15 Books to Read for My Soul

You’re not here by accident.
Maybe something inside you is aching for more—more peace, more truth, more you.
Maybe you’re carrying things you don’t talk about. Maybe you're just tired of pretending you're fine.

This list isn’t just about books.
It’s about beginnings.
Tiny openings. Quiet shifts. Healing that doesn’t shout, but changes everything.

Pick one.
Let it find you.
And let it begin.

1. Become Who You Were Meant to Be – Dr. Myles Munroe
This one wakes something ancient inside you. Munroe reminds you that you were never meant to settle—there’s something greater waiting within.

2. This Was Meant to Find You (When You Needed It Most) – Charlotte Freeman
Written like a lifeline for the soul, Freeman’s words feel like someone holding your hand in the dark and whispering, “Keep going.”

3. You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay
Healing isn’t linear, but Louise Hay shows us it’s possible. She teaches us how to speak to ourselves with love when the world forgets how.

4. The Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins
Let them. Let them go. Let them misunderstand you. Let them walk away. Mel Robbins gives you permission to stop trying to fix what was never yours to carry.

5. How to Stop Breaking Your Own Heart – Meggan Roxanne
We betray ourselves more often than anyone else ever could. This book is a brutal and beautiful mirror to that truth—and the beginning of breaking that cycle.

6. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think – Brianna Wiest
These essays pierce through the noise. They don’t just change how you think; they change how you feel about yourself, your patterns, your life.

7. Becoming the One – Sheleana Aiyana
You are the love you’ve been chasing. This book holds your face in its hands and says, “It’s time. Come home to you.”

8. She Minds Her Own Business – Krystel Stacey
Part strategy, part soul, Stacey shows us what it means to lead your life with intention, integrity, and quiet fire.

9. The 14 Day Mind Cleanse – Jacqui Lewis
A gentle cleanse for a cluttered mind. This is space-making. Breath-giving. The pause you didn’t know you needed.

10. The Art of Being Alone – Renuka Gavrani
Alone doesn’t mean empty. Gavrani writes for the quiet souls—those learning to be whole without needing to be filled.

11. When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal – Brianna Wiest
Wiest writes for the woman sitting in her car, holding back tears. For the man who smiles but feels numb. For the soul who knows it’s time but doesn’t know where to start.

12. The Book of Healing – Najwa Zebian
Tender and true, this book speaks to the wounds you’ve buried deep. It teaches you to name them. To soothe them. To live with light again.

13. The Strength in Our Scars – Bianca Sparacino
You are not broken because you feel deeply. You are not weak for needing time. Bianca writes like she’s been where you are—and she has.

14. The Mountain Is You – Brianna Wiest
This mountain isn’t in the way. It is the way. Wiest strips it down: your patterns, your pain, your power. And she helps you rise.

15. Atomic Habits – James Clear
Healing isn’t just emotional. It’s in the doing. The choosing. The becoming. James Clear gives you the tools to become who you’re meant to be, one small shift at a time.

If You’re Here, This Was Meant for You
Maybe you didn’t plan to find this list. Maybe something pulled you here.
Take it as a sign. Pick one.
Let it sit with you, stir something in you, crack something open.

Your healing won’t be loud.
It won’t be perfect.
But it will be yours.
And it will be worth it.

Start anywhere. Just start.

“And one day, you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.”
— Brené Brown