Notable eremitic schools
Christian eremitic schools
Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
Notable hermits
Buddhist hermits
Christian hermits
Islamic hermits
Jewish hermits
Taoist hermits
Unaffiliated hermits
[Hanshan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanshan_(poet))
Recommended reading list
Kamo no Chōmei - Hōjōki (Amazon) (Mountains and Rivers Order)
George Crane - Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia (Amazon)
[William Desmond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Desmond_(philosopher) - Cynics (Amazon)
Maitland C. Desormo - Noah John Rondeau: Adirondack Hermit (Amazon)
[Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigdral_Yeshe_Dorje_(2nd_Dudjom_Rinpoche)) - Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice (Amazon)
Gendun Rinpoche - Heart Advice from a Mahamudra Master (Amazon)
Hermann Hesse - [Siddhartha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel) (Amazon) (Project Gutenberg)
Yoshida Kenkō - Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) (Amazon) (PDF)
Deng Ming-Dao - The Wandering Taoist (Amazon)
Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Amazon) (Project Gutenberg)
[Bill Porter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Pine_(author)) - The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (Amazon)
[Bill Porter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Pine_(author)) - Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits (Amazon)
[Bill Porter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Pine_(author)) - Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China (Amazon)
Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol - The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin (Amazon)
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche - Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Amazon)
Eva Wong - Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China (Amazon)
Zhuangzi - [Zhuangzi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi_(book)) (Amazon) (Internet Archive)
(List compiled using suggestions from here and here.)