Books like

Books like The Alchemist

12 books with a reading profile close to The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

1

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational

Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old maintenance head at Ruby Pier, an amusement park where he spends his days repairing machinery.
2

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

by William Paul Young

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational

Mackenzie Allen Phillips enters a deep depression following the abduction and murder of his youngest daughter, Missy, during a family camping trip.
3

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach

Also inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Donald Shimoda is a former messiah who quits his job of performing miracles to become a barnstorming pilot in the American Midwest.
4

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Annie is a young woman whose life was changed by an accident at Ruby Pier, the amusement park where Eddie, the hero of Albom's first novel, spent his life.
5

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

by Sy Montgomery

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

Sy Montgomery recounts her regular visits to the New England Aquarium, where she develops individual relationships with resident giant Pacific octopuses like Athena and Octavia.
6

Fish in a Tree

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Ally Nickerson has reached the sixth grade by using distractions and bad behavior to hide her inability to read.
7

Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

inspirational, narrative

Jeffrey Lionel Magee is an orphaned runaway with legendary athletic abilities who settles in the racially divided town of Two Mills.
8

The Running Dream

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Jessica Carlisle, a track star who loses her leg below the knee following a bus accident, faces the abrupt end of her identity as an athlete.
9

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen

inspirational, narrative

Cole Matthews, fifteen, is a violent young offender who has been sentenced to a Native-inspired form of justice called Circle Justice.
10

The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn

Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative

Within days of losing their family home to a legal dispute, Raynor Winn and her husband Moth receive a terminal diagnosis for his rare neurodegenerative condition.
11

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi recounts her childhood experiences at Tomoe Gakuen, an experimental elementary school in Tokyo during World War II.
12

THEO OF GOLDEN

by Allen Levi

Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative

Theo enters the quiet town of Golden with a specific, unusual mission.

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