Karen Armstrong's Reading List

"a 14th-century mystical text by an English monk who reminds us that we have no idea what God is"

"pithy aphorisms on which I ponder if I cannot sleep"

"An enthralling read. On almost every page, you are compelled to revise your view of the past and imagine new ways of organizing the present."

"Less well known, but equally important and far more accessible, is "The Book of Zhuangzi"… Zhuangzi's style is energetic, ebullient, bracing, humorous and accessible."

"It is a lovely book, but perhaps a little idealistic."

"I always enjoy [Murdoch's work]."

"She earned an A for her paper arguing the novel's digressions were "a perpetual flight from death.""