Narrative Medicine Book Recommendations

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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,490 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,321 ratings
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,198 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,243 ratings
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Hot Milk
Hot Milk 3.49 avg rating — 38,708 ratings
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,051 ratings
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The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals 4.42 avg rating — 5,109 ratings
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,368 ratings
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The Undying
The Undying 4.16 avg rating — 5,455 ratings
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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present 4.43 avg rating — 9,664 ratings
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,890 ratings
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays 4.13 avg rating — 19,778 ratings
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,799 ratings
14.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,427 ratings
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness 4.09 avg rating — 233,262 ratings
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness 4.32 avg rating — 22,257 ratings
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century 4.45 avg rating — 16,559 ratings
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In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope 4.33 avg rating — 7,589 ratings
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A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital
A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital 3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems 4.38 avg rating — 782 ratings
21.
Plot (Grove Press Poetry Series)
Plot (Grove Press Poetry Series) 3.80 avg rating — 321 ratings
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Stitches: A Memoir
Stitches: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 27,705 ratings