3.89 avg rating — 81 ratings

"The first book I heard about that was about pain, but not in a technical sense was "The Culture of Pain." It was when I was in university and I went straight to the library to get it. "The Culture of Pain" revolutionized my understanding of pain. It remains my favourite and the one I most recommend when people ask me for a book on pain."

3.85 avg rating — 388 ratings

"Autobiographical fiction"

4.31 avg rating — 503 ratings

"essays and poetry"

4.50 avg rating — 96 ratings

3.83 avg rating — 109 ratings

"poetry"

3.29 avg rating — 741 ratings

3.93 avg rating — 2,780 ratings

"memoir"

3.55 avg rating — 215 ratings

"A favourite memoir on pain."

4.10 avg rating — 627 ratings

"poetry"

4.48 avg rating — 824 ratings

"memoir"

4.40 avg rating — 171 ratings

4.06 avg rating — 12,523 ratings

"short story"

4.14 avg rating — 17,920 ratings

"A play with satirical insights into pain"

4.18 avg rating — 1,302 ratings

4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.66 avg rating — 110 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.90 avg rating — 195 ratings

"history by a leader in pain science"

4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings

"Thorough coverage of an academic conference with many interesting papers and discussions."

3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.70 avg rating — 71 ratings

"History of medicine"

3.68 avg rating — 317 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.81 avg rating — 80 ratings

"History of medicine/theology"

4.03 avg rating — 784 ratings

"Book of Job, chapter-by-chapter"

4.16 avg rating — 80 ratings

"History of medicine; bioethics"

3.69 avg rating — 634 ratings

"essay/memoir"

3.92 avg rating — 286 ratings

"memoir"

3.66 avg rating — 317 ratings

"memoir"

3.89 avg rating — 51,899 ratings

"art journal"

4.13 avg rating — 77,797 ratings

"Despite some of the other books I've read, I think this is possibly one of the most difficult I've encountered on concepts of pain, but it is excellent."

4.05 avg rating — 59 ratings

4.34 avg rating — 9,601 ratings

4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings

"Exploration of the penitential psalms."

4.11 avg rating — 3,897 ratings

"memoir with poetry"

4.28 avg rating — 67 ratings

4.30 avg rating — 128 ratings

3.79 avg rating — 1,479 ratings

"A much older Swedish novel (in translation) with insights into pain"

4.12 avg rating — 5,906,723 ratings

"The touching young adult novel with some beautiful insights into pain"

4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating

"I picked this up in my local bookstore the summer between high school and university. I've found it to be helpful over the years and have also leant it to many people."

4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings

"memoir"

3.39 avg rating — 1,488 ratings

"memoir"

3.49 avg rating — 229 ratings

"memoir"

3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings

"Essays"

3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings

3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings

3.59 avg rating — 532 ratings

3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings

"History of medicine"

3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings

"history of medicine/theology"

4.12 avg rating — 1,752 ratings

"anthropology of pain "

4.20 avg rating — 104 ratings

"anthropology of pain"

3.94 avg rating — 22,832 ratings

4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings

"memoir"

3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings

"anthropology of pain"

3.26 avg rating — 23 ratings

"anthropology of pain"

3.95 avg rating — 56 ratings

"memoir"

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings

"philosophy"

4.15 avg rating — 287 ratings

"history of medicine"

4.49 avg rating — 6,881 ratings

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings

4.04 avg rating — 55 ratings

"The breakthrough book by Melzack from the 60s that changed medical understanding of pain"

4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings

2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings

3.70 avg rating — 77 ratings

3.84 avg rating — 984 ratings

3.91 avg rating — 74 ratings

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

3.72 avg rating — 2,103 ratings

"fiction"

3.79 avg rating — 2,831 ratings

4.43 avg rating — 685 ratings

4.13 avg rating — 5,992 ratings

"criticism"

3.77 avg rating — 802 ratings

"fiction"

3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings

"history of medicine; criticism "

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings

"history of medicine"

4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

"history of medicine"

4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.67 avg rating — 16,132 ratings

"essays"

3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings

"history of medicine"

3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings

"history of medicine"