50 Books like Everything Happens for a Reason

No Cure for Being Human

by Kate Bowler • 2021

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

4.12

24k+

🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

No Cure for Being Human 96%

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

by Kate Bowler 2021

4.12

24k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

Fight Back With Joy

by Margaret Feinberg • 2014

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

4.27

1k+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith 💧 Grief And Mourning 🔥 Faith In Crisis

Fight Back With Joy 94%

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

by Margaret Feinberg 2014

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith 💧 Grief And Mourning 🔥 Faith In Crisis

Grace and Grit

by Ken Wilber • 1991

A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.

4.47

2k+

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 💗 Compassion Practice 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

Grace and Grit 94%

A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.

by Ken Wilber 1991

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 💗 Compassion Practice 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

Dying to Be Me

by Anita Moorjani • 2012

Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.

4.16

17k+

🔮 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💖 Self-Love 🎗️ Cancer Memoirs ✨ Spontaneous Remission

Dying to Be Me 94%

Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.

by Anita Moorjani 2012

4.16

17k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💖 Self-Love 🎗️ Cancer Memoirs ✨ Spontaneous Remission

On Marriage

by Timothy J. Keller • 2020

Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.

4.40

732

💒 Christian Marriage ✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage 👫 Complementarianism 🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics 📜 Reformed Theology

On Marriage 94%

Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.

by Timothy J. Keller 2020

4.40

732 ratings

💒 Christian Marriage ✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage 👫 Complementarianism 🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics 📜 Reformed Theology

A Hole in the World

by Amanda Held Opelt • 2022

We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.

4.43

800

🕯️ Grief Rituals 🤝 Communal Grief 💪 Embodied Grief ✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📷 Memory And Loss

A Hole in the World 94%

We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.

by Amanda Held Opelt 2022

4.43

800 ratings

🕯️ Grief Rituals 🤝 Communal Grief 💪 Embodied Grief ✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📷 Memory And Loss

How to Keep House While Drowning

by K.C. Davis • 2022

Jesus's wounds, an unknown sister, and a grandfather at 29: a four-year-old's tour of heaven.

4.20

81k+

🌅 Near-Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Testimony 🤔 Apologetics 💔 Grieving Parents ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

How to Keep House While Drowning Summary

How to Keep House While Drowning 94%

Jesus's wounds, an unknown sister, and a grandfather at 29: a four-year-old's tour of heaven.

by K.C. Davis 2022

4.20

81k+ ratings

🌅 Near-Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Testimony 🤔 Apologetics 💔 Grieving Parents ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

820k+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air 94%

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016

4.41

820k+ ratings

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms 93%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

by Timothy J. Keller • 2013

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

4.49

6k+

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament 📜 Reformed Theology 💔 Grief And Loss

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering Summary

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering 93%

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

by Timothy J. Keller 2013

4.49

6k+ ratings

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament 📜 Reformed Theology 💔 Grief And Loss

Surprised by Suffering

by R.C. Sproul • 1989

What if suffering is a summons, not chaos? The answer runs from Gethsemane to the resurrection.

4.20

699

🕊️ Reformed Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🩸 Christian Suffering 👑 Divine Sovereignty ✨ Resurrection Hope

Surprised by Suffering 93%

What if suffering is a summons, not chaos? The answer runs from Gethsemane to the resurrection.

by R.C. Sproul 1989

4.20

699 ratings

🕊️ Reformed Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🩸 Christian Suffering 👑 Divine Sovereignty ✨ Resurrection Hope

Suffering

by Paul David Tripp • 2018

Suffering will find you. How you suffer determines whether it breaks your faith or deepens it.

4.57

2k+

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📖 Biblical Counseling 📜 Reformed Theology 🐑 Pastoral Theology 😢 Honest Lament

Suffering 93%

Suffering will find you. How you suffer determines whether it breaks your faith or deepens it.

by Paul David Tripp 2018

4.57

2k+ ratings

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📖 Biblical Counseling 📜 Reformed Theology 🐑 Pastoral Theology 😢 Honest Lament

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Before My Heart Stops 93%

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Little Earthquakes

by Sarah Mandel • 2023

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

4.17

500

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💗 Self-Compassion

Little Earthquakes 93%

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

by Sarah Mandel 2023

4.17

500 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💗 Self-Compassion

The Reason

by Lacey Sturm • 2014

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

4.36

2k+

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Reason 93%

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

by Lacey Sturm 2014

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

Choosing to SEE

by Mary Beth Chapman • 2010

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

4.29

15k+

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

Choosing to SEE 93%

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

by Mary Beth Chapman 2010

4.29

15k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

Suffering is Never for Nothing

by Elisabeth Elliot • 2019

Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.

4.67

8k+

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God's Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude In Hardship

Suffering is Never for Nothing 93%

Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.

by Elisabeth Elliot 2019

4.67

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God's Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude In Hardship

Bone

by Marion Woodman • 2000

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

4.15

182

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

Bone 93%

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

by Marion Woodman 2000

4.15

182 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

The Unwinding of the Miracle

by Julie Yip-Williams • 2019

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

4.09

12k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

The Unwinding of the Miracle 93%

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

by Julie Yip-Williams 2019

4.09

12k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

Where Is God in All the Suffering?

by Amy Orr-Ewing • 2020

Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.

4.22

218

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology 💔 Suffering And Meaning 😢 Grief And Loss

Where Is God in All the Suffering? Summary

Where Is God in All the Suffering? 92%

Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.

by Amy Orr-Ewing 2020

4.22

218 ratings

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology 💔 Suffering And Meaning 😢 Grief And Loss

Divine Disruption

by Tony Evans • 2021

When life falls apart, here's how to keep faith intact and find purpose in the pieces.

4.68

1k+

✝️ Christian Living 💔 Grief And Loss 🕊️ Faith In Suffering 🙏 Trusting God 🙌 Surrender To God

Divine Disruption 92%

When life falls apart, here's how to keep faith intact and find purpose in the pieces.

by Tony Evans 2021

4.68

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Living 💔 Grief And Loss 🕊️ Faith In Suffering 🙏 Trusting God 🙌 Surrender To God

Nearly Departed

by Gila Pfeffer • 2024

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

4.40

360

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Nearly Departed 92%

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

by Gila Pfeffer 2024

4.40

360 ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

by Carol Wall • 2014

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

3.67

3k+

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening 92%

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

by Carol Wall 2014

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao • 2022

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

4.77

362

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God Summary

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God 92%

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao 2022

4.77

362 ratings

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch • 2008

A man with months to live gave one last lecture. The subject: how to live.

4.26

365k+

🏥 Cancer Memoir 🌟 Dream Pursuit 🧗 Grit And Perseverance ⏱️ Time Management ☀️ Choosing Optimism

The Last Lecture 92%

A man with months to live gave one last lecture. The subject: how to live.

by Randy Pausch 2008

4.26

365k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Memoir 🌟 Dream Pursuit 🧗 Grit And Perseverance ⏱️ Time Management ☀️ Choosing Optimism

The Positive Thinking Secret

by Aaron Kennard • 2013

A perforated colon, a month of throat pain, and a gratitude practice that made suffering disappear.

3.57

1k+

☀️ Positive Thinking 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Chronic Illness Memoir 🌿 Spiritual Healing

The Positive Thinking Secret 92%

A perforated colon, a month of throat pain, and a gratitude practice that made suffering disappear.

by Aaron Kennard 2013

3.57

1k+ ratings

☀️ Positive Thinking 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Chronic Illness Memoir 🌿 Spiritual Healing

Chasing Daylight

by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

3.94

4k+

🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Chasing Daylight 92%

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

by Eugene O'Kelly 2005

3.94

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Briefly Perfectly Human

by Alua Arthur • 2024

The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.

4.19

6k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 💀 Death Doulas 🌱 Death Positivity 🖐️ Body Wisdom 🤲 Holding Space

Briefly Perfectly Human 92%

The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.

by Alua Arthur 2024

4.19

6k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 💀 Death Doulas 🌱 Death Positivity 🖐️ Body Wisdom 🤲 Holding Space

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works 92%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis • 1961

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

4.22

98k+

🖤 Spousal Bereavement 🕊️ Widowhood 📓 Grief Journals 🙏 Faith And Doubt ⚖️ Theodicy

A Grief Observed 92%

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

by C.S. Lewis 1961

4.22

98k+ ratings

🖤 Spousal Bereavement 🕊️ Widowhood 📓 Grief Journals 🙏 Faith And Doubt ⚖️ Theodicy

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

by Sara Hagerty • 2014

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

4.06

3k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet 92%

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

by Sara Hagerty 2014

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

The Quest for God

by Paul Johnson • 1996

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

3.56

124

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

The Quest for God 92%

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

by Paul Johnson 1996

3.56

124 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

A Matter of Death and Life

by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

4.40

10k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance 💔 Spousal Loss ✍️ Writing As Therapy

A Matter of Death and Life 92%

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

by Irvin D. Yalom 2021

4.40

10k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance 💔 Spousal Loss ✍️ Writing As Therapy

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Life Without Limits

by Nick Vujicic • 2007

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

4.11

9k+

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

Life Without Limits 92%

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

by Nick Vujicic 2007

4.11

9k+ ratings

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

7 Lessons from Heaven

by Mary C. Neal • 2017

She died, saw heaven, and came back with the secret to joy that nothing can shake.

4.15

2k+

☁️ Near Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Divine Love 👼 Angel Encounters

7 Lessons from Heaven 92%

She died, saw heaven, and came back with the secret to joy that nothing can shake.

by Mary C. Neal 2017

4.15

2k+ ratings

☁️ Near Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Divine Love 👼 Angel Encounters

In My Time of Dying

by Sebastian Junger • 2024

A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.

3.82

9k+

🏥 Medical Memoir 🕳️ Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Studies 🌌 Existential Meaning 🧠 Consciousness Studies

In My Time of Dying 92%

A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.

by Sebastian Junger 2024

3.82

9k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🕳️ Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Studies 🌌 Existential Meaning 🧠 Consciousness Studies

In the Presence of My Enemies

by Gracia Burnham • 2003

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

4.30

8k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

In the Presence of My Enemies 92%

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

by Gracia Burnham 2003

4.30

8k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

English Lessons

by Andrea Lucado • 2017

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

4.01

469

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

English Lessons 92%

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

by Andrea Lucado 2017

4.01

469 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

Gray Matter

by David I. Levy • 2011

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

4.21

2k+

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Gray Matter 92%

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

by David I. Levy 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 92%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Between Life and Death

by Kathryn Butler • 2019

Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.

4.54

221

🕊️ End-Of-Life Care ⚖️ Bioethics 🏥 Critical Care 🌿 Palliative Care 🙏 Sanctity Of Life

Between Life and Death 92%

Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.

by Kathryn Butler 2019

4.54

221 ratings

🕊️ End-Of-Life Care ⚖️ Bioethics 🏥 Critical Care 🌿 Palliative Care 🙏 Sanctity Of Life

It's Okay Not to Be Okay

by Sheila Walsh • 2018

Grace is not for when you get your act together. It is for when you can't.

4.38

2k+

🎯 Overcoming Perfectionism 🙏 Honest Prayer 😰 Anxiety And Faith 🌧️ Sovereignty And Suffering 🧠 Transformed Thinking

It's Okay Not to Be Okay 92%

Grace is not for when you get your act together. It is for when you can't.

by Sheila Walsh 2018

4.38

2k+ ratings

🎯 Overcoming Perfectionism 🙏 Honest Prayer 😰 Anxiety And Faith 🌧️ Sovereignty And Suffering 🧠 Transformed Thinking

In Love

by Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

4.26

26k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

In Love 92%

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

by Amy Bloom 2022

4.26

26k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 92%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Heaven is for Real

by Todd Burpo • 2010

His appendix burst. In surgery, a four-year-old meets the sister his parents never told him existed.

4.04

340k+

🔮 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Childlike Faith ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Miscarriage Grief ✨ Modern Miracles

Heaven is for Real 92%

His appendix burst. In surgery, a four-year-old meets the sister his parents never told him existed.

by Todd Burpo 2010

4.04

340k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Childlike Faith ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Miscarriage Grief ✨ Modern Miracles

My Sisters the Saints

by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

4.35

4k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

My Sisters the Saints 92%

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

4.35

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

Unstoppable

by Nick Vujicic • 2012

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

4.06

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

Unstoppable 92%

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

by Nick Vujicic 2012

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

The End of Your Life Book Club

by Will Schwalbe • 2012

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

3.81

56k+

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

The End of Your Life Book Club 92%

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

by Will Schwalbe 2012

3.81

56k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

From Fear to Freedom

by Rose Marie Miller • 2000

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

4.24

353

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

From Fear to Freedom 92%

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

by Rose Marie Miller 2000

4.24

353 ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

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