Cancerland: A Medical Memoir
By: David Scadden
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A doctor's riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter…
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1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more
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- science
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2. The House of God
By: John Updike , Samuel Shem
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to kno… read more
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- medical
- medicine
3. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
By: Damon Tweedy
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the un… read more
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4. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
By: Atul Gawande
4.00
Format: 96 pages,
The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imp… read more
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5. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
By: Kate Bowler
3.80
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more
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"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
6. The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
3.75
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one… read more
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7. Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science
By: Mike McHargue
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
From the host of the popular podcasts, The Liturgists Podcastand Ask Science Mike, a story of havin… read more
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8. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
9. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
By: Cassandra Peterson
4.36
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
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- audiobook
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
10. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
11. 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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- audiobook
- memoir
- health
- medical
- medicine
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- science
12. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- audiobook
- health
- nonfiction
- science
13. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
By: Mary Roach
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s classic, now with a new epilogue. For two tho… read more
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- history
- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
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"There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room..."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
14. 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
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- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
By: Jane Goodall
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--a global… read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Of course, a great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion for future generations and the health of the planet: sheer selfish greed for shor…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
"She says that people who wonder how you can have hope in seemingly hopeless situations, like a death camp, confuse hope with idealism. Idealism expects everything to be fair or easy or good. She says…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
16. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation
By: Jon Ward
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Solutions and Other Problems
By: Allie Brosh
4.21
Format: 519 pages, Hardcover
Allie Brosh returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. … read more
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- biography
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"If you can't win, start playing a different game and score just as many points."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"Death can take away your friends and pets, but it can't take away the weird shit they did."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"That's the scary thing about decisions: you don't know what they are when you're making them."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"Woah there, Scooter...looks like you might be starting to veer towards nihilism...anyway, it's sand time now."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
18. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
By: Hadley Freeman
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more
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- audiobook
"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
19. Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots
By: Reba McEntire
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The best things in life are really not that fancy. This photo-dri… read more
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- biography memoir
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- audiobook
20. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.10
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"He’s a burly man with sparse white hair and a white beard who looks like Santa might look if Santa, in the off-season, carried a tackle box."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"Here I was, trying to finish a book about the world spinning out of control, only to find the world spinning so far out of control that I couldn't finish the book."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
21. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out
By: Jamie Lynn Spears
2.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Now a National Bestseller!In this intimate memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears opens up … read more
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23. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
By: Suleika Jaouad
4.43
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To learn to swim in the ocean of not-knowing- this is my constant work."-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
"It's a funny thing, coming home. Everything smells the same, looks the same, feels the same, but you are different; the contrast between who you were when you left and who you are now is heightened a…"-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
"If you need to reach me, or send me anything I'll hopefully have access to email, but who knows how alert I'll be...Please don't ask too many questions about what the logistics look like, or where an…"-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
24. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- science
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
25. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
By: Adam Schiff
4.52
Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, … read more
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- biography
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26. The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It
By: Marty Makary
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"A must-read for every American and business leader." --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBESFrom t… read more
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27. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
28. The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
By: Azra Raza
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience … read more
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"Treating cancer as one disease is like treating Africa as one country."-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"There is one and only one goal for all of us—to ensure that all our intellectual efforts are directed toward the relief of humanity’s suffering."-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"The vast majority of researchers are studying diseases they never see, in animals who don’t get them spontaneously, or in test tubes where the “cancer"-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"We should not be aiming for weeks of improved survival. Our goals should be higher. The public needs to see how far we have drifted from the original aims as oncologists and researchers and at what c…"-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
29. 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
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- history
- health
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"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
30. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
By: Kate Clancy
3.97
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men… read more
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31. Cancerland: A Medical Memoir
By: David Scadden
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A doctor's riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter… read more
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