Publication year 2023
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Gender Identity, Race, The Past, Self Discovery, Community, Justice, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement
Religion & Spirituality
In this collection we've gathered fiction and nonfiction texts that address humanity's age-old search for meaning and purpose within a higher power.
Publication year 2023
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Gender Identity, Race, The Past, Self Discovery, Community, Justice, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement
Publication year 1963
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Beauty, Friendship, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance
Tags Historical Fiction, European History, World War II, Action & Adventure, Religion & Spirituality, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Military & War, World History, Classic Fiction
I Am David by Anne Holm is a children’s historical fiction novel written in 1963. It was originally written in Danish but has since been translated into many languages, including English, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, and Konkani. It was first published in the United States under the name North to Freedom but eventually was retranslated into its original title. It was made into a movie in 2003. The novel received several awards... Read I Am David Summary
Publication year 2009
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Tags Middle Eastern History, Women`s Studies, Gender & Feminism, World History, Biography, Religion & Spirituality
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced tells the story of Nujood Ali, a Yemeni girl who is possibly the youngest divorcée in the world. Nujood published her biography, co-written with French journalist Delphine Minoui, in 2010, two years after her controversial divorce. The novel begins with an introduction to the country of Yemen and to Nujood’s story written by Delphine Minoui, the book’s second and adult writer. Minoui never specifies how she and Nujood... Read I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced Summary
Publication year 2010
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Friendship, Memory, Good & Evil
Tags Science Fiction, Relationships, Science & Nature, Social Class, Fantasy, Romance, Action & Adventure, Religion & Spirituality
I Am Number Four (2010) is the first book in the modern young adult science fiction series Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore, the pseudonym of authors James Frey and Jobie Hughes. Despite the novel’s mixed reviews, I Am Number Four spent seven successive weeks at the top of the New York Times children’s bestseller list. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 2011 by DreamWorks Pictures.Other works by this author... Read I Am Number Four Summary
Publication year 1923
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Community, Appearance & Reality
Tags Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Existentialism, German Literature
I and Thou is a book of existentialist philosophy composed by Martin Buber. First published in 1923, the book explores the meaning of human relationships, and how relationships bring us ever closer to God. Critics consider the book to be one of the most significant philosophical texts of the 20th century. Buber was a writer and philosopher best known for his contributions to religious existentialism and the philosophy of dialogue. Before World War II, Buber... Read I and Thou Summary
Publication year 2015
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Space, Perseverance, Love, Femininity
Tags Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Love & Sexuality, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Justice, Friendship, Love, War
Tags Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 1967
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Education, Education, Science & Nature, World History, Historical Fiction, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
American journalist and short-story writer Margaret Craven released her debut novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, in the U.S. in 1973, where it became a New York Times best-seller. Originally published in Canada in 1967, the novel, like her later works, centers around the native population of British Columbia. Mark Brian is a 27-year-old Anglican vicar sent by his bishop to the coastal village of Kingcome to live among the Kwakiutl Indians and... Read I Heard The Owl Call My Name Summary
Publication year 1977
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Self Discovery, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Technology
Tags Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Symbolic Narrative, Inspirational, Fantasy, Philosophy, Self-Improvement, Classic Fiction
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah was written in 1977 by American writer Richard Bach and is a philosophical novel that questions the nature of reality. This novel was a follow-up to Bach’s bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970), which has similar themes and imagery. Illusions suggests that all of reality is a construct of the imagination and can facilitate or hinder a person on their path to having the life that they want. One... Read Illusions Summary
Publication year 2024
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Perseverance, Regret, Space, Politics & Government, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Technology, Truth & Lies
Tags Science Fiction, Science & Nature, World History, Religion & Spirituality, Politics & Government
Publication year 2018
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Race, The Past
Tags Race & Racism, Black Lives Matter, Biography, Social Justice, Religion & Spirituality
I’m Still Here is a nonfiction memoir published in 2018 by the American author Austin Channing Brown. Subtitled Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, the book chronicles Brown’s lifelong efforts to navigate White spaces as a Black Christian woman. Amid a surge of interest in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, actress Reese Witherspoon selected I’m Still Here for her popular Hello Sunshine book club.This study guide refers to the 2018... Read I'm Still Here Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Power & Greed, Truth & Lies
Tags Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Jewish Literature, Romance, World History, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 2006
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Femininity, Immigration, Politics & Government, Justice, Religion & Spirituality, Safety & Danger
Tags Gender & Feminism, Religion & Spirituality, Politics & Government
Infidel (2007) is an autobiographical memoir by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She recounts her childhood and adolescence across Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and her eventual flight to the Netherlands to seek asylum and escape a forced marriage. The narrative links intimate experiences of gender violence to larger arguments about religion, politics, immigration, and free speech, culminating in Hirsi Ali’s role in Dutch politics and the fallout after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh... Read Infidel Summary
Publication year 1955
Genre Play, Fiction
Themes Justice, Good & Evil, Politics & Government
Tags Drama, Historical Fiction, Science & Nature, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Education, World History, Dramatic Literature, Classic Fiction
Inherit the Wind is a 1955 play by American playwrights Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004) and Robert E. Lee (1918-1994). It is based on the 1925 Scopes trial, where schoolteacher John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution at a time when doing so was illegal. Although Inherit the Wind draws from the events of the Scopes trial, it deviates significantly from the details of the case, as Lawrence and Lee were... Read Inherit the Wind Summary
Publication year 1896
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Community, Good & Evil
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Poverty, Inspirational, Classic Fiction
In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do by American Minister Charles Monroe Sheldon is a Christian novel that encourages readers to lead their lives according to the compassionate teachings of Jesus Christ. Published in 1896, it was an instant bestseller in the UK and the US. With more than 30 million copies sold, it was one of the best selling American novels of all time.The work is based on Sheldon’s lectures to his congregation in... Read In His Steps Summary
Publication year 2024
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Fear, Grief, Joy, Love, Space, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Technology
Tags Grief & Death, Science & Nature, Philosophy, Philosophy, Biography, Health, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 1976
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Death, Apathy, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Religion & Spirituality, Loneliness, Love, Nostalgia, Place, Regret
Tags Horror & Suspense, Fantasy, Gothic Literature, Arts & Culture, Depression & Suicide, Love & Sexuality, Relationships, Philosophy, Trauma & Abuse, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Interview with the Vampire is a 1976 novel by Anne Rice. It tells the story of Louis de Pointe du Lac and his experiences after he becomes a vampire in 1791. Louis’s dissatisfaction with his mortal life extends into his immortal life, allowing Rice to explore themes of morality, love, loyalty, and immortality. This guide references the 2010 Ballantine Books eBook.Content Warning: This guide references the book’s discussion of suicide.Anne Rice ControversyThough her Vampire Chronicles... Read Interview with the Vampire Summary
Publication year 1984
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Masculinity, Nature Versus Nurture, Fathers
Tags Gender & Feminism, Philosophy, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Psychology, Fantasy, Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 1992
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Good & Evil, Environment
Tags Magical Realism, Philosophy, Education, Education, Fantasy, Philosophy, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Ishmael is a philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn, published by Bantam/Turner books in 1992. Quinn is a prolific writer specializing in cultural critique, and Ishmael embraces many of the themes that Quinn explores in his other fiction and nonfiction works, such as sustainability and the mythology of human civilization. As a philosophical novel, the work follows a somewhat Socratic dialogue between an unnamed narrator and a telepathic gorilla, Ishmael, using rhetorical conventions to display and... Read Ishmael Summary
Publication year 2000
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes The Past, Colonialism, Community, Globalization, Nation, Politics & Government, Justice, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Religion & Spirituality, World History, Philosophy, Theology, Politics & Government, Historical Fiction