1. The House of God, Samuel Shem, M.D. Think your internship is bad? Think again. 2. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese Conjoined twins, separated, grow up surrounded by medical professionals, have many feels. 3. Still Alice, Lisa Genova Brilliant Harvard Professor gets early-onset Alzheimer’s. Plot twist: she’s telling the story in first person narration. 4. Harvest, Tess Gerritsen Bad doctors. Bad, bad, bad doctors. 5. Midwives, Chris Bohjalian So, is this midwife a murderer or… 6. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Ken Kasey Psychiatry rotation, eh? Ya already know how this one ends. 7. Turn Of Mind, Alice LaPlante I know there’s already one unreliable doc-with-Alzheimer’s narrator on this list but this one’s a murder mystery! 8. Healer, Carol Cassella Medicine and a gripping love story? Lemme at it. 9. Going Bovine, Libba Bray Okay, it’s YA Fiction but the girl has Mad Cow Disease! 10. The Emperor of Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee Okay, this one is serious and practically a textbook but if you’re a med student and you haven’t read it yet, it’s the definitive “biography” of cancer so, you know: make time. Check also this topic about "Inspiring Books For Medical Students" Source
