Books on Human Health


Books on Human Health


Here is a list of 15 books about neuroscience, pain and the human body. Check your local library, they should have access to a number of these books.

  1. Cervero, F. (2012). Understanding Pain: Exploring The Perception Of Pain. The MIT Press.

  2. Doidge, N. (2007). The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. Penguin Books.

  3. Hargrove, T. (2014). A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving with More Skill and Less Pain. Better Movement.

  4. Hargrove, T. (2019). Playing With Movement: How to Explore the Many Dimensions of Physical Health and Performance. Better Movement.

  5. Hayes, B. (2022). Sweat: A History of Exercise. Bloomsbury Publishing.

  6. Lieberman, D. (2014). The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease. Vintage.

  7. Lieberman, D. (2021). Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. Pantheon.

  8. Linden, D. (2015). Touch: The Science of the Hand, Heart, and Mind. Penguin Books.

  9. Marchant, J. (2016). Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body. Broadway Books.

  10. Mlodinow, L. (2015). The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos. Pantheon.

  11. Mlodinow, L. (2022). Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking. Pantheon

  12. Murthy, V. (2020). Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Harper Wave.

  13. Mukherjee, S. (2022). The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human. Scribner.

  14. Nester, J. (2020). Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Riverhead Books.

  15. Seth, A. (2021). Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. Dutton.