Selected Gospel of Thomas Books in English, 1983-2014

First English translation:
Guillamont, Puech, Quispel, Till, The Gospel According to Thomas
... (Harper & Row, used 1984 reprint of 1959 edition, at Amazon)
... (Brill, 1998 reprint of 1959 edition)

Translation/Commentaries (including Coptic and Greek)

Stevan Davies, The Gospel of Thomas Annotated & Explained (Skylight Paths, 2002)

April DeConick, The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation (T&T Clark, 2007)

Uwe-Karsten Plisch, The Gospel of Thomas: Original Text with Commentary
... (tr. Gesine Schenke Robinson, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2008)

Charles W. Hedrick, Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel According to Thomas
(Cascade Books, 2010)

Simon Gathercole, The Gospel of Thomas: Introduction and Commentary (Brill, 2014)

History/Commentary, 2000-2014

April DeConick, Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas (T&T Clark, 2005)

Christopher W. Skinner, What Are They Saying About the Gospel of Thomas? (Paulist Press, 2012)

Mark Goodacre, Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics
(Eerdmans, 2012)

Simon Gathercole, The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas: Original Language and Influences
(Cambridge University Press, 2012; paperback 2014)

History/Commentary, 1983-1999

Stevan L. Davies, The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Wisdom
(Seabury Press, 1983, not in print; 2nd ed. with new intro, Bardic Press, 2005)

Marvin Meyer, The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
(HarperCollins, 1992, 2nd rev edition 2004)

Stephen J. Patterson, The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus (Polebridge Press, 1993)

Richard Valantasis, The Gospel of Thomas (Routledge, 1997)
(Highly recommended for its approach)

Patterson, Robinson, and Bethge, The Fifth Gospel: The Gospel of Thomas Comes of Age
(Trinity Press, 1998, new edition on Kindle)
(The best all-around introduction. If you buy just one book, this is the one.)

Risto Uro, ed., Thomas at the Crossroads: Essays on the Gospel of Thomas (T&T Clark, 1998)

John and Thomas

Gregory J. Riley, Resurrection Reconsidered: Thomas and John in Controversy
(Augsburg Fortress, 1995)

Elaine Pagels, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (Vintage Books, 2003)

April DeConick, Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourses in the Gospels
of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature (T&T Clark, 2004)

Christopher W. Skinner, John and Thomas - Gospels in Conflict?
(Princeton Theological Monograph Series 115, 2009)

(a page of The Gospel of Thomas Resource Center, by M.W. Grondin, rev 20 Jun 2025)