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12 books with a reading profile close to The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

by Jill Bolte Taylor

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

In 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist at Harvard University, suffered a massive stroke caused by a hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain.
2

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

by Shauna Niequist

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, memoir

Shauna Niequist documents her transition from a life of constant performance and exhaustion to one rooted in stillness and connection.
3

Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

by James R. Doty

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

Part memoir and part scientific inquiry, this book begins with a twelve-year-old James Doty entering a magic shop in Lancaster, California.
4

Reasons to Stay Alive

by Matt Haig

Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational

At twenty-four, Matt Haig experienced a physical and mental breakdown in Ibiza that led to years of severe depression and panic disorder.
5

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

by Edith Eger

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational

In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz, where she survived the manual labor camps and a death march by clinging to her internal mental landscape.
6

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar

by Cheryl Strayed

Also inward-looking and contemplative · self help, memoir

Cheryl Strayed compiles a series of anonymous advice columns written under the pseudonym Sugar, originally published on the website The Rumpus.
7

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

by Sheryl Sandberg

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, memoir

After the sudden death of her husband, Dave Goldberg, Sheryl Sandberg partnered with psychologist Adam Grant to examine the mechanics of emotional recovery.
8

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

by Michael J. Fox

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational

Michael J.
9

Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

by Jackie Hill Perry

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

Jackie Hill Perry details her personal history of same-sex attraction and her subsequent conversion to Christianity.
10

Searching for God Knows What

by Donald Miller

Also inward-looking · self help, inspirational

Donald Miller argues that modern Christianity has reduced faith to a series of logical propositions and mechanical checklists.
11

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage

by Brené Brown

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, inspirational

In this recorded lecture series, Brené Brown presents her research on the relationship between shame, worthiness, and human connection.
12

Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body

by Martin Pistorius

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational

In January 1988, twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius fell ill with an undiagnosed brain infection that left him in a vegetative state.

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