OrdinaryGirl

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I'd have to go with The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran as my #1 choice. Followed by Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, which is more about making your dreams a reality than it is about being rich.

And then I have a bookshelf full of a lot of other good ones as well.

I find when I'm in a funk, reading some good inspirational material picks me up.

BlackPearlSpace

The Peaceful Warrior, author forgotten at the moment

Wouldn't want to read it again though, its tied to that part of my life when all that was new.

tuathal

Mine are fiction.

Baudolino & The name of the rose by umberto eco, he opens a real window into the past.

Water touching stone by elliot pattison, its fiction but gives a good account of buddhism in modern day china.

rudger

The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson, Everone has a dream it's just out there waiting.
And of course the Bible by God......

Riivan

Might want to check out Fides et Ratio by Pope John Paul II or the writings of Origen or St. Justin.

oenghus69

The Alchemist, dont know why, just did it for me at the time

leeb1977

Terry goodkinds sword of truth series as a set of fiction books about love and the human spirit.

Davel Pelzer's original 3 books - ('a child called it', 'the lost boy' and 'a man named dave') are totally inspiring.

spankymcwanky

I find the books written by the Dalai Lama to very uplifting and down to earth. I highly recommend his works.

heavensguard

This may sound a bit odd, but one of my favorite spiritual series comes from the C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia....I find the parallels to Christianity very nicely shrouded in each book. I seem to find a new one every time I read any one of them...Definitely one of the best book series of all time.

macho biscuit

i also liked The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo (however you spell his name) but i really really liked Hardcore Zen

Echolalia

I don't know if this counts as inspirational, but I like the books of Herman Hesse, specifically Siddhartha and Demian (I'm not sure if I spelled this correctly). Both, but especially Siddhartha, seem pretty rooted in spirituality, so they feel that way when you read them (at least to me). Both are a really good pick me up for when you feel mentally or "spiritually" out of sorts.