13 must-read biography books like Gas Man by Colin Black

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Gas Man

By: Colin Black

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begi…

If you liked the biography plot in Gas Man by Colin Black , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Doctor Will See You Now by None, Max Pemberton

1. The Doctor Will See You Now

By: None , Max Pemberton

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Grey's Anatomyand Scrubsfor bookish types--a charming and funny memoir of a young doctor's lifeA un… read more

Similar categories in None's The Doctor Will See You Now book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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2. Trauma Room Two

By: Philip Allen Green

4.33

Format: None pages,

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  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science

3. Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

By: None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

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4. Where Does It Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor Did Next

By: None

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

5. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

By: Adam Kay

4.12

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

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6. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

By: Ed Patrick

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching a… read more

Similar categories in Ed Patrick's Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. Breakdown

By: Cathy Sweeney

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One winter morning, in contemporary Dublin, a middle-class woman wakes up next to her husband in he… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Sweeney's Breakdown book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective by Jess McDonald

9. No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective

By: Jess McDonald

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'Probably the most important book on the state of British policing you'll ever read' Graham Bartlet… read more

Similar categories in Jess McDonald's No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott

10. War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

By: David Nott

4.54

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

For more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous co… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"As the Koran says in Surah 5:32: whoever saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"The boy's death turned me into a person marked by war: it was the Sarajevo equivalent of a campaign medal, although not one to wear with pride."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"I remember the three of us – Mum, Dad and me – all being in tears as we looked at my grades and considered the consequences. I went out into the garden and tried to make sense of it all. Yes, I could…"

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

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11. Body of Truth

By: Marie Cassidy

3.91

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

IN THE HUNT FOR A KILLER THE SCARS OF DEATH DON'T LIE FROM IRELAND'S FORMER STATE PATHOLOGIST MA… read more

Similar categories in Marie Cassidy's Body of Truth book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • irish literature
Cover of Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

12. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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13. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

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  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Aisling Ever After

By: Emer McLysaght

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Living in the Big Apple feels like a movie, especially when Aisling finds her ex-boyfriend John on … read more

Similar categories in Emer McLysaght's Aisling Ever After book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Gas Man by Colin Black

15. Gas Man

By: Colin Black

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begi… read more

Similar categories in Colin Black's Gas Man book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • science
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16. Three Little Birds

By: Sam Blake

3.78

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery... When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial r… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Three Little Birds book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy by Andy      West

17. The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy

By: Andy West

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives,… read more

Similar categories in Andy West's The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Secret Doctor: What Really Goes On Inside Your Doctor's Surgery by Max Skittle

18. The Secret Doctor: What Really Goes On Inside Your Doctor's Surgery

By: Max Skittle

3.54

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful first-hand account of working for the NHS, both before and during the COVID-19 epidemic.… read more

Similar categories in Max Skittle's The Secret Doctor: What Really Goes On Inside Your Doctor's Surgery book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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19. People of the ER

By: Philip Allen Green

4.29

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

Standing in the trauma room of an emergency department is like standing at ground zero of a nuclear… read more

Similar categories in Philip Allen Green's People of the ER book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • science
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Constellations

By: Sinéad Gleeson

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

I have come to think of all the metal in my body as artificial stars, glistening beneath the skin, … read more

Similar categories in Sinéad Gleeson's Constellations book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Blood donation is that rare and uncomplicated incidence of a selfless good deed."

-Sinéad Gleeson, Constellations

"Leaving the home on that last night, I kiss her hands. You were so important, I tell her. You were so loved"

-Sinéad Gleeson, Constellations

"The pregnant body is not solely its owner's domain. In gestating another person you become public property."

-Sinéad Gleeson, Constellations

"Hair has been used to define women racially, sexually, religiously. It makes them into temptresses: represents a troika of femininity, fertility, fuckability"

-Sinéad Gleeson, Constellations

Cover of Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer by Evie King

21. Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer

By: Evie King

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘I’ve a body out the back for you...' Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine… read more

Similar categories in Evie King's Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan

22. There's Been a Little Incident

By: Alice Ryan

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we c… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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23. Duffy and Son

By: Damien Owens

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid, Duffy … read more

Similar categories in Damien Owens's Duffy and Son book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of A Nurse's Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis by Louise Curtis

24. A Nurse's Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis

By: Louise Curtis

3.97

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during… read more

Similar categories in Louise Curtis's A Nurse's Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist. by Rebecca Myers

25. Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.

By: Rebecca Myers

3.97

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he want… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Myers's Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist. book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill

26. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dockrill's I Love You, I Love You, I Love You book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • adult
Cover of A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of An Emergency Physician by Chris Luke

27. A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of An Emergency Physician

By: Chris Luke

3.50

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Concern. Compassion. Doubt. Despair. Anger. Hope.Imagine juggling these feelings every day in a sit… read more

Similar categories in Chris Luke's A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of An Emergency Physician book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

28. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Life Impossible book and Colin Black's Gas Man

  • adult
  • audiobook
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

Cover of A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss by Jill Halfpenny

29. A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss

By: Jill Halfpenny

3.90

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Heartfelt and honest, A Life Reimagined is a touching memoir of love, loss and life after tragedy f… read more

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Cover of Overcoming: A Memoir by Vicky Phelan

30. Overcoming: A Memoir

By: Vicky Phelan

4.71

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

When Vicky Phelan delivered an emotionally charged statement from the steps of the Four Courts in A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

18 Top audiobook books like Gas Man by Colin Black

Transform Your Habits

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

Adam Kay

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

Adam Kay

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Breakdown

Cathy Sweeney

3.81

Transform Your Habits

War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

David Nott

4.54

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6 Top audiobook books like People of the ER by Philip Allen Green

Transform Your Habits

Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

Cory Franklin

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor

Ben MacFarlane

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Gas Man

Colin Black

3.85

Transform Your Habits

People of the ER

Philip Allen Green

4.29

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