Books like The Madman
12 books with a reading profile close to The Madman by Kahlil Gibran. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and open-ended; a moderate read.
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The Essential Rumi
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Coleman Barks translates the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic’s Persian verses into contemporary English free verse.
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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.
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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.
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The Prophet
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.
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Siddhartha
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.
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Walden & Civil Disobedience
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.
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WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
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.
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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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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
A cynical protagonist, convinced that nothing in the universe possesses objective value, decides to commit suicide.
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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.
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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.
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