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Medicine
A book about medical history, how medicine works, disease, etc. 
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Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section by Rachel Somerstein

Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section

Rachel Somerstein

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction gender health history
The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care by Hannah Wunsch

The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care

Hannah Wunsch

360 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction health history emotional informative medium-paced
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

182 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced
Zika: The Emerging Epidemic by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Zika: The Emerging Epidemic

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

208 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Jennifer Wright

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative slow-paced
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy

The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine

Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction health history science funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Between Hope and Fear by Michael Kinch

Between Hope and Fear

Michael Kinch

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine by Paul A. Offit

Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine

Paul A. Offit

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction religion science challenging informative slow-paced
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

319 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science emotional informative fast-paced