2026 Reading Challenge

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The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan EigThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
True Medical Histories
35 books — 16 voters
Get Well Soon by Jennifer WrightThe Butchering Art by Lindsey FitzharrisDr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical History & Similar
193 books — 40 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Panic Virus by Seth MnookinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Science Based Medicine Recommends
131 books — 101 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,826 books — 2,215 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,061 voters