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William W. Lorey

Religion and Spirituality

• Bates, Ernest Sutherland (editor) — The Bible: Designed to be Read as Living Literature, the Old and the New Testaments in the King James Version
• Connolly, Peter — A Student’s Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga
• Dass, Ram — Becoming Nobody: The Essential Ram Dass Collection^*
• Dass, Ram — Experiments in Truth: A Collection of Classic Lectures from the ’60s to the ’90s^*
• DeYoung, Kevin — Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will
• Harris, Sam — Letter to a Christian Nation
• Harris, Sam — Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
• Hofmann, Albert, Ruck, Carl A. P., Wasson, R. Gordon — The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
• Lewis, C. S. — Mere Christianity
• Pollan, Michael — How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
• Ruiz, Don Miguel — The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
• Singer, Michael A. — Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
• Singer, Michael A. — Living from a Place of Surrender: The Untethered Soul in Action^*
• Singer, Michael A. — The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection
• Singer, Michael A. — The Untethered Soul at Work: Teachings to Transform Your Work Life^*
• Singer, Michael A. — The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
• Sprinkle, Preston M. — Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?: 21 Conversations from a Historically Christian View
• Strong, James — The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

“Spiritual seekers look for self-realization or enlightenment in the future. To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until you realize that you don’t need time to be who you are.” - Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks

• Tolle, Eckhart — Stillness Speaks
• Tolle, Eckhart — The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
• Weir, Andy — The Egg (short story)
• Yogananda, Paramahansa — Autobiography of a Yogi
• Yogananda, Paramahansa — The Yoga Of Jesus: Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels
• Yogani — Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom: (AYP Enlightenment Series)

Psychology

• Jung, C. G. — Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self
• Jung, C. G. — The Undiscovered Self: The Dilemma of the Individual in Modern Society
• Peterson, Jordan B. — 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
• Peterson, Jordan B. — Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

Philosophy

• Hawley, Josh — Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs
• Irvine, William B. — A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
• Kaczynski, Theodore — Industrial Society and Its Future
• Peterson, Jordan B. — A Conservative Manifesto
• Shapiro, Ben — How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
• Shapiro, Ben — The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent
• The Founding Fathers — The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings
• Thoreau, Henry David — Walden

Literature

• Golding, William — Lord of the Flies
• Herbert, Frank — Dune
• Martin, George R. R. — A Song of Ice and Fire
• Orwell, George — 1984
• Orwell, George — Animal Farm

Health and Fitness

• McDougall, Christopher — Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
• McDougall, Christopher, Orton, Eric — Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide
• McKeown, Patrick — The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter^†
• Servan-Schreiber, David — Anticancer: A New Way of Life
• Swanson, Ann — Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice
• Werner, Dylan — The Illuminated Breath: Transform Your Physical, Cognitive & Emotional Well-Being by Harnessing the Science of Ancient Yoga Breath Practices

(Auto)biographies, Memoirs, and Other Nonfiction

• Alter, Adam — Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
• Franklin, Benjamin — Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• Hall, Leonard — Stars Upstream: Life Along an Ozark River
• Hari, Johann — Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
• Harris, Will — A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food
• Klavan, Andrew — The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
• Krakauer, Jon — Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
• Krakauer, Jon — Into the Wild
• McKeown, Greg — Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• Millburn, Joshua Fields, Nicodemus, Ryan — Essential: Essays by The Minimalists
• Millburn, Joshua Fields, Nicodemus, Ryan — Everything That Remains: A Memoir by the Minimalists
• Newport, Cal — Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
• Sinek, Simon — Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action^†

Money

• Ramsey, Dave — The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Languages

• Collar, William C., Daniell, M. — The Beginner’s Latin Book
• Ørberg, Hans H. — Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, Pars I: Familia Romana (Latin Edition)

Computing

• McDowell, Gayle Laakmann — Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
• Nemeth, Evi, et al. — UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook
• Shaw, Zed — Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code

Books I Grew Up On

• George, Jean Craighead — My Side of the Mountain Trilogy
• Lewis, C. S. — The Chronicles of Narnia
• Paolini, Christopher — The Inheritance Cycle
• Paulsen, Gary — Brian’s Saga (Hatchet et al.)
• Riordan, Rick — Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter
• Smith, Roland — Peak
• Snicket, Lemony — A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — Little House on the Prairie

^* Denotes audiobook or recorded lecture. No printed book available.

^† I recommend watching the TED talk associated with this book before reading it; that is likely sufficient for you to get the gist.