Recommended Books
Discover the best books on microdosing, psychedelics, neuroscience, and spirituality. Expert reviews and recommendations.
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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
James Fadiman (2011)
The definitive handbook for safe psychedelic use. James Fadiman distills decades of research and thousands of session reports into practical guidance covering microdosing, therapeutic sessions, and high-dose experiences.
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté (2022)
Gabor Maté's most ambitious work investigates why chronic illness, mental health disorders, and addiction are soaring in Western societies. Drawing on four decades of clinical experience, he connects individual suffering to the toxic culture of modern life and provides a compassionate framework for healing.
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Carl L. Hart (2021)
Columbia University professor Carl Hart argues from decades of pharmacological research that the criminalization of drugs — not drugs themselves — causes the greatest harm. A provocative, evidence-based case for responsible adult drug use and rational drug policy.
Microdosing Psychedelics
Paul Austin (2018)
A hands-on guide to microdosing protocols for LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, and other substances. Covers scheduling, safety, sourcing, and practical applications for creativity, performance, and well-being.
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
Michelle Janikian (2019)
A comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to psilocybin mushrooms covering everything from planning safe trips and training guides to microdosing protocols and psychedelic therapy. Journalist Michelle Janikian pairs the latest research with practical, step-by-step advice for both newcomers and experienced users, emphasizing harm reduction throughout.
PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story
Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin (1991)
The most iconic book in psychedelic chemistry — part intimate love story memoir, part encyclopedic reference documenting 179 phenethylamine compounds with synthesis routes, precise dosage ranges, durations, and first-person experience reports. Written by Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, who personally synthesized and bioassayed over 230 novel psychoactive compounds including popularizing MDMA for psychotherapy.
The Psychedelic Handbook
Rick Strassman (2022)
A comprehensive, evidence-based practical guide covering nine psychedelic substance classes — psilocybin, LSD, DMT/ayahuasca, mescaline, ketamine, MDMA, ibogaine, 5-MeO-DMT, and Salvia divinorum — written by the clinical researcher who conducted the first FDA-approved psychedelic study in a generation. Each chapter addresses pharmacology, therapeutic potential, safe use guidelines, microdosing, and recognition of adverse reactions.
Drug, Set, and Setting
Norman E. Zinberg (1984)
The foundational academic text on controlled drug use, written by Harvard psychiatrist Norman Zinberg, which established the theoretical framework that drug outcomes are determined not just by pharmacology ("drug") but equally by the user's mindset ("set") and their social and physical environment ("setting"). This book provided the scientific basis for the harm-reduction approach that now underpins all responsible psychedelic practice, including microdosing protocols.
Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance
James Fadiman, Jordan Gruber (2025)
The long-awaited follow-up to The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, written by the man whose name is on the most widely used microdosing protocol. Fadiman and Gruber distil over a decade of self-reports from thousands of microdosers, alongside the latest clinical research, into the most complete book on the practice to date.
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World
Paul Stamets (1996)
The standard field guide to psilocybin-containing mushrooms, written by the mycologist whose name is on the Stamets microdosing protocol. Detailed descriptions and colour photographs of more than 100 species, plus a rigorous method for telling them apart from their poisonous look-alikes.
The Microdosing Guidebook
C. J. Spotswood (2022)
A hands-on workbook on microdosing written by a psychiatric nurse practitioner with two decades of clinical experience. Spotswood combines a plain-language summary of the research with worksheets, intention-setting exercises and a guided journal for tracking your own protocol.
This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan (2021)
Michael Pollan's follow-up to How to Change Your Mind examines three plant drugs — opium, caffeine and mescaline — and asks why one is illegal, one is in every kitchen and one is a protected sacrament. Part memoir, part reportage, part cultural history, it is an essay on how societies decide which changes in consciousness are permitted.
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