A WOMAN’S PAINFUL tale of clashes with her folks’ anti-medicine Christian Science beliefs, and her mom’s cancer.

POET AND WRITER Diane Ackerman’s lyrical, heartbreaking memoir of her novelist husband’s stroke and recovery.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S MEMOIR of losing her sense of smell and (spoiler!) regaining it is intriguing, well researched.

FRANK MEMOIR OF a horrific bout of Crohn’s Disease is most affecting when talking about the author’s children.

PUBLIC HEALTH VISIONARY Paul Farmer’s wrenching look at Haiti’s progress, challenges since 2010’s earthquake.

WRY LOOK AT GENETICS researchers’ appeal to our yen to know more about our family histories and health future.

A POET’S MEMOIR of life with severe food allergies is more impressionistic than self-help, but insightful, wry.

THE FUNNIEST, MOST TOUCHING memoir about love and marriage and parenthood and kidney transplants ever written.

A MASTERFUL OVERVIEW of cognitive neuroscience and the wonders of the human brain; richly informative for all.

OLIVER SACKS CONSIDERS the neurology of visual crises with clarity, compassion, and a moving personal account.