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Readers who finished The Innkeeper by John Piper and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Literature & the Arts, Inspirational & Religious, Subjects & Themes, and Christianity.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of The Innkeeper.

The Generosity

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Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Narrative Poems

C. S. Lewis

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

A Crown for Abba Moses

Timothy Bartel

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Sand and Foam and Other Poems

Kahlil Gibran

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Collecting Dust Sonnets (Thus Far)

Ronald E. Wheeler

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

The Gospel in Gerard Manley Hopkins Selections from His Poems, Letters, Journals, and Spiritual Writings

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Women Whom Jesus Met

Jacob (of Serug)

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

A Priest to the Temple Or the Country Parson With Selected Poems

George Herbert

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#10

Breath for the Bones Art, Imagination and Spirit – A Reflection on Creativity and Faith

Luci Shaw

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#11

Watch for the Light Readings for Advent and Christmas

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#12

Voices Out of Lockdown

Jan Sutch Pickard

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#13

The Song of Songs A Contemplative Guide

Graeme Watson

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#14

Songs Out of Silence 99 Sayings by Jessica Powers

Robert F. Morneau

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#15

52 Little Parables from Ireland

Sally Kennedy

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#16

Terraform Building a Better World

Propaganda

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#17

Christian Short Stories, Intrigues, Poems, Phrases and Christian Literature — Charles Brown

CHARLES. BROWN

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#18

My Devotional Journal A Spiritual Journey of Prayer and Encouragement with God’s Suffering People

Patrick Sookhdeo

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#19

The Christian Book of Mystical Verse — A. W. Tozer

A W Tozer

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#20

Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century From Milton to Mary Shelley

Ana M. Acosta

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#21

The Poet and the Fly Art, Nature, God, Mortality, and Other Elusive Mysteries

Robert Hudson

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#22

Chaucer and the Mystics The Canterbury Tales and the Genre of Devotional Prose

Robert Boenig

Themes: Literature & the Arts • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#23

Neither be Afraid, and Other Poems

Miriam Pollard

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

#24

Spirits in Bondage A Cycle of Lyrics

C. S. Lewis

Themes: Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes • Christianity

If The Innkeeper by John Piper is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Literature & the Arts, Inspirational & Religious, Subjects & Themes and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Luci Shaw, C. S. Lewis, Timothy Bartel, St. John of the Cross, and others.