This is just a short list but I will add to it. These are the books that I have found to be the most illuminating rather than just any book that I have read that I liked.
non-fiction
- the heart of christianity ~ Marcus J. Borg
- meeting Jesus again for the first time ~ Marcus J. Borg
- let your life speak ~ Parker J. Palmer
- between the dreaming and the coming true ~ Robert Benson
- everything belongs ~ Richard Rohr
- job and the mystery of suffering ~ Richard Rohr
- buddhism beyond belief ~ Stephen Batchelor
- the hero of a thousand faces ~ Joseph Campbell
- the power of myth ~ Joseph Campbell
- messy spirituality ~ Michael Yaconelli
- when god is silent ~ Barbara Brown Taylor
- living buddha, living christ ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
- zen teachings of jesus ~ Kenneth Leong
- contemplative youth ministry ~ Mark Yaconelli
- the seven story mountain ~ Thomas Merton
- secrets in the dark ~ Frederick Buechner
- a path with heart ~ Jack Kornfield
- silence ~ John Cage
- modern man in search of a soul ~ C.G. Jung
- francis assisi: a revolutionary life ~ Adrian House
- meister eckhart from whom God hid nothing: sermons, writings and sayings ~ Eckhart
fiction and poetry
- the essential rumi ~ Translations by Coleman Barks (I read this almost daily)
- a prayer for owen meany ~ John Irving
- the time traveler’s wife ~ Audrey Niffenegger
- Narcissus and Goldmund ~ Herman Hesse
- 100 years of solitude ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- love in the time of cholera ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- extravagaria ~ Pablo Neruda
- the brothers K ~ David James Duncan
- how we are hungry ~ Dave Eggers
- bel canto ~ anne patchett
