 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.97 I was total enamored with the characters in this book, and felt like I learned so much about a culture I previously knew nothing about. Accessible, smart, sensitive, & probing. Good for pre-meds.
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 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $4.90 Funny, sad, and moving all at the same. Short story format is nice b/c the stories are bite-sized.
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 | Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $0.96 I really loved this book.
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 | Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $2.85 I liked this book better than Miller's first. Both are excellent, but this one really knocked my socks off.
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 | The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $6.10 |
 | The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.34 Some have said this book is based on Zen, but the author clearly says it's not. It's an interesting athletic perspective on being "in the zone." Helpful to any writer/artist.
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 | Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner
Buy new: $12.76 Aimed at musicians, but anyone who has ever suffered writer's block should read this.
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 | The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $7.00 |
 | Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirshfield
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $4.98 |
 | Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Introduction to Psalms: The Genres of the Religious Lyric of Israel (Mercer Library of Biblical Studies) by Hermann Gunkel
Buy new: $42.14 / Used from: $39.16 |
 | Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things by Ms. Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Buy used from: $1.90 I just love looking at this book. The text is almost as concise and beautiful as the artwork. It is the best book on O'Keeffe out there, in my opinion. Perfect for people new to her work.
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 | Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.98 |
 | The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.63 Really interesting if you have questions about the qualities of human interactions. The section on friendship was particularly enlightening for me.
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 | The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $4.59 One of the most challenging and faith-enhancing books I've ever read. Lewis is so smart; he anticipates and answers even the toughest of questions.
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