11 must-read science books like Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him by Chris Honey

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Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

By: Chris Honey

4.01

Format: 444 pages, Hardcover

Riveting and dramatic, The Tenth Nerve offers a rare window into the world of a pre-eminent neurosu…

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1. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

By: Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyo… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Franklin's 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"How many of us appreciate the joys of a simple tortilla?"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"Everything will work out... don't give up hope, remain calm."

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer. "I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"There's a lot of talk these days about a thing called resilience. That's the in term at the moment," says Dr. John Leach, a survival psychologist. "You've got built-in resilience, so you can bounce b…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

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2. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

By: Henry Marsh

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cu… read more

Similar categories in Henry Marsh's Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. Second Opinion

By: Theodore Dalrymple

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Drug addicts and desperate drunks, battered wives and suicidal burglars, elderly Alzheimer's suffer… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction

4. On the Farm

By: Stevie Cameron

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Now that the publication bans are lifted, you need Stevie Cameron to get the whole story, which inc… read more

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5. 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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6. Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER

By: Farzon A. Nahvi

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Code Gray is a “provocative and meaningful” (Theresa Brown, New York Times bestselling author of He… read more

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  • science
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit

By: Stephen M. Cohn

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping portrait of trauma surgeons and their place in the controlled chaos of a trauma center, … read more

Similar categories in Stephen M. Cohn's All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

Similar categories in Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

By: Thomas Fisher

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to stee… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Fisher's The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

By: Anupam B. Jena

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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11. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

By: Valentine Low

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more

Similar categories in Valentine Low's Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience

By: Jay Wellons

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“The surgical interventions in these pages are dizzying, but the fact that Jay Wellons can write as… read more

Similar categories in Jay Wellons's All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training

By: Adam Stern

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Adam Stern was a student at a state medical school before being selected to train as a psychiatry r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Stern's Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. And Finally: Matters of Life and Death

By: Henry Marsh

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh's And Finally, an unf… read more

Similar categories in Henry Marsh's And Finally: Matters of Life and Death book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life

By: Stefanie Green

4.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An international bestseller, this compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted d… read more

Similar categories in Stefanie Green's This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Circle book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • audiobook
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17. Permanent Astonishment

By: Tomson Highway

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Capricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada's most ac… read more

Similar categories in Tomson Highway's Permanent Astonishment book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Earl and the Pharaoh

By: Countess of Carnarvon

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lady Fiona Carnarvon tells the thrilling behind-the-scenes story of the discover… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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

Similar categories in Ellen de Visser's Die ene patiënt book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing

By: Jillian Horton

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When we need help, we count on doctors to put us back together. But what happens when doctors fall … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic

By: Anthony Almojera

3.84

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The education of a New York City EMS worker, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Almojera's Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Jen Gunter

22. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

By: Jen Gunter

4.25

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more

Similar categories in Jen Gunter's Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • audiobook
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

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23. The Skincare Hoax: How You're Being Tricked into Buying Lotions, Potions & Wrinkle Cream

By: Fayne L. Frey

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Feel Empowered and Beautiful at Any Age with This Groundbreaking Guide to Skincare   We all want … read more

Similar categories in Fayne L. Frey's The Skincare Hoax: How You're Being Tricked into Buying Lotions, Potions & Wrinkle Cream book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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24. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family

By: Sonora Jha

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"This book is a true love letter, not only to Jha's own son but also to all of our sons and to the … read more

Similar categories in Sonora Jha's How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Teaching a boy to expect to make mistakes and to expect to be held accountable when he makes mistakes is the key. Teaching a boy to be able to laugh at himself... wouldn't that be such a gift? Teachi…"

-Sonora Jha, How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family

"Feminism will help my son be in a rational fellowship. To this reasonable mother, that means that he will be given permission to be wrong sometimes, to fail, to fall, to cry, to be protected rather t…"

-Sonora Jha, How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family

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25. Out of the Shadows: A Memoir

By: Timea E. Nagy

4.61

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable story of an ordinary woman in astonishing circumstances who defies the odds.Timea … read more

Similar categories in Timea E. Nagy's Out of the Shadows: A Memoir book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him by Chris  Honey

26. Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

By: Chris Honey

4.01

Format: 444 pages, Hardcover

Riveting and dramatic, The Tenth Nerve offers a rare window into the world of a pre-eminent neurosu… read more

Similar categories in Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz

27. Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

By: Annalee Newitz

3.99

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A sharp and timely book about the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling Best-… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go by Kelly S. Thompson

28. Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

By: Kelly S. Thompson

4.41

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

With honesty, love, and humour, in this moving memoir, Kelly S. Thompson explores her relationship … read more

Similar categories in Kelly S. Thompson's Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Sisters come back to one another, I think. When they're ready."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

"I have always thought that sisters have a way of communicating, no matter what keeps them apart."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

"We were all just trying to save someone. It was a state of loving, despite instead of loving because."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

Cover of Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis: Managing Joint Pain for an Active Life by Lynne S. Peterson

29. Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis: Managing Joint Pain for an Active Life

By: Lynne S. Peterson

4.07

Format: 595 pages, Kindle Edition

A guide to living well with this common—and complex—condition from“one of the most reliable, respec… read more

Similar categories in Lynne S. Peterson's Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis: Managing Joint Pain for an Active Life book and Chris Honey's Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

  • nonfiction
Cover of Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss by Jennifer Ashton

30. Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss

By: Jennifer Ashton

3.84

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From the chief medical correspondent of ABC News, an eloquent, heartbreaking, yet hopeful memoir of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying by Jean Marmoreo

31. The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying

By: Jean Marmoreo

4.32

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY* An… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

25 must-read audiobook books like Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him by Chris Honey

Transform Your Habits

438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER

Farzon A. Nahvi

3.92

Transform Your Habits

All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit

Stephen M. Cohn

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

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Jann Arden

3.87

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Genevieve Graham

4.36

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Vincent Lam

4.03

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Charlotte Gill

3.67

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