17 books
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8 voters
Contemplative Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,389
New Seeds of Contemplation (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,396 ratings — published 1962
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,664,017 ratings — published 1988
The Practice of the Presence of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.33 — 60,740 ratings — published 1692
Contemplative Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,137 ratings — published 1969
Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,892 ratings — published 1988
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.37 — 909,662 ratings — published 1946
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.22 — 19,757 ratings — published 2004
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,433 ratings — published 2003
Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,812 ratings — published 2006
Thoughts in Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,479 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 — 47,974 ratings — published 1992
Interior Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,811 ratings — published 1588
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.48 — 158,690 ratings — published 2023
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 482,984 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.20 — 522,541 ratings — published 2020
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.20 — 198,064 ratings — published 2021
Revelations of Divine Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,232 ratings — published 1393
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,303 ratings — published 2004
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,953,178 ratings — published 1818
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.09 — 896,339 ratings — published 1922
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,618,778 ratings — published 1948
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.07 — 30,414 ratings — published 1974
Dark Night of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,290 ratings — published 1584
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.00 — 427,088 ratings — published 2019
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,077,403 ratings — published 1992
The Cloud of Unknowing (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,026 ratings — published 1370
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.85 — 127,654 ratings — published 2004
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,268,660 ratings — published 1963
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.85 — 884,824 ratings — published 2005
The Seven Storey Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,227 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 — 405 ratings — published 2010
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,240,884 ratings — published 2024
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,462,751 ratings — published 1942
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.06 — 590,684 ratings — published 1995
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,118,948 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 4.34 — 479 ratings — published 1959
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.09 — 229,343 ratings — published 1969
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,683,312 ratings — published 1945
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,564,000 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 — 23,220 ratings — published
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,217 ratings — published 1996
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,542,434 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 — 55,028 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 — 9,315 ratings — published 1981
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.77 — 365,885 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 — 7,093 ratings — published 1996
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.38 — 26,426 ratings — published 1991
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 3.99 — 750,836 ratings — published 1987
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.23 — 334,016 ratings — published 1923
Heart the Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemplative)
avg rating 4.22 — 316,782 ratings — published 2025
“Listening. It's not something for which Protestants are usually well known. In our activist piety we have tended toward prophetic pronouncements rather than quiet listening. As Father Guy, one of the first monks I met, put it, "Samuel said, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant is listening'; we more often say, 'Listen, Lord, for thy servant is speaking.”
― Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants
― Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants
“Your ability to rise beyond your thinking is the Highest form of Intelligence”
― The Power of Contemplative Intelligence (CQ): The Science of finding your Spiritual Self
― The Power of Contemplative Intelligence (CQ): The Science of finding your Spiritual Self












