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Keeping Her Under

by Miranda Grant

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

3.16

500+

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

Keeping Her Under

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

by Miranda Grant 200 pages

3.16

500+ ratings

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

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

53k+

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Everything Happens for a Reason

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

by Kate Bowler 2018 178 pages

3.80

53k+ ratings

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

A Particularly Nasty Case

by Adam Kay • 2025

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

3.46

7k+

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

A Particularly Nasty Case

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

by Adam Kay 2025 336 pages

3.46

7k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

Sleep Reimagined

by Pedram Navab FAASM • 2022

Your bed has become a battleground. Reclaim it by sleeping less, not more.

3.71

207

😴 Sleep Disorders 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔬 Sleep Science 🛌 Insomnia Treatment 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene

Sleep Reimagined

Your bed has become a battleground. Reclaim it by sleeping less, not more.

by Pedram Navab FAASM 2022 192 pages

3.71

207 ratings

😴 Sleep Disorders 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔬 Sleep Science 🛌 Insomnia Treatment 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene

The Inner Consultation

by Roger Neighbour • 2015

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

4.02

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

The Inner Consultation

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

by Roger Neighbour 2015 144 pages

4.02

46 ratings

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

by Mike Davis • 2017

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning 💬 Debriefing 🧠 Human Factors

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

by Mike Davis 2017 192 pages

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning 💬 Debriefing 🧠 Human Factors

Undeniably Enemies

by J. Saman • 2025

A masked mistake haunts a doctor when his best friend's sister becomes his new med student.

4.12

6k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity 🎭 Anonymous Encounters 🩺 Medical Romance

Undeniably Enemies

A masked mistake haunts a doctor when his best friend's sister becomes his new med student.

by J. Saman 2025 396 pages

4.12

6k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity 🎭 Anonymous Encounters 🩺 Medical Romance

Change of Pace

by Kayla Grosse • 2025

One night with her best friend's brother turns into a bucket-list road trip across America.

4.09

2k+

🩷 Plus Size Heroine 💊 Chronic Illness Romance 🚐 Road Trip Romance 🔥 One Night Stand 🚪 Forced Proximity

Change of Pace

One night with her best friend's brother turns into a bucket-list road trip across America.

by Kayla Grosse 2025 357 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

🩷 Plus Size Heroine 💊 Chronic Illness Romance 🚐 Road Trip Romance 🔥 One Night Stand 🚪 Forced Proximity

Mirrors in the Brain

by Giacomo Rizzolatti • 2006

We understand others not by thinking but by reliving their actions inside our own motor system.

3.87

190

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏃 Motor Cognition 👀 Action Perception 🤲 Embodied Cognition 💗 Empathy Science

Mirrors in the Brain

We understand others not by thinking but by reliving their actions inside our own motor system.

by Giacomo Rizzolatti 2006 256 pages

3.87

190 ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏃 Motor Cognition 👀 Action Perception 🤲 Embodied Cognition 💗 Empathy Science

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

by Soraya M. Lane • 2019

Three nurses arrive in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor turns their island into a battlefield of love and loss.

4.29

12k+

🩺 World War Ii Nursing 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🤝 Found Family 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

Three nurses arrive in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor turns their island into a battlefield of love and loss.

by Soraya M. Lane 2019 353 pages

4.29

12k+ ratings

🩺 World War Ii Nursing 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🤝 Found Family 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Bố con cá gai

by Cho Chang-In • 2000

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

4.41

2k+

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Bố con cá gai

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

by Cho Chang-In 2000 337 pages

4.41

2k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Wired for Healing

by Annie Hopper • 2015

The limbic system reset: a brain retraining protocol for chronic fatigue and chemical sensitivity.

3.86

321

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🔄 Brain Retraining ⚡ Central Sensitization 🏥 Chronic Illness Recovery 💔 Trauma And The Body

Wired for Healing

The limbic system reset: a brain retraining protocol for chronic fatigue and chemical sensitivity.

by Annie Hopper 2015 277 pages

3.86

321 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🔄 Brain Retraining ⚡ Central Sensitization 🏥 Chronic Illness Recovery 💔 Trauma And The Body

Vax Facts

by Paul Thomas • 2024

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

4.62

286

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

Vax Facts

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

by Paul Thomas 2024 388 pages

4.62

286 ratings

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

Medical School 2.0

by David Larson • 2015

Most med students burn out studying wrong. The system for learning more in half the time.

4.47

🩺 Medical Education 🧠 Efficient Learning 🔄 Active Recall 🔬 Cognitive Science 🗺️ Self-Directed Learning

Medical School 2.0

Most med students burn out studying wrong. The system for learning more in half the time.

by David Larson 2015 221 pages

4.47

89 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 🧠 Efficient Learning 🔄 Active Recall 🔬 Cognitive Science 🗺️ Self-Directed Learning

Instant Gratification

by Jill Shalvis • 2009

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

4.06

9k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family

Instant Gratification

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

by Jill Shalvis 2009 277 pages

4.06

9k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family

Seizure by Robin Cook

by Robin Cook • 2003

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

3.60

5k+

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

Seizure by Robin Cook

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

by Robin Cook 2003

3.60

5k+ ratings

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

The Myth of Mental Illness

by Thomas Szasz • 1961

Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.

3.76

1k+

🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🏥 Medicalization ⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🔒 Civil Commitment

The Myth of Mental Illness

Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.

by Thomas Szasz 1961 320 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🏥 Medicalization ⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🔒 Civil Commitment

The Medicine Woman of Galveston

by Amanda Skenandore • 2024

A disgraced doctor joins a traveling medicine show to save her disabled son from the poorhouse.

4.03

27k+

🎪 Traveling Medicine Show 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Medicine Woman of Galveston

A disgraced doctor joins a traveling medicine show to save her disabled son from the poorhouse.

by Amanda Skenandore 2024 384 pages

4.03

27k+ ratings

🎪 Traveling Medicine Show 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The War on Science

by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2025

Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.

3.22

121

🎓 Higher Education 🔗 Ideological Capture 🔬 Science Policy 🏛️ Academic Freedom 🔍 Free Inquiry

The War on Science

Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.

by Lawrence M. Krauss 2025 480 pages

3.22

121 ratings

🎓 Higher Education 🔗 Ideological Capture 🔬 Science Policy 🏛️ Academic Freedom 🔍 Free Inquiry

Fix Your Period

by Nicole Jardim • 2024

Turn your period into a health report: the six-week fix that skips the pill.

4.02

500+

🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🌙 Cycle Syncing 🔬 Functional Medicine 🧬 Estrogen Dominance

Fix Your Period

Turn your period into a health report: the six-week fix that skips the pill.

by Nicole Jardim 2024 400 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🌙 Cycle Syncing 🔬 Functional Medicine 🧬 Estrogen Dominance

Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy

by Jon C. Thompson • 2001

The orthopaedic anatomy you need for the clinic and the boards, in Netter's signature clarity.

4.53

117

🩻 Clinical Anatomy 🏥 Orthopaedic Surgery 🔪 Surgical Anatomy 📚 Medical Atlases 🦴 Musculoskeletal System

Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy

The orthopaedic anatomy you need for the clinic and the boards, in Netter's signature clarity.

by Jon C. Thompson 2001 416 pages

4.53

117 ratings

🩻 Clinical Anatomy 🏥 Orthopaedic Surgery 🔪 Surgical Anatomy 📚 Medical Atlases 🦴 Musculoskeletal System

Stiff

by Mary Roach • 2003

Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.

4.06

200k+

🔍 Forensic Science 🏥 Medical History 🦴 Human Anatomy ⚰️ Funerary Practices 🔬 Popular Science

Stiff

Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.

by Mary Roach 2003 320 pages

4.06

200k+ ratings

🔍 Forensic Science 🏥 Medical History 🦴 Human Anatomy ⚰️ Funerary Practices 🔬 Popular Science

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