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Recommended Reading

Anyone interested in starting a Bhakti book club? For adults, here are a few choices to stimulate discussion. For children, here are books that bring to life stories from long ago and far away.

Non-Fiction

Swami in a Strange Land

In 1965, a seventy-year-old man—soon to be known as Prabhupada—set sail from India to America with a few books in his bag, pennies in his pockets, and a message of love in his heart.
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Here Comes the Sun

Joshua, who studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws on personal remembrances, recorded conversations, and firsthand accounts to create a moving portrait of Harrison’s spiritual life.
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Gita Wisdom

Gita Wisdom by Joshua M. GreeneIn Gita Wisdom, Joshua retells this timeless text in a completely new way, revealing that it is, in essence, a heart-to-heart talk between two friends about the meaning of life.
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Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

A Rabbi’s best-selling book proposes a radical solution to the problem of evil. Does it work?
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Fiction

I’m always on the look-out for books that suggest ways to present spiritual themes in literary form. In other words, any well written book has a place on my night table. The following are not necessarily “spiritual” but they offer insight into human nature, shine with descriptive language, and deliver a satisfying story.

Unhappily Ever After

With the current administration intent on dismantling safeguards against destruction of the environment, bestsellers on life after Armageddon point to a growing paranoia…
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Bill Bathgate & Ragtime

E.L. Doctorow passed away in 2015 at age 84 — one of the great contemporary fiction writers.
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Anna Karenina

This novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy was first published in 1878 and is widely regarded as the greatest work of realist fiction.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon received the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
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Children’s Books

Hanuman

The timeless story of Hanuman, the monkeygod, is that of a valiant superhero best known for battling the demon Ravana in the classic tale Ramayana.
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Non-fiction Books

  • Swami In A Strange Land
  • Here Comes The Sun
  • Gita Wisdom
  • Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?1

Fiction Books

  • Unhappily Ever After
  • Billy Bathgate & Ragtime
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
  • Anna Karenina

Children’s Books

  • Hanuman
Under the guidance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977)
Founder - Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
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