I realize there are similar threads, but some of them are old and many only have a couple posts, so I figured it was worth asking again with an updated list of available choices.

Greenberg 7th ed. (I already have 6th)
The ICU Book (Marino)
Youman’s (new edition comes out March 2011)
Citow board review
Moore board review
Alleyne board review questions
Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography - Osborn
Principles of Neurosurgery - Rengachary
Operative Neurosurgical Anatomy - Caputy/Fossett
Cranial Anatomy & Surgical Approaches - Rhoton
Neuroradiology: The Requisites - Grossman
Operative Neurosurgical Techniques - Schmidek/Sweet
Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine & Peripheral Nerves - Sekhar/Fessler
Intensive Care in Neurosurgery - Andrews
Decision Making in Neurocritical Care - Frontera

Assuming an intern book fund of 500-1000, which are the essentials for a PGY1/2?  Anything not on this list?

Get:
Greenberg
Marino
Grossman
Citow
Osborne\ Pearse Morris (Another angio book)

These should be a nice intern foundation

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This book is actually very easy to read and has a lot of good information in it.

Good books to read for fun:
The Knife Man (easy read, describes an early attempt at ‘coding’ a pt, repair of popliteal aneurysm, C-section - very interesting from a historical perspective)

When the Air Hits your Brain (probably the best narrative about neurosurgery ever - all the newer ones are too politically correct)
The Lobotomist (amazing story of a psychiatrist doing neurosurgical procedures and gaining widespread acclaim)
Michael Bliss’ book about Harvey Cushing (more about his personality than about neurosurgery)
Complications (Atul Gawande has 2 other books out now too, but I believe they are more of the same - the most recent is about checklists, he is a good writer but a little holier than thou - it is always his “‘friend’s” patient who tells him the story of their complication that gives him the anecdotes for his books)
Walking Out on the Boys (about the old-boy network in neurosurgery)

Books that tend to paint neurosurgery in a rosy hue (for easy layperson digestion)
Another Day on the Frontal Lobe
Judith’s Pavilion

And one other book that every neurosurgeon should own:  Examination of Peripheral Nerve Injuries by Russell.  The BEST peripheral nerve exam book out there.

We recently bought the following books to keep specifically in our resident work room for easy access. We tried to limit the collection to the highest yield books. I have put a star next to the ones I think are highest yield for internship, and 2 stars next to ones you may want to consider even as a med student. I have added the recommended retail price, though most are available cheaper used.

INTRODUCTORY NEUROSURGERY TEXTS
**Principles of Neurosurgery, 2nd Edition. Renachary & Ellenbogen (2005) - $270
**Neurosurgery Explained: A Basic and Essential Introduction, Adriaan Willem (2005) - $80

NEUROSURGERY POCKET REFERENCE
**Handbook of Neurosurgery, 7th Edition. Greenberg (2009) - $90
Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, Connolly (2009) - $100

NEURORADIOLOGY
*Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging anatomy - Brain, Head & Neck, Spine (2007) - $343
Neuroradiology, The Requisites, 2nd Edition (2005) - $102
*Diagnostic Imaging: Brain, Osborn, 2nd edition (2009) - $279
*Diagnostic Imaging: Spine, Ross (2004) - $279
Diagnositc Imaging: Head and neck (2004) - $279
Cerebral Angiography, Osborn (1999) - $229
Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Osborn (1994) - $335

BASIC NEUROANATOMY
**Head and Neuroanatomy, Schuenke, et al. (2007) - $70
Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, Hal Blumenfeld (2002) - $74

NEUROLOGY
*Topical Diagnosis in Neurology, Duus (2005) - $55
Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated, 4th Edition. Lindsay, Bone (2004) - $93
Q&A Color Review of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (2003) - $40
The MGH Handbook of Neurology, 2nd Edition, Flaherty, Rost (2007) - $45
Neurology Secrets, 4th Edition, Loren Rolak (2005) - $48
Adam and Victor’s Principles of Neurology, 8th Edition, Roper & Brown (2005) - $149
Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System - $35

ICU/NEUROCRITICAL CARE
The ICU Book, 3rd Ed. Paul Marino (2007) - $80
Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care. Allan Ropper (2004) - $147
*Decision Making in Neurocritical Care. Jennifer Frontera (2009) - $60

NEUROPATHOLOGY
WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System (2007)- $122
Escourolle and Poirier’s Manual of Basic Neuropathology (2003) - $82
Nervous System (Cambridge Illustrated Surgical Pathology). Vogel. (2009) - $135
Greenfield’s Neuropathology, 8th Edition (2008) - $199

NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY & APPROACHES
Operative Neurosurgical Anatomy, Caputy, Fosset (2002) - $100
Atlas of Skull Base Surgey and Neurotology. Jackler. (2008) - $199
*Rhoton Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches (2008) - $210
*Atlas of Neurosurgery: Basic Approaches to Cranial and Vascular Procedures, Meyer (out of print; Sometimes available used for ~$1500 - can someone please ask Dr. Meyer to get this book reprinted?!!!)

NEUROSURGICAL TECHNIQUES & OPERATIVE MANUALS
Schmidek and Sweet’s Operative Neurosurgical Techniques - 2 volume set (2005) - $582
Youmans Neurological Surgery - (6th edition expected 2010) - pending
Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine; Fessler, Laligam & Sekhar (2006) - $365
*Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Brain; Fessler, Laligam & Sekhar (2006) - $365
Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade, 2nd Ed. Vaccaro, Albert, Cox (2008) - $160

NEUROSURGERY BOARD REVIEWS
*Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Review, 2nd edition - $100
Definitive Neurosurgery Board Review, Moore (2004) - $179
Intensive Neurosurgery Board Review (Psarros) - $78
Neurosurgery oral board review, Citow (2003) - $45
Neurosurgery Board Review Q&A’s for Self-Assessment, 2nd Ed, Alleyne & Citow - $78
Neurosurgery Practice Questions and Answers, Shaya, et al (2005) - $20

MISCELLANEOUS NEUROSURGERY
Evidence-based Neurosurgery, and introduction. Haines, Walters (2006) - $80

PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Albright (2007) - $252
Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System. Saunders. - $433
Operative Techniques in Pediatric Neurosurgery. Leland Albright, Ian Pollack, and P. Adelson - $95

FINALLY, I subsequently stumbled across these books and think they are excellent:
Neurosurgical Emergencies, 2nd edition. Loftus (2007) - $140
Neurosurgery Case Review. Nader & Sabbagh (2009) - $130
Greenberg Rapid review - A companion to the 6th edition. Kranzler (2010) - $90

Fantastic post, thanks Stem Cell.

StemCell’s recommended library appears above with links to purchase from Amazon (cheap!).  Hover your mouse over the pictures to get the price, click and buy to help out the site.

What’s the difference (besides length) between Principles of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery Explained?