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Loved Saint Thomas Aquinas by Gilbert Keith Chesterton? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from religion & spirituality, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

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    The Power of Now

    Eckhart Tolle · 1997 · Religion & Spirituality

    A guide to living in the present moment; the bestselling cornerstone of modern mindfulness.

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    Mein Weltbild

    Albert Einstein · 1934 · Religion & Spirituality

    A fascinating collection of Einstein’s observations about life, religion, nationalism, and a host of personal topics that engaged the genius’s intellect In the aftermath of the First World War, Albert

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    Henry James

    Leon Edel · 1931 · Religion & Spirituality

    This is the one-volume edition of a famous biography of Henry James, which includes new material. Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he

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    Zukunft einer Illusion

    Sigmund Freud · 1928 · Religion & Spirituality

    In what is considered one of his greatest contributions to psychology, Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud describes his perspectives on the development and origins of religion - religion as an illus

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    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    Thornton Wilder · 1927 · Religion & Spirituality

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) tells the story of several unrelated people who happen to be on a bridge in Peru when it collapses, killing them. Philosophically, the book explores the problem of ev

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    Thérèse Desqueyroux

    François Mauriac · 1927 · Religion & Spirituality

    "Fran?ois Mauriac's masterpiece and one of the greatest Catholic novels, Th?r?se Desqueyroux is the haunting story of an unhappily married young woman whose desperation drives her to thoughts of murde

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    Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

    Richard H. Tawney · 1926 · Religion & Spirituality

    "In one of the classics of twentieth-century political economy, R.H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He does this by a relentless tracking of

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    The Problem of Pain

    C. S. Lewis · 1940 · Religion & Spirituality

    Why must humanity suffer? In this elegant and thoughtful work, C. S. Lewis questions the pain and suffering that occur everyday and how this contrasts with the notion of a God that is both omnipotent

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    The bright pavilions

    Hugh Walpole · 1940 · Religion & Spirituality

    This fifth historical novel in the Herries Chronicle, set against the background of the turmoil and politics of Elizabethan England, tells the tale of one family's experiences of divided loyalties and

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    Saint Joan

    George Bernard Shaw · 1924 · Religion & Spirituality

    This classic traces the life of Joan of Arc from the time she appears to her regional governor, her visit to the Dauphin (where she is undeceived by his disguise) to the siege of Orleans, coronation a

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