Michael Pollan Recommended Books
Michael Pollan has recommended 19 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, and activist.
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The Healing Journey
Pioneering Approaches to Psychedelic Therapy
"So that you understand what a good guide looks like." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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On Drugs
"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
"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
"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
"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)
Sexual Personae
Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
"A crazy and brilliant survey of Western literature." - Michael Pollan (Source)
How to Dress an Egg
Surprising and Simple Ways to Cook Dinner
"The perfect book for this moment when we're all cooking like crazy." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Gift of Good Land
Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural
"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
"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
"In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Liberty Under Siege
American Politics, 1976-1988
"The most original observer of American politics in the second half of the 20th century." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sentence by sentence, some of the most stimulating thoughts anywhere." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Jungle
"A powerful piece of journalism disguised as a novel." - Michael Pollan (Source)
Walden
"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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Acid Test
LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
"A good book on MDMA therapy." - Michael Pollan (Source)
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
"A very famous book about what were not then known as psychedelics." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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The Odyssey
"... 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
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5
"The bible of psychiatric diagnoses." - Michael Pollan (Source)
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