Abnormal psychology vs The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mental disorders, Pathological Psychology, Psychology
Abnormal psychology
Balancing biological, psychological, social, and cultural approaches, David Barlow and V. Mark Durand's groundbreaking integrative approach is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal…
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat highest: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 4.0 · Abnormal psychology 3.8.
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for Abnormal psychology.
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat has the widest readership — 253628 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Abnormal psychology | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (253628) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.9 (476) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (14) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (48) |
Reception
| Abnormal psychology | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 253628 |
| Editions | 45 | 62 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 410956 |
| Reading it now | — | 19460 |
| Written reviews | — | 11998 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2648 | 7564 |
| Pages | 704 | 317 |