Any kind of books... fiction, non-fiction, sacred, whatever. And what is it that draws you back to a particular book?
2007-07-01 10:07:37 · 32 answers · asked by dreamed1 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Adventures of Wim" by Luke Rhinehart. It just somehow struck a chord with me. A story of Enlightenment. And I still find stuff in it that helps me on my 'journey' even now. I also liked Clive Barker's 'The Great and Secret Show'. I found the idea of a hidden reality of which we see only parts at best very compelling.
Though there are many books people above have mentioned that I like too. And to Meerkatz list, I'd add 'Three Men in a Boat'. Definitely a bit of tao in there!
Why do I like them? Because they 'speak' to me. Because they entertain, or just provide an escape. Depends on my mood. Of course the real reason could just be that I'm a bookworm!
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2007-07-02 08:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by Wood Uncut 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy, I love sharing and trading books!
The Urantia Book
A Course In Miracles
Autobiography of a Yogi
The Four Agreements
Mutant Message Down Under
Journeys Out Of The Body
Seth Speaks
Franny and Zooey
The Poisonwood Bible
A Peaceful Warrior
any Castaneda
Four Arguements For The Elimination Of Television
Living Buddha, Living Christ
Power Of Now
A Road Less Traveled
2007-07-03 10:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by Valerie C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anne Rice of direction, S.P.Somtow's Valentine vampire novels (a vampire rock famous guy or woman), An previous chum of the relatives (the Dracula sequence by Fred Saberhagen), any of the Vampire The MAsquerade novels from the placement taking part in sport by Whitewolf publishing, Anita Blake - Vampire hunter by Laurell ok Hamilton and Poppy Z. Brite's vampire novels - lost Souls, Wormwood, etc. (waiting around New Orleans and the 'deep south'. try those for length. on the parable side try the Fionavar Tapestries by guy Gavriel Kay (in case you may get interior the direction of the 1st 2 chapters of the 1st e book that are slightly heavy going something is magical). The Silicon Mage books are exciting, with an unlikely hero, Magic set in twentieth century u . s . a .... happy interpreting.
2016-10-03 08:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by gerking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fountain Head
Pappilon
The Road Less Traveled
Swami and Friends
The Guide
2007-07-02 05:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Dreamed One,
Have to admit, it's the Dhammapada.
Read it first as a twelve year old, I think, maybe earlier.
Pretty deep.
Haven't got around to reading the Bible yet from cover to cover, but it was part of my education, and a lot of 'good friends'. :-)
Am currently on the Tao Te Ching, and some Zen stuff.
Tend to move on, after reading, but the Dhammapada was special.
So much wisdom in 4 line nutshells.
You can't beat it. :-)
2007-07-01 20:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by goodfella 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, Eragon and The Amulet of Samarkand. Actually every book is worth reading again. At least the good ones. Harry Potter is definetaly a strong one.
The thing that draws me back to a book is, as mentioned, that it's so good.
2007-07-01 10:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by sunny_marika 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Over & over & over & over......
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Light on Yoga (BKS Iyengar)
Synchro Destiny (Deepak Chopra)
The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle)
The Road Less Travelled (M Scott Peck)
Or sometimes I dip in & just give myself a reminding taste, without reading the whole book again. Sometimes that's enough.
2007-07-01 23:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
T.S. Elliot's, The Wasteland.
Will Durant's, The Mansions of Philosophy
Lama Yeshe, Introduction to Tantra
Many others...
2007-07-01 10:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My three favorites have been Clan of the Cave Bear (Auel), the Foundation Trilogy (Asimov), and The Ship Who Sang (McCaffrey). Also The Mainspring of Human Progress (H G Weaver). I think I go for pure entertainment value, and anything that I believe has valuable information.
2007-07-01 10:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Stand, by Stephen King. I've read it at least once a year since 1978, and have so far read it twice this summer. Two nights ago I watched the movie.
It's Revelations, set in the modern age.
2007-07-01 10:11:00 · answer #10 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋