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12 books with a reading profile close to Blue Horses by Mary Oliver. Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

A Thousand Mornings: Poems

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

In this collection, Mary Oliver focuses her attention on the marshes and shoreline of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

Devotions serves as a definitive roadmap of Mary Oliver’s fifty-year career, beginning with her debut in 1963 and extending through her final collections.
3

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

The narrative centers on Almustafa, a prophet who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for twelve years.
4

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

Anne Morrow Lindbergh uses five distinct seashells found on Captiva Island to categorize the stages of a woman's life.
5

Call Us What We Carry

by Amanda Gorman

Also inward-looking · inspirational, literary

In this collection, Amanda Gorman documents the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and American history.
6

The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)

by Eckhart Tolle

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection gathers live recordings and studio sessions centered on the practice of presence.
7

The Essential Rumi

by Coleman Barks

Also deep and inward-looking · inspirational, literary

Coleman Barks translates the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic’s Persian verses into contemporary English free verse.
8

Manuscript Found in Accra

by Paulo Coelho

Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, literary

In the year 1099, the people of Jerusalem gather in the city's square on the eve of an invasion by crusaders, and a wise Greek called the Copt invites them to share their thoughts.
9

Milk and honey

by Rupi Kaur

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, inspirational

Rupi Kaur’s debut collection uses minimalist verse and line drawings to document a progression from deep trauma toward recovery.
10

BRAVING THE TRUTH

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, inspirational

This final collection of essays, curated by Sarah Bessey following the author’s death, examines the tension between traditional Christian dogma and the practice of honest doubt.
11

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Also deep and inward-looking · inspirational, literary

In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of French Elle, suffered a massive stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome.
12

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

by Anne Lamott

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, inspirational

Anne Lamott details her transition from a chaotic, addiction-fueled upbringing into a singular practice of Christianity centered at St.

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