Sadly I developed a love of reading later in life but now I consider it an activity especially significant in this existence.
It shapes how we see and feel reality and it gives great insights for life and art making, so it makes sense to share this passion with more people and hopefully bring more joy in their lives.
Here’s a list of the most memorable ones.
(For the full list of books please check my Goodreads on this link )
| A Confession | Leo Tolstoy |
| A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson |
| A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments | David Foster Wallace |
| Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst | Robert M. Sapolsky |
| Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany | Norman Ohler |
| Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth | Françoise Bourzat |
| Consider the Lobster and Other Essays | David Foster Wallace |
| Duet of One – The Ashtavakra Gita Dialogue | Ramesh S. Balsekar |
| Essays of Schopenhauer | Arthur Schopenhauer |
| Free Will | Sam Harris |
| High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experiences in the Seventies | Erik Davis |
| How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence | Michael Pollan |
| I Am a Strange Loop | Douglas R. Hofstadter |
| King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine | Robert L. Moore |
| Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To | David A. Sinclair |
| Lying | Sam Harris |
| Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure | Edouard Lanteri |
| Modern Man in Search of a Soul | C.G. Jung |
| Mortality | Christopher Hitchens |
| On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious | Douglas E. Harding |
| Perfect Brilliant Stillness | David Carse |
| Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences | William A. Richards |
| Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing | Jed McKenna |
| The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are | Alan W. Watts |
| The Consolations of Philosophy | Alain de Botton |
| The Denial of Death | Ernest Becker |
| The Doors of Perception | Aldous Huxley |
| The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment | Adyashanti |
| The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, #1) | Douglas Adams |
| The Hobbit, or There and Back Again | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars | Jo Marchant |
| The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science | Culadasa (John Yates) |
| The One In The Mirror See What You Truly Are | Ramesh S. Balsekar |
| The Order of Time | Carlo Rovelli |
| The Psychology of Man’s Possible Evolution | P.D. Ouspensky |
| The Reenchantment of the World | Morris Berman |
| The Schopenhauer Cure | Irvin D. Yalom |
| The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation | Shinzen Young |
| This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society | Kathleen McAuliffe |
| Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change | Tao Lin |
| Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion | Sam Harris |
| Witch: A Tale of Terror | Charles Mackay |