Books for Aspiring Medics
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by:
Giulia Enders
4.08 avg rating — 53,723 ratings 2. 
Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
by:
Judith N. Lasker
4.04 avg rating — 55 ratings 4. 
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
by:
Henry Marsh
4.25 avg rating — 41,368 ratings 
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by:
Kate Moore
4.16 avg rating — 176,408 ratings 7. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,384 ratings 
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
by:
Richard Shepherd
4.32 avg rating — 46,092 ratings 
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Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
by:
Lisa Sanders
4.01 avg rating — 4,116 ratings 13. 
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by:
David Quammen
4.42 avg rating — 20,025 ratings 14. 
The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by:
Adam Kucharski
3.86 avg rating — 2,254 ratings 15. 
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,225 ratings
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by:
Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,338 ratings 
18. 
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by:
Matthew Walker
4.37 avg rating — 215,794 ratings 
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by:
Adam Kay
4.40 avg rating — 316,957 ratings 
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by:
Atul Gawande
4.49 avg rating — 210,916 ratings 
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by:
Sam Kean
4.26 avg rating — 13,465 ratings 27. 
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by:
Sam Kean
3.93 avg rating — 54,825 ratings 28. 
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
by:
Sam Kean
4.01 avg rating — 10,634 ratings 29. 
Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by:
Sam Kean
4.25 avg rating — 4,576 ratings 30. 
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
by:
Sam Kean
4.01 avg rating — 9,592 ratings 31. 
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
by:
Lydia Kang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,426 ratings 32. 
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology 4.14 avg rating — 2,409 ratings
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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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Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by:
Olivia Campbell
3.71 avg rating — 5,527 ratings 35. 
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
by:
Elinor Cleghorn
4.11 avg rating — 9,640 ratings 36. 
The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience
by:
Matthew Cobb
4.12 avg rating — 1,010 ratings 37. 
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
by:
Gabor Maté
4.49 avg rating — 22,313 ratings 38. 
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Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
by:
Maya Dusenbery
4.17 avg rating — 2,917 ratings 
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
by:
Robert D. Hare
4.06 avg rating — 13,152 ratings 
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating — 55,254 ratings 47. 
Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
by:
Adam Kay
3.89 avg rating — 25,401 ratings 48. 
The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
3.93 avg rating — 272 ratings 49. 
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
by:
Ben Goldacre
4.10 avg rating — 9,121 ratings 50. 
Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues
by:
Hans Zinsser
4.02 avg rating — 566 ratings 51. 
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by:
John M. Barry
3.98 avg rating — 42,021 ratings 52. 
Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor's Story of the COVID-19 Crisis
by:
Dominic Pimenta
4.09 avg rating — 2,434 ratings 53. 
Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor
by:
Aoife Abbey
3.90 avg rating — 2,401 ratings 
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The Dark Side: Real Life Accounts of an NHS Paramedic
by:
Andy Thompson
4.19 avg rating — 678 ratings 56. 
Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist
by:
Ed Patrick
4.23 avg rating — 1,347 ratings 57. 
The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
by:
Kerry Daynes
4.03 avg rating — 7,274 ratings 
59. 
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
by:
Jonathan Kennedy
3.93 avg rating — 9,949 ratings 60. 
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human 4.29 avg rating — 14,168 ratings
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by:
Beth Macy
4.07 avg rating — 44,191 ratings 63. 
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
by:
Neil Bradbury
4.12 avg rating — 8,908 ratings 64. 
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.28 avg rating — 39,746 ratings 65. 
The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
by:
Gwen Adshead
4.33 avg rating — 8,559 ratings 66. 
Dragon's Blood & Willow Bark: The Mysteries of Medieval Medicine
by:
Toni Mount
4.19 avg rating — 157 ratings 67. 
The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
by:
Thomas Hager
4.09 avg rating — 5,801 ratings 
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by:
Merlin Sheldrake
4.33 avg rating — 47,239 ratings 73. 
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The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
by:
Azra Raza
4.07 avg rating — 1,285 ratings 75. 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 27,647 ratings 76. 
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by:
Carl Zimmer
4.16 avg rating — 7,101 ratings 77. 
Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination
by:
Alondra Nelson
4.30 avg rating — 485 ratings 78. 
Close to the Sun: The Journey of a Pioneer Heart Surgeon
by:
Stuart Jamieson
4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings 
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A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World 3.76 avg rating — 4,623 ratings
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The Map of Heaven: A neurosurgeon explores the mysteries of the afterlife and the truth about what lies beyond 3.80 avg rating — 1,933 ratings
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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books) 4.06 avg rating — 5,072 ratings
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by:
Atul Gawande
4.28 avg rating — 51,630 ratings 86. 
The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year
by:
Matt McCarthy
4.12 avg rating — 7,450 ratings 
88. 
Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
by:
Jen Gunter
4.19 avg rating — 2,565 ratings 89. 
Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by:
Lisa Sanders
3.95 avg rating — 8,731 ratings 
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This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society 3.98 avg rating — 2,436 ratings
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The Heart Healers: The Misfits, Mavericks, and Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of Our Lives 4.44 avg rating — 352 ratings
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State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease
by:
Haider Warraich
4.13 avg rating — 240 ratings 97. 
Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines
by:
Donald R. Kirsch
4.26 avg rating — 1,201 ratings 98. 
The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
by:
Jessica Wapner
4.29 avg rating — 1,063 ratings 99. 
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
by:
Lydia Kang
4.14 avg rating — 2,549 ratings 100. 
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
by:
Erika Engelhaupt
4.08 avg rating — 5,761 ratings