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Oliver Sacks Books in Order

Find every Oliver Sacks book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 70 books / 4 series

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 Oliver Sacks Books in Chronological Order

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

Oliver Sacks Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

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
15 Oliver Sacks 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
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
01 Uncle Tungsten 2001 Buy
02 On the Move 2015 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1970-2024
01 Migraine 1970 Buy
02 Awakenings 1973 Buy
03 A Leg to Stand On 1984 Buy
04 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 1985 Buy
05 Seeing Voices 1989 Buy
06 An Anthropologist on Mars 1995 Buy
07 The Island of the Colorblind 1996 Buy
08 Oaxaca Journal 2002 Buy
09 Musicophilia 2007 Buy
10 Asylum 2009 Buy
11 The Mind's Eye 2010 Buy
12 Hallucinations 2012 Buy
13 Gratitude 2015 Buy
14 The River of Consciousness 2017 Buy
15 Everything in Its Place 2019 Buy
16 The Creative Self 2019 Buy
17 Letters 2024 Buy

Where to start with Oliver Sacks

What is the best order to read Oliver Sacks books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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