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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
1
Paul Kalanithi
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
2
Atul Gawande
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
3
Rebecca Skloot
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
4
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
5
Atul Gawande
Better (Atul Gawande)
Better
6
Atul Gawande
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
7
Anne Fadiman
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)
The Checklist Manifesto
8
Atul Gawande
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
9
Mary Roach
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
10
John Green
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains
11
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
12
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
13
Abraham Verghese
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery (Henry Marsh)
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
14
Henry Marsh
The House of God (Samuel Shem)
The House of God
15
Samuel Shem
Still Alice (Lisa Ginova)
Still Alice
16
Lisa Ginova
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
17
Richard Preston
Didn't Get Frazzled (David Z. Hirsch)
Didn't Get Frazzled
18
David Z. Hirsch
When the Air Hits Your Brain (Frank Vertosick Jr.)
When the Air Hits Your Brain
19
Frank Vertosick Jr.
How Doctors Think
How Doctors Think
20
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Pauline W. Chen)
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
21
Pauline W. Chen
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
This Is Going to Hurt
22
Adam Kay
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
23
Daniel Keyes
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
24
Michael J. Collins, M.D
The Devil Wears Scrubs (Freida McFadden)
The Devil Wears Scrubs
25
Freida McFadden
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
Five Days at Memorial
26
Sheri Fink
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
27
Robert Marion
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
28
Susanna Kaysen
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind
29
Kay Redfield Jamison
On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency (Emily R. Transue)
On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency
30
Emily R. Transue
Beautiful Affliction (Lene Fogelberg)
Beautiful Affliction
31
Lene Fogelberg
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation (Sandeep Jauhar)
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation
32
Sandeep Jauhar
My Own Country (Abraham Verghese)
My Own Country
33
Abraham Verghese
What Doctors Feel (Danielle Ofri)
What Doctors Feel
34
Danielle Ofri
Paper Cranes (Nicole Hite)
Paper Cranes
35
Nicole Hite
The Bloated Belly Whisperer (Tamara Duker Freuman)
The Bloated Belly Whisperer
36
Tamara Duker Freuman
Trauma Room Two (Phillip Allen Green)
Trauma Room Two
37
Phillip Allen Green
An Imperfect Offering (James Orbinski)
An Imperfect Offering
38
James Orbinski
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
39
Jean-Dominique Bauby
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey (Izzeldin Abuelaish)
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey
40
Izzeldin Abuelaish
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