Books like Tao te Ching

Tao te Ching by 老子 reads as contemplative, serene. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Lao Tzu

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1997

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89% genome match

Tirukkur̲aḷ

Tiruvaḷḷuvar. · 1927

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69% genome match

The Analects

Confucius · -450

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69% genome match

Gitanjali (song offerings)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1910

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71% genome match

The essential Rumi

Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī) · 1995

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70% genome match

Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Seneca the Younger · 1611

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69% genome match

Rumi

Coleman Barks · 2002

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74% genome match

The Art of Being Alone

Shuntarō Tanikawa · 2011

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69% genome match

What Do We Know

Mary Oliver · 2002

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70% genome match

The wild iris

Louise Glück · 1992

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69% genome match

The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II

Emily Dickinson · 1890

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69% genome match

The Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu · -400

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72% genome match