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12 books with a reading profile close to Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver 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

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.
3

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.
4

Upstream: Selected Essays

by Mary Oliver

Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, literary

In this collection, Mary Oliver documents her observations of the natural world, specifically focusing on the flora and fauna of Provincetown and the Massachusetts coast.
5

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.
6

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.
7

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.
8

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.
9

Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyam, Tomoyé Press Bkp Cu-Banc

Also deep and inward-looking · inspirational, literary

The Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám presents a series of four-line stanzas, or quatrains, attributed to the eleventh-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyám and translated into English by Edward FitzGerald.
10

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryu Suzuki

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

Shunryu Suzuki outlines the fundamental principles of Zazen, focusing on the concept of "beginner’s mind"—a state of openness and lack of preconception.
11

Time Is a Mother

by Ocean Vuong

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, literary

Ocean Vuong wrote these poems following his mother’s death from cancer, centering the collection on the immediate aftermath of loss and the persistence of memory.
12

Crush

by Richard Siken

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, literary

Richard Siken’s poetry collection focuses on the obsessive, often violent nature of desire and the physical aftermath of romantic longing.

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