Amnesia & Memory Loss

Books about amnesia and memory loss. Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

Fiction

  • Oblivion
    Author: Abrahams, Peter
    Publisher: Morrow $ 24.95 ISBN: 0060726571 Date: 2005
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    Blending evocative imagery with psychological complexity, Oblivion is a dark, disturbing story of identity and memory from the acclaimed author of The Tutor and The Fan.
    Updated 12.16.04
  • The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk
    Author: Ambrose, David
    Publisher: Warner $ 23.95 ISBN: 0446527963 Date: 2003
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    Charlie Monk is the ultimate spy. He has no conscience, no fear--and no memory. Dr. Susan Flemyng, thinks she may have found a way to give him his memory back. As the two of them embark on a series of experiments to recover Charlie's long-lost memory, they find something terrifying in the deepest recesses of his mind.
    Updated 3.13.03
  • Black Fly Season
    Author: Blunt, Giles
    Publisher: Putnam $ 25.95 ISBN: 0399152555 Date: 2005
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    A beautiful young woman stumbles into a rough Algonquin Bay tavern covered in black fly bites and bits of leaves stuck in her hair. A full examination reveals that her woozy behavior isn't due to drugs or diminished mental capacity. She has a bullet in her brain and no memory of how it got there or who she is.
    Updated 5.9.05
  • Amnesia
    Author: Ephron, G.H.
    Publisher: Minotaur $ 23.95 ISBN: 031226867x Date: 2000
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    Sylvia Jackson was shot in the head and left for dead, her boyfriend murdered. Waking from a coma after six weeks, she remembers nothing, until three months later, when she begins to recall details of the crime and the killer. It's up to forensic psychologist Dr. Peter Zak to determine how reliable Syl's memory really is and use those memories to uncover the truth.
    Suggested Reading: Crime Scene Investigations | Amnesia & Memory Stars
    Updated 7/21/00
  • Land of the Living
    Author: French, Nicci
    Publisher: Warner $ 23.95 ISBN: 0446531510 Date: 2003
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    In the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs, French, bestselling author of Beneath the Skin and The Red Room, delivers what promises to be the psychological blockbuster of the season about a kidnap victim that no one will help.
    Updated 3.31.03
  • The Only Suspect
    Author: Jacobs, Jonnie
    Publisher: Kensington $ 23 ISBN: 0758208006 Date: 2005
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    Sam Russell wakes up in his car in a ditch with no memory of how he got there. There's a woman's shoe in his trunk and dried blood under his fingernails--and he returns home to find his wife missing. As Hannah Montgomery investigates, secrets expose an intricate web of deceit and betrayal.
    Updated 7.7.05
  • Man Walks Into a Room
    Author: Krauss, Nicole
    Publisher: Doubleday $ 23.95 ISBN: 0385503997 Date: 2002
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    In this shimmering debut novel of memory, identity, and love, an English professor's brain tumor eradicates his memories past the age of 12 as he mourns a life well-lived and profoundly forgotten.
    Suggested Reading: Debuts | Atomic Age Fiction
    Updated 5/3/02

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