Medicine Book Summaries

Beyond Coffee Summary
Beyond Coffee
A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms
by James Beshara 2019 146 pages
3.30
221 ratings
Health
Science
Food
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
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
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
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
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
617 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Mindful Medicine Summary
Mindful Medicine
40 Simple Practices to Help Healthcare Professionals Heal Burnout and Reconnect to Purpose
by Jan Chozen Bays 2022 240 pages
4.13
32 ratings
Medicine
Self Help
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
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 463 pages
4.23
128 ratings
Health
Economics
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
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
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
Counting Sheep Summary
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages
3.98
426 ratings
Science
Psychology
Popular Science
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.83
159 ratings
Science
Biology
Health
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
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
The Science of Beauty Summary
The Science of Beauty
Debunk the Myths and Discover What Goes into Your Beauty Routine
by Michelle Wong 2024 256 pages
3.87
447 ratings
Science
Health
Education
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
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
Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine Summary
Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine
The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight
by David A. Kessler 2025 400 pages
3.87
332 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Gut Reactions Summary
Gut Reactions
The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
by Simon Quellen Field 2019 256 pages
3.56
431 ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
Desperate Remedies Summary
Desperate Remedies
Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
by Andrew Scull 2022 512 pages
4.10
405 ratings
Psychology
History
Mental Health
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
A Very Short Introduction
by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages
3.36
336 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
655 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
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
Undoctored Summary
Undoctored
Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor
by William Davis 2017 586 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
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
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
3.64
216 ratings
Medicine
Medical
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
Doctored Summary
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages
3.60
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
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
Immunology Summary
Immunology
by Thomas J. Kindt 2002
4.24
329 ratings
Science
Textbooks
Medicine
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
The People's Hospital Summary
The People's Hospital
Hope and Peril in American Medicine
by Ricardo Nuila 2023 370 pages
4.38
3.2K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies Summary
Managing Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies
by American Diabetes Association ADA 2018 286 pages
3.96
116 ratings
Health
Medicine
How We Die Summary
How We Die
Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1995 278 pages
4.07
9.2K ratings
Medicine
Science
Death
On Muscle Summary
On Muscle
The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
by Bonnie Tsui 2025 256 pages
3.81
795 ratings
Science
Health
Memoir
An American Sickness Summary
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017 656 pages
4.3
8.1K ratings
Health Care
Health
Medicine
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
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
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
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
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
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