50 Books like Bleed

It's Not Hysteria

by Karen Tang • 2024

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

4.12

11k+

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

It's Not Hysteria 97%

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

by Karen Tang 2024

4.12

11k+ ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

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 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Illness Narratives

The Invisible Kingdom 96%

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 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Illness Narratives

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 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 💢 Pain Management

Know Your Endo 95%

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 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 💢 Pain Management

Rage Becomes Her

by Soraya Chemaly • 2018

Women are taught anger is unfeminine. The price is paid in bodies, paychecks, and political silence.

4.33

12k+

😠 Suppressed Anger 💼 Emotional Labor 🫧 Body Politics ⛓️ Systemic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Rage Becomes Her 95%

Women are taught anger is unfeminine. The price is paid in bodies, paychecks, and political silence.

by Soraya Chemaly 2018

4.33

12k+ ratings

😠 Suppressed Anger 💼 Emotional Labor 🫧 Body Politics ⛓️ Systemic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Mismeasure of Woman

by Carol Tavris • 1992

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

4.07

431

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

Mismeasure of Woman 94%

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

by Carol Tavris 1992

4.07

431 ratings

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

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 ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The Long Covid Survival Guide 94%

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 ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The Gynae Geek

by Anita Mitra • 2019

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

4.45

556

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

The Gynae Geek 94%

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

by Anita Mitra 2019

4.45

556 ratings

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

The Vagina Bible

by Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

9k+

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Vagina Bible 94%

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

by Jennifer Gunter 2019

4.34

9k+ ratings

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

4.43

6k+

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Cancer Journals 94%

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

by Audre Lorde 1980

4.43

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Revised Edition)

by Christiane Northrup • 1994

Your symptoms are not random. A gynecologist's method for reading the unmet needs behind them.

4.33

13k+

🩺 Women's Health 🧠 Mind Body Medicine 🌸 Menstrual Cycles 🌙 Menopause 🤰 Birth Advocacy

Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Revised Edition) Summary

Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Revised Edition) 94%

Your symptoms are not random. A gynecologist's method for reading the unmet needs behind them.

by Christiane Northrup 1994

4.33

13k+ ratings

🩺 Women's Health 🧠 Mind Body Medicine 🌸 Menstrual Cycles 🌙 Menopause 🤰 Birth Advocacy

A Mind of Your Own

by Kelly Brogan • 2016

Your depression may be inflammation in disguise, and antidepressants are making the fire worse.

3.79

3k+

🩺 Functional Medicine 🧠 Women's Mental Health 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 💊 Antidepressant Risks

A Mind of Your Own 93%

Your depression may be inflammation in disguise, and antidepressants are making the fire worse.

by Kelly Brogan 2016

3.79

3k+ ratings

🩺 Functional Medicine 🧠 Women's Mental Health 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 💊 Antidepressant Risks

Heal Endo

by Katie Edmonds • 2022

Endometriosis is an immune-inflammatory disease: a diet, gut, and lifestyle plan to calm it.

4.57

530

🎗️ Endometriosis 🤒 Chronic Illness 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Immune Dysfunction

Heal Endo 93%

Endometriosis is an immune-inflammatory disease: a diet, gut, and lifestyle plan to calm it.

by Katie Edmonds 2022

4.57

530 ratings

🎗️ Endometriosis 🤒 Chronic Illness 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Immune Dysfunction

The Menopause Manifesto

by Jennifer Gunter • 2021

Menopause is biology, not a disease. The supplement industry profits from what you don't know.

4.06

9k+

🩸 Menopause 🩺 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔄 Midlife Health ✊ Medical Feminism

The Menopause Manifesto 93%

Menopause is biology, not a disease. The supplement industry profits from what you don't know.

by Jennifer Gunter 2021

4.06

9k+ ratings

🩸 Menopause 🩺 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔄 Midlife Health ✊ Medical Feminism

Dare I Say It

by Naomi Watts • 2025

Menopause blindsided Naomi Watts at 36. She cuts through the silence, shame, and bad science.

3.85

9k+

🩺 Menopause Health 🏥 Women's Health 🌸 Reproductive Health 🔥 Sexual Wellness 💜 Body Acceptance

Dare I Say It 93%

Menopause blindsided Naomi Watts at 36. She cuts through the silence, shame, and bad science.

by Naomi Watts 2025

3.85

9k+ ratings

🩺 Menopause Health 🏥 Women's Health 🌸 Reproductive Health 🔥 Sexual Wellness 💜 Body Acceptance

Dr Cuterus

by Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

4.47

496

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

Dr Cuterus 93%

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

by Tanaya Narendra 2022

4.47

496 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

In the Flo

by Alisa Vitti • 2020

Align food, fitness, and work with your menstrual cycle to unlock energy and productivity.

3.97

9k+

🩺 Women's Health 🌀 Hormonal Health 🍽️ Intuitive Eating 🏃‍♀️ Women's Fitness 🔄 Cyclical Living

In the Flo 93%

Align food, fitness, and work with your menstrual cycle to unlock energy and productivity.

by Alisa Vitti 2020

3.97

9k+ ratings

🩺 Women's Health 🌀 Hormonal Health 🍽️ Intuitive Eating 🏃‍♀️ Women's Fitness 🔄 Cyclical Living

The Female Body Bible

by Emma Ross • 2023

Sports science was designed for men. The physiology that rewrites the rules for the female body.

4.17

357

🧬 Women's Physiology 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 📊 Gender Data Gap 🩸 Menstrual Cycle 💪 Pelvic Health

The Female Body Bible 93%

Sports science was designed for men. The physiology that rewrites the rules for the female body.

by Emma Ross 2023

4.17

357 ratings

🧬 Women's Physiology 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 📊 Gender Data Gap 🩸 Menstrual Cycle 💪 Pelvic Health

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

4.34

173k+

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women 93%

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019

4.34

173k+ ratings

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control

by Sarah E. Hill • 2019

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

4.03

12k+

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👩‍⚕️ Gender Bias In Medicine 💋 Female Desire

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control Summary

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control 93%

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

by Sarah E. Hill 2019

4.03

12k+ ratings

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👩‍⚕️ Gender Bias In Medicine 💋 Female Desire

"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

by Aubrey Gordon • 2023

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

4.32

12k+

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" 93%

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

by Aubrey Gordon 2023

4.32

12k+ ratings

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

Estrogen Matters

by Avrum Bluming • 2018

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

4.31

3k+

🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Estrogen Matters 93%

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

by Avrum Bluming 2018

4.31

3k+ ratings

🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science 93%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Facing the Unseen 93%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 93%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Breaking the Taboo

by Theo Clarke • 2025

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

4.37

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Breaking the Taboo 93%

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

by Theo Clarke 2025

4.37

19 ratings

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

I'm Sorry for My Loss

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long • 2024

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

4.34

4k+

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

I'm Sorry for My Loss 93%

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long 2024

4.34

4k+ ratings

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

Mad, Bad, and Sad

by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

3.70

957

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

Mad, Bad, and Sad 93%

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

by Lisa Appignanesi 2007

3.70

957 ratings

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

Period Power

by Maisie Hill • 2019

Your cycle has four hormonal seasons. Each brings distinct strengths you can learn to harness.

4.04

12k+

🩸 Menstrual Health 🔄 Cycle Syncing 🧬 Hormone Health ✊ Feminist Health 🌸 Period Positivity

Period Power 93%

Your cycle has four hormonal seasons. Each brings distinct strengths you can learn to harness.

by Maisie Hill 2019

4.04

12k+ ratings

🩸 Menstrual Health 🔄 Cycle Syncing 🧬 Hormone Health ✊ Feminist Health 🌸 Period Positivity

Unshrinking

by Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

4.16

2k+

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Unshrinking 92%

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

by Kate Manne 2024

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

4.17

122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Hunger 92%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Rock-a-by Baby

by Verta Taylor • 1996

How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.

3.67

🚩 Social Movements 🎓 Women's Studies 🤱 Postpartum Depression 🩺 Medicalization 👥 Self-Help Groups

Rock-a-by Baby 92%

How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.

by Verta Taylor 1996

3.67

9 ratings

🚩 Social Movements 🎓 Women's Studies 🤱 Postpartum Depression 🩺 Medicalization 👥 Self-Help Groups

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

4.45

107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood 92%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

3.79

3k+

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Essential Labor 92%

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Limits to Medicine 92%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 92%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives 🧠 Trauma Recovery 🚑 Humanitarian Medicine

The Power of Women 92%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives 🧠 Trauma Recovery 🚑 Humanitarian 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 🩺 Chronic Illness Management ⚖️ Hormone Health

Living Well with Hypothyroidism 92%

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 🩺 Chronic Illness Management ⚖️ Hormone Health

Already Toast

by Kate Washington • 2021

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

3.92

666

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👩 Gendered Care Work 🏛️ Healthcare Critique

Already Toast 92%

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

by Kate Washington 2021

3.92

666 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👩 Gendered Care Work 🏛️ Healthcare Critique

For Her Own Good

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

3.96

3k+

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good 92%

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976

3.96

3k+ ratings

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 92%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

4.36

349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 92%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

803

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

High Risk 92%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 92%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

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 ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 92%

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 ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 92%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 92%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Weathering

by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

4.22

640

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

Weathering 92%

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

by Arline T. Geronimus 2023

4.22

640 ratings

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

31k+

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Body Is Not an Apology 92%

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Beauty Myth

by Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

3.91

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🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The Beauty Myth 92%

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

by Naomi Wolf 1990

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The New Menopause

by Mary Claire Haver • 2026

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

4.24

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🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

The New Menopause 92%

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

by Mary Claire Haver 2026

4.24

20k+ ratings

🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

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