I had some troubles ages ago and one of my bosses hinted me to read the Siddharta by Herman Hesse. Today I wouldn't remember a single word about the book, but back then I liked it a lot although I experienced it from an atheist point of view.
Did it solve my problems? Not at all since most of them were caused by a PM in the same company whose assholery was right on par with his utter technical incompetence, but the suggestion by that boss may have helped afterwards; who knows...