Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
536th out of 1,915 books — 2,038 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books for Medical Students
115th out of 407 books — 580 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Books Written by Physicians
80th out of 194 books — 82 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesStill Alice by Lisa GenovaMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultLife Lessons from a Brain Surgeon by Rahul JandialLinda Lark Student Nurse #1 by John Stanley
Medical Fiction and Non-Fiction
70th out of 141 books — 3 voters

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersSelected Stories by Alice MunroRunaway by Alice MunroTwenty Grand and Other Tales of Love and Money by Rebecca CurtisSelected Stories of Andre Dubus by Andre Dubus
Personal Favorites: Short Story Collections
92nd out of 153 books — 8 voters
Five Patients by Michael CrichtonThe Devil You Know by Gwen AdsheadThe Lady Whose Mouth I Set on Fire by Dr. McAnonymousDiagnosis by Lisa SandersFlu by Gina Kolata
Medical Tales
31st out of 32 books — 5 voters

My Ántonia by Willa CatherSeize the Day by Saul BellowLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas WolfeThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert FrostIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
American 20th Century
84th out of 215 books — 5 voters
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika JaouadGrounded by Nancy M. DahlCompassionomics by Stephen TrzeciakLast Night in the OR by Bud ShawAn Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel
Farha Library Gold Humanism Collection #2
80th out of 81 books — 2 voters

Cocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonMASH by Richard HookerOutlander by Diana GabaldonHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Medicine, hospitals, doctors and nurses in fiction
50th out of 90 books — 8 voters
Staying Alive by Laura B. HaydenWar Doctor by David NottEverything in Its Place by Oliver SacksIn the Country of Hearts by John    StoneThe Man Who Tasted Words by Guy Leschziner
Doctor Memoirs
31st out of 50 books — 9 voters

From Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. Elliott30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Medical Professional Memoirs
104th out of 143 books — 39 voters
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyA Thousand Naked Strangers by Kevin HazzardComplications by Atul GawandeCall the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Compelling Medical Memoirs
316th out of 373 books — 169 voters

2003 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieA Rather Unusual Romance by Stevie TurnerThe Orphan Conspiracies by James MorcanThe Right To The Truth by I.C. PapachristosYou Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral by Ann Marie Hancock
Medical Humanities
31st out of 155 books — 33 voters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh LoftingMASH by Richard Hooker
Is There a Doctor in the Title?
309th out of 786 books — 45 voters

Being Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases  by Paul OlaWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThis is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Pre-Med Reading List
52nd out of 106 books — 35 voters
We Love Anderson Cooper by R.L. MaizesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriBattle Scars by David        CookStories and Scripts by Zack Love
The Best Single Author Short Story Collections
228th out of 364 books — 111 voters

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Henry F. LedgardMASH by Richard HookerDoctor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergThe Citadel by A.J. CroninYoung Dr. Kildare by Max Brand
Doctors in 20th Century Fiction
23rd out of 29 books — 6 voters
Healthcare From The Trenches by Alejandro BadiaIn Shock by Rana AwdishButchered by "Healthcare" by Robert A. YohoMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderMedicine Man by Peter Kennedy
The Lives of Doctors
35th out of 37 books — 25 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseTime's Arrow by Martin AmisThe Hospital by the River by Catherine HamlinEvery Patient Tells a Story by Lisa SandersMirror Touch by Joel Salinas
The Medical Humanities: Narrative in Medicine
10th out of 15 books — 6 voters