Looking to get closer to God, your soul, and your divine feminine? Here are my personal top 15 spiritual books — the ones that actually changed me, not just a list I pulled from somewhere else.
If you're here, I have a feeling you already know why you clicked on this post.
Maybe you've felt a pull lately — toward God, toward your soul, toward something bigger than the noise of your everyday life. Maybe you've been feeling a little disconnected from your divine feminine, from your intuition, from the parts of yourself that know things your logical mind can't explain. Maybe you're just evolving, and you can feel it, even if you can't fully explain it yet.
I've been there. And honestly, I'm still there — because I don't think this kind of growth ever really finishes.
How to have a spiritual awakening?
Start reading.
These are my personal top 15 picks. I didn't pull this list from someone else's "best of" roundup. Every book here either cracked something open in me, brought me closer to God, or helped me finally understand a piece of my soul I hadn't been able to name before. A few are books I'm still working my way through myself, and I've been honest about which ones those are — because I want this list to feel real, not performative.
If you're ready to get closer to God, get closer to your own alignment, and come home to yourself, consider this your reading list.
Start Here: My Top 5 Picks
If you only read five books from this entire post, start here. These are the foundational ones — the books I'd hand to a friend who told me she was just starting to wake up spiritually and didn't know where to begin.
1. You Can Heal Your Life — Louise Hay
This is genuinely one of the first books I think anyone should read on this path, and it's why I'm putting it at the very top of this list. Louise Hay lays the groundwork for everything else — the idea that our thoughts, our self-talk, and our beliefs about ourselves are directly tied to how we heal, how we love, and how we live. It's simple, but it's foundational in the truest sense of the word. Once this one clicks, everything else on this list makes more sense.
What made this one stick for me is how unflinching it is. Hay doesn't dance around the connection between the stories we tell ourselves and the lives we actually end up living — she just lays it out, plainly, and asks you to look at it. I remember putting the book down at one point and just sitting with how much of my own self-talk I'd never actually questioned before. It's the kind of book that quietly rearranges the furniture in your mind.
What this book teaches you:
How your inner dialogue directly shapes your outer reality
Practical affirmations you can start using immediately, not just theory
How to trace physical and emotional patterns back to old, unexamined beliefs
2. The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle
This book changed how I see myself. Tolle taught me that I am not my mind — that there's a "me" underneath all the thinking, and learning to separate the two was the beginning of everything else on this list. It's the book I recommend most often, and for good reason.
I think what makes this one so different from other spiritual books is that it doesn't ask you to believe anything. It just asks you to notice. The first time I actually caught myself mid-thought-spiral and realized, oh, I am the one watching this thought, not the thought itself — that was it for me. That was the shift. It sounds so simple written out like that, but living it is a completely different experience, and Tolle walks you through it patiently, page by page.
What this book teaches you:
How to separate your true self from the constant chatter of your mind
Why the present moment is the only place peace actually exists
Practical ways to interrupt anxious or repetitive thinking in real time
3. A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle
The follow-up to The Power of Now, and honestly just as important. This one goes deeper into the ego — how much of our suffering is really our ego running the show — and it challenged how I understood spirituality itself, not just my own mind. I'd read these two back to back if you can.
If The Power of Now is about the present moment, this one is about the mask we wear through it — the identity we've built to protect ourselves, and how much of our daily friction with other people actually comes from ego clashing with ego. Reading this made me start noticing my own defensiveness in a totally new light. I'd catch myself getting reactive over something small and think, wait, is this actually me, or is this my ego protecting something?
What this book teaches you:
How to recognize your ego at work in everyday reactions and conflicts
Why letting go of who you "think" you are opens the door to who you actually are
How collective ego shows up in relationships, work, and even how we talk about ourselves
4. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success — Deepak Chopra
This is one of the books I come back to as a foundation. It reshaped my basic mindset around living, soulfulness, and mindfulness in a way that's stuck with me ever since — not just spiritually, but in how I actually move through daily life. Don't let the word "success" in the title fool you; this is a soul book.
What I love about this one is how tidy it is — seven principles, laid out clearly, that you can actually hold onto and come back to when life feels chaotic. It's the kind of book you can reread in an afternoon and still walk away with something new every single time, which is rare. I've gifted this one more than almost any other book on this list, honestly, because it feels like such a gentle, accessible on-ramp into deeper spiritual thinking.
What this book teaches you:
Seven core principles for living in alignment rather than in resistance
How detachment from outcomes can actually bring you closer to what you want
Why "success" from a spiritual lens looks nothing like the version we're taught
5. The Four Agreements — Don Miguel Ruiz
Simple on the surface, profound underneath. This one's less about big spiritual concepts and more about how to actually live — four principles that quietly rewire how you treat yourself and everyone around you. Short, but it will stay with you.
This is the book I hand to people who tell me they don't really "do" spiritual books. It's grounded in ancient Toltec wisdom, but it reads almost like a practical manual for how to stop taking everything so personally, how to stop assuming, and how to actually mean what you say. It's short enough to finish in a weekend, but the agreements themselves are the kind of thing you'll find yourself thinking about years later, in the middle of an argument or a hard moment.
What this book teaches you:
Why taking things personally is almost always about you, not the other person
How to stop making assumptions that quietly damage your relationships
Four simple, repeatable practices for showing up with more integrity
Deepening the Connection: Manifestation & Divine Support {#deepening}
Once the foundation is there, these are the books that helped me understand my own power alongside my faith — that manifestation and trusting God aren't opposites, they actually work together.
6. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself — Dr. Joe Dispenza
This one completely changed how I think about manifestation and our own power. Dispenza breaks down, almost scientifically, how we get stuck being who we've always been — and what it actually takes to become someone new. It rewired something in me.
This is the book for anyone who wants the science alongside the spirituality. Dispenza walks through the actual neuroscience of habit and identity, and once you understand why you keep repeating the same patterns, it becomes so much easier to interrupt them. I found myself highlighting almost every other page, which almost never happens for me. It's dense in places, but it's worth taking slow.
What this book teaches you:
The neuroscience behind why we stay stuck in old patterns and identities
How your body can be "addicted" to familiar emotions, even negative ones
Practical meditative techniques for rewiring your brain toward a new identity
7. Divine Breadcrumbs — Rachael Jayne Groover
This book taught me so much about listening to God and trusting the path He's laying out, even when it doesn't make sense yet. I think this one is especially important for women — it gave me language for something I'd felt but never quite named, about following the small signs instead of forcing a strategic plan.
What I love about this one is how much permission it gives you to not have it all figured out. I've spent so much of my life trying to plan five steps ahead, and this book gently made the case that maybe I only need to see the very next breadcrumb, not the whole trail. It felt like being given permission to trust myself and trust God at the same time, instead of choosing between the two.
What this book teaches you:
How to recognize the small, quiet nudges God places in front of you
Why you don't need the whole plan — just the next right step
How to trust your intuition as a form of divine communication, especially as a woman
8. Allowing Divine Intervention — Richard Dotts
This book helped my mindset so much around allowing God to intervene — really knowing, in my bones, that I'm supported by the universe and by the divine, not just hoping I am. It's a quiet shift, but it changes how you move through hard moments.
There's something so relieving about this book, honestly. So much of the manifestation world can feel like a lot of doing — vision boards, affirmations, constant effort — and this one flips that on its head. It's about learning to actually let go and let something bigger step in. I read this during a season when I was gripping everything way too tightly, and it loosened something in me that I didn't even realize was clenched.
What this book teaches you:
How to release control without giving up on what you want
Why "allowing" is its own spiritual practice, not passivity
Practical ways to actually feel supported by the universe, not just say you are
9. Leveraging the Universe — Mike Dooley
Dooley has a way of making the universe feel like a partner instead of a mystery. This book gave me practical, real steps for actually working with that support instead of just wishing for it — less "woo," more "here's what to actually do."
I appreciate how straightforward Dooley's voice is — he doesn't over-mystify any of this. He treats the universe almost like a business partner you need to actually communicate clearly with, and that reframing made manifestation feel a lot less like wishful thinking and a lot more like a relationship I could actually build and maintain.
What this book teaches you:
How to communicate more clearly with the universe about what you actually want
Why vague wishing rarely works, and specificity does
A practical framework for partnering with the universe instead of just hoping at it
Getting Closer to God & the Divine Feminine {#god-feminine}
These are the books that pulled me closest to God and helped me reconnect with the divine feminine within myself — the part of me that had gotten quiet over the years without me even noticing.
10. Spirit Junkie — Gabrielle Bernstein
I really, really loved this one. Bernstein is so honest about her own journey out of fear and into faith, and reading her story made my own feel less isolating. This is a great one if you're craving a more relatable, modern voice on this path.
Bernstein doesn't write from some untouchable, enlightened place — she writes from the mess, from the addiction and the anxiety and the fear that came before the faith. That honesty is what makes this book land so differently than a lot of the more traditional spiritual texts. It felt like she was talking directly to me, not down to me, and that's rare.
What this book teaches you:
How to move from a fear-based mindset to a faith-based one, step by step
Why your lowest moments can become the doorway into real spiritual growth
Practical tools rooted in A Course in Miracles, but explained in a modern, relatable voice
11. Return to Love — Marianne Williamson
Williamson is such a good author, and this book really teaches you how to connect with spirit in a way that feels grounded, not abstract. It's rooted in A Course in Miracles but stands beautifully on its own if you're not ready to dive into the source text yet.
This was one of the books that made me feel like faith and intellect weren't opposites — Williamson writes with so much clarity and conviction that it never feels flimsy or vague. There's a section on fear versus love that I still think about regularly, honestly, whenever I catch myself reacting from a scared place instead of a loving one.
What this book teaches you:
The core distinction between choosing fear and choosing love, in any moment
How to apply A Course in Miracles principles without feeling overwhelmed by the source text
Why forgiveness is less about the other person and more about your own freedom
12. A Course in Miracles
This one is a commitment, but it's such a good book to return to again and again. It teaches you about God, the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, and the nature of love in a way that goes deeper the more you sit with it. This isn't a one-and-done read — it's more of a practice.
I'll be honest, this isn't a book you casually read on a beach vacation — it's a workbook, a daily practice, a real spiritual commitment. But that's exactly what makes it different from everything else on this list. It's not asking you to just understand something intellectually; it's asking you to actually practice it, day by day, until it becomes how you see the world.
What this book teaches you:
A daily practice for shifting your perception from fear to love
A deep theological framework around forgiveness and the nature of God
Why this is a lifelong practice, not a book you simply "finish"
13. Awakening Your Inner Light — Aeoliah
This was a book that really, really changed my life. It's about reclaiming your true identity and healing the parts of yourself that have been dimmed by self-doubt or self-abuse over the years. If you feel like you've lost touch with your own light, this one will help you find it again.
There's a tenderness to this book that I haven't found many other places on this list. It doesn't rush you toward healing — it meets you exactly where the dimming happened, and walks you back toward yourself slowly. I remember reading certain passages and just crying, not out of sadness exactly, but out of recognition, like something in me was finally being seen.
What this book teaches you:
How to identify the ways you've dimmed your own light to feel safe or accepted
Gentle practices for reclaiming your true identity, piece by piece
Why healing self-abuse is often the missing step before deeper spiritual growth
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14. The Untethered Soul — Michael A. Singer
This is the one that comes up in almost every spiritual conversation I have. It’s about learning the art of surrender and truly giving it all up to a divine power.
It picks up a lot of the same thread as The Power of Now — learning to observe the voice in your head instead of being run by it — but takes it even further into daily practice.
What this book teaches you :
How to observe your inner voice instead of being controlled by it
Practical techniques for releasing old emotional energy that's stuck in the body
A path toward inner freedom that doesn't depend on your outer circumstances
15. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe — Laura Lynne Jackson
This book helps you learn how to actually see the signs — the breadcrumbs the divine is leaving for you all the time, if you know how to look. It's a beautiful guide for spiritual awakening and for learning how to listen to and communicate with your higher self. It genuinely shifted how present I am to the small moments now, and how much less alone I feel in the day-to-day.
What I love most about this one is how ordinary the signs actually are once you start paying attention — a song, a number, a stranger's comment that lands a little too perfectly. Jackson makes the case that the divine isn't speaking in some far-off, dramatic language; it's speaking in the small, everyday details we usually rush right past. Reading this genuinely slowed me down.
What this book teaches you:
How to recognize signs and synchronicities in your everyday life
Why slowing down is often the missing piece of spiritual communication
How to open a real, ongoing dialogue with your higher self
How to Use This List {#how-to-use}
You don't have to read all 15 in order, but if you want a place to start:
Brand new to this journey? Start with #1, #2, and #5.
Craving a closer relationship with God specifically? #7, #10, #11, #12.
Want to understand your own power alongside your faith? #6, #8, #9.
Feeling disconnected from yourself lately? #13.
This list is going to keep growing as I keep evolving — that's kind of the whole point. Bookmark this one, because I'll be adding to it.
What book changed your relationship with God or your own soul? Tell me in the comments — I read every single one, and I'm always looking for my next read too.
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