11 Lucid Dreaming Books to Help You Awaken In Your Sleep

Learn all about lucid dreaming—and how to induce it.

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Lucid dreaming can be traced back as far as the ancient Greeks. It’s a state of dreaming where you’re not only aware that you’re dreaming, but you can actually take control of the dream.

Early philosophers, physicians, and artists used lucid dreaming to unlock their creative thinking, overcome obstacles, and become more observant in their day-to-day lives.

If you’ve ever been curious about lucid dreaming, why you should practice it, and how to get started, we’ve got you covered. 

Here are eleven lucid dreaming books to help you take your dreams to the next level of consciousness—and beyond.

Lucid Dreaming Books

A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming

A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming

By Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel and Thomas Peisel

Have you ever wanted to control the extraordinary things that happen in your dreams? Now you can.

In this step-by-step guide to lucid dreaming, you’ll learn how to time your REM cycles, differentiate between waking and sleeping states, and guide your dreams to solve your problems. 

Dream Alchemy

Dream Alchemy

By Ted Andrews

Lucid dreaming is about more than just controlling your dreams. It’s possible to have out-of-body experiences, awaken your inner potential, and so much more.

Through dream exercises and learning how to use mandalas and totems you can control your dream state and reshape your future for the better.

Dreaming While Awake

Dreaming While Awake

By Arnold Mindell

Where do dreams come from? Throughout our day, there are signs and signals that we miss, ignore, overlook, or misinterpret.

And every night, our subconscious sorts through these events in our dreams.

But it’s possible to control this process by catching the seeds of our dreams while we’re awake. Dreaming While Awake is a lucid dreaming book that shows you how.

Learn to Lucid Dream

Learn to Lucid Dream

By Kristen LaMarca

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When you hear about lucid dreaming, it’s often tied to the spiritual aspects of the practice. But there’s actual science behind the concept too.

It’s not just a way to manifest your goals, it can help you become more observant in your day-to-day life. In an easy step-by-step process, you can learn how to practice lucid dreaming until you’re ready to implement a 24-hour dream sequence.

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

By Clare R. R. Johnson

If you’ve ever been aware that you’re dreaming, congrats! You’ve lucid dreamed. It’s a unique chance to delve into your subconscious to solve problems, look at things differently, and open new possibilities.

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming covers a wide range of tips and techniques to help you embrace lucid dreaming every night.

Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple

Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple

By Robert Waggoner, Caroline McCready

If you’ve ever been curious about lucid dreaming, this book is your beginner’s guide into the process.

Grounded in cognitive psychology, Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple takes you through the scientific research of how lucid dreaming is possible, and how you can utilize it for your own insight and transformation.

Lucid Dreams in 30 Days

Lucid Dreams in 30 Days

By Keith Harary, Pamela Weintraub

Where many books talk about lucid dreaming from a scientific perspective or the benefits you can get from the practice, Lucid Dreams in 30 Days gives you practical day-by-day steps to tap into your dreams and control their content.

Programming Your Lucid Dreams

Programming Your Lucid Dreams

By Von Braschler

What makes lucid dreams so powerful? They can help you find clarity and meaning from the problems and events of your day without your conscious mind interfering.

And once you learn to harness this powerful practice, you can self-direct your dreams to help you achieve your highest potential.

Psychic Dreaming

Psychic Dreaming

By Loyd Auerbach

Everyone can tap into their psychic potential through their dreams.

While you sleep is the time when those abilities can be enhanced. When you combine parapsychology with your dreams, you can boost creativity, improve problem-solving and decision-making, and heal the inner traumas of your psyche.

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

By Clare R. Johnson

There are a lot of reasons to lucid dream. You can find creative answers to your problems, heal your psyche, and find guidance for all of your decisions.

With a quiz to identify your personal sleep-dreamer type, over sixty practices, and fifteen tailor-made lucidity programs to help you tap into your lucid dreams fast.

Between the Gates

Between the Gates

By Mark Stavish

Go beyond lucid dreaming by learning the art of astral projection. There are multiple states of consciousness, pushing the bounds of experiencing the afterlife while still alive.

This A-to-Z guide to consciousness will help you reach states beyond your physical body and into a higher state of awareness.

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