The 15 BEST Alan Watts Books of All Time (Data Driven)

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The 15 BEST Alan Watts Books of All Time

Why these best Alan Watts books and not others? The best Alan Watts books below are the top picks from my long list of all Alan Watts’s books, ranked by a combination of Goodreads rating, number of Goodreads reviews and publication date. The aim is to surface what’s most loved, what’s most popular and what’s proven timelessly relevant.

2. The Wisdom of Insecurity – Alan W. Watts

A Message for an Age of Anxiety

Published 1951 // 152 pages // Rated 4.1 over 19,500 reviews on Goodreads

3. The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are – Alan W. Watts (Summary)

Published 1966 // 163 pages // Rated 4.2 over 19,200 reviews on Goodreads

4. The Way of Zen – Alan W. Watts (Summary)

Published 1957 // 236 pages // Rated 4.1 over 19,000 reviews on Goodreads

5. The Joyous Cosmology – Alan W. Watts

Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

Published 1962 // 106 pages // Rated 4.3 over 1,100 reviews on Goodreads

6. Out of Your Mind – Alan W. Watts

Published 1998 // 192 pages // Rated 4.5 over 2,700 reviews on Goodreads

7. Nature, Man and Woman – Alan W. Watts

Published 1958 // 224 pages // Rated 4.2 over 1,400 reviews on Goodreads

8. Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown – Alan W. Watts

Published 1973 // 224 pages // Rated 4.3 over 1,100 reviews on Goodreads

9. Become What You Are – Alan W. Watts

Published 1955 // 144 pages // Rated 3.9 over 4,900 reviews on Goodreads

10. The Essential Alan Watts – Alan W. Watts

Published 1977 // 142 pages // Rated 4.5 over 600 reviews on Goodreads

11. In My Own Way – Alan W. Watts

An Autobiography

Published 1972 // 384 pages // Rated 4.2 over 900 reviews on Goodreads

12. Psychotherapy East and West – Alan W. Watts

Published 1961 // 196 pages // Rated 4.1 over 800 reviews on Goodreads

13. Does It Matter? – Alan W. Watts

Published 1958 // 140 pages // Rated 4.1 over 1,200 reviews on Goodreads

14. You’re It! On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found – Alan W. Watts

Published 2009 // 10 pages // Rated 4.6 over 700 reviews on Goodreads

15. Behold the Spirit – Alan W. Watts

A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion

Published 1971 // 257 pages // Rated 4.2 over 400 reviews on Goodreads

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