Books like Book of Margery Kempe

Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe reads as devotional, fervent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Revelations of divine love, recorded by Julian, anchoress at Norwich, A.D. 1373

Julian of Norwich · 1901

Both explore spirituality & mysticism

57% genome match

Histoire d'une âme

Saint Thérèse de Lisieux · 1911

Both explore spirituality & devotion

69% genome match

Meister Eckhart, teacher and preacher

Meister Eckhart · 1986

Both explore mysticism & spirituality

63% genome match

Grace abounding to the chief of sinners

John Bunyan · 1666

Same classic feel

58% genome match

Camino de perfección [por] Santa Teresa de Jesús

Teresa of Avila · 1632

Both explore spirituality & mysticism

57% genome match

The Problem of Pain

C. S. Lewis · 1940

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis · 1568

Both explore spirituality & devotion

68% genome match

From pagan to Christian

Lin, Yutang · 1959

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Les confessions

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782

Same classic feel

47% genome match

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection · 1967

Both explore spirituality & devotion

66% genome match

The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Olaudah Equiano · 1789

Same memoir feel

62% genome match

An autobiography

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · 1927

Both explore spirituality

60% genome match