Books on the Exploration of Dreams — and on Coming of Age in the Modern Era

Dreams

• Dreams, a Portal to the Source, Perera & Whitmont
• Inner Work, Robert Johnson
• Children’s Dreams, Carl Jung

 Jungian Explorations

• The Red Book, Carl Jung
• Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl Jung
• The Undiscovered Self, Carl Jung

Balm for the Soul: Fiction and More

• Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
• Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger
• The Group, Mary McCarthy
• Birds of America, Mary McCarthy
• A Mantis Carol, Laurens van der Post
• Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore
• The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
• A Joseph Campbell Companion, Campbell and Diane Osbon

Memoirs, Biography, and Personal Narrative

• Black Boy, Richard Wright
• Wild, Cheryl Strayed
• Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
• Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham

Some Clinical and Cultural Understanding of 20-Somethings

• Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite, William Deresiewicz
• Getting to 30: a Parent’s Guide, Arnett & Fishel
• Brainstorm, Daniel Siegel
• Healing the Shame That Binds You, John Bradshaw
• Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
• The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller

PTSD/Trauma and the Body

• Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
• In an Unspoken Voice, Peter Levine
• The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk

Women: Health, Sexuality, and Psychology

• Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life, Claudia Welch
• Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski
• Addiction to Perfection, Marion Woodman
• The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison
• Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit
• The Group, Mary McCarthy