A path through books:

May you find a book below that helps you clarify, heal and grow :

In Progress

Al-Qur’an al-Majeed  
Crisis of the Modern World René Guénon
On Becoming a Person Carl Rogers
Qisas an Nabiyeen Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Daily Wisdom Abdur Raheem Kidwai
Hafez : The Poets of Shiraz D. Davis

Completed


Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

The Qur’an : A New Translation M.A.S Abdel Haleem
Tao Te Ching Lao Tsu
Confessions St Augustine
Stations of the Travellers (Manazil al-Sa’ireen) Abdullah al-Ansari al-Harawi
The Book of Assistance Imam al-Haddad
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam Muhammad Iqbal
The Illumination Ibn Ata Allah al-Sakandari
Alchemy of Happiness Al-Ghazali
Meditations Marcus Aurelius
Aphorisms of Ibn Ata Allah Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari
Road to Mecca Muhammad Asad
Deliverance from Error Al-Ghazali
Islam at the Crossroads Muhammad Asad
Western Civilisation, Islam and Muslims Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Purification of the Heart Imam Mawlud / Hamza Yusuf
Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh
The Varieties of Religious Experience William James
Bhagavad Gita -
The Enchiridion Epictetus
The Search for Truth Mahatma Gandhi
O Dear Son (Ayyuhal Walad) Al-Ghazali
Messenger Tariq Ramadan
With the Heart in Mind Mikaeel Ahmed Smith
Letters to a Young Poet Rilke
Prayers of the Last Prophet Yusuf Islam
Prayers Upon the Beloved Umar Hafez
Sustenance for the Soul Abu Zayd al-Balkhi
The Mind Illuminated Culadasa
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and F. Engels
The Prophet Kahlil Gibran
8000 Years of Wisdom Mike Cast

Poetry

Mathnawi (Vol 1–4) Rumi
Rubbaiyat Omar Khayyam
Sonnets Shakespeare
Four Quartets T.S. Eliot
Poems Henry W. Longfellow
Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore
Collected Poems William Wordsworth
Pain and Passing Joel Hayward
Nation’s Favourite Poems BBC
International Poetry Bartram
Classic Poetry Rosen & Walters
Best-Loved Poems Neil Philip
Anthology of Popular Verse C. Huverford
Poems for Gardeners Various

Fiction

Aesop’s Fables Aesop
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 George Orwell
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
Tom Jones Henry Fielding
The Scarlet letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Canterbury Tales Geoffery Chaucer
Jeeves & Wooster P.G. Wodehouse
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
Brave New World & Revisited Aldous Huxley
Siddhartha Hermann Hesse
Dracula Bram Stoker
Persuasion Jane Austen
The Sorrows of young Werther Goethe
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut
The Last Answer, The Last Question Isaac Asimov
Candide Voltaire
Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Dune Frank Herbert
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keys
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
Animal Farm George Orwell
Lord of the Flies William Golding
The Time Machine / War of the Worlds / Invisible Man / Dr. Moreau H.G. Wells
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe
Emma Jane Austen
The Rosie Project Graeme Simison
The Martian Andy Weir
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
Men Without Women Ernest Hemingway
Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde R.L. Stevenson
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
The Alchemist P. Coelho

Young Adult/Children’s (Formative)

The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
The Adventures of Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
Golden Apples Fiona Waters
Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Winnie the Pooh A.A Milne
Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
The Hunger Games Trilogy Suzanne Collins
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Paddington Bear Michael Bond
Koshka’s Tales James Mayhew
The Adventures of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain
Boy, Going Solo Roald Dahl
Harry Potter J.K Rowling
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Animorphs Katherine Applegate
The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

Psychology & Self-Development

Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl
The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius
On Reading Well Karen Swallow
Islamic Psychology Abdallah Rothman
Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk
The Antidote Oliver Burkeman
Mud, Sweat and Tears Bear Grylls
Scattered Minds Gabor Mate
The Elements of Eloquence Mark Forsyth
12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Satoshi Nakamoto
Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
The Talent Code Daniel Coyle
Games People Play Eric Berne
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Oliver Sacks
How to Live Derek Sivers
7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
How to Read a Book Mortimer Adler
Die with Zero Bill Perkins
The Price of Money Rob Dix
Bad Science Ben Goldacre
Driven to Distraction Edward Hallowell
Love Eric Fromm
Silence Your Mind Ramesh Manocha
We are all Stardust Stefan Klein
When I Say No I Feel Guilty Manuel J. Smith
Feeling Good David Burns
Help! Oliver Burkeman
Into the Magic Shop James Doty
Dream Yoga Andrew Holecek
Hopeful Omid Djalili
Can’t Hurt Me David Goggins
Be Useful Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt
Your Money or Your Life Vicki Robins
Darkness Visible William Styron
Man and His Symbols Carl Jung
Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up / Kurashi Marie Kondo
A Conversation About Healthy Eating Nicholas Lesica
Conversations with Scientists Vivien Marx
Arabic Stories Lufti Mansour
The Procrastination Equation Piers Steel
The Death of Common Sense Philip Howard
The Prince Machiavelli
Wittgenstein for Beginners Heaton & Groves
Kafka for Beginners Mairowitz
Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman Richard Feynman
Stand Tall Little Girl Hope Virgo
Your Lord Has Not Forsaken You Najwa Zebian

Paused (but not forgotten)

Divine Comedy Dante
Faust Goethe
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin
Crossing the Floods Ajahn Sucitto
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Robert Sapolsky
Message of the Qur’an Muhammad Asad
Saviours of the Islamic Spirit Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
House of Wisdom Jim Al-Khalili
American Gods Neil Gaiman
Code Charles Petzold
Essays Francis Bacon
Short Stories in Arabic Olly Richards
Getting Things Done David Allen
The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan
Purity of Heart is to will one thing Søren Kierkegaard

Books can serve not only to inform and entertain, but to enlighten us.

Which book will you choose next ?