Spiritual Growth

Flowers and trees aren't the only things that can grow. As humans, we can strive to grow our psyche, spirit, and mind, or be inspired by other seekers. Purpose, intention, change, mindfulness, intuition, faith - there are many ways we can blossom. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 7, 2026
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Spiritual Growth

Flowers and trees aren't the only things that can grow. As humans, we can strive to grow our psyche, spirit, and mind, or be inspired by other seekers. Purpose, intention, change, mindfulness, intuition, faith - there are many ways we can blossom. Plant a seed, read!

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Build the life you want : the art and science of getting happier
Brooks, Arthur C.
Paper Book
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how...
The road to character
Brooks, David
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success--"résumé virtues"--and our core principles.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST  <...
The alchemist
Coelho, Paulo.
Paper Book
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." Every few...
The ruthless elimination of hurry
Comer, John Mark
Paper Book
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! * AN ECPA BESTSELLER * A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life--from the author of Practicing the Way "Prophetic, practical, and profoundly life giving . . ....
The year of magical thinking
Didion, Joan.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * A landmark work about grief, love, and survival from one of America's most iconic writers One of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century * One of The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the...
The widower's tale
Glass, Julia
Paper Book
In a historic farmhouse outside Boston, seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. His routines are disrupted, however, when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved preschool take over his barn. As...
Ground Zero
Gratz, Alan
Paper Book
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Acclaimed storyteller Alan Gratz (Refugee) delivers a pulse-pounding and unforgettable take on history and hope, revenge and fear -- and the stunning links between the past and present. September 11, 2001, New...
Be the refuge : raising the voices of Asian American Buddhists
Han, Chenxing
Paper Book
A must-read for modern sanghas--Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize...
The 4 season solution : the groundbreaking new plan for feeling better, living well, and powering down our always-on lives
Hartwig, Dallas
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling coauthor of the runaway bestsellers The Whole30 and It Starts With Food presents a paradigm-shifting plan that shows you how to boost energy, improve health, and feel happier by living more in tune with the seasons. With his runaway...
The book that matters most
Hood, Ann
Paper Book
An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle. Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the...
The mermaid chair
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Paper Book
Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has...
Traveling with pomegranates : a mother-daughter story
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Paper Book
An introspective and beautiful dual memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and her daughter Sue Monk Kidd has touched millions of readers with her novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair and with her acclaimed nonfiction. In...
Hallelujah anyway : rediscovering mercy
Lamott, Anne
Paper Book
"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." --Chicago Tribune The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful exploration of mercy and how we can embrace it. "Mercy is...
Theo of golden : a novel
Levi, Allen
Paper Book
Her fearful symmetry : a novel
Niffenegger, Audrey.
Paper Book
From the author of the #1 bestselling The Time Traveler's Wife, a spectacularly compelling novel--set in and near Highgate Cemetery in London, about the love between twins, men and women, ghosts and the living. Julia and Valentina Poole are twenty-year-old sisters with an...
Cultivating peace : becoming a 21st-century peace ambassador
O'Dea, James.
Paper Book
This profound guidebook reframes and expands the mission of building a global culture of peace. Going far beyond conventional techniques of conflict resolution, James O'Dea provides a holistic approach to peace work, covering its oft-ignored cultural, spiritual, and scientific dimensions...
Some bright nowhere : a novel
Packer, Ann
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." --Elin Hilderbrand "Profound and moving and real."--Andrew Sean Greer "Some Bright...
River of fire : my spiritual journey
Prejean, Helen
Paper Book
"River of Fire is Sister Helen's story leading up to her acclaimed book Dead Man Walking--it is thought-provoking, informative, and inspiring. Read it and it will set your heart ablaze!"--Mark Shriver, author of Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis<...
Our better angels : seven simple virtues that will change your life and the world
Reckford, Jonathan T. M.
Paper Book
Inspiring and insightful, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World celebrates the shared principles that unite and enable us to overcome life's challenges together. "When the waters rise, so do our better angels."--President...
The little prince
Saint-Exup©♭ry, Antoine de
Paper Book
In the exquisite imagery of this fairy tale, the poet-writer shares with children something of the mystic's vision and wisdom of life.--New York Public Library.
Lotus girl : my life at the crossroads of Buddhism and America
Tworkov, Helen
Paper Book
From one of the central figures in Buddhism's introduction to the West and the founder of Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one's own path that Pico Iyer calls "unflinching" and "indispensable." The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the...
Everything, everything
Yoon, Nicola
Paper Book
Risk everything for love with this #1 New York Times bestseller from Nicola Yoon * "Gorgeous and lyrical"--The New York Times Book Review What if you couldn't touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or...
Uneducated : a memoir of flunking out, falling apart, and finding my worth
Zara, Christopher
Paper Book
2024 ASJA Book Award for Memoir/Autobiography In this "hilarious and heartbreaking...must-read memoir" (Publishers Weekly), Christopher Zara breaks down his winding journey from dropout to journalist and the impact that his background had in the...
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