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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
1,852 books — 2,014 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,988 books — 1,307 voters

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiJust Listen by Sarah DessenThin by Lauren Greenfield
Best Eating Disorder Books
448 books — 999 voters
War by Sebastian JungerUnspoken Abandonment by Bryan A. WoodOutlaw Platoon by Sean ParnellHouse to House by David BellaviaLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books
253 books — 461 voters

When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesHotshot Doc by R.S. GreyWrong by Jana AstonBeautifully Awake by Riley MackenzieIt's Complicated by Camilla Isley
Doctor/Medical Romance Heroes
544 books — 458 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

Postmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellComa by Robin CookA Quiet Contagion by Jane JesmondOutbreak by Robin CookThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Best Medical Thrillers
164 books — 233 voters
American Jackal by Francis BandettiniChaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith LucciThe Imposter by Judith LucciThe Dravidian by Kalyan C. KankanalaReMIND by Scott McElhaney
Medical Thrillers
107 books — 231 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
432 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 — 196 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
372 books — 163 voters
COOPER by Elizabeth JacobsRock Chick Rescue by Kristen AshleyWild Man by Kristen AshleyRock Chick Redemption by Kristen AshleyUntil November by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Romantic Suspense-Climatic stories that have our hearts racing
333 books — 161 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Medicine
351 books — 158 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 — 145 voters

Wrong by Jana AstonMedicine Man by Saffron A. KentDarling Venom by Parker S. HuntingtonThe Doctor by Nikki SloaneThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Elizabeth O'Roark
Heal Me! Best Male Doctors in Romance Novels
130 books — 140 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 — 125 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard PrestonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks
169 books — 123 voters
To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth HoytInsignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingAt the Edge of a Dark Forest by Connie AlmonyThe Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla KellyHis Road Home by Anna Richland
Fiction: Characters with Missing Limb/Amputation
430 books — 117 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
462 books — 115 voters
Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research by David R. GrossAtlas of Human Anatomy by Frank H. NetterOxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine OXHMED |t Oxford Handboo... by Murray LongmoreDavidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine [with Student ... by Nicholas A. BoonMacleod's Clinical Examination by Colin Robertson BA(Hons) MB...
Medical books
116 books — 109 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters
From Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottMedicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Still Alice by Lisa GenovaTout le bleu du ciel by Mélissa Da Costa
Books About Alzheimer's And/or Their Carers
135 books — 80 voters

Joy & Sorrow by Peter Sean DalyThe House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Our house in the middle of our street
346 books — 77 voters
From Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottLife of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
This is the.......life
1,196 books — 76 voters

Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
99 books — 62 voters
Diary of a Female GP by Joni MartinsHouse Broken by Sonja YoergEyes Like a Hurricane by Taryn NikolicLove Me Back to Life by Elle G. MrazNightmares of Caitlin Lockyer by Demelza Carlton
Women/Girls/ Doctors/Nurses/Veternarians
57 books — 45 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
Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank DefordSixtyfive Roses by Heather Summerhayes CariouLessons from a CF Cornerman by Raymond L. PooleFive Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottNo One Dies in the Garden of Syn by Michael Seidelman
Best Books on Cystic Fibrosis
44 books — 43 voters

The Surgeon by Tess GerritsenPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsBody Double by Tess GerritsenDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Fiction: Pathologist, Medical Examiner or Coroner Main Characters
113 books — 36 voters
Daddy's Hobby by Owen JonesBangkok 8 by John BurdettEveryone Burns by John DolanLetters from Thailand by BotanBangkok Haunts by John Burdett
Terrific Thailand
69 books — 30 voters

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