I am not good at women's contemplative fiction and non-fiction because I have really only started to read it, but here goes. I am going to assume that this reader's needs do not just encompass travel fiction but also include revelatory and confessional fiction which contains multiple topics for book club discussion. My first suggestions would include classic, contemporary travel fiction. Travel and residence in countries not our own throws us into a cultural childhood combined with adult perception. We are open to experiences because they are totally new to us, we transcend habit and preconception and our minds literally begin to churn and change and grow. Travel books, while not a substitute for real travel, provide us with the same opportunities for spiritual growth. Such books as the Caliph's House by Tahir Shah, Nothing to Declare, by Mary Morris, Under the Tuscan Sun by Mayes, or a Year in Provence by Mayle, would be logical suggestions. Nonfiction books which provide insight into daily life of other cultures are also relevant. One of the best of these is Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, a stark and disturbing look at the underclass of Mumbai which reads like fiction and reveals the astonishingly complex lives and thoughts of people who barely have clothes to wear and often live in cardboard boxes. Another would be a classic, Spirit Catches You Fall Down by Fadiman, an examination of family, tradition and values and how they conflict with our own in the death of a child. This patron may also want some fiction which provides food for thought for a book group -- since she mentioned Oprah's books. Two outstanding examples of this type of book is Moyes' Me before You and Erdrich's The Round House. The latter may be an ideal choice for a book group because it presents a coming of age story overlaid by complex cultural conflicts.