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Medicine Books Worth Reading

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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. Concussion
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Concussion: Hardcover – January 1, 2035
2. Beauty in the Broken Places
Allison Pataki, David Levy
Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience
3. Quantum Supremacy
Michio Kaku
Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
4. Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health
Rosemary Gladstar
Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family
5. Say Good Night to Insomnia
Gregg D. Jacobs, Anna Montague
Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School
6. The Vaccine
Joe Miller, Özlem Türeci
The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
7. The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs
Judy Ann Nock
The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Hidden Powers of Herbs
8. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi
Peter Wayne, Mark L. Fuerst
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi: 12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart, and Sharp Mind
9. Anticancer Living
Lorenzo Cohen PhD, Alison Jefferies MEd
Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six
10. A Headache in the Pelvis
David Wise Ph.D., Rodney Anderson M.D.
A Headache in the Pelvis: The Wise-Anderson Protocol for Healing Pelvic Pain: The Definitive Edition
11. The Whartons' Stretch Book
Jim Wharton, Phil Wharton
The Whartons' Stretch Book: Featuring the Breakthrough Method of Active-Isolated Stretching
12. The Healing Powers of Honey
Cal Orey
The Healing Powers of Honey: The Healthy & Green Choice to Sweeten Packed with Immune-Boosting Antioxidants
13. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
14. Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
15. Everything Happens for a Reason
Kate Bowler
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
16. Five Days at Memorial
Sheri Fink
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
17. My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
18. Complications
Atul Gawande
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
19. Do No Harm
Henry Marsh
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
20. The Poisoner's Handbook
Deborah Blum
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
21. When the Body Says No
Gabor Maté
When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection
22. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
23. Better
Atul Gawande
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
24. The Butchering Art
Lindsey Fitzharris
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

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