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Medicine
13 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
13 posts
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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