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Books like Hallucinations
A compassionate and wondrous journey into the mind's capacity to conjure realities that aren't there. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Hallucinations.
- wondrous
- surreal
- contemplative
- empathetic
- 01
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks · 2004
A deeply empathetic and beautifully written exploration of the bizarre ways the human brain can misfire, revealing the fragile essence of who we are.
- 02
The River of Consciousness
Oliver Sacks
A warm, expansive journey through the mysteries of the mind, memory, and the natural world, guided by a relentlessly curious intellect.
- 03
Phantoms in the brain : probing the mysteries of the human mind
V. S. Ramachandran
A mind-bending and deeply empathetic exploration of the bizarre neurological glitches that reveal how our brains construct reality.
- 04
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
An awe-inspiring exploration of human resilience that will fundamentally change how you view your own mind's potential.
- 05
Consciousness
Susan Blackmore · 2003
A dizzying, rigorous dismantling of everything you thought you knew about your own mind and sense of self.
- 06
The brain
David Eagleman
A mind-expanding journey into the dark, silent fortress of the skull to discover how biological matter constructs our entire reality.
- 07
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
A grounded, deeply curious journey into the science and spirituality of altered states that will make you rethink the boundaries of your own mind.
- 08
Livewired
David Eagleman
A thrilling, metaphor-rich surf along the leading edge of neuroscience that will completely change how you view your own mind.
- 09
Conscious
Annaka Harris
A brief, mind-bending plunge into the deepest mystery of the universe: the fact that you are experiencing it at all.
- 10
Free will
Sam Harris
A sharp, paradigm-shifting essay that systematically dismantles the illusion of human agency, leaving behind a stark but strangely comforting clarity.
- 11
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
A fascinating, slightly terrifying wake-up call about the biological superpower we take for granted every single night.
- 12
How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
A paradigm-shifting journey into the brain that dismantles everything you thought you knew about human feeling.
