Suggested reading
Dhamma books
- Akiñcano, Bhikkhu – With the Right Understanding, Making Sense of Dhamma.
- Amaro, Ajahn – Serenity is the Final Word (free ebook), The Breakthrough (free ebook).
- Analāyo, Bhikkhu – Emptiness and Compassion, The Signless and the Deathless, Abiding in Emptiness, Satipatthāna Meditation: A Practice Guide.
- Analāyo, Bhikkhu – Satipatthāna: The Direct Path to Realization as read and explained by Ajahn Amaro (podcast).
- Burbea, Rob – Seeing that Frees, (also, the debate between Ven. Analāyo, Lesage, and Avigur found in Insight Journal).
- Dennison, Paul – Jhāna Consciousness.
- Jones, Dhivan Thomas – This Being, That Becomes: The Buddha's Teaching on Conditionality.
- Pasanno, Ajahn – Don't Hold Back (free ebook).
- Shankman, Richard – The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation.
- Shaw, Sarah – Breathing Mindfulness.
- Sujato, Ajahn – A Swift Pair of Messengers.
- Sumedho, Ajahn – The Sound of Silence.
- Tejaniya, Sayadaw U – Don't Look Down on the Defilements (free ebook), When Awareness Becomes Natural.
- Vajradevi – Uncontrived Mindfulness.
- And your preferred translation of the Pāli texts, such as Sutta Central or those of Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Dhamma articles
Dhamma websites
- Dhamma Talks. Collects the works of Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- Sutta Central. Bhikkhu Sujato's project to offer alternative translations of the suttas.
- Wildmind.org. Bodhipaksa's blog, guided meditations, and books).
General self-inquiry
Fiction
- Peck, Scott L. – A Short Stay in Hell. A funny, satirical, vertiginous allegory about whatever it is we're doing here.
- Tolkien, J.R.R. – The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings. Inspiring themes of nobility, resisting craving, friendship and love, virtue, and strength of character.
General non-fiction
- Chivers, Tom – Everything is Predictable. Astutely written introduction to thinking probabilistically and Bayesian inference.
- Christian, Brian & Griffiths, Tom – Algorithms to Live By. A fascinating exploration of optimal decision making in the face of life's computationally hard problems.
- Duke, Annie – Thinking in Bets. Entertaining primer in decision making under uncertainty from a World Series of Poker champion.
- Maurer, Robert – One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way. A short book on the power of taking one small step, and keeping going.
- Murphy, Linda K. – The Declarative Language Handbook. A mindful and considerate way of speaking to kids, especially those with social learning difficulties. This seems to me a useful way of practising right speech.