Best Neuroscience Books
1. 
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
by:
David Rock
4.09 avg rating — 11,659 ratings 1. 
The Ape That Spoke: How the Human Mind Evolved (Picador Books)
by:
John McCrone
3.75 avg rating — 110 ratings 
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The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation 4.11 avg rating — 748 ratings
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Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done
by:
Art Markman
3.69 avg rating — 1,251 ratings 8. 
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.14 avg rating — 5,263 ratings 10. 
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
by:
Daniel J. Siegel
4.14 avg rating — 11,318 ratings 10. 
Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul
by:
Francis Crick
3.77 avg rating — 923 ratings 12. 
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
by:
Rick Hanson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,703 ratings 
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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
by:
Rick Hanson
3.65 avg rating — 5,287 ratings 14. 
The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.12 avg rating — 2,718 ratings 
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The Brain: An Introduction to Functional Neuroanatomy
by:
Charles Watson
4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings 19. 
Epigenetic Regulation in the Nervous System: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Impact
by:
J. David Sweatt
4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Second Edition
by:
Eric J. Nestler
4.43 avg rating — 79 ratings 22. 
The Claustrum: Structural, Functional, and Clinical Neuroscience
by:
John R. Smythies
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by:
Joshua D. Greene
4.02 avg rating — 3,255 ratings 27. 
Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts 4.18 avg rating — 1,931 ratings
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Neural Crest Cells: Evolution, Development and Disease
by:
Paul Trainor
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
30. 
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating — 239,802 ratings 
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Soul Made Flesh: How The Secrets of the Brain were uncovered in Seventeenth Century England
by:
Carl Zimmer
3.97 avg rating — 650 ratings 33. 
Brain Structure and Its Origins: in Development and in Evolution of Behavior and the Mind 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
