“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
— Stephen King, On Writing
You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read, & even more, by the books love.
I love books that shift my perspective, nourish my soul, and withstand the test of time. Here are a few I recommend (& reread) again and again.
Visual Journaling & Mixed Media
Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words by Barbara Ganim & Susan Fox
The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself by Lucia Capacchione
Layers of Meaning: Elements of Visual Journaling by Rakefet Hadar
SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community by Seena Frost
Art Is A Spirtual Path: Engaging the Sacred Through the Practice of Art and Writing by Pat Allen
Creativity & Writing
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Fearless Creating by Eric Maisel
The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna
On Writing by Stephen King
Personal Growth & Self Awareness
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
The Soul of a Pilgrim by Christine Valters Painter
Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
The Language of Emotions by Karla McLaren
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss
The EROS Equation by Eve Hogan
Life Purpose, Dreams & Callings
Callings by Gregg Levoy
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
Sidewalk Oracles by Robert Moss
Wishcraft by Barbara Sher
The Life You Were Born to Live by Dan Millman
Outrageous Openness by Tosha Silver
Fiction & Memoir
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Devotion by Dani Shapiro
Poetry
To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue
The House of Belonging by David Whyte
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver
Inward by Yung Pueblo
The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye