Medicine & Public Health
Breakthroughs, pandemics, and the quest to heal humanity

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Sonia Shah
Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Brendan Buhler
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Jasmine Brown
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air. Random House, 2016.
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Deborah Blum
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Penguin Books, 2010.
Kate Moore
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.
Lydia Kang
A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017.
Sam Kean
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
Jasmine Brown
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
Olivia Campbell
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.
Mark Miodownik
Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
Rahul Jandial
Practical Strategies for Peak Health and Performance. Penguin, 2019.
Elaine N. Aron
How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You. Citadel Press, 2020.
Kassia St. Clair
The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
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Alan Jasanoff
How Brain, Body, And Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are. Basic Books, 2018.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Bessel van der Kolk
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Books, 2014.
Wallace J. Nichols
The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. Little, Brown Spark. 2014.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindful Eating, Mindful Life. Harper Collins USA, 2011.
Jasmine Brown
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
Alain de Botton & The School
Picador, 2012.
Rob Knight
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
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Rob Knight
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
Sonia Shah
Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Jasmine Brown
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air. Random House, 2016.
Shoshana Berger
Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
Martin E.P. Seligman
A New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being — and How to Achieve Them. New York: Free Press, 2011.
Alice Dreger
Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science. Penguin Press, 2015.
Alain de Botton & The School
Picador, 2012.
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