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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged HospitalSheri Fink201336 pts5 wins6 listsCrownMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin200524 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two CulturesAnne Fadiman199720 pts2 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxMedicine & Public HealthDisability & Difference+2
The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast IndustryPaul Starr198220 pts2 wins2 listsBasic BooksMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted AmericaBeth Macy201920 pts1 wins4 listsLittle, BrownMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip MorrisRichard Kluger199720 pts1 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryPublic Health Systems+2
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstRobert Sapolsky201716 pts2 wins3 listsPenguin PressScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Entangled LifeMerlin Sheldrake202014 pts2 wins2 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family SecretsLuke Dittrich201614 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the AtomGraham Farmelo200914 pts2 wins2 listsFaber & FaberBiographyMental Health & Psychology+2
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of MindEric R. Kandel200514 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonScienceMental Health & Psychology+2
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of DepressionAndrew Solomon200114 pts1 wins2 listsScribnerMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology WatcherLewis Thomas198014 pts1 wins2 listsVikingScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug BoomKatherine Eban201912 pts2 wins3 listsEccoMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot201012 pts2 wins3 listsCrownMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+1
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersMatt Ridley199912 pts0 wins3 listsHarperCollinsScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest TruthsEugenia Cheng202310 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea CreaturesSabrina Imbler202210 pts1 wins1 listsBack Bay BooksNature & EnvironmentMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into ConsumersNancy Tomes201710 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressMedicine & Public HealthLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural HistoryFlorence Williams201210 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceScience & Discovery+2
Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World EconomyRaghuram G. Rajan201010 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Stumbling on HappinessDaniel Gilbert200610 pts1 wins1 listsKnopf CanadaScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Protecting America’s Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of RegulationPhilip J. Hilts200310 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+2
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and CommerceDouglas Starr199810 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+2
Plague's ProgressArno Karlen199610 pts1 wins1 listsPhoenixMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Truth About ChernobylGrigori Medvedev199110 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876Robert V. Bruce198710 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the SouthJohn Pemble198710 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressTravel & PlaceMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death Among Christians and Unbelievers in Eighteenth-century FranceJohn McManners198110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryMental Health & Psychology+3
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections on Natural HistoryStephen Jay Gould198010 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Interpretation of SchizophreniaSilvano Arieti195510 pts1 wins1 listsR. BrunnerMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+1
CoronadoHerbert E. Bolton194910 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of New Mexico PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Rise and Fall of Modern MedicineJames Le Fanu, M.D.200010 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian MedicineLindsey Fitzharris201710 pts1 wins3 listsAllen LaneMedicine & Public HealthEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain SurgeryHenry Marsh201410 pts1 wins4 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonMedicine & Public HealthDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of LifeEd Yong201610 pts0 wins3 listsVintage BooksScienceScience & Discovery+1
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of PiracyStephen Witt201510 pts0 wins3 listsVikingBusiness & EconomicsArt, Music & Performance+3
God: An AnatomyFrancesca Stavrakopoulou20218 pts1 wins2 listsMacmillanReligionFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human BodyNeil Shubin20088 pts1 wins2 listsPantheonScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden AgeHarold J. Cook20078 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public HealthLaurie Garrett20008 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and LifeEric Chaisson19818 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American WestWilliam H. Goetzmann19668 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Marcello Malpighi and the Evolution of EmbryologyHoward B. Adelmann19668 pts1 wins2 listsCornell University PressBiographyMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicDavid Quammen20128 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonSciencePublic Health Systems+2
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us HumanRichard Wrangham20108 pts0 wins2 listsBasic BooksScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Bad ScienceBen Goldacre20088 pts0 wins2 listsMcClelland & StewartScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday LifeAvery Gilbert20088 pts0 wins2 listsCrownScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
The Cigarette: A Political HistorySarah Milov20196 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise HealthcareAnnabel Sowemimo20236 pts0 wins2 listsProfile BooksRace & EthnicityPublic Health Systems+1
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical VoyageRachel E. Gross20236 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonScienceMedicine, Health & the Body
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and BustJohn M. Coates20126 pts0 wins2 listsRandom House CanadaScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Spike: The Virus vs. The People – the Inside StoryJeremy Farrar, Anjana Ahuja20226 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining LifeLouise Aronson20196 pts0 wins2 listsBloomsburyMedicine & Public HealthDisability & Difference+2
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) BodyRoxane Gay20176 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMary Roach20166 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonWar & MilitaryScience & Discovery+2
The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern SciencePeter Dear20254 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Waves of Hope: Personal Stories of ECTGeorge Kirov20254 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+3
Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women's Mental Health and What Must ChangeLinda Gask20244 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressMedicine & Public HealthGender & Feminism+3
Blight: Fungi and the Coming PandemicEmily Monosson20234 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from ContagionRichard Conniff20234 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
Promoting Desired Lifestyles Among Adults With Severe Autism and Intellectual DisabilitiesDennis H. Reid, Mary Rosswurm20234 pts1 wins1 listsElsevierMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the PresentDennis Tyler20224 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+3
How We Give Now: A Philanthropic Guide for the Rest of UsLucy Bernholz20214 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressSociety & CultureTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human HistoryKyle Harper20214 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryNatural History & Animals+3
Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic MythMagda Teter20204 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Diabetes: A History of Race and DiseaseArleen Marcia Tuchman20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressMedicine & Public HealthClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Introduction to Social NeuroscienceStephanie Cacioppo, John T. Cacioppo20204 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Mill Town: Reckoning with What RemainsKerri Arsenault20204 pts1 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment EngagementAndrew Hadler, Stephen Sutton,, Lars Osterberg20204 pts1 wins1 listsWileyMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+3
Tragic Bodies: Edges of the Human in Greek DramaNancy Worman20204 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+2
Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation GermanyTara Nummedal20194 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressBiographyMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Global Environmental Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy PeopleUN Environment20194 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Leonardo da Vinci RediscoveredCarmen C. Bambach20194 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressArts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of MenopauseSusan P. Mattern20194 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressGender & SexualityScience & Discovery+3
Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to TrumpAllison Stanger20194 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Unearthing childhood: Young lives in prehistoryRobin Derricourt20184 pts1 wins1 listsManchester University PressHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and RevolutionSherine Hamdy, Coleman Nye, Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer20174 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Strange Glow: The Story of RadiationTimothy J. Jorgensen20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a DiseaseMarc Lewis, PhD20154 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsScienceDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Medicins Sans FrontieresRenee C. Fox20144 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressSociety & CultureGender & Feminism+3
The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's CourtAnna Whitelock20144 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryGender & Feminism+3
Twentieth-Century Color Photographs: Identification and CareSylvie Penichon20134 pts1 wins1 listsGetty PublicationsArts & CriticismEducation & Universities+3
Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic WorldJames H. Sweet20114 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBiographyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Leibniz: An Intellectual BiographyMaria Rosa Antognazza20114 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, text and argument in sixteenth-century human anatomy and medical botanySachiko Kusukawa20114 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of Chicago PressSciencePublic Health Systems+1
Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American WorkersEllen Schultz20114 pts1 wins1 listsPortfolioPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving AmericansWendell Potter20104 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in JapanBrett Walker20104 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Washington PressMedicine & Public HealthEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its LegacySusan M. Reverby20094 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressMedicine & Public HealthDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
The Art and Politics of ScienceHarold Varmus20094 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonMemoir & AutobiographyArt, Music & Performance+3
Trotsky: A BiographyRobert Service20094 pts1 wins1 listsPan MacmillanBiographyMedicine, Health & the Body+3
The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession: Canonists, Civilians, & CourtsJames A. Brundage20084 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+3
The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our ProsperityRobert Kuttner20074 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine: Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell DiseaseKeith Wailoo, Stephen Pemberton20064 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America’s Economic FutureLaurence J. Kotlikoff, Scott Burns20054 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressBusiness & EconomicsMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Bicycle: The HistoryDavid V. Herlihy20044 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Seeds of MortalityStewart Justman20034 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+3
The Worldwide History of TelecommunicationsAnton A. Huurdeman20034 pts1 wins1 listsWiley-IEEE PressHistoryPublic Health Systems+2
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All awards · Topic: Medicine, Health & the Body · Sorted by score · 291 books · filtered