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12 books with a reading profile close to Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions by Rachel Held Evans. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

by Donald Miller

Also inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Donald Miller presents a collection of essays documenting his personal shift from structured, legalistic Christianity to a more organic faith.
2

Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

Paramahansa Yogananda recounts his search for a spiritual teacher in early twentieth-century India, leading to his apprenticeship under the swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.
3

BRAVING THE TRUTH

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

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.
4

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

by Anne Lamott

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Anne Lamott details her transition from a chaotic, addiction-fueled upbringing into a singular practice of Christianity centered at St.
5

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

Sam Harris argues that the feeling of selfhood is a cognitive illusion that can be dismantled through disciplined observation.
6

Gandhi: An Autobiography

by Mahatma Gandhi

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, memoir

In this memoir, Mohandas K.
7

These Precious Days: Essays

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Ann Patchett examines the unexpected connections and daily rituals that define a creative life.
8

The Seat of the Soul

by Gary Zukav

Also inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Gary Zukav argues that humanity is transitioning from a period of five-sensory perception to a multisensory phase of evolution.
9

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

by Maggie Smith

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Maggie Smith uses a nonlinear structure of vignettes to document the collapse of her marriage following the discovery of her husband’s infidelity.
10

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir chronicles the internal process of identifying as nonbinary and asexual.
11

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Rachel Held Evans uses the framework of seven traditional sacraments—baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage—to structure her memoir of religious deconstruction and re…
12

Pageboy

by Elliot Page

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.

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