What should my first books on Sufism and the Tariqah be.?

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My Personal Advise (Nasiha)- These books will help gain Openings and Spiritual insightsAnd opening ones Basirah -Inner eye, seeing with eye of the Heart.

The First books really needed to read if your interested in Sufism are:

1.The Writing on the Water: Chronicles of a Seeker on the Islamic Sufi Path –Sufi Diary By Muhiyddin Shakoor
2.The Book of Stranger by Ian Dallas – (Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Sufi Murabit) Sufi Novel
3.Islamic Manners –by Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghudda-. This is a must to buy, a simple small full of wisdom.
4.Purification of the Heart Signs Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart translated by Hamza Yusuf
5. Irshad of Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak Al-Jerrahi, Pir Press the contains treasures that Sufi Masters talk about, Large and simple easy to read

The links above will help with the Dreams.
How can i see the Blessed Prophet pbuh in my dreams? 1/46th part prophecy
How so see Blessed Prophet pbuh dreams, by reading the Shaam-il Tirmidhi this will increase the change. The Shaam-il Tirmidhi is an excellent collection of Ahadith pertaining the Adab, features, characteristics, and virtues of Sayyidina wa Maulana Muhammad, Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim. My Personal Advise (Nasiha) on Sadaqah for every Day with a Dua



Also read every 11 times and on Fridays 100 times after Asr Pray the Salawat or durood Shareef below
My Personal Advise on :Khatam of Dalail ul Khayrat & Salawat ala Fatih- called Durood Fatih in Urdu

After that you can go and Read
6 Shaykh Ibn Ata' Allah's – Key to Salvation
7.The Book of Assistance Imam Abdallah Ibn-Alawi Al-Haddad
8. Key to the Garden by Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad
9. Other Imam Haddad Ibn Al-Alawi's and other Starlatch
10.Other Imam Haddad Ibn Al-Alawi's and others Quilliam Press

11.The Invocation of God Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
12.The Basic Research :- Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba This will help on the Path but is, a very Heavy book and needs contemplation after reading, also the Basic Research should be read after some time the others have be read first.

Online Shop Sufi Books -Fons Vitae Books Avaliable from US -Large collection of good quality Sufi Books
Online Shop and book Store Iman Books AL-Haddad Books Avaliable from UK The Broadway, West Ealing, London
All if not most of the books mentioned can be bought from the UK Small shop Imam Books in West Ealing, London

14. And Muhammad Is His Messenger : The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety (Studies in Religion)
by Annemarie Schimmel, ISBN: 0807841285
15. Muslim Devotions : A Study of Prayer-Manuals in Common Use
by Constance E. Padwick, ISBN: 1851681159

I've read fully or partially the books myself and have found openings and much benefit to the path to Allah, these will further develop ones Spiritual awareness. The reason of the Soul and its enemies and why, how one spiritually develops and much more Sufic Wisdom can be found in the treasures below.

Others books which I haven't yet read but would like are put in my list of reading are:-

The Illumination of Desisting from Selfish Calculation Kitab al-Tanwir fi Isqat al-Tadbir
by Ibn Ata' Allah Al-Iskandari

THE PURE GOAL CONCERNING KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIQUE NAME Al-Qasd al-mujarrad fi ma'rifat al-Ism al-Mufrad
by Ibn 'Ata'Allah al-Iskandari

The Marvels of the Heart -Kitab Sharh 'Aja'ib al-Qalb SCIENCE OF THE SPIRIT by Imam AL-GHAZALI

The link above is a large listing of Sufic books, there is just too many books, many will be too complicated or will not contain that which is useful enough for the Beginner to use. I have an Islamic library at home, and I collect Sufi Books also, so this is from my personal view not to hold back, the seeker who is really trying to find peace in their Soul and spiritual grow, so that will help them climb the ladder to Allah.