Recommended books:

Mind Play: A Guide to Erotic Hypnosis - Mark Weisman

Remember that whole section from Induction to Bringing them Back? Quite a lot of that is covered in more detail by someone way better at this than I am - they’re just less furry. This book is excellent. It’s practical advice, an easy read, and the dude has his head on straight.

Mastering the Leisure Induction: A Powerful, Efficient and Simple Approach to the Induction and Deepening of Hypnosis (The Inductions Masterclass)

While this book focuses only on a single induction style, it’s improved my overall hypnosis style, breaking down components and strategies that can be reused elsewhere. In addition, this has become one of my favorite inductions - it’s a set of step-by-step strategies. I’ve written a brief of the steps required here at Induction - The Leisure Induction Short Notes - but this book is a surprise favorite of mine.

Hypnosis with the Hard to Hypnotise: How to do Inductions with Resistant Clients, Analytical Subjects and Others who may be Difficult to Hypnotise (The Inductions Masterclass Book 6):

The advice here is excellent and improved my flexibility when giving suggestions. Well worth the time investment and price. As a perk, if you apply this to hypnokink, you can help your sub dig their own hole and watch them be excited about it. Take the advice in this book with a grain of salt - but the information provided here provides a wide range of tools.

Meh:

Reality is Plastic. The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis.

Frankly, I dislike this book. I would strongly recommend Mind Play over this one as a first book. The emphasis on stage and street hypnosis leans heavily into demanding you put on a charismatic act. This is a decent book if you’re looking become a stage hypnotist - but the advice here will shoot you directly in the foot if you want to develop stronger relationships with your subjects.

Books I’m Reading:

Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis

Loving every drop of this book so far. Each chapter is (painfully) detailed and compelling. Instead of providing a single model of how hypnosis functions, the earlier chapters go through more than ten separate models, suggesting you find what is beneficial rather than trying to figure out what is right.