Medical Book Summaries

The First Patient Summary
The First Patient
by Michael Palmer 2008 371 pages
3.79
5.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Medical
The Future of the Brain Summary
The Future of the Brain
Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists
by Gary F. Marcus 2014 304 pages
3.73
206 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.52
466 ratings
Politics
History
Science
The Making of You Summary
The Making of You
A Journey from Cell to Human
by Katharina Vestre 2018 141 pages
4.12
842 ratings
Science
Parenting
Biology
Do You Believe in Magic? Summary
Do You Believe in Magic?
The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine
by Paul A. Offit 2013 304 pages
4.10
3.0K ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
E.R. Nurses Summary
E.R. Nurses
by James Patterson 2021 304 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Unaccountable Summary
Unaccountable
What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care
by Marty Makary 2012 256 pages
4.30
1.6K ratings
Health Care
Medical
Medicine
The Unseen Body Summary
The Unseen Body
A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
by Jonathan Reisman 2021 224 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal
The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 pages
4.37
143 ratings
Politics
Health
Medical
The Long Covid Survival Guide Summary
The Long Covid Survival Guide
How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next
by Fiona Lowenstein 2022 288 pages
4.28
145 ratings
Health
Disability
Medical
Already Toast Summary
Already Toast
Caregiving and Burnout in America
by Kate Washington 2021 224 pages
3.94
624 ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Health
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine
The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
by Richard Louis Miller 2017 256 pages
3.99
293 ratings
Psychology
Science
Plants
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick Summary
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick
by Gene Stone 2010 212 pages
3.43
686 ratings
Health
Self Help
Medicine
Booster Shots Summary
Booster Shots
The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health
by Adam Ratner 2025 288 pages
4.39
225 ratings
Science
Medical
Health
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene
A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Memoir
Science
Medical
Five Days at Memorial Summary
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink 2013 558 pages
3.93
39.7K ratings
History
Medicine
Medical
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying―and Learning How to Live Again
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018 227 pages
4.11
442 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Mutants Summary
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003 448 pages
4.05
3.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy Summary
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1997 342 pages
4.19
156 ratings
Nursing
Medicine
Medical
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
617 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009 177 pages
3.76
890 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Bad Advice Summary
Bad Advice
Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
by Paul A. Offit 2018 272 pages
4.10
567 ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2016 304 pages
4.13
181 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages
4.07
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Health
The Occasional Human Sacrifice Summary
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
by Carl Elliott 2024 368 pages
3.94
356 ratings
Science
History
Medical
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death
A Gospel-Centered Guide to End-of-Life Medical Care
by Kathryn Butler 2019 224 pages
4.55
201 ratings
Christian
Medical
Christianity
Know Your Endo Summary
Know Your Endo
An Empowering Guide to Health and Hope With Endometriosis
by Jessica Murnane 2021 272 pages
4.20
309 ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011 Summary
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011
by Tao Le 1996 623 pages
4.38
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Textbooks
Healing Arthritis Summary
Healing Arthritis
Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally
by Susan Blum 2017 368 pages
3.86
313 ratings
Health
Medical
What Seems To Be The Problem? Summary
What Seems To Be The Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022 272 pages
4.26
279 ratings
Memoir
Medical
Medicine
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor
A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
by Barron H. Lerner 2014 240 pages
3.85
189 ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
The Gynae Geek Summary
The Gynae Geek
by Anita Mitra 2019 288 pages
4.45
531 ratings
Health
Science
Feminism
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story
My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis
by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Last Patient of the Night Summary
Last Patient of the Night
by Gary Gerlacher 2023 263 pages
4.26
25.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
High Risk Summary
High Risk
Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020 312 pages
4.41
766 ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Science
How to Be a Patient Summary
How to Be a Patient
The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine
by Sana Goldberg 2019 496 pages
4.10
187 ratings
Health
Medicine
Medical
Bleed Summary
Bleed
Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
by Tracey Lindeman 2023 336 pages
4.35
405 ratings
Feminism
Health
Science
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
by Ian Harris 2016 240 pages
4.19
178 ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Clean Summary
Clean
The New Science of Skin
by James Hamblin 2020 280 pages
3.89
4.9K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Summary
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2007 253 pages
3.59
954 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 224 pages
3.71
178 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Principles of Human Anatomy Summary
Principles of Human Anatomy
by Gerard J. Tortora 1977 960 pages
3.91
152 ratings
Science
Textbooks
Health
Living Well with Hypothyroidism Summary
Living Well with Hypothyroidism
What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know
by Mary J. Shomon 2000 587 pages
3.91
639 ratings
Health
Medical
Self Help
Dead Mom Walking Summary
Dead Mom Walking
A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters
by Rachel Matlow 2022 320 pages
4.14
658 ratings
Memoir
Canada
Biography
Life Is Your Best Medicine Summary
Life Is Your Best Medicine
A Woman's Guide to Health, Healing, and Wholeness at Every Age
by Tieraona Low Dog 2012 304 pages
4.07
323 ratings
Health
Spirituality
Reference
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis
Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison
by Jane M. Hightower 2008 328 pages
3.55
33 ratings
Science
Medical
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
A Very Short Introduction
by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages
3.36
336 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Sound Summary
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
by Bella Bathurst 2017 223 pages
3.91
276 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love
The Crisis of Care
by Madeleine Bunting 2020 320 pages
4.11
151 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Society
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