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2019-07-22 · 10 points · 25 comments · 23 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 3

    Tao Te Ching

    Lao Tzu

    3 here · 53 all-time · #76 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,771 ratings on Amazon
  2. 3The City of God

    The City of God

    Augustine of Hippo

    3 here · 7 all-time · #1005 overall

  3. 2

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

    2 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    Mere Christianity

    C.S. Lewis

    2 here · 19 all-time · #332 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 14,091 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2I Am That

    I Am That

    Nisargadatta Maharaj

    2 here · 18 all-time · #347 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,958 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2The Confessions

    The Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    2 here · 13 all-time · #484 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,059 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2Be Here Now

    Be Here Now

    Ram Dass

    2 here · 8 all-time · #808 overall

  8. 2Dhammapada

    Dhammapada

    The Buddha

    2 here · 6 all-time · #1153 overall

  9. 1

    Siddhartha

    Hermann Hesse

    1 here · 97 all-time · #31 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 18,150 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1The Power of Now

    The Power of Now

    Eckhart Tolle

    1 here · 34 all-time · #155 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 54,841 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1The Quran

    The Quran

    1 here · 27 all-time · #216 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 4,496 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    How to Change Your Mind

    Michael Pollan

    1 here · 25 all-time · #241 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,573 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Waking Up

    Sam Harris

    1 here · 19 all-time · #337 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 9,211 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1Orthodoxy

    Orthodoxy

    G.K. Chesterton

    1 here · 16 all-time · #393 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,701 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Illusions

    Illusions

    Richard Bach

    1 here · 14 all-time · #468 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,139 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Screwtape Letters

    The Screwtape Letters

    C.S. Lewis

    1 here · 8 all-time · #797 overall

  17. 1The Divine Comedy

    The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri

    1 here · 7 all-time · #996 overall

  18. 1Ashtavakra Gita

    Ashtavakra Gita

    Ashtavakra

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1050 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 618 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Why Buddhism Is True

    Why Buddhism Is True

    Robert Wright

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1060 overall

  20. 1The Summa Theologica

    The Summa Theologica

    Thomas Aquinas

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1204 overall

  21. 1The Analects

    The Analects

    Confucius

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1312 overall

  22. 1Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

    Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

    Paul Reps

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1688 overall

  23. 1Total Freedom

    Total Freedom

    Jiddu Krishnamurti

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1689 overall