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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
1,961 books — 2,114 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
352 books — 159 voters

Brain on Fire by Susannah CahalanA Thousand Naked Strangers by Kevin Hazzard30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyComplications by Atul GawandeCall the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Compelling Medical Memoirs
376 books — 179 voters
Complications by Atul GawandeBetter by Atul GawandeBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeHow Doctors Think by Jerome GroopmanThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Books by Physicians about Medical Practice
169 books — 89 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Books Written by Physicians
195 books — 83 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books for Medical Students
410 books — 586 voters