Books like A severe mercy
A severe mercy by Sheldon Vanauken reads as poignant, spiritual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The ordering of love
Madeleine L'Engle · 2004
Shares the meaning + faith thread
74% genome match
The Monastic Journey of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton · 1977
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
A room called Remember
Frederick Buechner · 1984
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
Niet ik, maar Christus
Corrie ten Boom · 1984
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
Elegy for Iris
John Bayley · 1999
Shares the grief thread
70% genome match
Reaching out
Henri J. M. Nouwen · 1975
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
Life of Christ
Fulton J. Sheen · 1954
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
The pursuit of God
A. W. Tozer · 1897
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
The Orthodox way
Kallistos Bishop of Diokleia · 1979
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
Visionary Christian
C.S. Lewis · 1981
Shares the meaning + faith thread
69% genome match
Love's Work
Gillian Rose · 1995
Shares the grief + meaning thread
69% genome match
Why religion?
Elaine Pagels · 2018
Shares the grief + meaning thread
69% genome match
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