Melinda Bell, Vancouver, Washington State, poet
 
Diary of Anne Frank
Boule de Suif, Guy de Maupassant (a novella)
Candide, Voltaire (“One must cultivate one’s garden.”)
Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton
An Unknown Woman, Alice Koller
Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich
The Age of Grief, Jane Smiley (a novella)
Start Where You Are, Pema Chodron
The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche

Although I come from a mainly Unitarian background, I was influenced by Catholicism in my late teens and twenties. My stepsister
was Jewish, which added another dimension to my early years. I’ve been practicing Buddhist meditation for years. By the way,
choosing just TEN is nearly impossible, sort of like packing one's life in a canoe. I packed this canoe five years ago and have had
to repack it again. ~mb


more my Top 10 books: Lifetime Readings

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