This is the one time of the year when I am not in control of this blog’s contents. As usual, the list of most popular book reviews of the year is determined by how many views each review chalked up. 2020 has been a busy year; we got a book review out almost every week, and covered the following themes:
12 PHENOMENAL BOOKS…WRITTEN BY WOMEN DOCTORS
9 EXCELLENT BOOKS ABOUT VIRUSES…FOR THESE OMINOUS TIMES
PATIENT HM: A TRIANGULATED REVIEW OF 3 MEMORABLE BOOKS
FROM EMPATHY TO VIOLENCE: 12 BOOKS ON THE POWER AND PERILS OF EMOTIONS
12 OUTSTANDING BOOKS REVEALING THE MYSTERIES OF OUR GENES
So which books did our >5,000 visitors prefer? Which of the almost 14,000 views made the difference? The answers are in our countdown of the 15 most popular Doctors Bookshelf reviews of 2020!
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15.
THE PRISON DOCTOR
by Amanda Brown
14.
ZERO DEGREES OF EMPATHY
by Simon Baron-Cohen
13.
THE ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE
by Adrian Raine
12.
PATIENT H.M.
by Luke Dittrich
11.
THE FEMALE BRAIN
by Louann Brizendine
10.
WITH THE END IN MIND
9.
FINAL EXAM
by Pauline W. Chen
8.
IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
by Suzanne O’Sullivan
7.
THE COMING PLAGUE
by Laurie Garrett
6.
YOUR LIFE IN MY HANDS
by Rachel Clarke
5.
IN SHOCK
by Rana Awdish
4.
THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN
by Joseph LeDoux
3.
DESCARTES’ ERROR
by Antonio Damasio
2.
AGAINST EMPATHY
by Paul Bloom
1.
WHAT PATIENTS SAY, WHAT DOCTORS HEAR
by Danielle Ofri
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We have many more book reviews in 2021, with themes ranging from gender, birth, and the human body, and we will be revisiting the brain. So keep up with us next year.
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