The following is a select list of books and authors—primarily falling in the non-fiction category and arranged loosely in chronological order—which have been most informative and/or influential in the development of my worldview over the years.
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. LeGuinn
Seth Speaks
Jane Roberts
The Painted Word
Thomas Wolfe
Inside the Company: CIA Diary
Phillip Agee
Best Evidence
David Lifton
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Mind & Nature: A Necessary Unity
Gregory Bateson
An Ecology of Mind
Gregory Bateson
The Reenchantment of the World
Morris Berman
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan Watts
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delaney
Göedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas Hofstader
Infinity and the Mind
Rudy Rucker
Labyrinths of Reason
William Poundstone
Culture of Make-Believe
Derrick Jensen
End Game (Vols I & II)
Derrick Jensen