What to Read After Zen and the Brain
Readers who loved Zen and the Brain by James H. Austin keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Zen and the Brain is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Zen and the Brain
The "God" Part of the Brain
history of the mind
Thoughts Without a Thinker
Waking, dreaming, being
Buddhism plain and simple
Kluge
Why we believe what we believe
Toward a Psychology of Awakening
The dancing Wu Li masters
Muses, Madmen, and Prophets
The master and his emissary
The Spirit of Zen
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Why God won't go away
The tangled wing
Theoretical Neuroscience
Mastering the core teachings of the Buddha
The Quest for Consciousness
After Buddhism
Female Brain
The essential David Bohm
Meditation Made Easy
The Mindful Brain
Consciousness explained