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9 Best Medicine Books

Goal: Find the best Medicine books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best medicine books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

9 Best Medicine Books

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1

The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

2

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande

Also recommended by:

Ryan Shea

3

Do No Harm

Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

by Henry Marsh

4

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

5

Mountains Beyond Mountains

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

by Tracy Kidder

6

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

And Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

Also recommended by:

Jordan Peterson

7

Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

by Atul Gawande

8

Stiff

The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

9

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

by Anne Fadiman

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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