Books
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) ISBN 0-06-095832-4
- Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) ISBN 0-553-29961-1
- Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by R. DiSanto and T. J. Steele (1990) ISBN 0-688-06069-2
- "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality (2002) OCLC 59259846
- Granger, David A.: John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the Art of Living: Revisioning Aesthetic Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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