Julianna Takacs is a beloved senior teacher at the Shala Union Square and Fort Greene. We asked her to share her favorite books, yoga-related and otherwise.

The Yoga Sutras — Swami Satchidananda’s translation and Edwin Bryant’s translation

The Living Gita — Swami Satchidananda

Mysticism and the Sound of Music — Hazrat Inayat Khan

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius — Dave Eggers

A Path with Heart — Jack Kornfield

Care of the Soul — Thomas Moore

When Things Fall Apart — Pema Chodron

The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera

The Heart of Yoga — TKV Desikachar

Winter’s Tale — Mark Helprin

Midnight’s Children — Salman Rushdie

Real Happiness — Sharon Salzberg

My Name Is Red — Orhan Pamuk

The Gift — Hafiz

Love in the Time of Cholera — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Light on Yoga — BKS Iyengar

Light on Life — BKS Iyengar

Light on Pranayama — BKS Iyengar

The Miracle of Mindfulness — Thich Nhat Hanh

Embers — Sandor Marai

The History of Love — Nicole Krauss