Books like Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Dave Eggers' 2000 memoir chronicles his struggles and resilience after the cancer-related deaths of his parents, as he assumes responsibility for his younger brother and confronts the challenges of growing up alone.

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' collection of seven portraits of extraordinary neurological patients.

In The River of Consciousness, Oliver Sacks explores universal questions—evolution, creativity, and consciousness—drawing on science, history, and the arts to illuminate what it means to be human.

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 biography of H.M., the renowned amnesic whose life chronicled major advances in neuroscience, told by long‑time collaborator Suzanne Corkin.

Migraine, by Oliver Sacks, offers insight into the neurological disorder and its therapeutic options, drawing on clinical perspective and medical research for patients, clinicians, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of this debilitating condition.

This way madness lies traces the evolution of mental illness treatment from madhouses to modern psychiatric hospitals, showing how institutions shaped society’s view of mental health through historic archives and patient art.

Louis Theroux explores diverse American subcultures, from claims of alien killings to a neo‑Nazi family’s white‑power folk band, weaving travel and social commentary into a candid portrait of contemporary U.S. eccentricities.

A non‑fiction graphic novel that presents factual accounts of mental health conditions such as depression, self‑harm and bipolar disorder, offering insight into treatment and psychiatric hospital life.

Neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how a visit to Manhattan at age fifty transformed her perception of space, revealing the city in vivid, three‑dimensional depth.

"Anesthetize: to render insensible. First there's the injection, then the countdown--and next thing you know, you're awake. [This book] is the story of the time in between, an exploration of that most crucial and baffling gift of modern medicine: the disappearing act that enables us to undergo procedures that would otherwise be impossibly, often fatally, painful. In the past 150 years, anesthesia has made surgical intervention routine, from open-heart surgery to the facelift. But how much do anesthesiologists really know about what happens when their patients go under? Can we hear and retain what's going on? Is pain still pain if we don't remember it? How does the unconscious mind deal with the body's experience of being sliced open and ransacked--and how can we help ourselves through it all? Kate Cole-Adams weaves her own personal experiences with surgery and its aftermath with the explorations and personal accounts of others, doctors and patients alike--accounts of people who wake under the knife, who experience traumatic reactions, dreams, hallucinations, and submerged memories--accounts that evoke and illuminate the provisional nature of the self. Haunting, lyrical, sometimes shattering, Cole-Adams leavens science with personal experience, and brings an intensely human curiosity to the unknowable realm beyond consciousness."--Dust jacket flap.

An expert‑driven guide that surveys cannabis from its biology and medical potential to its cultural, legal and societal impacts, offering evidence‑based insights and practical harm‑reduction advice.

A pioneering study of 19th‑century American gender relations, examining male attitudes toward masculinity, women's roles and sexuality, and the social context that shaped sexual customs in the United States.

"From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatuses remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes eccentric real-life men and women who challenged orthodoxy, made waves--and broke new scientific frontiers."--from cover p. 4.

A call for a holistic approach to mental health treatment in the 21st century, challenging the traditional biological focus.

A memoir of neuroscientist Barbara K. Lipska, who survives a melanoma‑induced brain metastasis that temporarily drives her to madness, only to regain her memories after immunotherapy.