Recommended Reading
Sexuality, Gender & Relationships
- She: Understanding Feminine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson
- He: Understanding Masculine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson
- Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What it Means for Modern Relationships by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jedtha
- Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering
- The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics and the Ethics of Queer Life by Michael Warner
- Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen
- King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
- The Sacred Prostitute by Nancy Qualls-Corbett
- The First Stone by Helen Garner
- Impossible Love: Or Why the Heart Must Go Wrong by Jan Bauer
- American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity From the Revolution to the Modern Era by E. Anthony Rotundo
- The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
- Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don’t Know Why by Susan Forward
- The Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families 1600-1900 by Stephanie Coontz
- The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
Fiction & Memoir
- You Know You Want This: “Cat Person” and Other Stories by Kristen Roupenian
- The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
- The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse by Dale Pendell
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner
- Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung
- Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Spirituality & Astrology
- A Sacred Place to Dwell: Living with Reverence upon the Earth by Henryk Skolimowski
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life by Steven Forrest
- Mythic Astrology: Archetypal Powers in the Horoscope by Ariel Guttman and Kenneth Guttman
- Healing the Soul: Pluto Uranus and the Lunar Nodes by Mark Jones
- Cosmos & Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas
- Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes A Crisis by Stanislov Grof
Psychology & Sociology
- Inner Gold: Understanding Psychological Projection by Robert A. Johnson
- A Little Book On The Human Shadow by Robert Bly
- Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
- The Peter Principal: Why Things Always Go Wrong by Dr. Laurence J Peter & Raymund Hull
- The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation by Melody Beattie
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping by Robert Sapolsky
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Grief & Trauma
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
- The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Society, Culture, Anthropology & Ecology
- Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klineberg
- Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
- The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan
- Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
- The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
- Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak