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E-Books by Percentage Done, Print Books by Pages Remaining WHAT I'M READING ranked by closest to finishing (E-books by percentage done, Print books by pages remaining) *=re-reading Bold=currently most active Underlined=Jung, Jungian, & myth (19 books currently) For TOPIC CODES following the author name, see bottom of page E-books on Kindle app 92%-Imaginal Love by Tom Cheetham-2 90%-NothinG Holy About It by Tim Burkett-1 84%-The Innateness of Myth by Ritske Rensma-2 75%-ChanGe the Story, ChanGe the Future by David Korten-6, 12 73%-A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa-11, 1 70%-Roaring Silence by Ngakpa Chogyam and Khandro Dechen-1 69%-Ecodharma by David Loy-1, 6 68%-How (Not) To Be Secular by James K.A. Smith-3 62%-The Power of Divine Eros by Almaas and Johnson-4 61%-The Wisdom of Imperfection* by Rob Preece-1, 2 60%-Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth by Tetsuzen Jason M. Wirth-6, 1 59%-Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth Ed. 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