Some readers have asked me for further reading about subjects mentioned in my books. Here are some books that have inspired me…
–AS

For readers of Luminarium

• Neurotheology/Consciousness
  • Why God Won’t Go Away, by Andrew Newberg and Eugene D’Aquili
  • I Am a Strange Loop, by Douglas Hofstader
  • Zen and the Brain, by James H. Austin
  • The Embodied Mind, by Varela, Thompson, and Rosch
• Network/Complexity Theory
  • The Genius Within, by Frank T. Vertosick
  • At Home in the Universe, by Stuart Kauffman
• Misc. Science and Metaphysics
  • Programming the Universe, by Seth Lloyd
  • Biocosm, by James N. Gardner
  • The Mind of God, by Paul Davies
• Atheistic/Skeptical Perspectives
  • Religion Explained, by Pascal Boyer
  • Dying to Live, by Susan Blackmore
  • The Unconscious Quantum, by Victor Stenger
• Hinduism/Advaita/Kundalini
  • The Kalki Purana, trans. B.K. Chaturvedi
  • The Myths and Gods of India, by Alain Daniélou
  • Consciousness Speaks, by Ramesh Balsekar
  • The Integral Yoga, Sri Aurobindo
  • Living with Kundalini, by Gopi Krishna
• Zen/Other Buddhism
  • Zen Training, by Katsuki Sekida
  • Dream Conversations, by Muso Kokushi
  • Mind Body Zen, by Jeffrey Maitland
  • The Myth of Freedom and Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa
  • Hakuin on Kensho, by Albert Low
• Contemplative Christianity/Various/Unaffiliated
  • The Path to No Self and The Experience of No Self, by Bernadette Roberts
  • Zen and the Bible, by J.K. Kadowaki
  • Emptiness Dancing and The End of Your World, by Adyashanti
  • Collision With the Infinite, by Suzanne Segal

For readers of The Savage Girl

• The Conquest of Cool, by Thomas Frank
• The Strategy of Desire, by Ernest Dichter
• Madness and Modernism, by Louis A. Sass

For readers of City in Love

• Metamorphoses by Ovid, trans. Alan Mandelbaum