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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1980 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.49 — 222,270 ratings — published 2014
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1805 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.41 — 829,330 ratings — published 2016
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1451 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.34 — 116,378 ratings — published 2010
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1179 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.13 — 816,651 ratings — published 2010
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 1124 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.28 — 53,044 ratings — published 2002
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor (ebook)
by (shelved 1017 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.40 — 336,898 ratings — published 2017
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1001 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.05 — 250,202 ratings — published 1985
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 850 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.25 — 37,625 ratings — published 2007
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 781 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.25 — 43,680 ratings — published 2014
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 717 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.06 — 244,252 ratings — published 2003
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)
by (shelved 625 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.20 — 90,092 ratings — published 1997
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The House of God The House of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 569 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.84 — 29,094 ratings — published 1978
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Hardcover)
by (shelved 558 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.04 — 76,476 ratings — published 2009
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Cutting for Stone Cutting for Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 487 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.34 — 433,074 ratings — published 2009
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 481 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.20 — 89,646 ratings — published 2003
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The Gene: An Intimate History The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 464 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.35 — 56,955 ratings — published 2016
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How Doctors Think How Doctors Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 450 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.93 — 13,422 ratings — published 2007
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 435 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.33 — 252,018 ratings — published 2025
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
by (shelved 386 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.16 — 123,211 ratings — published 1994
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.31 — 102,152 ratings — published 2019
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 347 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.98 — 42,985 ratings — published 2004
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 344 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.09 — 240,463 ratings — published 2012
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
by (shelved 338 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,004 ratings — published 2006
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 331 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.32 — 49,721 ratings — published 2018
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 307 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.37 — 232,737 ratings — published 2017
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 293 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.34 — 294,827 ratings — published 2014
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 291 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.30 — 23,365 ratings — published 2017
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Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 291 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,017 ratings — published 2009
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.35 — 11,910 ratings — published 1996
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.54 — 142,440 ratings — published 2021
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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books) The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books)
by (shelved 257 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,277 ratings — published 2015
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Bad Science Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,128 ratings — published 2008
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How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter (Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,400 ratings — published 1994
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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Hardcover)
by (shelved 243 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.28 — 15,854 ratings — published 2022
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War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line (Hardcover)
by (shelved 241 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.53 — 15,570 ratings — published 2019
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as medicine)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,829 ratings — published 2013
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.39 — 29,607 ratings — published 1987
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.08 — 56,983 ratings — published 2014
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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.31 — 101,017 ratings — published 2023
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.27 — 28,376 ratings — published 2014
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.42 — 20,781 ratings — published 2012
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Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 217 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.11 — 72,255 ratings — published 2019
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What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 217 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,660 ratings — published 2013
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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (Hardcover)
by (shelved 212 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.10 — 9,400 ratings — published 2012
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Awakenings Awakenings (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,371 ratings — published 1973
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Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,071 ratings — published 2005
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The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,745 ratings — published 2015
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 196 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.17 — 32,685 ratings — published 2016
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story My Own Country: A Doctor's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as medicine)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,406 ratings — published 1994
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