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Loved The holy war by John Bunyan? 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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    A Letter Concerning Toleration

    John Locke · 1689 · Religion & Spirituality

    A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, and it was immediately translated into other languages. Locke's work appeared amids

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    The Saint' everlasting rest

    Richard Baxter · 1650 · Religion & Spirituality

    Richard Baxter's The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650) has long been recognized as one of the great classics of Christian devotion, and it is by this book that he is best known. The original work consis

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    De Natura deorum

    Cicero · 1718 · Religion & Spirituality

    De Natura deorum (The Nature of the Gods) is a philosophical dialogue by Roman orator Cicero written in 45 BC. It is laid out in three books, each of which discuss the theology of different Roman and

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    Camino de perfección [por] Santa Teresa de Jesús

    Teresa of Avila · 1632 · Religion & Spirituality

    A seminal work of Spanish mysticism, Teresa of Avila's The Way of Perfection describes the practices and qualities of a prayerful life devoted to Christ . She discusses a variety of maxims related to

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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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    The Miracle of Mindfulness

    Thich Nhat Hanh · 1975 · Religion & Spirituality

    Simple practices for being fully present; a gentle, enduring introduction to mindfulness.

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    A History of God

    Karen Armstrong · 1993 · Religion & Spirituality

    Four thousand years of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have imagined God; lucid and even-handed.

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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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    A Far Country

    Winston Churchill · 1915 · Religion & Spirituality

    Follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood. There he travels from Britain to America where he later becomes a very prosperous man.

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