🎗️ New Diagnosis

Books for those grappling with a fresh medical or psychological diagnosis, offering both practical guidance and emotional grounding. Written for the disorienting moment when a label changes everything and nothing.

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

A Cancer in the Family

by Theodora Ross • 2016

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

4.11

190

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

A Cancer in the Family 87%

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

by Theodora Ross 2016

4.11

190 ratings

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

Every Patient Tells a Story

by Lisa Sanders • 2009

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

3.96

9k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Every Patient Tells a Story 87%

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

by Lisa Sanders 2009

3.96

9k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

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 87%

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

Coping with Psoriasis

by David L. Cram • 2000

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

3.60

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

Coping with Psoriasis 87%

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

The Age of Diagnosis

by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

4.11

3k+

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

The Age of Diagnosis 87%

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

The Great Prostate Hoax

by Richard J. Ablin • 2014

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

4.49

115

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Great Prostate Hoax 87%

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

by Richard J. Ablin 2014

4.49

115 ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

by Mary J. Shomon • 2000

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

3.91

644

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Living Well with Hypothyroidism 87%

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

by Mary J. Shomon 2000

3.91

644 ratings

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative 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 87%

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

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 86%

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

Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies

by American Diabetes Association ADA • 2018

Managing Type 2 diabetes, straight: myths debunked, numbers decoded, and a lifelong plan built.

3.91

128

🩸 Type 2 Diabetes 📊 Blood Glucose Monitoring 🍽️ Meal Planning

Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies Summary

Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies 86%

Managing Type 2 diabetes, straight: myths debunked, numbers decoded, and a lifelong plan built.

by American Diabetes Association ADA 2018

3.91

128 ratings

🩸 Type 2 Diabetes 📊 Blood Glucose Monitoring 🍽️ Meal Planning

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

Little Earthquakes

by Sarah Mandel • 2023

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

4.17

500

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Little Earthquakes 86%

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

by Sarah Mandel 2023

4.17

500 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

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 86%

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 Long Covid Survival Guide

by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

4.30

156

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

The Long Covid Survival Guide 86%

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

by Fiona Lowenstein 2022

4.30

156 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

Stop Feeding Your Cancer

by John Kelly • 2014

A family doctor dropped animal protein from his cancer patients' diets. Their tumors stalled.

4.22

121

🥗 Cancer And Diet 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Medicine

Stop Feeding Your Cancer 86%

A family doctor dropped animal protein from his cancer patients' diets. Their tumors stalled.

by John Kelly 2014

4.22

121 ratings

🥗 Cancer And Diet 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Medicine

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR

by American Psychiatric Association • 1952

A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.

3.90

12k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📋 Diagnostic Manuals 📊 Clinical Assessment

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 86%

A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.

by American Psychiatric Association 1952

3.90

12k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📋 Diagnostic Manuals 📊 Clinical Assessment

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

What Seems to Be the Problem? 86%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

Know Your Endo

by Jessica Murnane • 2021

An endo diagnosis gets you a doctor. This book gets you a whole-life management plan.

4.13

361

🫂 Chronic Illness Management 🩸 Women'S Reproductive Health 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

Know Your Endo 86%

An endo diagnosis gets you a doctor. This book gets you a whole-life management plan.

by Jessica Murnane 2021

4.13

361 ratings

🫂 Chronic Illness Management 🩸 Women'S Reproductive Health 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

Chris Beat Cancer

by Chris Wark • 2018

A stage 3 cancer survivor's protocol: the diet, detox, and mindset reset oncology won't prescribe.

4.46

2k+

🏥 Cancer Recovery 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🔬 Integrative Oncology

Chris Beat Cancer 86%

A stage 3 cancer survivor's protocol: the diet, detox, and mindset reset oncology won't prescribe.

by Chris Wark 2018

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Recovery 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🔬 Integrative Oncology

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

by Izabella Wentz • 2013

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

4.11

2k+

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 86%

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

by Izabella Wentz 2013

4.11

2k+ ratings

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

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 86%

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

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Doctored 86%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook

by George Jelinek MD • 2022

A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.

4.22

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🌱 Lifestyle Medicine

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook Summary

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook 86%

A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.

by George Jelinek MD 2022

4.22

18 ratings

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🌱 Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution

by Richard K. Bernstein • 1997

Normal blood sugars despite diabetes: the low-carb method a diabetic doctor perfected on himself.

4.23

1k+

🩺 Diabetes Management 🥩 Low-Carb Diet 💉 Insulin Therapy

Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution Summary

Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution 86%

Normal blood sugars despite diabetes: the low-carb method a diabetic doctor perfected on himself.

by Richard K. Bernstein 1997

4.23

1k+ ratings

🩺 Diabetes Management 🥩 Low-Carb Diet 💉 Insulin Therapy

The Yeast Connection

by William G. Crook • 1983

Your depression and brain fog may be yeast overgrowth from antibiotics. It is treatable.

3.80

261

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Functional Medicine 🍄 Candida Overgrowth

The Yeast Connection 86%

Your depression and brain fog may be yeast overgrowth from antibiotics. It is treatable.

by William G. Crook 1983

3.80

261 ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Functional Medicine 🍄 Candida Overgrowth

How to Be a Patient

by Sana Goldberg • 2019

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

4.10

203

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

How to Be a Patient 86%

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

by Sana Goldberg 2019

4.10

203 ratings

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

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 📖 Disease Biography

The Emperor of All Maladies 86%

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 📖 Disease Biography

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis

by George Jelinek MD • 2010

A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.

4.42

295

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🛡️ Autoimmune Disease 💊 Chronic Illness

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis 86%

A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.

by George Jelinek MD 2010

4.42

295 ratings

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🛡️ Autoimmune Disease 💊 Chronic Illness

Doing Diabetes Differently

by Chad T. Lewis • 2022

The diabetes industry profits from your sickness. The real prescription is food, not more drugs.

4.03

🍬 Diabetes Management 🫀 Metabolic Health 🏥 Chronic Illness Self-Care

Doing Diabetes Differently 86%

The diabetes industry profits from your sickness. The real prescription is food, not more drugs.

by Chad T. Lewis 2022

4.03

65 ratings

🍬 Diabetes Management 🫀 Metabolic Health 🏥 Chronic Illness Self-Care

Radical Remission

by Kelly A. Turner • 2014

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

4.42

3k+

🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment

Radical Remission 85%

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

by Kelly A. Turner 2014

4.42

3k+ ratings

🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment

The Choice

by Henry Denker • 1987

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

3.84

103

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child

The Choice 85%

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

by Henry Denker 1987

3.84

103 ratings

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

Ending Medical Reversal 85%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

Keto for Cancer

by Miriam Kalamian • 2017

Cancer feeds on sugar. A precise ketogenic diet cuts its fuel, tracked with blood numbers.

4.20

198

🥗 Cancer Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Oncology 🍽️ Therapeutic Diets

Keto for Cancer 85%

Cancer feeds on sugar. A precise ketogenic diet cuts its fuel, tracked with blood numbers.

by Miriam Kalamian 2017

4.20

198 ratings

🥗 Cancer Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Oncology 🍽️ Therapeutic Diets

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

4.14

1k+

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets

Undoctored 85%

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets

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 85%

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 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 85%

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

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

Words on Bathroom Walls

by Julia Walton • 2017

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

4.06

16k+

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Words on Bathroom Walls 85%

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

by Julia Walton 2017

4.06

16k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

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