Editors Reads

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Spirituality

16 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

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Where to Start with Anne Lamott: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Anne Lamott — whether to begin with Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, or Help Thanks Wow. A complete reading guide to the American writer.

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Where to Start with the Dalai Lama: A Reading Guide

Where to start with the Dalai Lama — how to approach The Book of Joy, his essential conversation with Desmond Tutu on lasting happiness. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with David R. Hawkins: A Reading Guide

Where to start with David R. Hawkins — how to approach Letting Go, his practical guide to surrendering negative emotions, drawn from decades of clinical psychiatric work. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Don Miguel Ruiz: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Don Miguel Ruiz — how to approach The Four Agreements, his essential guide to personal freedom through Toltec wisdom. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Eckhart Tolle: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Eckhart Tolle — whether to begin with The Power of Now or A New Earth. A complete reading guide to the spiritual teacher and author.

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Where to Start with Elizabeth Gilbert: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Elizabeth Gilbert — whether to begin with Eat Pray Love or Big Magic. A complete reading guide to the bestselling memoirist and novelist.

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Where to Start with Kahlil Gibran: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Kahlil Gibran — how to approach The Prophet, his essential collection of prose poems on the nature of life. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Marianne Williamson: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Marianne Williamson — how to approach A Return to Love, her breakthrough work drawing on A Course in Miracles to present love as the only force capable of transforming relationships, careers, and the self. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Michael A. Singer: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Michael A. Singer — how to approach The Untethered Soul, his guide to freeing yourself from the voice in your head and discovering the awareness beneath it. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Pema Chödrön: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Pema Chödrön — how to approach When Things Fall Apart, her essential guide to working with difficulty, groundlessness, and fear through Buddhist practice. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Peter Matthiessen: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Peter Matthiessen — how to approach The Snow Leopard, his National Book Award-winning account of a Himalayan journey that becomes a sustained inquiry into grief, presence, and Zen practice. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Richard Bach: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Bach — whether to begin with Jonathan Livingston Seagull or Illusions. A complete reading guide to the American philosophical novelist.

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Best Books About Religion: Essential Reading on Faith and Belief

The best books about religion — from The God Delusion and Man's Search for Meaning to The Book of Joy and The Alchemist. Faith, doubt, and the search for meaning.

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Best Books About Spirituality and Mindfulness: Essential Reading List

The best books about spirituality and mindfulness — from The Power of Now and Siddhartha to Man's Search for Meaning and Meditations. Books that offer genuine frameworks for meaning rather than empty comfort.

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Where to Start with Hermann Hesse: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Hermann Hesse — whether to begin with Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, or The Glass Bead Game. A complete reading guide to Hesse's novels.

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Where to Start with Gary Zukav: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Gary Zukav — how to approach The Seat of the Soul, his landmark of modern spirituality arguing that humanity is transitioning from external power to authentic power aligned with the soul, with a framework for intention, karma, and meaningful choice. A complete reading guide.

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