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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
1,844 books — 2,003 voters
Something About You by Julie JamesA Lot like Love by Julie JamesWild Card by Lora LeighThe Darkest Hour by Maya BanksHard Evidence by Pamela Clare
I Love A Man In Uniform
1,634 books — 1,670 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
404 books — 576 voters
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesHotshot Doc by R.S. GreyWrong by Jana AstonBeautifully Awake by Riley MackenzieBaby, One More Time by Camilla Isley
Doctor/Medical Romance Heroes
537 books — 456 voters

Frog by Mary CalmesZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleNo Souvenirs by K.A. MitchellWhere He Ends and I Begin by Cardeno C.One of Those Days by Zathyn Priest
Best Gay Doctors
292 books — 280 voters
The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThe Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyLove, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Romance Novels with STEM Heroines
326 books — 271 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonLover Unbound by J.R. WardYours Until Dawn by Teresa MedeirosBeautifully Done by Riley MackenzieAbruption by Riley Mackenzie
Doctor/Medical Romance Heroines
431 books — 224 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootDoctors by Erich SegalCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseStill Alice by Lisa GenovaWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Best Books with a Medical Setting.
403 books — 197 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
369 books — 160 voters
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya BanksSeduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasAgain the Magic by Lisa KleypasGarrett by Sawyer BennettWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke
Romances with Chronically Ill/Disabled Heroines
215 books — 144 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenTainted Shadows by Kendrick SimsDoctors in Hell by Janet E. Morris
Evil Hospitals and Asylums
91 books — 137 voters
The Physician by Noah GordonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Historical Medical Fiction
149 books — 124 voters

Gut by Giulia EndersThe End of Alzheimer's by Dale E. BredesenUndoctored by William DavisThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Jamange Line by The Conductor
Healthy Aging
404 books — 115 voters
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniImpulse by Ellen HopkinsTainted Shadows by Kendrick SimsCut by Patricia McCormickAsylum by Madeleine Roux
Young Adult Psychiatric Hospitals
102 books — 95 voters

Complications by Atul GawandeBetter by Atul GawandeHow Doctors Think by Jerome GroopmanThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Books by Physicians about Medical Practice
166 books — 84 voters
Chasing Fire by Nora RobertsHover by Anne A. WilsonGames of Command by Linnea SinclairThe Mane Event by Shelly LaurenstonThe Goodwill Gesture by K.C. McKay
I Love a Woman in Uniform
143 books — 48 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?
786 books — 45 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Right To The Truth by I.C. PapachristosThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Forever Night Stand by Bena RobertsThe Upside of Cancer by Christopher Foster
Best Books about Surviving Cancer
46 books — 42 voters

This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerThe Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Best Popular Medicine Books on Goodreads
129 books — 39 voters
House Broken by Sonja YoergEyes Like a Hurricane by Taryn NikolicLove Me Back to Life by Elle G. MrazNightmares of Caitlin Lockyer by Demelza CarltonHeal My Broken Heart by Elle G. Mraz
Women/Girls/ Doctors/Nurses/Veternarians
53 books — 37 voters

House Broken by Sonja YoergThe Weipa Crocodile - Murders in The Outback by Victoria ReibyEyes Like a Hurricane by Taryn NikolicThe Case of the Wayward Fae ~ A Chronicle of Mister Marmee by H.L. StephensDr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
Veterinarians in Fiction
40 books — 29 voters
Walking Beside the Edge by Lori A Caputo-HartfordThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe China Study by T. Colin CampbellUNDERSTANDING - The Doctor Saved My Life Twice by J.K.ChuaEat Move Sleep by Tom Rath
Best Books about Preventing Cancer
22 books — 24 voters

When One Night Isn't Enough by Wendy S. MarcusThe Brooding Heart Surgeon by Alison RobertsA Christmas Knight by Kate HardyReturn of the Maverick / It Started with a Pregnancy by Sue MacKayHow to Resist a Heartbreaker by Louisa George
HM&B Medical Romances
121 books — 19 voters
Healthcare From The Trenches by Alejandro BadiaNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyButchered by "Healthcare" by Robert A. YohoResetting Healthcare Post-COVID-19 Pandemic by Sanjay PrasadThe Arts Therapies by Phil Jones
The corrupt and the self-less: medicine, politics, and where to find the hope
30 books — 15 voters

Dragons Don't Dance Ballet by Jennifer CarsonDragons Love Tacos by Adam RubinIf You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Joffe NumeroffDimity Duck by Jane YolenA Cuddle For Little Duck by Claire Freedman
Preschool-"D"
41 books — 12 voters
Wilderness Nurse by Marguerite Mooers MarshallThe Nurse and the Pirate by Peggy DernNurse Kathy by Adeline McElfreshNurse Craig by Isabel CabotThe Listening Nurse by Peggy Dern
Vintage Nurse Romance Novels
197 books — 8 voters

Witches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara EhrenreichDoctor Dogs by Maria GoodavageCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Citadel by A.J. CroninA Life in Medicine by Randy-Michael Testa
Doctor books for my sister
113 books — 7 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Tuskegee Experiments by Michael V. UschanTime to Think by Hannah BarnesSickening by John AbramsonBad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
Medical and Psychiatric Scandals
66 books — 6 voters

Knave of Broken Hearts by Tara LainRock Solid by Riley HartJust a Bit Wrong by Alessandra HazardAndrew's Promise by Nic StarrThe World in His Eyes by A.J. Thomas
M/M Medical|Rescue Worker Books 2015
23 books — 4 voters
Children With Spina Bifida by Marlene LutkenhoffSpinabilities by Marlene LutkenhoffThe abilities in me by Gemma KeirLife with Spina Bifida by Heidi AyarbeThe Spina Bifida Potty Book by Katie McComis
Educational Picture Books about Spina Bifida for Kids
12 books — 1 voter

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