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Medicine
15 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
15 posts
Books Like Being Mortal: 9 Reads on Aging & Death
If Atul Gawande's humane examination of how we age and die moved you, these books on mortality, medicine, and meaning hit the same nerve.
Books Like When Breath Becomes Air: 9 Mortality Reads
If Paul Kalanithi's luminous memoir of facing death as a young doctor moved you, these books on mortality, illness, and meaning will stay with you.
Where to Start with Abraham Verghese: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Abraham Verghese — whether to begin with Cutting for Stone or The Covenant of Water. A complete reading guide to the physician-novelist.
Where to Start with Noah Gordon: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Noah Gordon — how to approach The Physician, his sweeping medieval epic following an English orphan's extraordinary journey to study medicine under Avicenna in Persia. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Oliver Sacks: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Oliver Sacks — whether to begin with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, or his later memoirs. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Paul Kalanithi: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Paul Kalanithi — how to approach When Breath Becomes Air, his essential memoir about mortality and meaning. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Peter Attia: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Attia — how to approach Outlive, his essential guide to the science of longevity and healthspan. A complete reading guide.
Best Books About Aging and Mortality: Fiction and Memoir
The best books about aging and mortality — from Being Mortal and When Breath Becomes Air to A Man Called Ove and The Year of Magical Thinking. Fiction and memoir.
Best Books About Health: Essential Reading List
The best books about health — from Why We Sleep and Outlive to Being Mortal and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Science-based books that change how you understand your body.
Best Books About the Brain and Mind: Essential Reading in Neuroscience
The best books about the brain and mind — from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat to The Body Keeps the Score and Being Mortal. Essential neuroscience reading.
Best Medical Books: Essential Reading on Medicine and the Body
The best medical books — from When Breath Becomes Air and The Emperor of All Maladies to Being Mortal and The Body. Medicine, death, and what it means to heal.
Best Popular Science Books: Essential Reading List
The best popular science books — from A Brief History of Time and The Selfish Gene to The Emperor of All Maladies and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Science explained beautifully.
Where to Start with Atul Gawande: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Atul Gawande — whether to begin with Being Mortal, The Checklist Manifesto, or Complications. A complete reading guide to the surgeon-writer.
Where to Start with Mary Roach: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Roach — whether to begin with Stiff, Gulp, Grunt, or Packing for Mars. A complete reading guide to the science humorist.
Where to Start with Siddhartha Mukherjee: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Siddhartha Mukherjee — whether to begin with The Emperor of All Maladies, The Gene, or The Song of the Cell. A complete reading guide.
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