🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks was a famous neurologist and author from the United States. Even though he was a British national, he spent most of the days of his career as a neurologist in America. He was born on July 09, 1933 in London, The United Kingdom. The writing career of Oliver was also a fruitful one as he went on to write a few successful books about the patients he treated. The most famous book written by him was the ‘Awakenings’, which went on to be made into a film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and had the same title too. The other books written by Oliver were based on the science and nonfiction genres. He died on August 30, 2015 due to an ocular tumor in his brain at the age of 82. As a child, he was the youngest among 4 siblings.
All Book Series by Oliver Sacks
The Best American Science Writing 2003
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2003 Co-authored · Joseph D'Agnese,Jesse Cohen
The Best American Science Writing 2004
Book 2 of 10 · published 2004 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Dava Sobel
The Best American Science Writing 2005
Book 3 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Alan Lightman
The Best American Science Writing 2006
Book 4 of 10 · published 2006 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Atul Gawande
The Best American Science Writing 2007
Book 5 of 10 · published 2007 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Gina Kolata
The Best American Science Writing 2008
Book 6 of 10 · published 2008 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Sylvia Nasar,Jerome Groopman
The Best American Science Writing 2009
Book 7 of 10 · published 2009 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Natalie Angier
The Best American Science Writing 2010
Book 8 of 10 · published 2010 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Jerome Groopman
The Best American Science Writing 2011
Book 9 of 10 · published 2011 Anthology · Rebecca Skloot
The Best American Science Writing 2012
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2012 Anthology · Jesse Cohen,Michio Kaku
Learning To Live Finally
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Jacques Derrida
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words
Book 6 of 41 · published 2014 Anthology · David Foster Wallace
James Baldwin
Book 7 of 41 · published 2014 Anthology · James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe
Gabriel García Márquez
Book 9 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Gabriel García Márquez
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book 18 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Martin Luther King Jr.
Christopher Hitchens
Book 19 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Christopher Hitchens
Hunter S. Thompson
Book 20 of 41 · published 2018 Anthology · Hunter S. Thompson
Anthony Bourdain
Book 26 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Anthony Bourdain,Helen Rosner
Marilyn Monroe
Book 30 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Melville House,Sady Doyle
Octavia E. Butler
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2023 Anthology · Melville House
London Review of Books: Anthology 1
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1981
Nature's Imagination: The Frontiers of Scientific Vision
Book 4 of 8 · published 1995
The Best American Essays 2005
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2005
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Oliver Sacks?
Oliver Sacks was a famous neurologist and author from the United States. Even though he was a British national, he spent most of the days of his career as a neurologist in America. He was born on July 09, 1933 in London, The United Kingdom.
Which Oliver Sacks series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Best American Science Writing series, the earliest of Oliver Sacks's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Science Writing 2003 (2003) and runs to 10 books across 2003–2012, ending with The Best American Science Writing 2012 (2012).
How many books has Oliver Sacks written?
Oliver Sacks has 78 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1970 and 2024. 53 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Best American Science Writing series with 10 books — and 25 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Oliver Sacks's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Oliver Sacks's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are ' Memoirs (2001–2015, 2 books) and Best American Science Writing (2003–2012, 10 books).
How are Oliver Sacks's books organised into series?
This guide splits Oliver Sacks's 78 books into 3 named series and 25 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Best American Science Writing (10 books, 2003–2012); ' Memoirs (2 books, 2001–2015); The Last Interview (41 books, 2005–2023).