10 must-read spirituality books like Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure by Alan W. Watts

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Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

By: Alan W. Watts

4.45

Format: None pages, Audio CD

If you were God, asked Alan Watts, what kind of universe would you create? A perfect one free of su…

If you liked the spirituality plot in Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure by Alan W. Watts , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Autobiography of a Yogi

By: Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures … read more

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"Who am I? The great inquiry indeed."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

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2. Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart

By: Ram Dass , Richard Alpert , Rameshwar Das

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ram Dass’s long-awaited Be Love Now is the transformational teaching of a forty year journey to the… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
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3. Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path (Meditation in Plain English)

By: Henepola Gunaratana

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of Mindfulness in Plain English ! In his classic and engaging style, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee

By: John Little

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

During his lifetime, legendary martial artist Bruce Lee formulated a complex personal philosophy--a… read more

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  • audiobook
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5. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more

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"Waves are the practice of the water."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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6. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path

By: Ayya Khema , Zoketsu Norman Fischer

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddh… read more

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7. The Case Against Sugar

By: Gary Taubes

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Audio CD

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat,a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

By: Mo Gawdat

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google's [X], an elite team of … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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9. A Murder of Quality

By: John Le Carré

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment

By: None

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Happiness is available to all of us--right here, right now. All that's required is that we learn to… read more

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  • self help
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  • audiobook
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11. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an i… read more

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  • philosophy
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12. Free Will

By: Sam Harris

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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  • psychology

13. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

By: Fumio Sasaki , None

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at w… read more

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14. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more

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15. The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America

By: Don Lattin

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

"[Don Lattin] has created a stimulating and thoroughly engrossing read." --Dennis McNally, author o… read more

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16. Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self

By: Joseph Goldstein , Rodney Smith

4.01

Format: None pages,

Anattais the Buddhist teaching on the nonexistence of a permanent, independent self. It's a notorio… read more

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17. Ragtime

By: E.L. Doctorow

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tape… read more

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"It is the law of wealth that such people only profit from the money that is taken from them."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"You're nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the conditions in which you found yourself and you triumphed."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

18. No Self No Problem: Awakening to Our True Nature

By: Anam Thubten

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

No Self, No Problemis about how to realize the ultimate meaning of life in each moment by dissolvin… read more

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19. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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20. Letter to a Christian Nation

By: Sam Harris

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriati… read more

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"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

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21. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

By: Billy Connolly

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more

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22. Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

By: Christopher M. Palmer

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the book that will forever change the way we understand and treat mental health. If you … read more

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"Depression in children, adolescents, and young adults is increasing as well. From 2006 to 2917, rates of depression the US increased by 68 percent in children ages twelve to seventeen. In people ages…"

-Christopher M. Palmer, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

"The specific psychiatric disorders in which mitochrondrial dysfunction has been identified include the following: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, autism, …"

-Christopher M. Palmer, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

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23. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

By: Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more

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"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"

-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

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24. A Thousand Ships

By: Natalie Haynes

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more

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"If he tells me to sing one more time, I think I might bite him."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

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25. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more

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  • self help
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26. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir

By: Weiwei Ai

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Ai Weiwei's widely anticipated memoir, "one of the most important artists working in the world … read more

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27. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

By: Noah Kagan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more

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28. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

By: Shannon Lee

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies―demonstrating how mar… read more

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"Life is not a competition; it's a cocreation."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"Life is not a competition, it's a cocreation."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"Водата може да тече бързо, може да тече и бавно, но целта й е неизменна, а съдбата сигурна."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"It is not to be without emotion or feeling but to be one in whom feeling is not sticky or blocked."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

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29. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Practicing Stoic

By: Ward Farnsworth

4.35

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more

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"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

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31. Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

By: Alan W. Watts

4.45

Format: None pages, Audio CD

If you were God, asked Alan Watts, what kind of universe would you create? A perfect one free of su… read more

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16 Top audiobook books like Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure by Alan W. Watts

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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path (Meditation in Plain English)

Henepola Gunaratana

4.28

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The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee

John Little

3.33

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The Case Against Sugar

Gary Taubes

4.05

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John Le Carré

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The 12 Week Year

Brian P. Moran , Michael Lennington

4.04

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Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop Your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business That Works

Daniel Priestley

4.26

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Cal Newport

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