Sacks has a seemingly inexhaustible talent for eloquently and humanely explaining our brains' most arcane and bizarre neurological dysfunctions. His latest book is about sight (witness, for example, the concert pianist who has abruptly become unable to read music) and details his own battle with ocular melanoma. 10/26
The days are getting shorter, but there's still plenty to do. Take a spin through the best of the coming season