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Books like The Prophet

12 books with a reading profile close to The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and open-ended; a moderate read.

1

A Thousand Mornings: Poems

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

In this collection, Mary Oliver focuses her attention on the marshes and shoreline of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

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.
3

The Essential Rumi

by Coleman Barks

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Coleman Barks translates the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic’s Persian verses into contemporary English free verse.
4

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Anne Morrow Lindbergh uses five distinct seashells found on Captiva Island to categorize the stages of a woman's life.
5

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.
6

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryu Suzuki

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Shunryu Suzuki outlines the fundamental principles of Zazen, focusing on the concept of "beginner’s mind"—a state of openness and lack of preconception.
7

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.
8

The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)

by Eckhart Tolle

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection gathers live recordings and studio sessions centered on the practice of presence.
9

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

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10

BRAVING THE TRUTH

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

This final collection of essays, curated by Sarah Bessey following the author’s death, examines the tension between traditional Christian dogma and the practice of honest doubt.
11

Be Here Now

by Ram Dass

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Richard Alpert was a Harvard psychology professor and LSD researcher until a trip to India led him to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba.
12

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

by Sogyal Rinpoche

Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy

Sogyal Rinpoche presents the principles of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, specifically the teachings on the bardo, or the intermediate states between life and death.

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