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Books for the Soul

Our maverick English Teacher looks inward, and as a result list 75 books, both fiction and nonfiction as well as from various disciplines, that have caused him to consider matters spiritual. While some of the books are about religion, our compiler has no specific agenda in that area. These are books that prompted him, sometimes unintentionally, to contemplate possibilities and meaning.
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Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home
1
Ursula K. Le Guin
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
2
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
3
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha
4
Various
The Book (Alan Watts)
The Book
5
Alan Watts
The Book of Job (Stephen Mitchell)
The Book of Job
6
Stephen Mitchell
The Book of Margery Kempe (Margery Kempe)
The Book of Margery Kempe
7
Margery Kempe
Came to Believe (A. A. World Services)
Came to Believe
8
A. A. World Services
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
10
City of God
City of God
11
Civilization (Clark)
Civilization
12
Clark
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
13
Carl Sagan
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom (Dalai Lama)
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
14
Dalai Lama
The Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)
The Dark Night of the Soul
15
St. John of the Cross
Demian (Hermann Hesse)
Demian
16
Hermann Hesse
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus (Thomas Cahill)
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus
17
Thomas Cahill
The Divine Comedy (Mendelbaum Trans.)
The Divine Comedy
18
Mendelbaum Trans.
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha (Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
19
Zen Master Seung Sahn
The Enlightened Heart (Mitchell)
The Enlightened Heart
20
Mitchell
The Enlightened Mind (Mitchell)
The Enlightened Mind
21
Mitchell
The Essence of Wisdom (Mitchell)
The Essence of Wisdom
22
Mitchell
The Essential Talmud (Adin Steinsaltz)
The Essential Talmud
23
Adin Steinsaltz
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
24
John Green
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
25
Eric Weiner
Gift From the Sea
Gift From the Sea
26
The Gift of the Jews (Thomas Cahill)
The Gift of the Jews
27
Thomas Cahill
The Gospel According to Jesus (Mitchell)
The Gospel According to Jesus
28
Mitchell
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Karen Armstrong)
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
29
Karen Armstrong
I Ching
I Ching
30
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
31
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
32
Marcel Proust
Journey to the West (Mary Zimmerman)
Journey to the West
33
Mary Zimmerman
The Koran
The Koran
34
The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)
The Last Temptation of Christ
35
Nikos Kazantzakis
Living Buddha Living Christ
Living Buddha Living Christ
36
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
37
James Hilton
Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine (Eric Weiner)
Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine
38
Eric Weiner
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
39
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations From the Breakdown Lane (Shapiro)
Meditations From the Breakdown Lane
40
Shapiro
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