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12 books with a reading profile close to People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by M. Scott Peck. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

The Schopenhauer Cure

by Irvin D. Yalom

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld discovers he has terminal skin cancer, prompting him to evaluate his professional legacy through one final challenge.
2

The Course of Love

by Alain de Botton

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Alain de Botton tracks the long-term marriage of Rabih and Kirsten, moving past the initial spark of infatuation to the mundane reality of domesticity and child-rearing.
3

Veronika Decides to Die

by Paulo Coelho

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika appears to have a perfect life in Ljubljana, Slovenia, yet she suffers from a profound sense of existential emptiness and boredom.
4

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, psychology

Sam Harris argues that the feeling of selfhood is a cognitive illusion that can be dismantled through disciplined observation.
5

I Know This Much Is True

by Wally Lamb

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Dominick Birdsey spends his life anchored to his identical twin, Thomas, whose paranoid schizophrenia leads to a violent act of self-mutilation in a public library.
6

The Power of Myth

by Joseph Campbell

Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Based on his conversations with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell details the structural similarities between global religious traditions and ancient folk tales.
7

Uçurtma Avcısı

by Khaled Hosseini

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Set in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan monarchy and the subsequent rise of the Taliban, the narrative follows Amir, a privileged boy haunted by his failure to intervene during the assault of his servant and f…
8

Little Altars Everywhere

by Rebecca Wells

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Siddalee Walker is a successful theater director in Seattle who must reconcile with her difficult mother Vivi, one of the Ya-Yas, a group of Louisiana women who have been friends since childhood.
9

The Prince of Tides

by Pat Conroy

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Tom Wingo, an unemployed teacher from the South Carolina lowcountry, travels to New York City after his twin sister, Savannah, attempts suicide.
10

Every Note Played

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Richard Seligman is a world-class concert pianist whose career ends abruptly when he is diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
11

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook

by Bruce D. Perry

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Bruce Perry illustrates how extreme trauma and neglect reshape the physical architecture of the developing human brain.
12

Hinds' Feet on High Places

by Hannah Hurnard

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Much-Afraid is a crippled orphan living in the Valley of Humiliation, burdened by her Fearing relatives and a physical deformity.

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