Medical Book Summaries

The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought
Unlocking Glia--the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease
by Andrew Koob 2009 186 pages
3.69
134 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Popular Science
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love
The Crisis of Care
by Madeleine Bunting 2020 320 pages
4.11
151 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Society
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
Doctored Summary
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages
3.60
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
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
Facing the Unseen Summary
Facing the Unseen
The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine
by Damon Tweedy 2024 286 pages
4.26
145 ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
Science
Owning the Sun Summary
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages
3.79
106 ratings
History
Science
Politics
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside
A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery
by Rachel Gotto 2021 248 pages
3.89
3.3K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Little Miss Diagnosed Summary
Little Miss Diagnosed
A Surgeon's Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules
by Erin Nance 2025 256 pages
4.21
178 ratings
Memoir
Medical
Health
The Simple Heart Cure Summary
The Simple Heart Cure
The 90-Day Program to Stop and Reverse Heart Disease
by Chauncey Crandall 2013 267 pages
4.11
141 ratings
Health
Medical
Longshot Summary
Longshot
The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
by David Heath 2022 288 pages
4.15
136 ratings
Science
Medicine
Medical
On Becoming a Doctor Summary
On Becoming a Doctor
Everything You Need to Know about Medical School, Residency, Specialization, and Practice
by Tania Heller 2009 307 pages
3.66
220 ratings
Medicine
Medical
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined
Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
by Tia Powell 2019 320 pages
3.90
420 ratings
Health
Medicine
Psychology
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
by Sallie Tisdale 2018 256 pages
4.16
2.2K ratings
Death
Philosophy
Self Help
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
A Guide to Living Well with Serious Illness
by Aroop Mangalik 2017 274 pages
3.92
13 ratings
Medical
Life Force Summary
Life Force
How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life Those You Love
by Anthony Robbins 2022 720 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Estrogen Matters Summary
Estrogen Matters
Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer
by Avrum Bluming 2018 310 pages
4.31
2.4K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Immunology Summary
Immunology
by Thomas J. Kindt 2002
4.24
329 ratings
Science
Textbooks
Medicine
Bellevue Summary
Bellevue
by Robin Cook 2024 341 pages
3.36
4.3K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Did You Just Eat That? Summary
Did You Just Eat That?
Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and other Food Myths in the Lab
by Paul Dawson 2018 312 pages
3.28
264 ratings
Science
Food
Health
Struck By Genius Summary
Struck By Genius
How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
by Jason Padgett 2014 256 pages
3.47
1.4K ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
Deadliest Enemy Summary
Deadliest Enemy
Our War Against Killer Germs
by Michael T. Osterholm 2017 352 pages
4.33
3.4K ratings
Science
Health
Medical
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America
Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
by Robert Whitaker 2003 334 pages
4.18
2.6K ratings
Psychology
History
Mental Health
Nine Pints Summary
Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
by Rose George 2018 289 pages
3.83
3.9K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Life-Changing Foods Summary
Life-Changing Foods
by Anthony William 2016 352 pages
4.22
3.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Doing Diabetes Differently Summary
Doing Diabetes Differently
by Chad T. Lewis 2022 216 pages
4.02
61 ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
The Nocturnal Brain Summary
The Nocturnal Brain
Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
by Guy Leschziner 2019 368 pages
4.03
3.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Invisible Kingdom Summary
The Invisible Kingdom
Reimagining Chronic Illness
by Meghan O'Rourke 2022 324 pages
4.03
6.9K ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero
A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
by Lydia Kang 2021 390 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
Science
History
Medical
Wild Rescues Summary
Wild Rescues
A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton
by Kevin Grange 2021 304 pages
4.2
3.1K ratings
Memoir
Outdoors
Adventure
Love RX Summary
Love RX
by Devon Atwood 2023 329 pages
3.89
1.1K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Age of Diagnosis Summary
The Age of Diagnosis
How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker
by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025 320 pages
4.14
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
No One Cares About Crazy People Summary
No One Cares About Crazy People
The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
by Ron Powers 2017 360 pages
3.87
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
History
The Immortal Mind Summary
The Immortal Mind
A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul
by Michael Egnor 2025 272 pages
4.39
151 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Summary
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause
by Izabella Wentz 2013 372 pages
4.12
2.0K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich 1976 320 pages
4.04
599 ratings
Philosophy
Medicine
Health
Nightmare Obscura Summary
Nightmare Obscura
A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind
by Michelle Carr 2025 272 pages
3.84
135 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Replaceable You Summary
Replaceable You
Adventures in Human Anatomy
by Mary Roach 2025 288 pages
4.11
6.8K ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
Anesthesia Summary
Anesthesia
The Gift of Oblivion and The Mystery of Consciousness
by Kate Cole-Adams 2017 400 pages
3.2
392 ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
Volume Control Summary
Volume Control
Hearing in a Deafening World
by David Owen 2019 304 pages
4.06
617 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye Summary
Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye
A Do-it-Yourself Mouth Care System for Healthy, Clean Gums and Teeth
by Ellie Phillips 2010 236 pages
4.15
471 ratings
Health
Self Help
Reference
The Butchering Art Summary
The Butchering Art
Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
by Lindsey Fitzharris 2017 304 pages
4.31
22.8K ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary
Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed
Preventing and treating disease to save your eyesight
by Sophie J. Bakri 2021 373 pages
4.15
27 ratings
Health
Medical
Medical Apartheid Summary
Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
by Harriet A. Washington 2007 501 pages
4.43
10.1K ratings
History
Race
Science
Nearly Departed Summary
Nearly Departed
Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
by Gila Pfeffer 2024 272 pages
4.38
317 ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Jewish
A History of the World Through Body Parts Summary
A History of the World Through Body Parts
The Stories Behind the Organs, Appendages, Digits, and the Like Attached to (or Detached from) Famous Bodies
by Kathryn Petras 2022 256 pages
4
225 ratings
History
Science
Medical
8 Weeks to Optimum Health Summary
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
by Andrew Weil 2005 322 pages
3.89
2.4K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
Food Without Fear Summary
Food Without Fear
Identify, Prevent, and Treat Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities
by Ruchi Gupta MD MPH 2021 352 pages
3.71
99 ratings
Self Help
Medical
Health
Chasing Life Summary
Chasing Life
New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today
by Sanjay Gupta 2007 272 pages
3.73
462 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
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