Ranked #1 in Alzheimer's, Ranked #1 in Dementia — see more rankings.
Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University.
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely... more
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely... more
Rankings by Category
Still Alice is ranked in the following categories:
- #68 in Author
- #46 in Book Club
- #17 in Diseases
- #66 in Dramatic
- #47 in Dying
- #66 in Family
- #42 in Five
- #71 in Good Read
- #82 in Health
- #47 in Heartbreak
- #15 in Medical
- #56 in Medicine
- #24 in Memory Improvement
- #62 in Mental Health
- #42 in Neurology
- #100 in Neuroscience
- #83 in Relationships
- #80 in Sad
- #60 in Scribd
- #83 in Thought-Provoking