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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
1,845 books — 2,005 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

Phenomena by Susan TarrThe God Complex by Chris TitusPaper Cranes by Nicole HiteOperation Neurosurgeon by Barbara EbelA Girl In Traffick by Mamta Jain Valderrama
Best Medical Genre
39 books — 67 voters
Irreversible Damage by Abigail ShrierTrans by Helen JoyceThe End of Gender by Debra SohMaterial Girls by Kathleen StockThe Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Transgender Critical
152 books — 54 voters

When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesA Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney MilanHello Stranger by Lisa KleypasThe Wedding Journey by Carla KellyThe Surgeon's Lady by Carla Kelly
Historical Romance with Physicians
144 books — 50 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Right To The Truth by I.C. PapachristosAn Unpredictable Life by Elaine WhiteThe Upside of Cancer by Christopher FosterPilates for Breast Cancer Survivors by Naomi Aaronson MA OTR/L C...
Best Books to Read If You Have Cancer: Treatment and Recovery
66 books — 38 voters

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaHealthcare From The Trenches by Alejandro BadiaHow We Do Harm by Otis Webb BrawleyWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Obesity Code by Jason Fung
Medical Reads
204 books — 29 voters
The God Complex by Chris TitusWhere There Is No Doctor by David WernerBand-Aid for a Broken Leg by Damien BrownHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieBogota! by K. Eckland
Best Medical & Surgical Travel books
11 books — 23 voters

Fed Up by Sophia ElanHealthcare From The Trenches by Alejandro BadiaDoctors by Sherwin B. NulandHow We Die by Sherwin B. NulandComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books by Physicians about Healthcare
26 books — 22 voters
30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneySpare Parts by Paul CraddockFor the Good of Mankind? by Vicki Oransky WittensteinAll the Living and the Dead by Hayley CampbellKind and Usual Punishment by Jessica Mitford
Prison Medicine, Healthcare, and Surgery
28 books — 18 voters

Unplanned by Abby JohnsonThis Common Secret by Susan WicklundWhy I Am an Abortion Doctor by Suzanne T. PoppemaDoctors of Conscience by Carole JoffeBlood Money by Carol Everett
Books Written by Abortionists About Abortion
9 books — 11 voters
Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Stand by Stephen KingNotorious Nineteen by Janet EvanovichFirst Term at Malory Towers by Enid BlytonSue Barton, Student Nurse by Helen Dore Boylston
Appendicitis, Appendectomy in Fiction
38 books — 11 voters

Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret ReyClifford Visits the Hospital (Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman BridwellPaddington Goes to Hospital by Michael BondGoing to the Hospital by Stephen CartwrightGet Well, Curious George by H.A. Rey
Children's Picture Books with Hospitals, Doctors and Medical Topics (Pediatric Health)
248 books — 9 voters
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi KirbyA Heart Like Ringo Starr by Linda Oatman HighHeart to Heart by Lurlene McDanielPieces of Me by Amber KizerOur Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Organ Donation & Transplants in YA
37 books — 8 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
90 books — 8 voters
The Merck Veterinary Manual by Cynthia M. KahnLow Stress Handling Restraint and Behavior Modification of Do... by Sophia YinNutrition for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses by Ann WortingerVeterinary Notes For Horse Owners by Matthew Horace HayesRead This Book... And SAVE A LIFE! by Mark McMorris Jr.
Books for veterinary technicians
43 books — 7 voters

Rouge by Mona AwadNatural Beauty by Ling Ling HuangThe Glow by Jessie GaynorFatal Beauty by William SchoellYouthjuice by E.K. Sathue
Beauty Parlor of Horror (Bad Cosmetics and Body Modification)
29 books — 7 voters
Un pinolo per due (Le Emozioni del Bosco) by Francesca MarconiIl Bozzolo e la Farfalla (Le Emozioni del Bosco) by Francesca MarconiUn pinolo per due (Le Emozioni del Bosco) by Francesca MarconiIl Bozzolo e la Farfalla (Le Emozioni del Bosco) by Francesca MarconiMog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr
Picture Books for the Vet’s Waiting Room
162 books — 6 voters

The Fold by An NaUglies by Scott WesterfeldBig Fat Manifesto by Susan VaughtThe Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia EphronFix by Leslie Margolis
YA Plastic Surgery
23 books — 5 voters
Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics by Stanley HoppenfeldHot Lights, Cold Steel by Michael J. CollinsEssential Orthopaedics and Trauma [with Student Consult Onlin... by David J. DandyRearticulations of Orthopaedic Surgery by Kenneth GundleHealthy Joints for Life by Richard Diana
Interested in Orthopaedic Surgery?
6 books — 4 voters

The Dr. Ikkaku Ochi Collection by Ikkaku OchiAnomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by George M. GouldSmile Stealers by Richard BarnettVictorian Grotesque by Martin HowardA Practical Treatise on Foreign Bodies in the Air-Passages by Samuel D. Gross
Glossy Loophole, MD
163 books — 3 voters
Facing the Cut by Joan Jefferson FreemanKiller Looks by Zara StoneThe Impact of Implants by A.B. HigginsAcres of Skin by Allen M. HornblumLooks by Gordon L. Patzer
Plastic Surgery
25 books — 3 voters

Kenzie's Little Tree by Alison McGauleyGentle Hugs by Lily GuzmánMy Mommy had Brain Surgery & I'm Okay! by Isaiah PeguesWe Find Joy by Charissa BatesDaddy Has Cancer by Sharon Coggins
Children's Picture Books about Parents with Disabilities/Chronic Medical Conditions
52 books — 3 voters
Bedouin Ethnobotany by James P. MandavilleFranciscans and the Elixir of Life by Zachary A. MatusThe Toad in Magic, Sorcery and Midwifery by Ernst HentgesThe Effects of Inbreeding on Japanese Children by William J. SchullDying Scientifically by Edward Berdoe
•Medical The Poetical
100 books — 2 voters

The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O'BrienTree, Spare that Woodman by Dave DryfoosThis One Problem by M.C. PeaseSam, This is You by Murray LeinsterRiya's Foundling by Algis Budrys
Books Read in 2021 List 5
100 books — 2 voters
Somebody to Love by Steve HoldenUnnatural Causes by Richard ShepherdAutopsy of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob by Avan JogiaThe Pale Blue Eye by Louis BayardWorking Stiff by Judy Melinek
Medical Tools
5 books — 2 voters

Body of Work by Christine MontrossMeditation Time by Laurent GrenierThe Chronology of Water by Lidia YuknavitchLa vie revisitée by Laurent GrenierGender Failure by Ivan E. Coyote
Underappreciated Nonfiction
25 books — 2 voters
Arthur's Eyes by Marc BrownGetting Ready for My Eye Surgery by Fei Zheng-WardPhilomena's New Glasses by Brenna MaloneyNew Glasses by Reika ChanNessie needs new glasses by A.K. Patterson
Children's Books about Eyes, Glasses and Vision
12 books — 1 voter

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