Recommended Books
Discover the best books on microdosing, psychedelics, neuroscience, and spirituality. Expert reviews and recommendations.
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Rick Strassman (2001)
Rick Strassman documents the first U.S. government-approved clinical research with a psychedelic substance in over 20 years, administering approximately 400 doses of DMT to 60 volunteers at the University of New Mexico between 1990 and 1995.
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake (2020)
A Royal Society Science Book Prize-winning exploration of the hidden kingdom of fungi — from underground mycelial networks connecting forests to psilocybin mushrooms and their effects on human consciousness.
Psychedelics
David Nutt (2023)
The definitive accessible guide to psychedelic science by one of the world's leading neuropsychopharmacologists. Professor David Nutt covers the pharmacology, neuroscience, and clinical evidence for LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, ayahuasca, and ketamine.
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.
Acid Test
Tom Shroder (2014)
Award-winning Washington Post journalist Tom Shroder tells the story of the psychedelic renaissance through three interconnected lives: Rick Doblin, founder of MAPS; Michael Mithoefer, the psychiatrist pioneering MDMA-assisted therapy; and Nick Blackston, a Marine suffering from severe PTSD. The book traces the arc from LSD's discovery through prohibition to the modern clinical trials that are bringing psychedelics back into medicine.
The Psychedelic Renaissance
Ben Sessa (2017)
A psychiatrist and clinical researcher who has personally conducted MDMA and psilocybin therapy trials provides a thorough overview of psychedelic science, history, pharmacology, and clinical potential. Extensively revised for the 2017 second edition, the book surveys every major psychedelic substance and its evidence base for treating psychiatric disorders.
LSD: My Problem Child
Albert Hofmann (1979)
The firsthand account by the chemist who accidentally discovered LSD's psychoactive properties in 1943 — from the legendary "Bicycle Day" first trip to decades of promising psychiatric research and ultimate prohibition. Hofmann also documents his isolation of psilocybin from Mexican sacred mushrooms and his correspondence with Huxley, Leary, Wasson, and Jünger.
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.
Acid Dreams
Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain (1985)
The definitive social history of LSD, tracing the substance from its synthesis by Albert Hofmann in 1938 through CIA mind-control experiments (MK-Ultra), the Harvard Psilocybin Project, the counterculture explosion of the 1960s, and the backlash that led to prohibition. Drawn partly from declassified government files, the book reveals how LSD shaped — and was shaped by — some of the most turbulent decades of American history.
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 Cosmic Serpent
Jeremy Narby (1998)
An anthropologist's account of ayahuasca among the Ashaninca of the Peruvian Amazon, and the bold hypothesis it led him to: that the twin serpents of shamanic vision and the double helix of DNA may be the same thing seen from two sides. A cult classic that has shaped how a generation thinks about plant medicine and indigenous knowledge.
Plants of the Gods
Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann, Christian Rätsch (1979)
The classic illustrated reference on psychoactive plants, written by the founder of ethnobotany and the chemist who discovered LSD, and revised by Christian Rätsch. Fourteen major plant hallucinogens explored in depth, a lexicon of nearly a hundred more, and a clear account of the chemistry behind them.
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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