Books like This is it, and other essays on Zen and spiritual experience

This is it, and other essays on Zen and spiritual experience by Alan Watts reads as contemplative, insightful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Spirit of Zen

Alan Watts · 1936

Both explore zen buddhism & spirituality

80% genome match

Clefs pour le zen

Thích Nhất Hạnh · 1973

Both explore zen buddhism & spirituality

71% genome match

Zen and Zen classics

Reginald Horace Blyth · 1960

Both explore zen buddhism & spirituality

68% genome match

Zen

Philip Kapleau · 1979

Both explore zen buddhism & spirituality

69% genome match

Mudra

Chögyam Trungpa · 1972

Both explore spirituality & enlightenment

65% genome match

Essays in Zen Buddhism, first series

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki · 1927

Both explore zen buddhism & enlightenment

67% genome match

Zen Buddhism

Christmas Humphreys · 1949

Both explore spirituality & enlightenment

62% genome match

Krishnamurti's notebook

Jiddu Krishnamurti · 1976

Both explore consciousness & enlightenment

61% genome match

Buddhism

Edward Conze · 1951

Both explore spirituality & enlightenment

57% genome match

I Am That

Nisargadatta Maharaj · 1973

Both explore consciousness & spirituality

74% genome match

Nature of Consciousness

Rupert Spira · 2017

Both explore consciousness & non-duality

75% genome match

Man's eternal quest and other talks

Yogananda Paramahansa · 1975

Both explore spirituality & consciousness

71% genome match