The Orthopedic textbook is a latest addition to the library of Oxford University press Medical publications. The book has been presented in its traditional modest cover binding. It has seven editors, five parts and has contributions from 330 authors. Most of the authors are from UK and others from USA and few from European countries. A surprising thing about the book is. that though the book is published in Oxford, it uses American English spellings (Orthopedics, Anemia, Paediatric, Tumor etc.). The book has been divided into five sections viz. Fundamentals, Adult Orthopaedics, Trauma, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Paediatric Trauma. But some of the topics discussed under these head are unrelated to the sections eg. under section Fundamentals, Tumours are discussed, under Adult Orthopaedics, predominantly paediatricdiseases like acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, poliomyelitis, spinal deformities of infants and children are discussed. In a chapter also, the authors have not followed the logical sequence eg. in knee, after cemented knee replacement authors discuss patellofemoral joint, ACL surgery, PCL and then unicompartmental knee replacement, which could have been covered in knee replacement chapter itself. In ankle section, authors discuss arthritis of ankle, then disorders of first ray and then discuss disorders of subtalar joint. Uncommon topics like osteonecrosis of knee have received wide coverage and common conditions like CTEV, are briefly discussed even without illustrations, diseases like congenital torticollis, basics and types of non-unions have not even been covered. Topics like North American perspective of osteonecrosis of femoral head are unnecessary for a textbook of this nature. Unlike any other western book, which spares little space for diseases of third world countries, this book has chapters on poliomyelitis and musculoskeletal tuberculosis and leprosy, which have been contributed by authors from India. Certain topics like myositis ossificans, limb salvage in tumour and trauma: Protrusio and patellectomy are well covered. The layout and formatting is good but small fonts make slow reading. Important points have been highlighted in gray shaded boxes for easy attention. Quality of photographs and X-rays are excellent. Overall, the book is good and recommended for the institutional libraries.