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Goodreads Best Books for Medical Students (AND the Rest of Us)

"A list of the best books for medical students (or anyone else!) that want to gain a better insight into medical ethics as well as the lives of patients and their doctors." (Goodreads)
The Goodreads list is much longer but this list contains:
* The Top 40 of the original list (1-40)
* The most commonly read books (at least 10,000 ratings) of the remainder (41-72)
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When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
2
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
4
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
5
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
6
Better (Atul Gawande)
Better (Atul Gawande)
7
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
8
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)
9
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
10
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
11
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains
12
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Ol
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Ol
13
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
14
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery (Henry Marsh)
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery (Henry Marsh)
15
The House of God (Samuel Shem)
The House of God (Samuel Shem)
16
Still Alice (Lisa Ginova)
Still Alice (Lisa Ginova)
17
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Richard Preston)
18
Didn't Get Frazzled (David Z. Hirsch)
Didn't Get Frazzled (David Z. Hirsch)
19
When the Air Hits Your Brain (Frank Vertosick Jr.)
When the Air Hits Your Brain (Frank Vertosick Jr.)
20
How Doctors Think
How Doctors Think
21
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Pauline W. Chen)
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Pauline W. Chen)
22
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
23
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
24
Hot Lights, Cold Steal: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Year (Michael J. Collins, M.D)
Hot Lights, Cold Steal: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Year (Michael J. Collins, M.D)
25
The Devil Wears Scrubs (Freida McFadden)
The Devil Wears Scrubs (Freida McFadden)
26
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
27
The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor (Robert Marion)
The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor (Robert Marion)
28
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
29
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
30
On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency (Emily R. Transue)
On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency (Emily R. Transue)
31
Beautiful Affliction (Lene Fogelberg)
Beautiful Affliction (Lene Fogelberg)
32
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation (Sandeep Jauhar)
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation (Sandeep Jauhar)
33
My Own Country (Abraham Verghese)
My Own Country (Abraham Verghese)
34
What Doctors Feel (Danielle Ofri)
What Doctors Feel (Danielle Ofri)
35
Paper Cranes (Nicole Hite)
Paper Cranes (Nicole Hite)
36
The Bloated Belly Whisperer (Tamara Duker Freuman)
The Bloated Belly Whisperer (Tamara Duker Freuman)
37
Trauma Room Two (Phillip Allen Green)
Trauma Room Two (Phillip Allen Green)
38
An Imperfect Offering (James Orbinski)
An Imperfect Offering (James Orbinski)
39
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
40
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey (Izzeldin Abuelaish)
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey (Izzeldin Abuelaish)
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