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A mind-bending and deeply empathetic exploration of the bizarre neurological glitches that reveal how our brains construct reality. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Phantoms in the brain : probing the mysteries of the human mind.
- mind-bending
- illuminating
- uncanny
- curious
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Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks
A compassionate and wondrous journey into the mind's capacity to conjure realities that aren't there.
- 02
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.
- 03
Consciousness
Susan Blackmore · 2003
A dizzying, rigorous dismantling of everything you thought you knew about your own mind and sense of self.
- 04
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.
- 05
The Holographic Universe
Michael Talbot · 1996
A mind-expanding journey that bridges the gap between quantum physics and ancient mysticism to redefine the fabric of reality.
- 06
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.
- 07
Incognito
David Eagleman
A mind-bending tour through the hidden neurological machinery that actually runs your life, proving you are not the captain of your own ship.
- 08
Brain on fire
Susannah Cahalan
A terrifying, real-life medical thriller about the sudden unraveling of a mind and the desperate race to piece it back together.
- 09
The society of mind
Voyager Company · 1986
A playful, mind-bending puzzle box that dismantles the illusion of the self to reveal the hidden machinery of thought.
- 10
The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
Julian Jaynes
A sweeping, deeply unsettling, and awe-inspiring journey into the ancient mind that will forever change how you hear your own internal monologue.
- 11
Molecules of emotion
Candace B. Pert · 1997
A passionate, paradigm-shifting journey into the microscopic architecture of human feeling.
- 12
Idiot brain
Dean Burnett
A hilarious, forgiving tour through the messy, glitchy, and utterly fascinating hardware inside your skull.
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