Books Recommended by Michael Pollan
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Home Economics
Wendell Berry
Source: "I’ve learned more from [this author] than anyone else about how best to engage with nature, and how to write a sturdy and pleasing English sentence." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Gift of Good Land
Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural
Wendell Berry
Source: "I’ve learned more from [this author] than anyone else about how best to engage with nature, and how to write a sturdy and pleasing English sentence." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderWalden
Henry David Thoreau
Source: "For its bracing prose as much as anything else. I’ve been arguing with [the author] for most of my career." - Michael Pollan
3 recommendersDirt
Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Bill Buford
Source: "If you're at all interested in cooking, or France, or great prose, you won't want to miss this book." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderPaper Lion
Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
George Plimpton
Source: "In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Odyssey
Homer
Source: "... And not just because there are so many great barbecue scenes." - Michael Pollan
Changes in the Land
Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William Cronon
Source: "Taught me how to look at a landscape and see not just nature but history as well." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderLiberty Under Siege
American Politics, 1976-1988
Walter Karp
Source: "The most original observer of American politics in the second half of the 20th century." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
James Fadiman
Source: "Actually has very good advice for people who want to guide, or are shopping for a guide." - Michael Pollan
2 recommendersThe Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: "Sentence by sentence, some of the most stimulating thoughts anywhere." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderHow to Dress an Egg
Surprising and Simple Ways to Cook Dinner
Peter Kaminsky
Source: "The perfect book for this moment when we're all cooking like crazy." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Aldous Huxley
Source: "A very famous book about what were not then known as psychedelics." - Michael Pollan
4 recommendersSexual Personae
Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Camille Paglia
Source: "A crazy and brilliant survey of Western literature." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderOn Drugs
David Lenson
Source: "Little known, but the smartest book on drugs I know of." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Source: "A powerful piece of journalism disguised as a novel." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Healing Journey
Pioneering Approaches to Psychedelic Therapy
Claudio Naranjo
Source: "So that you understand what a good guide looks like." - Michael Pollan
3 recommendersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5
American Psychiatric Association
Source: "The bible of psychiatric diagnoses." - Michael Pollan
2 recommendersAcid Test
LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
Tom Shroder
Source: "A good book on MDMA therapy." - Michael Pollan
1 recommenderThe Immortality Key
The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
Brian C. Muraresku
Source: "Fascinating." - Michael Pollan
2 recommenders
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