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Books like The Practice of the Presence of God
The best books like The Practice of the Presence of God are The Interior Castle, Dark Night of the Soul, and Peace Is Every Step. The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence is about prayer, contemplation, ordinary life. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Interior Castle
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Teresa of Ávila · Religion & Spirituality
The Interior Castle was written in 1577, when Teresa of Ávila was sixty-two and had already spent decades as a Carmelite reformer.
Shares prayer and contemplation with The Practice of the Presence of God.
Read the summary → - Dark Night of the Soul
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John of the Cross · Religion & Spirituality
Dark Night of the Soul is a systematic commentary on a short poem John of the Cross wrote while imprisoned in Toledo in 1577.
Both dig into contemplation.
Read the summary → - Peace Is Every Step
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Thich Nhat Hanh · Religion & Spirituality
Peace Is Every Step is Thich Nhat Hanh's most accessible work — a short, warmly written invitation to bring mindfulness practice into the texture of daily life.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
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- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
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Shunryu Suzuki · Religion & Spirituality
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is a collection of informal talks given by Shunryu Suzuki to his students at the San Francisco Zen Center in the late 1960s, edited and compiled by Trudy Dixon and published in 1970.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - The Cloud of Unknowing
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Anonymous · Religion & Spirituality
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous English mystical treatise written in the latter half of the fourteenth century.
Shares prayer and contemplation with The Practice of the Presence of God.
Read the summary → - God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
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God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
Abraham Joshua Heschel · Religion & Spirituality
God in Search of Man is Abraham Joshua Heschel's systematic philosophy of Judaism, published in 1955 as the companion to Man Is Not Alone.
Both dig into prayer.
Read the summary → - Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
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Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein · Religion & Spirituality
Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is Joseph Goldstein's distillation of vipassana — the Theravada Buddhist practice of direct investigation into the nature of mind and experience.
Both dig into attention.
Read the summary → - New Seeds of Contemplation
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Thomas Merton · Religion & Spirituality
New Seeds of Contemplation is Thomas Merton's revised and expanded version of Seeds of Contemplation, which he published in 1949 when he was still new to monastic life.
Both dig into contemplation.
Read the summary → - The Imitation of Christ
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Thomas à Kempis · Religion & Spirituality
The Imitation of Christ is a 15th-century devotional text structured as four books of short, meditative chapters.
Both dig into contemplation.
Read the summary → - The Perennial Philosophy
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Aldous Huxley · Religion & Spirituality
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley's anthology and commentary on the mystical traditions of the world, arguing that behind the diversity of religious forms lies a single metaphysical core: the divine ground or ultimate reality is one; the human soul contains a spark of this reality; the purpose of human existence is to realize this identity; and the path to that realization requires ego-transcendence through contemplation, virtue, and love.
Both dig into contemplation.
Read the summary → - Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
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Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross · Psychology
Humans talk to themselves more or less constantly.
Both dig into attention.
Read the summary → - Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Both dig into attention.
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Books like The Practice of the Presence of God: quick answers
What are the best books like The Practice of the Presence of God?
The best books like The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence are The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila, Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross, Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Practice of the Presence of God, such as prayer, contemplation, ordinary life.
What should I read after The Practice of the Presence of God?
A natural next read after The Practice of the Presence of God is The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila. Shares prayer and contemplation with The Practice of the Presence of God. Other strong choices are Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross, Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki.
What books are similar to The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence?
The Practice of the Presence of God centers on prayer, contemplation, ordinary life. Books with a similar feel include The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila, Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross, Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
