Blood Cells: Morphology and Clinical Relevance, 2nd edn, G.Gulati and J.Caro, ASCP Press, Chicago, 2019. ISBN 978‐089189‐6234

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This book is an annotated atlas, which will have a useful role in diagnostic haematology laboratories. The images are of high quality and are generally taken at a consistent magnification so that they are readily comparable with each other. The book is very up-to-date incorporating, for example, the 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. A self-assessment chapter is a useful inclusion, which could be first used either before or after reading the book, depending on the degree of experience of the reader. The annotations of the images are based on the authors’ considerable experience and no references are cited. Occasionally a reference would have been appreciated; for example, what is the evidence that the in vitro phenomenon of platelet satellitism is associated with an increased incidence of thromboembolism? The level of accuracy is high, although I did find two figures with their legends reversed and it is Perls stain not Perl stain. What might be added to a further edition? Circulating tumour cells are mentioned but not illustrated and I could not find a description of South-East Asian ovalocytosis or of the distinctive features of paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria (the combination of spherocytes, small agglutinates and erythrophagocytosis). But these are mere quibbles. Haematologists and biomedical scientists will appreciate having this book on their laboratory shelves.