Books like The Circadian Code

01

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker · Science

Why We Sleep is Matthew Walker's attempt to do for sleep what no amount of public health messaging has managed: make people genuinely afraid of what they're losing.

Both dig into sleep.

02

The Sleep Revolution

Arianna Huffington · Health

Arianna Huffington opens The Sleep Revolution with the incident that prompted it: collapsing from exhaustion at her desk in 2007, breaking her cheekbone on the way down.

Both dig into sleep.

03

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

David A. Sinclair · Science

Lifespan opens with a bold claim: aging is not an inevitable feature of biology but a disease — one that can be treated, slowed, and possibly reversed.

A kindred health read.

04

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Peter Attia · Health

Peter Attia's Outlive is a book about how most people approach longevity backwards.

A kindred health read.

05

The Obesity Code

Jason Fung · Health

The Obesity Code is Jason Fung's argument that obesity is a hormonal disease, not a behavioral one, and that the treatment follows from that understanding.

A kindred health read.

06

Sleep Smarter

Shawn Stevenson · Health

Sleep Smarter is Shawn Stevenson's practical guide to improving sleep quality.

Shares circadian rhythm and sleep with The Circadian Code.

07

Brain Energy

Christopher M. Palmer · Health

Brain Energy is Christopher Palmer's argument that mental illness is fundamentally a metabolic disorder — specifically, a disorder of mitochondrial function and brain energy regulation.

Both dig into metabolism.

08

Transformer

Nick Lane · Science

Transformer is Nick Lane's investigation of the Krebs cycle — a metabolic pathway discovered in the 1930s that every living cell on Earth runs — and his argument that this cycle is not merely the engine of cellular energy but a chemical record of how life first emerged from inorganic chemistry.

Both dig into metabolism.

09

80/20 Running

Matt Fitzgerald · Health

80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.

A kindred health read.

10

Anatomy of an Epidemic

Robert Whitaker · Health

Anatomy of an Epidemic is Robert Whitaker's investigation into a paradox: as the use of psychiatric medication in the United States has increased dramatically over the past half-century, the number of people on disability due to mental illness has risen in parallel.

A kindred health read.

11

Anatomy of the Spirit

Caroline Myss · Health

Anatomy of the Spirit is Caroline Myss's attempt to synthesize three major spiritual traditions — the Hindu chakra system, the Christian sacraments, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life — into a unified model of human energy anatomy.

A kindred health read.

12

Anticancer: A New Way of Life

David Servan-Schreiber · Health

Anticancer is David Servan-Schreiber's account of his own experience with brain cancer, diagnosed when he was thirty-one, and what he learned over fifteen years about the lifestyle and environmental factors that feed or suppress tumor growth.

A kindred health read.