Many of the titles in this sampling of our nonrequired reading collection are available in both print and electronic books, and in some cases audiobooks. Please check our library catalog.
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by 
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by 
Cooked: An Inner City Nursing Memoir by 
Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by 
The Gene: An Intimate History by 
Healing Physician Burnout: Diagnosing, Preventing, and Treating by 
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox by 
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life by 
The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy by 
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by 
So You Want to Talk about Race by 
Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills have Shaped the History of Medicine by 
Aliceheimer's: Alzheimer's Through the Looking Glass by 
The Bad Doctor by 
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by 
Cancer Vixen: A True Story by 
Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy by 
Not My Shame by 
Rock Steady Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life by 
When Anxiety Attacks by 
Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist: Doctor-writers share their experiences by 
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by 
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by 
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by 
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by 
Catching Homelessness: A Nurse's Story of Falling through the Safety Net by 
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by 
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by 
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by 
Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century by 
A Fierce Radiance: A Novel by 
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States by 
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by 
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by 
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by 
How We Decide by 
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by 
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by 
Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish History by 
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century by 
Medicine's Michelangelo: The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD
Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods by 
Missing Microbes : How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues by 
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by 
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by 
A Planet of Viruses by 
Pox: An American History by 
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by 
The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Real Lives of Surgical Residents by 
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis by 
Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by 
White Coat, Black Hat : Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine by 
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales by 
Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects by 
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by 
Your Inner Fish : A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by 
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