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Loved Before philosophy, the intellectual adventure of ancient man by Henri Frankfort? 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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    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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    Round the Bend

    Nevil Shute · 1951 · Religion & Spirituality

    Tom Cutter runs an air charter service from Arabia to the Far East after the war. His best friend is the Russian-American Connie Shanklin. Connie works for Tom and inspires faith and hope in men of al

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    Mere Christianity

    C.S. Lewis · 1952 · Religion & Spirituality

    A clear, conversational case for the Christian faith; influential well beyond its tradition.

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    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    James Baldwin · 1952 · Religion & Spirituality

    In one of the greatest American classics, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral str

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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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    Saint Thomas Aquinas

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1933 · Religion & Spirituality

    " St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the b

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    This is my God

    Herman Wouk · 1959 · Religion & Spirituality

    This Is My God is Herman Wouk's famous introduction to Judaism completely updated and revised with a new chapter, Israel at Forty. A miracle of brevity, it guides readers through the world's oldest pr

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    A Burnt-Out Case

    Graham Greene · 1960 · Religion & Spirituality

    Querry is assigned to a leper colony on the upper reaches of the Congo, run by a doctor as lacking in faith as he is himself.

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