Since The Doctors Bookshelf launched with faltering steps in 2015.
2022 has proven to be our busiest year yet…
With more than 5,600 visitors and almost 15,000 views.
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Visitors to the blog read 220 book reviews…
50 of which were freshly minted in 2022.
180 were however golden oldies from previous years…
5 of which proved particularly popular and deserve special mention:
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by Peter Miller
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by Antonio Damasio
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by Danielle Ofri
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by Lisa Sanders
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by Kate Granger
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But today is a celebration of the most popular book reviews posted in 2022
And these came under the remit of the following review series:
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12 more fascinating books about the brain written by those who know it best
12 trailblazing women doctors and their inspiring stories
12 revolutionary medical breakthroughs in 12 outstanding books
The big six founding physicians of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
A compelling history of surgery in 7 riveting books
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So here is the count down of…
The 20 most popular book reviews of 2022
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20. Molecules of Emotion
by Candace Pert
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19. Inventing Ourselves
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
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18. Sophia Jex-Blake
by Shirley Roberts
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17. Cicely Saunders
by David Clark
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16. In Praise of Imperfection
by Rita Levi Montalcini
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15. The Knife Man
by Wendy Moore
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14. How Death Becomes Life
by Joshua Mezrich
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13. The XX Brain
by Lisa Mosconi
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12. The Idea of the Brain
by Matthew Cobb
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11. Pathologist of the Mind
by S.D. Lamb
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10. Virginia Apgar
by Xina M Uhl and Melanie Ann Appel
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9. Madness and Memory
by Stanley Prussiner
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8. Why We Sleep
by Matthew Walker
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7. Mentored by a Mad Man
by A.J. Lees
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6. Minds Behind the Brain
by Stanley Finger
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5. How the Brain Lost its Mind
by Allan Ropper and B.D. Burrell
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4. The Butchering Art
by Lindsey Fitzharris
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3. Brain Fables
by Alberto Espay and Benjamin Stecher
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2. Brainspotting
by A.J. Lees
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1. Dementia Reimagined
by Tia Powell
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Looking forward 2023, what will likely be our our penultimate year…
We still have the following book review series in stock:
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10 incredibly moving patient memoirs about the brain
12 deadly plagues of humanity in 12 outstanding books
Around the brain with 10 more phenomenal books
12 perceptive books on the convolutions of mental health
The 4 giants of the nursing profession and the books that celebrate their exceptional works
Around the body in 10 more enlightening books
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