136. Special Grace and Reserve Grace
     [Spiritual Authority = Authority and Submission?]
     [Spiritual Knowledge?]
     The Spiritual Man (3 volume set)
137. Spiritual Progress
138. A Sure Salvation
139. Tell Him
140. The Time of the Cross
141. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels
142. The Two Natures
143. Two Principles of Living
144. Watchman Nee’s Testimony
145. What Are We?
146. The Word of the Cross
147. The Worship That Draws Near
148. Worshipping the Ways of God

List of Booklet Titles

1. And Peter [booklet]
2. The Body of Christ (W.N. Booklet)