13 books
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6 voters
Contemplative Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,295
New Seeds of Contemplation (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,333 ratings — published 1962
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,615,876 ratings — published 1988
The Practice of the Presence of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.33 — 59,604 ratings — published 1692
Contemplative Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,126 ratings — published 1969
Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,881 ratings — published 1988
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 462,921 ratings — published 2021
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.37 — 892,903 ratings — published 1946
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.22 — 19,429 ratings — published 2004
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,384 ratings — published 2003
Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,769 ratings — published 2006
Thoughts in Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,463 ratings — published 1956
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.30 — 47,315 ratings — published 1992
Interior Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,664 ratings — published 1588
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.21 — 495,343 ratings — published 2020
Revelations of Divine Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,135 ratings — published 1393
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,298 ratings — published 2004
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,922,538 ratings — published 1818
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 886,126 ratings — published 1922
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,539,179 ratings — published 1948
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,099 ratings — published 1974
Dark Night of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,223 ratings — published 1584
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.49 — 149,705 ratings — published 2023
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.21 — 191,156 ratings — published 2021
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,051,147 ratings — published 1992
The Cloud of Unknowing (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,983 ratings — published 1370
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.85 — 126,024 ratings — published 2004
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,244,032 ratings — published 1963
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.85 — 868,499 ratings — published 2005
The Seven Storey Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,061 ratings — published 1948
The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.17 — 404 ratings — published 2010
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,429,925 ratings — published 1942
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 524,496 ratings — published 1995
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,099,214 ratings — published 1866
The Inner Experience: Thomas Merton's Unfinished Masterpiece on Contemplation, Bridging Catholic Monasticism and Eastern Meditation Traditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.33 — 472 ratings — published 1959
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.10 — 224,792 ratings — published 1969
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,615,650 ratings — published 1945
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,510,463 ratings — published 2020
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.25 — 22,877 ratings — published
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.00 — 416,638 ratings — published 2019
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,087 ratings — published 1996
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,510,243 ratings — published 1943
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.13 — 54,315 ratings — published 1994
The Way of the Heart: A Study of Contemplative Prayer and Inner Devotion (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,156 ratings — published 1981
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.77 — 360,928 ratings — published 1925
The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.35 — 7,044 ratings — published 1996
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.38 — 25,979 ratings — published 1991
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.99 — 739,425 ratings — published 1987
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.23 — 331,420 ratings — published 1923
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,124,544 ratings — published 2024
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.34 — 262,970 ratings — published 1956
“When truth becomes unbearable, the earth holds it quietly in stone, in seed, in the long memory of water.”
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“The weight of memories, they are difficult to escape.”
― Shadows of Reality
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