I have limited time for casual reading. I’d like my library to contain only those books that best capture what is most profoundly good, true, and beautiful about existence. Which books do you think fit that criterion? by Sad-Background-2429
Yggdrasil- on April 13, 2026 5:09 pm Orbital by Samantha Harvey Any of Pema Chödrön’s books if you’re open to self-help/meditation/spirituality
Nome550 on April 13, 2026 5:09 pm The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
comfortably_bananas on April 13, 2026 5:10 pm This is Happiness, by Naill Williams, not only captures it, but tames it and teaches it to sleep on your lap by the fire.
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
I Heard the Owl Call my Name–Margaret Craven
House on the cerulean sea
Two old women by Velma Wallis
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke for sure
Remarkably Bright Creatures and Thistlefoot
Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver
Tuesdays With Morrie
This Is A Soul
What Dreams May Come
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Any of Pema Chödrön’s books if you’re open to self-help/meditation/spirituality
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
This is Happiness, by Naill Williams, not only captures it, but tames it and teaches it to sleep on your lap by the fire.
Theo of Golden
Sweet sorrow by David Nicholls