Limiting us to recommending one book is very cruel. I suppose if I have to recommend one it would be Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Cod

Limiting us to recommending one book is very cruel. I suppose if I have to recommend one it would be Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene. This isn't a complete scientific explanation of consciousness. This is looking at questions like how do stimuli we're consciously aware of differ from subliminal stimuli? How does awareness relate to memory? How do the readings our instruments give relate to people's descriptions of their experiences?