Here’s
a list of books on synesthesia that I’ve read and can
recommend:
IN ENGLISH (in chronological order of publication):
The Man who
Tasted Shapes (Richard E. Cytowic). The MIT Press. 1993
Bright Colors Falsely Seen. Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental Knowledge (Kevin T. Dann). Yale University Press. 1998
Blue Cats
and Chartreuse Kittens. How Synesthetes Colour their World (Patricia Lynne
Duffy). Times Books. 2001
A
Mango-shaped Space (Wendy Mass). Little, Brown and Company. 2003. (Fiction for
young readers)
Born on a Blue Day (Daniel Tammet). Hodder Paperback. 2007
The Frog
Who Croaked Blue. Synesthesia and the mixing of the senses (Jamie Ward).
Routledge. 2008
Wednesday
is Indigo Blue. Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (Richard E. Cytowic and David
M. Eagleman) The MIT Press. 2009
Synesthetes:
A Handbook (Sean Day). 2016.
A
pdf copy can be ordered free of charge here.
Synesthesia (Richard E. Cytowic). The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. 2018
Books I haven't read (or haven't finished!) yet:
Mirror Touch. A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain (Joel Salinas). Harper One. 2017
IN
SPANISH:
Sinestesia. El color
de las palabras, el sabor de la música, el lugar del tiempo… (Alicia Callejas and Juan Lupiáñez). Alianza Editorial, 2012
IN
FRENCH:
Des phénomènes de synopsie (Théodore Flournoy). Elibron Classics. Facsimile edition. 1893.
This page last updated: 19 May 2021
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