If you liked
Books like Round the Bend
Loved Round the Bend by Nevil Shute? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from religion & spirituality, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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The Power of Now
A guide to living in the present moment; the bestselling cornerstone of modern mindfulness.
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Mere Christianity
A clear, conversational case for the Christian faith; influential well beyond its tradition.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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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This is my God
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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Before philosophy, the intellectual adventure of ancient man
"An Oriental Institute essay."Originally published under title: The intellectual adventure of ancient man. Introduction: Myth and reality, by H. and H.A. Frankfort.--Egypt: The nature of the universe.
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A Burnt-Out Case
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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Black like me
Publisher's description: Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: "This is a contemporary book, you bet." Indeed, Black Like Me remains required
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after bei
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The Problem of Pain
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
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