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Books like The Last Lecture

12 books with a reading profile close to The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

by Ann Voskamp

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Ann Voskamp centers her narrative on the Greek concept of eucharisteo, which connects grace, thanksgiving, and joy.
2

Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

by Glennon Doyle

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton shares a series of essays detailing her transition from a life defined by bulimia and alcoholism to one centered on motherhood and faith.
3

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

by Mitch Albom

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Mitch Albom, a sports columnist preoccupied with career success, reconnects with his former sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, after seeing him interviewed on television about his terminal ALS diagnosis.
4

What I Know for Sure

by Oprah Winfrey

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

Oprah Winfrey collects essays, many drawn from her monthly column in O, The Oprah Magazine.
5

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Glennon Doyle recounts the moment she realized her life was constructed around societal expectations rather than her own desires.
6

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Matthew McConaughey presents a collection of stories and life filters derived from thirty-six years of his personal diaries.
7

Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational

Maya Angelou addresses this collection of twenty-eight short essays to the symbolic daughter she never had, sharing personal anecdotes from her life in Arkansas, St.
8

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.
9

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Katherine May presents wintering as a recurring, inevitable season of life characterized by personal crisis, illness, or professional failure.
10

The Power of Now Meditation Deck

by Eckhart Tolle

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

The Power of Now Meditation Deck consists of fifty individual cards containing excerpts from Eckhart Tolle’s primary teachings on mindfulness.
11

Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence

by Sarah Young

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Sarah Young’s 365-day devotional is written from a first-person perspective, where the narrator speaks as the voice of Jesus directly to the reader.
12

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

by Amanda Palmer

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Amanda Palmer examines the mechanics of reciprocity and the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from requesting assistance.

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