"Good Life, Good Death" by Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek,Dalai Lama. Not an intellectual read, but fairly profound (IMHO). Also "The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning", Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: The Button Moulder's Fan and Other Animals Date: 1/2/2007 10:31:27 A.M. Central Standard Time From: _cabrian@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:cabrian@xxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: I do hope more people take David up on his question as I'm interested in what books everyone found worth in this last year, both old and new. Best, Brian On Jan 1, 2007, at 6:38 PM, David Ritchie wrote: So what was the single best book you read last year?