Non-fiction
Unpacking Boxes, by Donald Hall
Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflection on Mortality, by Pauline W. Chen
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality, by Tenzin Gyatso
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig
The Book of Dead Philosophers, by Simon Critchley
Brother to a Dragonfly, by Will Campbell
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
The Wilderness World of John Muir, by John Muir and Edwin Way Teale
1776, David McCullough
Essays
Eagle Pond, by Donald Hall
Poetry
Leavings, Wendell Berry
Spirituality
The Asian Journals of Thomas Merton, by Thomas Merton
Thoughts in Solitude, by Thomas Merton
Theology
Questions to all Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith, by Roger E. Olson
Biblical Studies
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts, by John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed
Fiction
Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse
Ahab’s Wife: Or the Stargazer, by Sena Jeter Naslund
Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpi Lahiri
Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson
Everything that Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O’Connor
South of Broad, by Pat Conroy
Pastoral Care
The Couple Checkup, by David H. Olson. I actually read this book in 2008 but forgot to put it on the list.
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