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12 books with a reading profile close to The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection by Michael A. Singer. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

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Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

Paramahansa Yogananda recounts his search for a spiritual teacher in early twentieth-century India, leading to his apprenticeship under the swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.
2

Power of Now 2007 Engagement Calendar

by Universe Publishing

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

This engagement calendar serves as a practical tool for applying Eckhart Tolle’s principles of spiritual presence to daily life.
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

by Anne Lamott

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Anne Lamott details her transition from a chaotic, addiction-fueled upbringing into a singular practice of Christianity centered at St.
4

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Rachel Held Evans uses the framework of seven traditional sacraments—baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage—to structure her memoir of religious deconstruction and re…
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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.
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

After a chance encounter with Rembrandt’s painting of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen spent years analyzing the biblical parable’s three main figures: the reckless younger son, the resentful elder brother, and the compas…
7

Gandhi: An Autobiography

by Mahatma Gandhi

Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, memoir

In this memoir, Mohandas K.
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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.
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The Tao of Pooh

by Benjamin Hoff

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

Benjamin Hoff utilizes the characters from A.A.
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

by Kate Bowler

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

At thirty-five, Kate Bowler was a professor at Duke Divinity School researching the prosperity gospel when she received a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer.
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

by Sogyal Rinpoche

Also inward-looking and contemplative · 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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Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now

by Eckhart Tolle

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

Practicing the Power of Now functions as a targeted manual for implementing the principle of present-moment awareness.

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