Dana Foundation’s list of books about the brain as of November 2010 on “the great books, past and present, that capture the unfolding story of the brain and how brain research is changing our ideas about memory and emotion, life span and language, neurological disorders and psychiatric syndromes.”

To draw out the best current and classic books from the crowded field, we selected 10 categories, based on our earlier list. Then we opened up a poll to Dana.org readers, asking them to nominate their favorites in as many of the categories as they wished.