11 Best biography books like Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal

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Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

By: Ryan Blumenthal

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal’s chief goal is to…

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1. I Have Life: Raped, Stabbed & Left for Dead

By: Marianne Thamm

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In this inspiring tale, Alison, the victim of a brutal rape and attempted murder, shares the courag… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Thamm's I Have Life: Raped, Stabbed & Left for Dead book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • south africa
  • nonfiction
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2. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

By: Judy Melinek , T.J. Mitchell

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's rookie season as a NYC medical examiner, and … read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science

3. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

By: Julie Gregory

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet ano… read more

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4. The Cause of Death

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

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5. Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist

By: Michael Browning , William R. Maples

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age… read more

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6. Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors

By: Carla Valentine

3.66

Format: None pages,

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7. Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

By: Val McDermid

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of r… read more

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8. Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

By: None , Graham Spence

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate o… read more

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9. When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery

By: Frank T. Vertosick Jr.

4.10

Format: 322 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In oth… read more

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10. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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11. Children of Sugarcane

By: Joanne Joseph

4.49

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

"Shanti is a heroine that the reader will not easily forget. The story that is told here is worth n… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Joseph's Children of Sugarcane book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • africa
  • south africa
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12. Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom

By: André de Ruyter

4.56

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

André de Ruyter’s explosive account of his three years as CEO of Eskom, where he dealt with corrupt… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • south africa
  • nonfiction
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13. Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator

By: Patricia Wiltshire

3.60

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where natu… read more

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  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry

By: Ben Cave

4.26

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more

Similar categories in Ben Cave's What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Seven Ages of Death

By: Richard Shepherd

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Conducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine … read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's The Seven Ages of Death book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • science
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

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17. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

By: Siya Kolisi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more

Similar categories in Siya Kolisi's Rise: The Brand New Autobiography book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • south africa
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Op de spoedeisende hulp

By: Heleen Lameijer

3.64

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Heleen Lameijer werkt als arts op de spoedeisende hulp in het Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden. Daar ontm… read more

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  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

By: T.J. English

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

To underworld kingpins Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Cuba was the greatest hope for the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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20. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life

By: Kate Marshall

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more

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  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Die ene patiënt

By: Ellen de Visser

4.09

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Als een dokter zijn emoties toont, geldt dat algauw als teken van zwakte. Maar er zijn patiënten di… read more

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  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal

22. Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

By: Ryan Blumenthal

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal’s chief goal is to… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • africa
  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • south africa
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. She's on the Money

By: Victoria Devine

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The ultimate millennial money guide, from the creator of Australia’s #1 finance podcast. Through… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Devine's She's on the Money book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. White Trash: My year as a high-class call girl

By: Terry Angelos

4.08

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Raised during the Rhodesian bush war and immigrating to SA at the age of 11, Terry is shaped by a w… read more

Similar categories in Terry Angelos's White Trash: My year as a high-class call girl book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Profiler Diaries: From the case files of a police psychologist by Gérard Labuschagne

25. The Profiler Diaries: From the case files of a police psychologist

By: Gérard Labuschagne

4.13

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In this gripping – and sometimes terrifying – account, former South African Police Service (SAPS) h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • south africa
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26. The Profiler Diaries 2: From crime scene to courtroom

By: Gérard Labuschagne

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

More riveting cases from the files of former police psychologist and bestselling author Gérard Labu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • south africa
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27. The Last Train: A Family History of the Final Solution

By: Peter Bradley

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia… read more

Similar categories in Peter Bradley's The Last Train: A Family History of the Final Solution book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder by Cynric Temple-Camp

28. The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's inte… read more

Similar categories in Cynric Temple-Camp's The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder book and Ryan Blumenthal's Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa

  • medical
  • true crime
  • science
Cover of Blood has a voice: Stories from the autopsy table by Hestelle van Staden

29. Blood has a voice: Stories from the autopsy table

By: Hestelle van Staden

4.13

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

 As one of South Africa’s leading forensic pathologists, Dr Hestelle van Staden has conducted over … read more

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30. Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich

By: Kate McClymont

4.07

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Employing her insider status and trademark wit, pace and intelligence, Kate McClymont unravels the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

13 must-read audiobook books like Autopsy: Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Richard Shepherd

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator

Patricia Wiltshire

3.60

Transform Your Habits

What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry

Ben Cave

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Seven Ages of Death

Richard Shepherd

4.38

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7 Top history books like Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom by André de Ruyter

Transform Your Habits

Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom

André de Ruyter

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Jonny Steinberg

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Daisy de Melker: Hiding among killers in the City of Gold

Ted Botha

4.14

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