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Home / Authors / Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is best known for his bestselling case-history collections like *The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat* and *Awakenings*. His books have sold millions worldwide and were adapted into major films. This page provides the Oliver Sacks books in order, including both chronological publication order and thematic series reading order.
All books · chronological
1970 Migraine POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1973 Awakenings POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1984 A Leg to Stand On POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1985 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1989 Seeing Voices POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1995 An Anthropologist on Mars POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1996 The Island of the Colorblind POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2001 Uncle Tungsten POoMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Oaxaca Journal POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2003 The Best American Science Writing 2003(With: Joseph D'Agnese,Jesse Cohen) POoBASWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 The Best American Science Writing 2004(By: Jesse Cohen,Dava Sobel) POoBASWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Learning To Live Finally(By: Jacques Derrida) POoTLIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 The Best American Science Writing 2005(By: Jesse Cohen,Alan Lightman) POoBASWB · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 The Best American Science Writing 2006(By: Jesse Cohen,Atul Gawande) POoBASWB · 4 Buy ↗ 2007 The Best American Science Writing 2007(By: Jesse Cohen,Gina Kolata) POoBASWB · 5 Buy ↗ 2007 Musicophilia POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2008 The Best American Science Writing 2008(By: Jesse Cohen,Sylvia Nasar,Jerome Groopman) POoBASWB · 6 Buy ↗ 2009 Roberto Bola�o(By: Roberto Bola�o) POoTLIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 The Best American Science Writing 2009(By: Jesse Cohen,Natalie Angier) POoBASWB · 7 Buy ↗ 2009 Asylum POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 2010 The Best American Science Writing 2010(By: Jesse Cohen,Jerome Groopman) POoBASWB · 8 Buy ↗ 2010 The Mind's Eye POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2011 Kurt Vonnegut(By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) POoTLIB · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 The Best American Science Writing 2011(By: Rebecca Skloot) POoBASWB · 9 Buy ↗ 2012 Jorge Luis Borges(By: Jorge Luis Borges) POoTLIB · 4 Buy ↗ 2012 The Best American Science Writing 2012(By: Jesse Cohen,Michio Kaku) POoBASWB · 10 Buy ↗ 2012 Hallucinations POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2013 Hannah Arendt(By: Hannah Arendt) POoTLIB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words(By: David Foster Wallace) POoTLIB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 James Baldwin(By: James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe) POoTLIB · 7 Buy ↗ 2014 Ray Bradbury(By: Ray Bradbury,Sam Weller) POoTLIB · 8 Buy ↗ 2015 On the Move POoMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez(By: Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez) POoTLIB · 9 Buy ↗ 2015 Lou Reed(By: Lou Reed) POoTLIB · 10 Buy ↗ 2015 Ernest Hemingway(By: Ernest Hemingway) POoTLIB · 11 Buy ↗ 2015 Nora Ephron(By: Nora Ephron) POoTLIB · 12 Buy ↗ 2015 Gratitude POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 2015 Philip K. Dick(By: Philip K. Dick) POoTLIB · 13 Buy ↗ 2016 J. D. Salinger(By: J.D. Salinger) POoTLIB · 14 Buy ↗ 2016 Oliver Sacks POoTLIB · 15 Buy ↗ 2016 Jane Jacobs(By: Jane Jacobs) POoTLIB · 16 Buy ↗ 2016 David Bowie(By: David Bowie) POoTLIB · 17 Buy ↗ 2017 The River of Consciousness POoNB · 14 Buy ↗ 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr.(By: Martin Luther King Jr.) POoTLIB · 18 Buy ↗ 2017 Christopher Hitchens(By: Christopher Hitchens) POoTLIB · 19 Buy ↗ 2018 Hunter S. Thompson(By: Hunter S. Thompson) POoTLIB · 20 Buy ↗ 2018 Kathy Acker(By: Kathy Acker) POoTLIB · 21 Buy ↗ 2018 Julia Child(By: Julia Child) POoTLIB · 22 Buy ↗ 2019 Everything in Its Place POoNB · 15 Buy ↗ 2019 The Creative Self POoNB · 16 Buy ↗ 2019 Ursula K. Le Guin(By: Ursula K. Le Guin) POoTLIB · 23 Buy ↗ 2019 Prince(By: Prince) POoTLIB · 24 Buy ↗ 2019 Billie Holiday(By: Billie Holiday) POoTLIB · 25 Buy ↗ 2019 Anthony Bourdain(By: Melville House,Helen Rosner) POoTLIB · 26 Buy ↗ 2019 Graham Greene(By: Graham Greene) POoTLIB · 27 Buy ↗ 2020 Toni Morrison(By: Toni Morrison) POoTLIB · 28 Buy ↗ 2020 Frida Kahlo(By: Frida Kahlo) POoTLIB · 29 Buy ↗ 2020 Marilyn Monroe(By: Melville House,Sady Doyle) POoTLIB · 30 Buy ↗ 2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 31 Buy ↗ 2021 Shirley Chisholm(By: Shirley Chisholm) POoTLIB · 32 Buy ↗ 2021 The Last Interview(By: Fred Rogers) POoTLIB · 33 Buy ↗ 2021 Fred Rogers(By: Fred Rogers) POoTLIB · 34 Buy ↗ 2021 Johnny Cash(By: Johnny Cash) POoTLIB · 35 Buy ↗ 2021 John Lewis(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 36 Buy ↗ 2022 Janet Malcolm(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 37 Buy ↗ 2022 Diego Maradona(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 38 Buy ↗ 2022 Kurt Cobain(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 39 Buy ↗ 2023 Bell Hooks(By: bell hooks) POoTLIB · 40 Buy ↗ 2023 Octavia E. Butler(By: Melville House) POoTLIB · 41 Buy ↗ 2024 Letters POoNB · 17 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of The Last Interview Books 41 books · 2005–2023
01 Learning To Live Finally(By: Jacques Derrida) 2005 Buy ↗ 02 Roberto Bola�o(By: Roberto Bola�o) 2009 Buy ↗ 03 Kurt Vonnegut(By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) 2011 Buy ↗ 04 Jorge Luis Borges(By: Jorge Luis Borges) 2012 Buy ↗ 05 Hannah Arendt(By: Hannah Arendt) 2013 Buy ↗ 06 David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words(By: David Foster Wallace) 2014 Buy ↗ 07 James Baldwin(By: James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe) 2014 Buy ↗ 08 Ray Bradbury(By: Ray Bradbury,Sam Weller) 2014 Buy ↗ 09 Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez(By: Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez) 2015 Buy ↗ 10 Lou Reed(By: Lou Reed) 2015 Buy ↗ 11 Ernest Hemingway(By: Ernest Hemingway) 2015 Buy ↗ 12 Nora Ephron(By: Nora Ephron) 2015 Buy ↗ 13 Philip K. Dick(By: Philip K. Dick) 2015 Buy ↗ 14 J. D. Salinger(By: J.D. Salinger) 2016 Buy ↗ 16 Jane Jacobs(By: Jane Jacobs) 2016 Buy ↗ 17 David Bowie(By: David Bowie) 2016 Buy ↗ 18 Martin Luther King, Jr.(By: Martin Luther King Jr.) 2017 Buy ↗ 19 Christopher Hitchens(By: Christopher Hitchens) 2017 Buy ↗ 20 Hunter S. Thompson(By: Hunter S. Thompson) 2018 Buy ↗ 21 Kathy Acker(By: Kathy Acker) 2018 Buy ↗ 22 Julia Child(By: Julia Child) 2018 Buy ↗ 23 Ursula K. Le Guin(By: Ursula K. Le Guin) 2019 Buy ↗ 24 Prince(By: Prince) 2019 Buy ↗ 25 Billie Holiday(By: Billie Holiday) 2019 Buy ↗ 26 Anthony Bourdain(By: Melville House,Helen Rosner) 2019 Buy ↗ 27 Graham Greene(By: Graham Greene) 2019 Buy ↗ 28 Toni Morrison(By: Toni Morrison) 2020 Buy ↗ 29 Frida Kahlo(By: Frida Kahlo) 2020 Buy ↗ 30 Marilyn Monroe(By: Melville House,Sady Doyle) 2020 Buy ↗ 31 Ruth Bader Ginsburg(By: Melville House) 2020 Buy ↗ 32 Shirley Chisholm(By: Shirley Chisholm) 2021 Buy ↗ 33 The Last Interview(By: Fred Rogers) 2021 Buy ↗ 34 Fred Rogers(By: Fred Rogers) 2021 Buy ↗ 35 Johnny Cash(By: Johnny Cash) 2021 Buy ↗ 36 John Lewis(By: Melville House) 2021 Buy ↗ 37 Janet Malcolm(By: Melville House) 2022 Buy ↗ 38 Diego Maradona(By: Melville House) 2022 Buy ↗ 39 Kurt Cobain(By: Melville House) 2022 Buy ↗ 40 Bell Hooks(By: bell hooks) 2023 Buy ↗ 41 Octavia E. Butler(By: Melville House) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Best American Science Writing Books 10 books · 2003–2012
01 The Best American Science Writing 2003(With: Joseph D'Agnese,Jesse Cohen) 2003 Buy ↗ 02 The Best American Science Writing 2004(By: Jesse Cohen,Dava Sobel) 2004 Buy ↗ 03 The Best American Science Writing 2005(By: Jesse Cohen,Alan Lightman) 2005 Buy ↗ 04 The Best American Science Writing 2006(By: Jesse Cohen,Atul Gawande) 2006 Buy ↗ 05 The Best American Science Writing 2007(By: Jesse Cohen,Gina Kolata) 2007 Buy ↗ 06 The Best American Science Writing 2008(By: Jesse Cohen,Sylvia Nasar,Jerome Groopman) 2008 Buy ↗ 07 The Best American Science Writing 2009(By: Jesse Cohen,Natalie Angier) 2009 Buy ↗ 08 The Best American Science Writing 2010(By: Jesse Cohen,Jerome Groopman) 2010 Buy ↗ 09 The Best American Science Writing 2011(By: Rebecca Skloot) 2011 Buy ↗ 10 The Best American Science Writing 2012(By: Jesse Cohen,Michio Kaku) 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of' Memoirs Books 2 books · 2001–2015
01 Uncle Tungsten 2001 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 17 books · 1970–2024
03 A Leg to Stand On 1984 Buy ↗ 04 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 1985 Buy ↗ 06 An Anthropologist on Mars 1995 Buy ↗ 07 The Island of the Colorblind 1996 Buy ↗ 08 Oaxaca Journal 2002 Buy ↗ 11 The Mind's Eye 2010 Buy ↗ 12 Hallucinations 2012 Buy ↗ 14 The River of Consciousness 2017 Buy ↗ 15 Everything in Its Place 2019 Buy ↗ 16 The Creative Self 2019 Buy ↗