If you love neuroscience or just the brain in general, you probably already know who Oliver Sacks is. If you don't, you should probably introduce yourself and you can start with Musicophilia. At least I did. I studied psychology and the brain in college and I grew up entirely engrossed in music so this cross over just screamed my name from the shelves. 

This book isn't a story, there is no plot. It's like you met Oliver at a dinner party and he proceeded to dive into his life's work, telling you all kinds of fascinating stories about clients he's had, why certain things happen in the brain, weird off the wall case studies he's come across. I was expecting more of the book to be about what music does to your brain, but it was more about strange and very unique cases of what happened to some individuals and how music was involved or helped them. Still fascinating! 

It could be a bit dry sometimes though. I read at least two other books while trying to finish this one because I was just dying for some story and prosaic language. But I kept coming back to this one. A proud and forever member of my bookshelf. 

p.s. TOTALLY and entirely clean. Absolutely nothing in there to be worried about.