The Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
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What people on Hacker News said
For Christianity I highly recommend Saint Augustine’s Confessions. It is very readable and the author’s intellect shines throughout.
I actually read Saint Augustine's Confessions, which was an interesting book in that parts were very poignant and parts were really kind of ponderous considerations of, like, the nature of time.
St. Augustine - Confessions (first spiritual autobiography) or City of God
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