Resources
Books worth reading about the microbes in and on you. People to follow are coming next.
The science, told well
Books that explain what research has found, by researchers and science writers.
- I Contain Multitudes 2016
The microbes in and on every animal, us included, told by a science journalist.
Amazon ↗ Books - Gut 2015
A tour of the digestive system, from swallowing to the bacteria at the end of it. (German original, Darm mit Charme, 2014.)
Amazon ↗ Books - Follow Your Gut 2015
A short book by one of the field’s leading researchers.
Amazon ↗ Books - 10% Human 2015
A biologist on how our microbes shape health.
Amazon ↗ Books - The Good Gut 2015
Two Stanford microbiome researchers on the gut community and the fibre it depends on.
Competing interests: Justin Sonnenburg is a founder, shareholder and scientific adviser of Interface Biosciences and Novome Biotechnologies (as of July 2025). Source ↗
Amazon ↗ Books - Missing Microbes 2014
A microbiologist on what antibiotics and modern life may be doing to the microbes we carry.
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Health and diet
Books by clinicians and researchers that include their own advice. They can go further than the research Probiome reports, so read them alongside it.
- Fiber Fueled 2020
A gastroenterologist on fibre and plant variety, with a diet plan.
Competing interests: The author is a co-founder of 38TERA, which sells a gut-health supplement, and U.S. Medical Director of ZOE (as of Oct 2026). Source ↗
Amazon ↗ Books - The Psychobiotic Revolution 2017
Gut microbes and mood, from two of the researchers who coined “psychobiotics”.
Competing interests: John Cryan has been a consultant to Nestlé (as of 2026). Source ↗
Amazon ↗ Books - The Mind-Gut Connection 2016
A gastroenterologist on the links between the gut and the brain.
Amazon ↗ Books - The Diet Myth 2015
A genetic epidemiologist on diet and the microbiome.
Competing interests: The author is a co-founder of ZOE, a nutrition company, is paid as a consultant to it, and holds options (as of 2026). Source ↗
Amazon ↗ Books - Brain Maker 2015
A neurologist on the gut and the brain, with a diet plan.
Competing interests: David Perlmutter’s website lists him as Chief Neuroscience Officer of Xymogen, a supplement company. The Dr. Formulated supplements sold by Garden of Life were made in partnership with him (launched 2018). Source ↗
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