List of books about cannabis

This is a chronological list of notable books written about cannabis. Both fictional and non-fictional books are included.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Fiction

• It's Just a Plant (2005) by Ricardo Cortés
• Legal High (2016) by Rainer Schmidt

Non-fiction

• The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
• Les Paradis artificiels (1860) by Charles Baudelaire
• The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book (1954) by Alice B. Toklas
• Marihuana en Hasjiesj (1969) by Martin Schouten
• Marihuana Reconsidered (1971) by Lester Grinspoon
• Licit and Illicit Drugs (1972) by Edward M. Brecher
• Reefer Madness: The History of Marijuana in America (1979) by Larry Sloman
• Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years (1980) by Ernest Lawrence Abel
• The Emperor Wears No Clothes (1985) by Jack Herer
• Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State (1996) by Richard Miller
• Mr Nice (1996) by Howard Marks
• Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure (1996) by Dan Baum
• Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence (1997) by Lynn Zimmer and John P. Morgan
• Romancing Mary Jane (1998) by Michael Poole
• The Botany of Desire (2001) by Michael Pollan
• Pot Planet (2002) by Brian Preston
• Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market (2003) by Eric Schlosser
• Cannabis: A History (2003) by Martin Booth
• This Is Your Country On Drugs (2009) by Ryan Grim
• High. Insights on Cannabis (2010) by Sebastián Marincolo
• The Pot Book (2010) by Julie Holland
• Growgirl (2012) by Heather Donahue
• The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook (2012) by Elise McDonough
• Too High to Fail (2012) by Doug Fine
• Thai Stick (2013) by Peter H. Maguire
• Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier (2013) by Emily Brady
• A New Leaf (2014) by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian
• Hemp Bound (2014) by Doug Fine
• Hidden Harvest (2014) by Mark Coakley
• Marijuana Nation (2014) by Roger Roffman
• Weed Land (2014) by Peter Hecht
• Weed the People (2015) by Bruce Barcott
• Herb: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Cannabis (2015) by Laurie Wolf and Melissa Parks
• What Hashish Did To Walter Benjamin (2015) by Sebastián Marincolo
• Brave New Weed (2016) by Joe Dolce
• Weed: The User's Guide (2016) by David Schmader
• Grass Roots (2017) by Emily Dufton
• Craft Weed (2018) by Ryan Stoa
• How to Change Your Mind (2018) by Michael Pollan
• The Little Book of Cannabis (2018) by Amanda Siebert
• Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America (2019) by Box Brown
• Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence (2019) by Alex Berenson
• Higher Etiquette (2019) by Lizzie Post
• American Hemp Farmer (2020) by Doug Fine
• Commodifying Cannabis (2020) by Bradley J. Borougerdi
• The Art of Cooking with Cannabis: CBD and THC-Infused Recipes from Across America (2021) by Tracey Medeiros
• The Art of the High. Your Guide to Using Cannabis for an Outstanding Life (2022) by Sebastián Marincolo
• Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool For Mind Enhancement (2023) by Sebastián Marincolo

See also

• Cannabis cookbook
• List of cannabis columns