As an editor at a yoga-inspired lifestyle magazine, a lot of spiritual books crossed my desk. Some were compelling, a lot were rehashed, a few sold scads, but most didn’t. Below I’ve compiled an unofficial, semi-complete list of significant “Balance”-related books of 2005 (with help from Beliefnet and Amazon): the ones that made the biggest splashes (merited or not), the ones that seem important in furthering how we talk about consciousness and the soul, and the ones people (or I) liked.