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Books like The Essential Rumi

12 books with a reading profile close to The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks. Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

Manuscript Found in Accra

by Paulo Coelho

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational

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.
2

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

C.S.
3

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

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

Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyam, Tomoyé Press Bkp Cu-Banc

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

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.
5

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Siddhartha, a young Brahman in ancient India, abandons his high-caste life and ritualistic obligations to seek an end to personal suffering.
6

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR

by Paul Kalanithi

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgical resident nearing the end of his decade-long training when he was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer.
7

Walden & Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Henry Thoreau documents two years spent in a self-built cabin near Concord, Massachusetts, where he practiced deliberate solitude to study the economy of basic living.
8

A Thousand Mornings: Poems

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · inspirational, literary

In this collection, Mary Oliver focuses her attention on the marshes and shoreline of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
9

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · inspirational, literary

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.
10

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Anne Morrow Lindbergh uses five distinct seashells found on Captiva Island to categorize the stages of a woman's life.
11

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

by David Foster Wallace

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Originally delivered as a 2005 graduation speech, this essay focuses on the mental discipline required to overcome the "default setting" of self-centeredness.
12

Aleph

by Paulo Coelho

Also inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Paulo Coelho, in a crisis of faith in his own life, decides to travel across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, meeting readers along the way.

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