Neuroscience for Non-Scientists
1. 
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating β 239,794 ratings 2. 
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
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Norman Doidge
4.20 avg rating β 39,546 ratings 3. 
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human 4.15 avg rating β 10,815 ratings
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind 4.27 avg rating β 20,282 ratings
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The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
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Daniel J. Siegel
4.30 avg rating β 1,765 ratings 12. 
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
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Steven Pinker
4.01 avg rating β 22,310 ratings 13. 
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
by:
Daniel Coyle
4.03 avg rating β 26,516 ratings 14. 
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
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Sam Harris
3.90 avg rating β 24,022 ratings 
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Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
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Steven Johnson
3.90 avg rating β 5,690 ratings 18. 
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
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Henry Marsh
4.25 avg rating β 41,360 ratings 21. 
Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention 4.07 avg rating β 2,176 ratings
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Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies
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Aysha Akhtar
4.31 avg rating β 258 ratings 23. 
The Biology of Thought: A Neuronal Mechanism in the Generation of Thought - A New Molecular Model 4.06 avg rating β 17 ratings
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Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
by:
David Rock
4.09 avg rating β 11,659 ratings 25. 
The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions
by:
Jaak Panksepp
4.46 avg rating β 384 ratings 25. 
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
by:
John Medina
4.01 avg rating β 34,187 ratings 
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Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by:
Leonard Mlodinow
4.06 avg rating β 13,791 ratings 
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A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers 4.01 avg rating β 3,637 ratings
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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
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Oliver Sacks
4.15 avg rating β 23,339 ratings 33. 
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by:
Sam Kean
4.26 avg rating β 13,463 ratings 34. 
An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
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Diane Ackerman
3.95 avg rating β 1,240 ratings 35. 
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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Maryanne Wolf
3.85 avg rating β 8,020 ratings 
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Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
by:
Alva NoΓ«
3.59 avg rating β 849 ratings 
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by:
Charles Duhigg
4.13 avg rating β 549,106 ratings 42. 
A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by:
John J. Ratey
4.04 avg rating β 2,191 ratings 43. 
Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives
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Dean Buonomano
3.80 avg rating β 2,873 ratings 44. 
The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by:
David Shenk
3.86 avg rating β 2,183 ratings 
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Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brainβand How it Changed the World
by:
Carl Zimmer
3.97 avg rating β 650 ratings 47. 
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.14 avg rating β 5,263 ratings 48. 
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease
by:
Allan H. Ropper
3.98 avg rating β 5,655 ratings 
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A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science behind Three Generations of Mental Illness 3.62 avg rating β 224 ratings
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Assistive Technologies and Other Supports for People With Brain Impairment 4.50 avg rating β 4 ratings
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Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
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Jenni Ogden
4.28 avg rating β 163 ratings 50. 
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
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Margalit Fox
4.02 avg rating β 526 ratings 
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The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries About the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science 4.12 avg rating β 1,673 ratings
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Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior
by:
Richard O'Connor
3.82 avg rating β 1,916 ratings 50. 
Consciousness in Four Dimensions: Biological Relativity and the Origins of Thought
by:
Richard M. Pico
4.20 avg rating β 25 ratings 50. 
The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides
by:
Mariano Sigman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 2,672 ratings 50. 
The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
by:
Alan Jasanoff
3.71 avg rating β 225 ratings 50. 
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by:
Steve Silberman
4.29 avg rating β 17,216 ratings 50. 
Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered
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Bruce D. Perry
4.33 avg rating β 2,871 ratings 50. 
Neurology Rounds with the Maverick: Adventures with Patients from the Golden Age of Medicine
by:
Bernard Patten
4.15 avg rating β 106 ratings 50. 
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life 3.57 avg rating β 14 ratings
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The Man Who Tasted Words: A Neurologist Explores the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses
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Guy Leschziner
4.04 avg rating β 771 ratings 
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A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct
by:
Andreas Nieder
3.83 avg rating β 12 ratings 50. 
The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts
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Tara Swart
0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings 69. 
Trouble in Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist's Casebook
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Jenni Ogden
4.06 avg rating β 103 ratings 
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Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work
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David Rock
3.93 avg rating β 2,138 ratings 
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Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives 3.93 avg rating β 3,546 ratings
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Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative and Successful
by:
Henning Beck
3.88 avg rating β 467 ratings 77. 
Neuromarketing: Exploring the Brain of the Consumer
by:
Leon Ε»urawicki
3.86 avg rating β 22 ratings 77. 
The Owner's Manual for the Brain: The Ultimate Guide to Peak Mental Performance at All Ages
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Pierce J. Howard
4.04 avg rating β 409 ratings 
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The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics, Revised and Updated Edition 4.01 avg rating β 605 ratings
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BrainChains: Discover your brain, to unleash its full potential in a hyperconnected, multitasking world
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Theo Compernolle
3.80 avg rating β 321 ratings 
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The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament 4.20 avg rating β 2,095 ratings
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Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty (Brain Talk: Conversations with Neuroscientists #1) 4.15 avg rating β 47 ratings
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The Reader's Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer 3.98 avg rating β 95 ratings
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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults 3.77 avg rating β 5,909 ratings
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How to Teach Your Baby Math (The Gentle Revolution Series)
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Glenn Doman
4.20 avg rating β 234 ratings 91. 
Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain
by:
David Bainbridge
4.10 avg rating β 81 ratings 
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Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
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Christof Koch
4.08 avg rating β 1,216 ratings 94. 
How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence (The Gentle Revolution Series)
by:
Glenn Doman
4.14 avg rating β 269 ratings 94. 
Your Brain is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
by:
Dean Buonomano
3.91 avg rating β 1,770 ratings 97. 
How to Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge (The Gentle Revolution Series)
by:
Glenn Doman
4.24 avg rating β 91 ratings 97. 
The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
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Daniel Bor
3.90 avg rating β 427 ratings 97. 
Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain 4.08 avg rating β 437 ratings
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The Interbrain: How Unconscious Connections Influence Human Behaviour and Relationships
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Digby Tantam
2.69 avg rating β 13 ratings