Michael Pollan Book Recommendations
Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, and activist.
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The Healing Journey
Pioneering Approaches to Psychedelic Therapy
by Claudio Naranjo
"So that you understand what a good guide looks like." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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On Drugs
by David Lenson
"Little known, but the smartest book on drugs I know of." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Changes in the Land
Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
by William Cronon
"Taught me how to look at a landscape and see not just nature but history as well." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
by James Fadiman
"Actually has very good advice for people who want to guide, or are shopping for a guide." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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Home Economics
by Wendell Berry
"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 (Source)
How to Dress an Egg
Surprising and Simple Ways to Cook Dinner
by Peter Kaminsky
"The perfect book for this moment when we're all cooking like crazy." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Sexual Personae
Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
by Camille Paglia
"A crazy and brilliant survey of Western literature." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Gift of Good Land
Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural
by Wendell Berry
"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 (Source)
Dirt
Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
by Bill Buford
"If you're at all interested in cooking, or France, or great prose, you won't want to miss this book." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Paper Lion
Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
by George Plimpton
"In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sentence by sentence, some of the most stimulating thoughts anywhere." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
"A powerful piece of journalism disguised as a novel." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
"For its bracing prose as much as anything else. I’ve been arguing with [the author] for most of my career." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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Liberty Under Siege
American Politics, 1976-1988
by Walter Karp
"The most original observer of American politics in the second half of the 20th century." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Acid Test
LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
by Tom Shroder
"A good book on MDMA therapy." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Odyssey
by Homer
"... And not just because there are so many great barbecue scenes." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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Tim O’Reilly, Walter Isaacson, Caterina Fake, Stewart Brand, Jay-Z
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley
"A very famous book about what were not then known as psychedelics." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5
by American Psychiatric Association
"The bible of psychiatric diagnoses." - Michael Pollan (Source)
