Medical & health sciences: reading challenge 2022 - hosted by marianneiriss

A book about a specific illness or area of medicine
Examples:
Brainstorm- Suzanne O’Sullivan
The Emperor of All Maladies- Siddharta Mukherjee 
All books added
Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life by Allen Frances

Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

Allen Frances

336 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative slow-paced
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy C. Winegard

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

Timothy C. Winegard

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative slow-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

532 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease by Allan H. Ropper

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease

Allan H. Ropper

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science reflective slow-paced
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

326 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

282 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan

It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness

Suzanne O'Sullivan

326 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Carl Zimmer

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support by Judy Eaton

A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support

Judy Eaton

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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