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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.

By Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott is an American teacher, speaker, and author of numerous novels and nonfiction books. Her writings and teachings cover subjects such as faith, Christianity, and sobriety.

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The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose

In The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance.

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Oprah Winfrey
2025
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The New Man

The New Man shows Thomas Merton at the height of his powers and has as its theme the question of spiritual identity.

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Thomas Merton
1999
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Love and Living

Love and Living is a posthumously published collection of Merton's essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. "Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity." Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick Hart.

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Thomas Merton
2002
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Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir

Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves.

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Elizabeth Gilbert (introduction)
2016
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The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello

The Way to Love contains the final flowering of Anthony de Mello's thought, and in it he grapples with the ultimate question of love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his readers with his usual pithiness to break through illusion, the great obstacle to love.

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Anthony de Mello
1995
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The Sound of Paper: Starting from Scratch

In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists experience.

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Julia Cameron
2005
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The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart

In the Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart, Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, draws from her remarkable teaching experience to help readers reach out into ever-broadening creative horizons.

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Julia Cameron
1997
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Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity

In this long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron presents the next step in her course of discovering and recovering the creative self.

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Julia Cameron
2003
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The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other. Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago.

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Paulo Coelho
2008
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The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti

Inspired by Krishnamurti’s belief that truth is found through living, The Book of Life presents 365 timeless daily meditations, developed thematically over seven days, illuminating the concepts of freedom, personal transformation, living fully awake, and much more.

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J. Krishnamurti
1995
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