Medicine

Everything Is Tuberculosis

By John Green

Apart from his literary accomplishments (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down), John Green is a notable philanthropist, having created a string of nonprofit charity projects and a foundation alongside his brother, Hank. Green is an advocate for health care equality and, most notably, has been using his platform to address policies and regulations regarding tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease that is nonetheless a leading cause of death in Africa, especially among children. Everything Is Tuberculosis asks readers to join the fight to save them.

Apart from his literary accomplishments (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down), John Green is a notable philanthropist, having created a string of nonprofit charity projects and a foundation alongside his brother, Hank. Green is an advocate for health care equality and,…

The Story of a Heart

By Rachel Clarke

Rachel Clarke’s powerful The Story of a Heart braids the true story of a pediatric organ transplant with a rigorous history of transplant science.

Rachel Clarke’s powerful The Story of a Heart braids the true story of a pediatric organ transplant with a rigorous history of transplant science.

Invisible Labor

By Rachel Somerstein

Invisible Labor is a sobering, provocative and deeply researched look at the history of C-sections and how they impact women’s lives.

Invisible Labor is a sobering, provocative and deeply researched look at the history of C-sections and how they impact women’s lives.

Committed

By Suzanne Scanlon

In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.

In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.

A Fatal Inheritance

By Lawrence Ingrassia

A Fatal Inheritance recounts the discovery of how cancer can be passed down through genes, providing a compassionate look at families forever changed.

A Fatal Inheritance recounts the discovery of how cancer can be passed down through genes, providing a compassionate look at families forever changed.

Facing the Unseen

By Damon Tweedy

In Facing the Unseen, Black Man in a White Coat author Damon Tweedy makes an impassioned call for better mental health care.

In Facing the Unseen, Black Man in a White Coat author Damon Tweedy makes an impassioned call for better mental health care.

Empire of Pain

By Patrick Radden Keefe

In jaw-dropping detail, Patrick Radden Keefe recounts the greed and corruption at the heart of the Sackler family’s quest for wealth and social status.

In jaw-dropping detail, Patrick Radden Keefe recounts the greed and corruption at the heart of the Sackler family’s quest for wealth and social status.

The People’s Hospital

By Ricardo Nuila

Using the stories of five patients, physician Ricardo Nuila reveals how a public hospital in Houston has succeeded in providing health care to people who are the most vulnerable.

Using the stories of five patients, physician Ricardo Nuila reveals how a public hospital in Houston has succeeded in providing health care to people who are the most vulnerable.

Random Acts of Medicine

By Anupam B. Jena, By Christopher Worsham

In their revealing book, Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham illustrate the role that pure chance plays in medicine.

In their revealing book, Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham illustrate the role that pure chance plays in medicine.

Mind on Fire

By Arnold Thomas Fanning

In Mind on Fire: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery, Arnold Thomas Fanning offers a powerful, intimate account of a life spent wrestling with depression and bipolar disorder.

In Mind on Fire: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery, Arnold Thomas Fanning offers a powerful, intimate account of a life spent wrestling with depression and bipolar disorder.

Rough Sleepers

By Tracy Kidder

With a straightforward scrutiny that reveals without judging, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder offers a long, hard look at the lives of homeless people in Rough Sleepers.

With a straightforward scrutiny that reveals without judging, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder offers a long, hard look at the lives of homeless people in Rough Sleepers.

The Song of the Cell

By Siddhartha Mukherjee

This captivating, provocative book from Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee encourages us to imagine how cellular engineering can reshape medicine.

This captivating, provocative book from Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee encourages us to imagine how cellular engineering can reshape medicine.

The Day I Die

By Anita Hannig

It’s impossible to read Anita Hannig’s The Day I Die without being moved. It will make you reconsider how dying could and should be.

It’s impossible to read Anita Hannig’s The Day I Die without being moved. It will make you reconsider how dying could and should be.

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