9.0
|
MortalityMortality |
Christopher HitchensHitchens |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Medicine |
United Kingdom |
|
9.0
|
Body: A Guide for OccupantsThe Body: A Guide for Occupants |
Bill BrysonBryson |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine |
United States |
|
9.0
|
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology WatcherThe Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher |
Lewis ThomasThomasc |
Non-Fiction |
Science/Nature, Medicine |
United States |
|
9.0
|
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain SurgeryDo No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery |
Henry MarshMarsh |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
9.0
|
My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story of a Town and Its PeopleMy Own Country: A Doctor’s Story of a Town and Its People |
Abraham VergheseVerghese |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
9.0
|
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final ChapterHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter |
Sherwin NulandNuland |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
9.0
|
Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology WatcherThe Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher |
Lewis ThomasThomasc |
Non-Fiction |
Science/Nature, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.5
|
When I Die: Lessons from the Death ZoneWhen I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone |
Philip GouldGould |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine |
United Kingdom |
|
8.5
|
Intoxicated By My Illness: And Other Writings on Life and DeathIntoxicated By My Illness: And Other Writings on Life and Death |
Anatole BroyardBroyard |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.5
|
Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and DiscoveryThe Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery |
Ross DouthatDouthat |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.5
|
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect ScienceComplications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science |
Atul GawandeGawande |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
8.0
|
All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's WorkAll the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work |
Hayley CampbellCampbell |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
8.0
|
How Doctors ThinkHow Doctors Think |
Jerome GroopmanGroopman |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine |
United States |
|
8.0
|
When Breath Becomes AirWhen Breath Becomes Air |
Paul KalanithiKalanithi |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.0
|
Illness as MetaphorIllness as Metaphor |
Susan SontagSontag |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
8.0
|
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicSpillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic |
David QuammenQuammen |
Non-Fiction |
Science/Nature, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.0
|
Premonition: A Pandemic StoryThe Premonition: A Pandemic Story |
Michael LewisLewis |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Medicine |
United States |
|
8.0
|
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two CulturesThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures |
Anne FadimanFadiman |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Anthropology |
United States |
|
7.5
|
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers |
Mary RoachRoach |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
7.5
|
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate EpidemicDreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic |
Sam QuinonesQuinones |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Medicine |
United States |
|
7.0
|
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End |
Atul GawandeGawande |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine |
United States |
|
7.0
|
Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Forensic, Medical, and Social Aspects Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Forensic, Medical, and Social Aspects |
Sergey ShelegSheleg |
Non-Fiction |
Psychology, Medicine |
United States |
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