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📖 Disease Biography

A deep, narrative portrait of a single disease — its origins, its cultural meaning, its victims, and the scientists and sufferers who defined humanity's relationship with it.
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet • 1929
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
3.68
597
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain 93%
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
by Alphonse Daudet 1929
3.68
597 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
The Family Gene
by Joselin Linder • 2017
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
4.05
1k+
🧬 Genetic Disorders🦠 Rare Diseases🔍 Medical Mysteries
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene 92%
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
by Joselin Linder 2017
4.05
1k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Disorders🦠 Rare Diseases🔍 Medical Mysteries
The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
4.34
116k+
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology🧬 Genetics
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies 91%
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
4.34
116k+ ratings
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology🧬 Genetics
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 91%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
Lucky Man
by Michael J. Fox • 2002
Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.
4.08
29k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🏥 Chronic Illness🧊 Sobriety Memoirs
Lucky Man Summary
Lucky Man 91%
Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.
by Michael J. Fox 2002
4.08
29k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🏥 Chronic Illness🧊 Sobriety Memoirs
The Blink of an Eye
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
4.09
467
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye 91%
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018
4.09
467 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder • 2003
A physician in Haiti took on the world's deadliest diseases among the poorest, and won.
4.20
89k+
🏥 Global Health🩺 Medical Biography⚖️ Health Equity
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains 91%
A physician in Haiti took on the world's deadliest diseases among the poorest, and won.
by Tracy Kidder 2003
4.20
89k+ ratings
🏥 Global Health🩺 Medical Biography⚖️ Health Equity
On Pluto
by Greg O'Brien • 2014
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto 90%
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
by Greg O'Brien 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh • 2014
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
4.25
43k+
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm 90%
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
by Henry Marsh 2014
4.25
43k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
3.89
8k+
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 90%
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018
3.89
8k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
Brain on Fire
by Susannah Cahalan • 2012
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
4.09
239k+
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire 90%
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
by Susannah Cahalan 2012
4.09
239k+ ratings
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Nearly Departed
by Gila Pfeffer • 2024
Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.
4.40
360
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🧬 Genetic Risk👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness
Nearly Departed Summary
Nearly Departed 90%
Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.
by Gila Pfeffer 2024
4.40
360 ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🧬 Genetic Risk👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness
Ghost Boy
by Martin Pistorius • 2011
At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.
4.05
28k+
🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs🧠 Locked-In Syndrome🏥 Neurological Disorders
Ghost Boy Summary
Ghost Boy 90%
At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.
by Martin Pistorius 2011
4.05
28k+ ratings
🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs🧠 Locked-In Syndrome🏥 Neurological Disorders
Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders • 2019
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
4.00
4k+
🧩 Medical Mysteries🦠 Rare Diseases🧠 Cognitive Biases
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 90%
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
by Lisa Sanders 2019
4.00
4k+ ratings
🧩 Medical Mysteries🦠 Rare Diseases🧠 Cognitive Biases
Not Fade Away
by Rebecca Alexander • 2014
At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.
3.96
1k+
🦽 Disability Memoirs👂 Sensory Loss⏳ Progressive Illness
Not Fade Away Summary
Not Fade Away 90%
At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.
by Rebecca Alexander 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🦽 Disability Memoirs👂 Sensory Loss⏳ Progressive Illness
One Hundred Names for Love
by Diane Ackerman • 2011
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
3.85
2k+
🏥 Stroke Recovery🗨️ Aphasia💝 Caregiving Memoirs
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love 90%
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
by Diane Ackerman 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏥 Stroke Recovery🗨️ Aphasia💝 Caregiving Memoirs
Old Age
by Michael Kinsley • 2016
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
3.20
2k+
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Old Age Summary
Old Age 90%
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
by Michael Kinsley 2016
3.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Poster Child
by Emily Rapp • 2006
Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.
3.72
645
🩺 Medical Memoir🦿 Physical Disability💭 Internalized Ableism
Poster Child Summary
Poster Child 90%
Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.
by Emily Rapp 2006
3.72
645 ratings
🩺 Medical Memoir🦿 Physical Disability💭 Internalized Ableism
Candace Pert
by Pamela Ryckman • 2023
She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.
3.88
68
👩‍🔬 Women In Science🧠 Neuroscience History🧘 Mind-Body Medicine
Candace Pert Summary
Candace Pert 89%
She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.
by Pamela Ryckman 2023
3.88
68 ratings
👩‍🔬 Women In Science🧠 Neuroscience History🧘 Mind-Body Medicine
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 89%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
Everything Happens for a Reason
by Kate Bowler • 2018
She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.
3.80
54k+
🏛️ American Evangelicalism🩺 Cancer Memoirs✝️ Theology Of Suffering
Everything Happens for a Reason Summary
Everything Happens for a Reason 89%
She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.
by Kate Bowler 2018
3.80
54k+ ratings
🏛️ American Evangelicalism🩺 Cancer Memoirs✝️ Theology Of Suffering
Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition
by Gregg Lewis • 2009
A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.
4.38
3k+
🩺 Medical Biography📚 Reading And Literacy🙏 Faith And Medicine
Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition Summary
Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition 89%
A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.
by Gregg Lewis 2009
4.38
3k+ ratings
🩺 Medical Biography📚 Reading And Literacy🙏 Faith And Medicine
On the Move
by Oliver Sacks • 2015
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
4.03
22k+
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
On the Move Summary
On the Move 89%
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
by Oliver Sacks 2015
4.03
22k+ ratings
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
When the Air Hits Your Brain
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
4.35
12k+
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain 89%
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996
4.35
12k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility
The Song of the Cell
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2022
We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.
4.29
16k+
🧬 Cell Biology🔬 History Of Science🏥 Medical History
The Song of the Cell Summary
The Song of the Cell 89%
We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022
4.29
16k+ ratings
🧬 Cell Biology🔬 History Of Science🏥 Medical History
Divided Minds
by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
4.00
3k+
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds 89%
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005
4.00
3k+ ratings
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
The Good Doctor
by Barron H. Lerner • 2014
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
3.86
189
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor 89%
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
by Barron H. Lerner 2014
3.86
189 ratings
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
Patient Zero
by Lydia Kang • 2021
The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.
4.13
3k+
🏥 Medical History🌍 Disease Ecology🔍 Outbreak Investigation
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero 89%
The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.
by Lydia Kang 2021
4.13
3k+ ratings
🏥 Medical History🌍 Disease Ecology🔍 Outbreak Investigation
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
4.13
2k+
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain 89%
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023
4.13
2k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
The Invisible Kingdom
by Meghan O'Rourke • 2022
When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.
4.02
7k+
🩺 Chronic Illness🚺 Women'S Health🩻 Medical Gaslighting
The Invisible Kingdom Summary
The Invisible Kingdom 89%
When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.
by Meghan O'Rourke 2022
4.02
7k+ ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🚺 Women'S Health🩻 Medical Gaslighting
First Comes Love
by Marion Winik • 1996
She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.
4.14
441
✍️ Literary Memoir💊 Aids Crisis💔 Unconventional Marriage
First Comes Love Summary
First Comes Love 89%
She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.
by Marion Winik 1996
4.14
441 ratings
✍️ Literary Memoir💊 Aids Crisis💔 Unconventional Marriage
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
by Wes Ely • 2021
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
4.35
2k+
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath 89%
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
by Wes Ely 2021
4.35
2k+ ratings
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Between Two Kingdoms
by Suleika Jaouad • 2021
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
4.42
130k+
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing
Between Two Kingdoms Summary
Between Two Kingdoms 89%
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
by Suleika Jaouad 2021
4.42
130k+ ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing
World Without Cancer
by G. Edward Griffin • 1974
Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.
4.31
495
🎗️ Cancer Treatment🍽️ Dietary Deficiency🕵️ Medical Conspiracy
World Without Cancer Summary
World Without Cancer 89%
Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.
by G. Edward Griffin 1974
4.31
495 ratings
🎗️ Cancer Treatment🍽️ Dietary Deficiency🕵️ Medical Conspiracy
Tripping Over the Truth
by Travis Christofferson • 2014
Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.
4.53
952
🔬 Cancer Metabolism🫀 Metabolic Health💊 Metabolic Therapy
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth 89%
Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.
by Travis Christofferson 2014
4.53
952 ratings
🔬 Cancer Metabolism🫀 Metabolic Health💊 Metabolic Therapy
The Country of the Blind
by Andrew Leland • 2023
A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.
4.09
6k+
🦯 Blindness Memoir✊ Disability Rights🩺 Chronic Illness
The Country of the Blind Summary
The Country of the Blind 89%
A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.
by Andrew Leland 2023
4.09
6k+ ratings
🦯 Blindness Memoir✊ Disability Rights🩺 Chronic Illness
Gray Matters
by Theodore H. Schwartz • 2024
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
4.36
1k+
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 History Of Medicine🧬 Brain Science
Gray Matters Summary
Gray Matters 89%
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024
4.36
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 History Of Medicine🧬 Brain Science
Coping with Psoriasis
by David L. Cram • 2000
The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.
3.60
5
🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions🦠 Autoimmune Disorders🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership
Coping with Psoriasis Summary
Coping with Psoriasis 89%
The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.
by David L. Cram 2000
3.60
5 ratings
🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions🦠 Autoimmune Disorders🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership
An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
4.06
87k+
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert
An Unquiet Mind Summary
An Unquiet Mind 89%
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995
4.06
87k+ ratings
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert
No Cure for Being Human
by Kate Bowler • 2021
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
4.12
24k+
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
No Cure for Being Human Summary
No Cure for Being Human 89%
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
by Kate Bowler 2021
4.12
24k+ ratings
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
Gifted Hands
by Ben Carson • 1992
From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.
4.18
23k+
🏥 Medical Memoirs🧠 Surgical Pioneers🌆 Overcoming Poverty
Gifted Hands Summary
Gifted Hands 89%
From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.
by Ben Carson 1992
4.18
23k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoirs🧠 Surgical Pioneers🌆 Overcoming Poverty
The Butchering Art
by Lindsey Fitzharris • 2017
Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.
4.30
23k+
🏥 Medical History💉 Victorian Medicine🦠 Germ Theory
The Butchering Art Summary
The Butchering Art 89%
Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.
by Lindsey Fitzharris 2017
4.30
23k+ ratings
🏥 Medical History💉 Victorian Medicine🦠 Germ Theory
The Unwinding of the Miracle
by Julie Yip-Williams • 2019
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
4.09
12k+
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
The Unwinding of the Miracle Summary
The Unwinding of the Miracle 89%
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
by Julie Yip-Williams 2019
4.09
12k+ ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
Crooked
by Forrest Maready • 2018
Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.
4.38
178
🌿 Alternative Medicine📜 Medical History💉 Vaccine Skepticism
Crooked Summary
Crooked 89%
Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.
by Forrest Maready 2018
4.38
178 ratings
🌿 Alternative Medicine📜 Medical History💉 Vaccine Skepticism
Before My Heart Stops
by Paul Cardall • 2010
He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.
3.98
392
🏥 Medical Memoir⛪ Mormon Memoir🫀 Organ Transplant
Before My Heart Stops Summary
Before My Heart Stops 89%
He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.
by Paul Cardall 2010
3.98
392 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir⛪ Mormon Memoir🫀 Organ Transplant
Beethoven
by Edmund Morris • 2005
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
4.02
2k+
🎵 Classical Music🎼 Composer Biographies🔥 Artistic Obsession
Beethoven Summary
Beethoven 89%
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
by Edmund Morris 2005
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎵 Classical Music🎼 Composer Biographies🔥 Artistic Obsession
Everything in Its Place
by Oliver Sacks • 2019
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
4.14
3k+
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place 89%
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
by Oliver Sacks 2019
4.14
3k+ ratings
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Beautiful Scars
by Kilee Brookbank • 2017
A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.
4.29
41
🔥 Burn Recovery🏥 Medical Trauma💔 Adolescent Illness
Beautiful Scars Summary
Beautiful Scars 89%
A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.
by Kilee Brookbank 2017
4.29
41 ratings
🔥 Burn Recovery🏥 Medical Trauma💔 Adolescent Illness
All the Young Men
by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020
When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.
4.49
9k+
💔 Aids Crisis🏡 Southern Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism
All the Young Men Summary
All the Young Men 89%
When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.
by Ruth Coker Burks 2020
4.49
9k+ ratings
💔 Aids Crisis🏡 Southern Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism
The Premonition
by Michael Lewis • 2021
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
4.32
43k+
🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition 89%
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
by Michael Lewis 2021
4.32
43k+ ratings
🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
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