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Books like Stranger in a Strange Land

Loved Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein? 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 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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    Black like me

    John Howard Griffin · 1960 · Religion & Spirituality

    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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    One-Dimensional Man

    Herbert Marcuse · 1963 · Religion & Spirituality

    One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society is a 1964 book by the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, in which the author offers a wide-ranging critique of both contemporary c

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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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    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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    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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    Bless Me, Ultima

    Rudolfo A. Anaya · 1972 · Religion & Spirituality

    Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan pas

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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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