Michael Pollan's Book Recommendations

"A fascinating investigation into the role of psychedelics in the birth of Christianity. Check @BrianMuraresku out on Joe Rogan or, better yet, read his book! The Immortality Key | Brian C. Muraresku | Macmillan"

"Fascinating."

"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."

"So that you understand what a good guide looks like."

"In retrospect, this beautifully written and hilarious narrative made me a journalist."

"The most original observer of American politics in the second half of the 20th century."

"Sentence by sentence, some of the most stimulating thoughts anywhere."

"A powerful piece of journalism disguised as a novel."

"Little known, but the smartest book on drugs I know of."

"A good book on MDMA therapy."

"Taught me how to look at a landscape and see not just nature but history as well."

"Actually has very good advice for people who want to guide, or are shopping for a guide."

"A crazy and brilliant survey of Western literature."

"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."

"... And not just because there are so many great barbecue scenes."

"Fascinating and timely book for anyone seeking to change minds at scale, from @dfenton, who knows how it's done"

"The bible of psychiatric diagnoses."

"Kudos to (former student) Natalie Hodges' whose brilliant book on music, performance, and neuroscience, Uncommon Measure, has been long-listed for the National Book Award!"

"Don't miss this is provocative, important and highly original book."

"Important book"

"Fascinating book"

"Bakers! This book is terrific! Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers: Pallant, Eric: 9781572843011: Books"

"I have next to know interest in tennis, but this book is fascinating and a gorgeous piece of writing"

"A fascinating new book by psychologist and and psychedelic elder James Fadiman: Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are: Fadiman Ph.D., James, Gruber, Jordan: 9781644110263: Books"

"This is the best book on fungi since Paul Stamets’s Mycelium Running. Check it out."

"The perfect book for this moment when we're all cooking like crazy."

"If you're at all interested in cooking, or France, or great prose, you won't want to miss this book."

"For its bracing prose as much as anything else. I’ve been arguing with [the author] for most of my career."

"A very famous book about what were not then known as psychedelics."