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Jun 26, 2019 · The New York Times’s book critics select the most outstanding memoirs published since 1969. Click the star icon to create and share your own list of favorites or books to read. Fierce Attachments
- In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and The Redemptive Power of Hope
- Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
- Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
- When Breath Becomes Air
- What Matters in Medicine: Lessons from A Life in Primary Care
- Black Man in A White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
- My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of A Town and Its People in The Age of Aids
- When The Air Hits Your Brain
- Exhale: Hope, Healing and A Life in Transplant
By Rana Awdish, MD “It’s the story of an intensivist who had a catastrophic medical event during pregnancy and survived countless complications,” said Devang Sanghavi, MD, a critical care medicine specialist. “It showcases the tremendous power of hope and is a must-read for all medical students.”
By Susannah Cahalan For transfusion medicine, Scott Koepsell, MD, a pathologist, recommends this book because the author “tells her story about developing a neurological disease that was treated with an apheresis blood procedure.”
By Kay Jamison, PhD This book is about “a psychologist who suffers from bipolar disorder,” said Lisa MacLean, MD, a psychiatrist. “It's an easy read, but also a testament of how successful a person can be with stable treatment.”
By Paul Kalanithi, MD “It is a posthumously published memoir of a remarkable physician who died of advanced lung cancer at a young age,” said Omar T. Atiq, MD, a medical oncologist. “It encapsulates life, its triumph and fragility, and makes one ponder about life’s priorities.” Anesthesiologist Gerald R. Callas, MD, also recommended Dr. Kalanithi’s...
By David Loxtercamp, MD “Dr. Loxtercamp is a family medicine physician and a gifted author who writes about a variety of topics in primary care medicine, often using anecdotes from his practice in coastal Belfast, Maine,” said Christopher Garofalo, MD, a family physician. “It is a great read about the history of primary care.”
By Damon Tweedy, MD Sheila Rege, MD, a radiation oncology, said this is one of several books that “helped me understand the doctor-patient relationship, how and why it's sacred, and how important the trust and bond between us is.”
By Abraham Verghese, MD Dr. Park recommends reading this book because “it emphasizes the importance of being compassionate with patients.”
By Frank Vertosick, MD “Exploring some of the memoirs written by those who have walked the path before can be inspiring,” said Nitin Agarwal, MD, a neurosurgeon.
By David Weill, MD Transplant hepatologist Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, noted that the author of this book, Dr. Weill, “is a lung transplant doctor and a friend and colleague of mine.” “The great thing about this book is it talks about the trials and tribulations of being a transplant doctor, including burnout,” said Dr. Girgrah. For nonfiction recommen...
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Jul 5, 2019 · The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years. Our critics Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai explain their choices; and Daniel Okrent discusses “The Guarded Gate,” his history of ...
- Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2011 history of cancer was a book I first read just after it came out, when a relative of mine was struggling with the disease.
- Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air. When Paul Kalanithi was a young man, he contemplated a literary life, before turning toward neurosurgery, where, he believed, he could do something even deeper: understand the nature of thought.
- Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. All doctors deal with death, but young physicians starting out during the pandemic experienced death in numbers that were traumatizing.
- Pauline W. Chen, Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality. This book was recommended by Rob’s daughter, Bobbi Meyer, who was starting medical school as the pandemic took hold.
- Fierce Attachments (Vivian Gornick)
- The Woman Warrior.
- Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
- The Liars' Club: A Memoir.
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Sep 8, 2022 · Friends, Lovers and the Terrible Thing: A Memoir, by Matthew Perry. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on “Friends,” has been candid about his substance abuse and sobriety. In this memoir, he ...
