The Most Inspirational Books

This reading list has been built with the help of more than 1500 visitors who answered the question:
"Which books had the most positive impact on your life ?"

The following books are those who received the highest number of votes.


The Science of Mind
Ernest Holmes
  Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East
Baird T. Spalding

Power Through Constructive Thinking
Emmet Fox
  Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The Essential Rumi
Jalal Al-Din Rumi
  Friendship with God
Neale Donald Walsch

The Greatest Salesman in the World
Og Mandino
  Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda

Conversations With God (Book 1)
Neale Donald Walsch
  As a Man Thinketh
James Allen

Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
  Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach

A Course in Miracles : Combined Volume
Author Not Specified
  Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
  Tao Te Ching
Gia-Fu Feng (translator)

Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Dan Millman
  You Can Heal Your Life
Louise L. Hay

The Road Less Traveled
Scott Peck
  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
  Conversations With God (Book 3)
Neale Donald Walsch

Peace Is Every Step
Thich Nhat Hanh
  The Tao of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff

Ishmael
Daniel Quinn
  The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
  The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
  Conversations With God (Book 2)
Neale Donald Walsch

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint Exupery
  Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein

The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale
  The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien

Anatomy of the Spirit
Caroline Myss
  Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
  How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie

The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav
  The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield

A Return to Love
Marianne Williamson
  Creative Visualization
Shakti Gawain


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