My favorite version of this classic work. A reminder of what's really important in life. I often listen to it while walking, as it's only an hour long, and can be replayed as often as one needs a moment of reflection.

One of the first books I read that had great a impact on me in the 90s. I recommend it as a reminder of the importance of maintaining an open and curious attitude about life.

The only book you need to read on spirituality. Few, if any, other works have been able to capture who we are and our role as humans as comprehensively.

Everything expands and contracts and souls are not an exception. If you struggle to understand how and why we reincarnate into multiple human experiences, read this book.

A scientific look at how mind-altering substances shaped society and how our relationship with them was deliberately erased from public discourse.

A selection of short stories about what drugs some famous people have used throughout history, and to what ends.

An easy starting point into a more holistic view of life. Prompting us to lift our perspective by shining a light on what affected our motivations and collective efforts throughout history.

A fascinating perspective on how forests function like societies. How trees communicate and support one another based on a shared mycelial network for survival.

Although offering few solutions beyond pledges for change, this demystifying book offers a clear and thorough understanding of how we arrived at our current economic system.

A timely and thought-provoking book on how society has become structured around meaningless work to sustain an artificial economy. All built to maintain a completely unnecessary illusion of scarcity.

My IDEO-alumni product design teacher inspired me to read this book, paving the way for my interest in service design.

A sharp breakdown of how air travel became dehumanising by design. Offering rare clarity on what’s broken and how we’ve been conditioned to accept the status quo.

A brilliant look at how most of today’s economic and environmental problems stem from the enclosure movement that severed most people’s access to land, food, and shared resources.

A grounded and wide-angled analysis of what’s gone wrong with capitalism and how rethinking it could restore it to serve human wellbeing. Thoughtful, clear, and refreshingly pragmatic.

A compelling blueprint for how we might rethink consumption to stay within planetary boundaries. Definitely worth reading.