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Books like When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The best books like When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times are Radical Acceptance, The Power of Now, and Man's Search for Meaning. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön is about impermanence, suffering, compassion. 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.
- Radical Acceptance
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Tara Brach · Religion & Spirituality
Tara Brach, a psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher, wrote Radical Acceptance as a response to what she calls the trance of unworthiness — the pervasive background feeling that something is fundamentally wrong with us, that we are not enough.
Both dig into buddhism.
Read the summary → - The Power of Now
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Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality
The Power of Now is Eckhart Tolle's argument that the root of human suffering is identification with the stream of thought — the restless inner commentary that most people mistake for who they are.
Both dig into suffering.
Read the summary → - Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology
Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.
Both dig into suffering.
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- 10% Happier
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Dan Harris · Memoir
10% Happier is Dan Harris's account of discovering meditation after a panic attack live on Good Morning America in 2004 forced him to confront an anxiety problem he'd been managing with cocaine and a punishing work schedule.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - Wherever You Go, There You Are
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Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn · Health
Wherever You Go, There You Are is Jon Kabat-Zinn's accessible introduction to mindfulness as a way of living rather than a formal therapeutic program.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - The Dhammapada
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Anonymous · Religion & Spirituality
The Dhammapada — Path of Truth or Path of the Dhamma — is the most widely read canonical Buddhist text in the world, a collection of 423 verses attributed to the Buddha and compiled from the Pali Canon.
Shares impermanence and suffering with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
Read the summary → - The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
Thich Nhat Hanh · Religion & Spirituality
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching is Thich Nhat Hanh's comprehensive introduction to core Buddhist teachings, written with the warmth and accessibility that characterize all of his work.
Shares suffering and buddhism with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
Read the summary → - The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche · Religion & Spirituality
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is Sogyal Rinpoche's comprehensive introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of death and the dying process, written for a Western audience unfamiliar with the tradition.
Shares impermanence and compassion with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
Read the summary → - What the Buddha Taught
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Walpola Rahula · Religion & Spirituality
What the Buddha Taught is widely considered the best short introduction to early Buddhism in the English language.
Shares suffering and buddhism with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
Read the summary → - Why Buddhism Is True
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Robert Wright · Religion & Spirituality
Why Buddhism Is True is Robert Wright's argument that modern evolutionary psychology and neuroscience provide independent confirmation for core Buddhist claims about the mind, suffering, and the nature of the self.
Shares suffering and buddhism with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.
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 suffering.
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.
Both dig into compassion.
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Books like When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times: quick answers
What are the best books like When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times?
The best books like When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön are Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 10% Happier by Dan Harris, Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, such as impermanence, suffering, compassion.
What should I read after When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times?
A natural next read after When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times is Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach. Both dig into buddhism. Other strong choices are The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 10% Happier by Dan Harris.
What books are similar to When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön?
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times centers on impermanence, suffering, compassion. Books with a similar feel include Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 10% Happier by Dan Harris, Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Dhammapada by Anonymous — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
