
Enjoy fast, free delivery, exclusive deals, and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime
Try Prime
and start saving today with fast, free delivery
Amazon Prime includes:
Fast, FREE Delivery is available to Prime members. To join, select "Try Amazon Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery" below the Add to Cart button.
Amazon Prime members enjoy:- Cardmembers earn 5% Back at Amazon.com with a Prime Credit Card.
- Unlimited Free Two-Day Delivery
- Streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows with limited ads on Prime Video.
- A Kindle book to borrow for free each month - with no due dates
- Listen to over 2 million songs and hundreds of playlists
- Unlimited photo storage with anywhere access
Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a monthly membership.
Buy new:
-53% $11.65$11.65
Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com
Save with Used - Very Good
$8.21$8.21
Ships from: Amazon Sold by: Books & Etcetera

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

Image Unavailable
Color:
-
-
-
- To view this video download Flash Player
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6 VIDEOS
-
Follow the authors
OK
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Hardcover – October 4, 2016
Purchase options and add-ons
The Book That Started a Million Enneagram Journeys!
What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts?
The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach―a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God.
Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. Not only will you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people's eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do.
To guide your first steps into your self-awareness journey, The Road Back to You offers:
- Introductions to each Enneagram type
- Questions to help you identify your number
- Changes you can make today to pursue deeper self-awareness
- Digestible windows into the other types, helping you see others with more compassion and empathy
The wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are―leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIVP
- Publication dateOctober 4, 2016
- Dimensions5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-100830846190
- ISBN-13978-0830846191
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
Frequently bought together

More items to explore
- May you learn to see your self with the same delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees you in every moment.Highlighted by 12,641 Kindle readers
- Eights don’t feel like they have to be the person in control—they just don’t want to be controlled.Highlighted by 12,611 Kindle readers
- The true purpose of the Enneagram is to reveal to you your shadow side and offer spiritual counsel on how to open it to the transformative light of grace.Highlighted by 10,921 Kindle readers
- “We must find our real self, in all its elemental poverty, but also in its great and very simple dignity: created to be the child of God, and capable of loving with something of God’s own sincerity and his unselfishness.”Highlighted by 8,424 Kindle readers
- Motivation is what matters! To find your number ask yourself why you do the things you do.Highlighted by 8,048 Kindle readers
From the brand

-
Women's History Month
-
Prepare for Lent
-
Meet Saint Patrick
-
Start a New Bible Study
-
Recommended Books
-
Books to Read with Your Kids
-
Ebooks on Sale
-
Who Are We?
Since 1947, InterVarsity Press (IVP) has been publishing thoughtful Christian books that shape both the lives of readers and the cultures they inhabit. Throughout these seventy-five years, our books and authors have established a legacy of speaking boldly into important cultural moments, providing timeless tools for spiritual growth, and equipping Christians for a vibrant life of faith.
From the Publisher


What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram is an ancient personality type system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively.
In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach—a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God.

Discover your number
Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. The nine Enneagram types are: Perfectionist (1), Helper (2), Performer (3), Romantic (4), Investigator (5), Loyalist (6), Enthusiast (7), Challenger (8), and Peacemaker (9).

About the authors
Ian Morgan Cron
He is a bestselling author, nationally recognized speaker, Enneagram teacher, counselor, Dove Award–winning songwriter, and Episcopal priest. His books include the novel Chasing Francis and spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. Ian draws on an array of disciplines—from psychology to the arts, Christian spirituality and theology—to help people enter more deeply into conversation with God and the mystery of their own lives.
Suzanne Stabile
She's a highly sought-after speaker, teacher, and internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher who has taught thousands of people over the last thirty years. She is the author of The Path Between Us, and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of The Road Back to You. She is also the creator and host of The Enneagram Journey podcast. Along with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, she is cofounder of Life in the Trinity Ministry, a nonprofit, nondenominational ministry committed to the spiritual growth and formation of adults.

What is the Enneagram?

Discover your number

About the authors

The Road Back to You
"The purpose of the Enneagram is to develop self-knowledge and learn how to recognize and dis-identify with the parts of our personalities that limit us so we can be reunited with our truest and best selves, that “pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven,” as Thomas Merton said. The point of it is self-understanding and growing beyond the self-defeating dimensions of our personality, as well as improving relationships and growing in compassion for others." -From chapter, "Finding Your Type"
Praise for 'The Road Back to You'
![]()
The Road Back to You
|
![]()
Speaking by the Numbers
|
![]()
The Enneagram Goes to Church
|
![]()
The Path Between Us
|
![]()
The Journey Toward Wholeness
|
![]()
Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars 13,148
|
4.7 out of 5 stars 40
|
4.6 out of 5 stars 72
|
4.7 out of 5 stars 2,344
|
4.7 out of 5 stars 389
|
4.6 out of 5 stars 313
|
Price | $11.65$11.65 | $9.72$9.72 | $11.86$11.86 | $11.55$11.55 | $12.85$12.85 | $15.94$15.94 |
Overview | Discover Your Enneagram Number | Enneagram for Public Speaking | Enneagram Wisdom for Church Pastors and Leaders | Your Enneagram Number in Relationships | Deep Dive in the Enneagram Focusing on Triads and Stances | Enneagram Triads and Spiritual Transformation |
Prior Enneagram knowledge needed to read this book | None | Recommended | Recommended | Recommended | Necessary | Recommended |
Ebook available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Audiobook available | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no data |
Editorial Reviews
Review
"I'm so thrilled that this book exists. The Enneagram has absolutely changed my understanding of how to love the people in my life, deepened the quality of my marriage, and given me a vision for the person God designed me to be. This book makes the Enneagram easy to understand, with helpful stories, humor, warmth, and clear language. I'll need a case, at least."
-- Shauna Niequist, author of Present Over Perfect"What would you give to crack the biggest mystery in the world: Yourself? Why do we act, think, feel, and believe the way we do? I know of no better tool than the Enneagram. And I know of no better teachers of this tool than my friends Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile. I use the Enneagram in my business and personal life every day. The Road Back to You will open your eyes to the depths of your heart."
-- Michael Hyatt, coauthor of Living Forward"With The Road Back to You, the small number of books I recommend to absolutely everyone has increased by one. You couldn't ask for a better introduction to the Enneagram than what's found in this book and you couldn't ask for better guides than Cron and Stabile. If a modicum of self-awareness is needed to navigate life these days, let this book be your map."
-- Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of Accidental Saints"Armed with delightful but incisive wit, Cron and Stabile help us explore our inner life by making the mystery of the Enneagram accessible. If you want to better understand yourself and those in the world around you, this insightful and brilliant book is a perfect place to begin."
-- Wm. Paul Young, author of The Shack"A must-read for all and a companion guide for a lifelong journey to live generatively. A book full of wisdom, discernment, and humor, The Road Back to You creates a path toward home ever so gently and joyfully."
-- Makoto Fujimura, artist, director, Brehm Center, Fuller Theological Seminary, author of Silence and Beauty"Ian Morgan Cron, partnering with Suzanne Stabile, has gifted us with another timely and brilliantly written book. We've long needed a fresh, spiritually grounded approach to helping people grow in self-knowledge and compassion. This is a winsome and thoughtful primer!"
-- Mark Batterson, lead pastor, National Community Church, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker"A true understanding of your Enneagram type will tell you more about your financial strengths and foibles than you can imagine. . . . I find The Road Back to You to be the most readable and applicable book I've read yet on the subject."
-- Tim Maurer"A true understanding of your Enneagram type will tell you more about your financial strengths and foibles than you can imagine. . . . I find The Road Back to You to be the most readable and applicable book I've read yet on the subject."
-- Tim Maurer ― Forbes, December 30, 2016"An aid to those seeking to identify personality types, with a little bit of spirituality on the side."
-- Sandra Colllins ― Library Journal, October 1, 2016"An aid to those seeking to identify personality types, with a little bit of spirituality on the side."
-- Sandra Colllins"Cron and Stabile walk through the Enneagram's nine different personality types and their distinct ways of seeing the world, showing how each one has a potentially infinite number of expressions, strengths, and weaknesses. Cron describes his own Enneagram experience as a feeling of waking up after having been asleep for a long time. He explains that in catching a glimpse of the person he was created to be, he began to see himself with the same delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees him, and to sense the immediacy of God's grace. 'In the spiritual life that's no small thing,' he writes."
― Foreword Reviews, Fall 2016"Cron brings his witty, energetic voice to this collaboration with Stabile, a retreat director and expert on the Enneagram―a system of personality typology with roots in Christian and Islamic mysticism. The beauty of the Enneagram is its charity: the system clearly names the flaws as well as the virtues of each personality type. The Enneagram also counsels humility and acknowledges its own limits ('[The Enneagram] is not infallible or inerrant,' writes Cron and Stabile)―a welcome modesty in religious understanding today."
-- Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW, August 8, 2016"The Road Back to You is a great read for anyone who wants to grow in their knowledge of themselves and how it affects all your relationships. I would also highly recommend it for anyone who works with other people. It has the potential to give you a whole new understanding of the people you interact with on a daily basis."
-- Nathan McCorkindale"The Road Back to You is a great read for anyone who wants to grow in their knowledge of themselves and how it affects all your relationships. I would also highly recommend it for anyone who works with other people. It has the potential to give you a whole new understanding of the people you interact with on a daily basis."
-- Nathan McCorkindale ― Mennonite Brethren Herald, December 4, 2017Product details
- Publisher : IVP (October 4, 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0830846190
- ISBN-13 : 978-0830846191
- Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #11 in Popular Psychology Personality Study
- #31 in Christian Self Help
- #52 in Christian Personal Growth
- Customer Reviews:
Videos
Videos for this product
0:41
Click to play video
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-DiscoveryAmazon Videos
About the authors
Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, nationally recognized speaker, Enneagram teacher, trained psychotherapist, Dove Award-winning songwriter, and Episcopal priest. His books include the novel Chasing Francis and the spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. Ian draws on an array of disciplines—from psychology to the arts, Christian spirituality and theology—to help people enter more deeply into conversation with God and the mystery of their own lives. He and his wife, Anne, live in Nashville, Tennessee.
For more information, please visit www.ianmorgancron.com.
For Speaking: World Citizen Media
Phone: 615.568.2404
Email: info@worldcitizen.media
Suzanne Stabile, an internationally renowned teacher and director of retreats, offers a unique and creative approach to the practice of Spiritual Formation. A master teacher of the Enneagram, Suzanne draws upon her educational background at Southern Methodist University, as well as her life skills learned as a mother of four, a social worker and a minister’s spouse. Her refreshing teaching style is an unforgettable blend of humor, honesty and authenticity. She and her husband, Joseph, are the founders of Life in the Trinity Ministry and the Micah Center in Dallas, Texas.
For more information, please visit www.lifeinthetrinityministry.com or www.suzannestabile.com
For Speaking: Life in the Trinity Ministry
Phone: 214-366-3377
Email: office@lifeinthetrinityministry.com
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on AmazonCustomers say
Customers find the book insightful and easy to read, providing great insight into personality types and helping them better understand themselves and others. Moreover, the book receives positive feedback for its relationship support, with one customer noting how it changed their interactions with loved ones. Additionally, customers describe it as a fun read with engaging stories. However, the Christian content receives mixed reviews, with several customers noting the lack of overt Christian elements.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Customers find the book insightful, helping them better understand themselves and the enneagram system.
"...type easily, laughed at some of the stories and descriptions, learned my toxic traits so I can better improve myself when I'm in stressful situations..." Read more
"A deep book and it is not a quick read but is a very good book in helping one improve their life." Read more
"...I used this for a book club and found it as an easy read, very informative, and increased application and understanding." Read more
"...tools like the Myers-Briggs and this difference is what make it so helpful and so uncomfortable to study. The enneagram doesn't flatter...." Read more
Customers find the book enjoyable to read, with one customer noting it's a must-read for Enneagram enthusiasts.
"I really enjoyed this book...." Read more
"A deep book and it is not a quick read but is a very good book in helping one improve their life." Read more
"...to all seven of my grandchildren because I really believe it's worth finding yourself before you get to your golden years!" Read more
"This book is a very worthwhile read on the Enneagram and I highly recommend it Will probably reread it along with others on this subject ...." Read more
Customers find the book easy to read and appreciate its depth, with one customer noting it is written with regular people in mind.
"...I discovered my personality type easily, laughed at some of the stories and descriptions, learned my toxic traits so I can better improve myself..." Read more
"...I used this for a book club and found it as an easy read, very informative, and increased application and understanding." Read more
"...technical books written on the enneagram but this is probably the most accessible and engaging book on the topic...." Read more
"...It is an easy read, very helpful in finding your type, and has tips at the end for personal as well as spiritual growth!..." Read more
Customers appreciate the book's insights into personality types and how they reflect God's character to the world. One customer notes that the authors use anecdotes to illustrate different personalities, while another mentions that it provides a different perspective compared to DISC or other personality tests.
"I really enjoyed this book. I discovered my personality type easily, laughed at some of the stories and descriptions, learned my toxic traits so I..." Read more
"...started the enneagram popularity and is a great insight into the various personality types and traits." Read more
"...I'm glad I stumbled across this book. It is about an ancient personality typing system called the Enneagram...." Read more
"...While it’s a very funny and engaging book with very relatable examples of people who exhibit both the best and worst traits of the various numbers..." Read more
Customers find the book helpful for relationships, with one mentioning how it improved their interactions with loved ones and another noting how it enhanced communication with family members.
"...It's changing the conversation in our home, giving me deeper understanding when I interact with others, and great self-awareness...." Read more
"...and the benefits this information has for our personal life, relationships, and spirituality...." Read more
"...Helps with self discovery and relating to others!" Read more
"This book has done wonders for me in my personal relationships...." Read more
Customers find the book enjoyable, with many describing it as a fun read with interesting content and funny stories, and one customer noting it's great for family reading.
"...at least six copies of this book - it is one of my favorites to share with other people and makes a great gift for someone who is interested in..." Read more
"...While it’s a very funny and engaging book with very relatable examples of people who exhibit both the best and worst traits of the various numbers..." Read more
"Enjoyable read, practical to daily life as they go into each type in the workplace and how they appear in relationships...." Read more
"...Kind of fun especially if you want to find out more about your own personality and the way you relate to others as well as the reasons for one’s..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the book cover's quality, noting that it arrives in perfect condition and is solid.
"A good solid primer on the enneagram personality assessment model, written from an intentionally Christian point of view." Read more
"Boo arrived the next day! Great condition!" Read more
"I was so pleased with the book in pristine condition and delivered to me so promptly. it is for a book study at our church...." Read more
"...admission, the authors spend the rest of the book assuming that it is valid, useful and helpful - especially as a helpful aid to Christian spiritual..." Read more
Customers have mixed views on the Christian content of the book, with several noting that it lacks overt Christian elements and fails to meet biblical standards.
"...authors claim to be Christians, but the book itself is sorely lacking in Christian content. In and of itself, the Enneagram is just a tool...." Read more
"...In short, this book is very well-written, entertaining, spiritual trash." Read more
"...However, I would add that there is a strong spiritual background to this, which came as a surprise (though not an unwelcome one) for me...." Read more
"...But selling it as a Christian tool is false and hypocritical." Read more
Reviews with images

Should be required reading for everyone!!
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews. Please reload the page.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024I really enjoyed this book. I discovered my personality type easily, laughed at some of the stories and descriptions, learned my toxic traits so I can better improve myself when I'm in stressful situations, and in general helped me get started on my self-improvement journey.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2024A deep book and it is not a quick read but is a very good book in helping one improve their life.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2024This book is a great in understanding Enneagram. I used this for a book club and found it as an easy read, very informative, and increased application and understanding.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2025This book started the enneagram popularity and is a great insight into the various personality types and traits.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024I think all I have to say about this is that I've gifted it to all seven of my grandchildren because I really believe it's worth finding yourself before you get to your golden years!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2016This is a great introduction to the enneagram, an ancient personality tool that you need to know about. Its different from other tools like the Myers-Briggs and this difference is what make it so helpful and so uncomfortable to study. The enneagram doesn't flatter. It provides more than a description of your strengths. You'll also get insight into the unhealthy side of your personality. You'll gain an understanding of how you operate at your best and your worst, which is why I have a love/hate relationship with the enneagram. Expect to be encouraged as you read. Expect to squirm at times as you read descriptions of the darker aspects of your personality that are so spot on, you'll wonder if someone's crawled inside your head and downloaded a few things.
There's a lot of more technical books written on the enneagram but this is probably the most accessible and engaging book on the topic. The writing is excellent and the content is organized in a way that makes the tool easy to understand. The authors write from a Christian perspective but its not heavy handed. I can't imagine someone coming from a different faith or no faith at all feeling "run over" by their perspective.
The things we refuse to face in ourselves often have great power over us. Read this book and allow these gracious authors to gently invite you to a greater level of self-awareness that can lead to greater freedom and greater compassion both for yourself and others.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2023I have purchased at least six copies of this book - it is one of my favorites to share with other people and makes a great gift for someone who is interested in understanding more about themselves and others. It is an easy read, very helpful in finding your type, and has tips at the end for personal as well as spiritual growth!
I turn to this book when I am struggling with myself and I feel like I learn something new every time I read it. It focuses more on the “why” of your type than the “what” - meaning that the authors really dig into the underlying factors of WHY we make decisions, rather than just analyzing people by their personalities.
Would recommend again and again to anyone!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025This book is a very worthwhile read on the Enneagram and I highly recommend it Will probably reread it along with others on this subject . It is balanced, understandable, and well worth your time to help understand yourself and others.
Top reviews from other countries
- Anna Maria Ballester BohnReviewed in Spain on January 12, 2017
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it a lot
It does mention God, but it's so full of humour and insight that it didn't bother me at all. I found the descriptions and advice surprisingly accurate. If you're the kind of person who does every online "personality test", you will enjoy this.
- KarenReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction, easy to understand
This was recommended by a friend who is a Psychologist and who loves the enneagram. This book is an easy to read, easy to understand introduction to the enneagram and useful if you want to try and understand yourself and grow into more positive aspects of our personalities.
- LuisReviewed in Mexico on September 17, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
A great way to understand ourselves
- The Fishing GuyReviewed in Canada on September 6, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Game changer
I have found this book to be such as easy read and super helpful! I actually listened to it on audio through the library and loved the author’s humerous story telling style ! He is easy to listen to and yet has a way of giving helpful insight and advice . I found this book to be helpful personally , but also in my marriage and in parenting my kids. I would recommend this as one of the most useful books from a practical point of view in gaining insight into your inner thoughts , habits and temperment .
-
Sabine NjockReviewed in France on February 1, 2023
1.0 out of 5 stars Pages 97-144 maquent !!!
Livraison ok, mais en ouvrant le livre, on constate que les pages 97 à 144 manquent et et que les pages 145 à 192 y sont deux fois!!! Très déçu!