Books like Gratitude by Oliver Sacks

The Last Lecture is a memoir by computer‑science professor Jeffrey Zaslow, who, after a terminal cancer diagnosis, reflects on life lessons, childhood ambitions, and the impact of illness on himself and his family.

Oliver Sacks explores the many faces of hallucination, weaving patient stories and his own psychedelic encounters to reveal how these visions illuminate brain function, culture, and the human experience.

Explores the groundbreaking science of neuroplasticity, showing how the brain can recover from injury, learn new skills, and even rewire itself to overcome long‑standing mental limits.

Sy Montgomery explores the remarkable minds of octopuses, revealing their intelligence, curiosity and skill through vivid encounters and scientific insight.

Oliver Sacks’s memoir traces his restless journey from teenage motorcycle adventures to early neurology practice, revealing how his passions for motion and the mind shaped a remarkable career as a physician and writer.

Oliver Sacks weaves intimate case studies and personal anecdotes to explore how the brain perceives, interprets, and adapts to the world of sight, revealing the astonishing resilience of human cognition.

Oliver Sacks' collection of seven portraits of extraordinary neurological patients.

Uncle Tungsten is an intimate biography of neurologist Oliver Sacks, tracing his childhood fascination with chemistry and the scientific mentors that shaped his curious mind.

A practical guide by Dr. David R. Hawkins that teaches a simple technique for surrendering inner obstacles, aiming to reduce negativity and enhance health, relationships, and personal success.

The Bright Hour is a moving memoir in which poet Nina Riggs chronicles her life with terminal breast cancer, exploring how to live fully amid death, illness, and the emotional landscape of being a mother and patient.

Daniel Pink shows how the future rewards right‑brain thinkers—artists, inventors, storytellers—by identifying six essential human abilities that drive success and fulfillment.

In the second half of the 19th century, Paris became an international center for neurological studies largely because of Jean-Martin Charcot and his Salpetriere School. Charcot was named Professor of Diseases of the Nervous System at the University of Paris in 1882, and thus helped institutionalize neurology as a medical specialty. By then he had already published widely and had assembled a team of research specialists and students who approached the study of the nervous system through the celebrated methode anatomo-clinique that correlated specific neurological signs with discrete lesions in the central nervous system. Pushing beyond the bounds of anatomical study, Charcot went on to study hysteria, attracting both scientific and social notoriety. His career was marked by several contrasting themes: science and art, physician and experimentalist, wealth and poverty, republicanism and conservatism.

Tracy K. Smith’s memoir traces her coming of age, grappling with African‑American identity, family history, and her mother’s cancer death, while exploring the meaning of home and the bond between mother and daughter.

At 53, Chairman and CEO Eugene O’Kelly’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Within months he documents his final days, reflecting on death, meaning, and the human spirit.