A Book List That Inspired My Spiritual Journey


Reading is a huge part of my spiritual practice. I have been influenced by so many walks of life beyond the parameters of “spiritual” books because I truly believe that we can find inspiration from beyond a specific genre.

I currently do not have any mini descriptions here, and none of these books are in particular order. However, I hope you find something here that you feel interested to learn more about! I’ll continue to update this list as I find more books that inspired me.

  1. The Untethered Soul - Michael A. Singer

  2. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

  3. Mindset - Dr. Carol S. Dweck

  4. Unfollow - Megan Phelps-Roper

  5. The Courage to Be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

  6. Ikigai - Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia

  7. Utopia for Realists - Rutger Bregman

  8. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

  9. Be Here Now - Ram Dass

  10. Journey to the Heart - Melody Beattie

  11. Decolonizing Wellness - Dalia Kinsey

  12. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism - Chögyam Trungpa

  13. Eastern Body Western Mind - Anodea Judith

  14. Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors - Janina Fisher

  15. Angel Numbers 101 - Doreen Virtue

  16. Do Better - Rachel Ricketts

  17. The Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu

  18. Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

  19. Love, Freedom, Aloneness - Osho

  20. The Science of Stuck - Britt Frank

  21. The Encyclopedia of Spirits - Judika Illes

  22. The Heart of Yoga - TKV Desikachar

  23. Meeting the Shadow - Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams

  24. The Shadow Effect - Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Marianne Williamson

  25. When the Body Says No - Gabor Maté

  26. Old Path White Clouds - Thich Nhat Hanh

  27. The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh

  28. Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh

  29. Fear - Thich Nhat Hanh

  30. Anger- Thich Nhat Hanh

  31. How to Love - Thich Nhat Hanh

  32. Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell

  33. Journey Into Power - Baron Baptiste

  34. The Symposium - Plato

  35. Republic - Plato

  36. On Law, Morality, and Politics - Thomas Aquinas

  37. Surrender Experiment - Michael A. Singer

  38. The Voice of Knowledge - Don Miguel Ruiz

  39. The Art of Possibility - Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

  40. Everybody Lies - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

  41. Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely

  42. Man and His Symbols - Carl Jung

  43. Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead)

  44. The Illusion of Conscious Will - Daniel Wegner

  45. The Wellness Syndrome - Carl Cederstrom and Andre Spicer

  46. The Happiness Industry - William Davies

  47. Start with Why - Simon Sinek

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