Nonfiction books written by physicians and surgeons: on medicine and health, on what practicing medicine does to the people who do it, on money and careers for doctors, and on the lessons a life in medicine teaches. Each book's description names its author as a physician.
This list holds 19 books published between 2016 and 2026, 3 with an audiobook edition. A book is on it only when its own description says, by name, that the author is a physician. Books that are only about doctors, or whose descriptions do not say, are left off. The most-rated on Amazon come first.
Stop "Should-ing" All Over Your Sex Life
Kelly Casperson · 2022
Is your sex life amazing??? Probably not, if you’re like most women. In fact, “amazing” isn’t even close to how you’ve ever experienced sex, but it isn’t your fault. You can thank Hollywood’s portrayals and society’s silence for your crappy sex life. Rarely…
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Nneka Unachukwu · 2022 · Audiobook
Not everyone can do what it takes to become a doctor, but you did. From graduating medical school to completing your residency, each step has gotten you closer to living the life you’ve envisioned since first completing that med school application. But are…
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Darius Maggi · 2016
Many people want to help make the world a better place, but don't know where to start. Often times, all it takes is an inspirational example. The grandson of an Italian immigrant and blue-collar father, Dr. Darius Maggi was inspired by his familial mentors…
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Healing Cancer through Mind, Body and Spirit
Diva Nagula · 2019
When you’re first diagnosed with cancer, or you have a loved one who is, you can’t help but feel lost and afraid. Your waking hours are met with confusion, anxiety, and a slew of questions for which you can’t find a suitable answer. You have qualified doctors…
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Laurie Blanscet · 2021 · Audiobook
As a board-certified family physician, Dr. Laurie Blanscet soon realized that traditional medical care was not about preventing problems. It was about waiting for problems to happen. She experienced this firsthand in 2006 when she almost died after a…
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Latifat Akintade · 2023 · Audiobook
As a physician, your skills help you earn an income well above the national average. But life is expensive. Between financial illiteracy and increased living expenses, a financial education has never been more vital, and for women physicians facing systemic…
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Michael Hasz · 2021
Millions of people every year experience back pain. In the past, major surgery was often their only recourse. But today, for 80 to 90 percent of back pain sufferers, long-term relief no longer has to involve complicated medical procedures, extended hospital…
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Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad about Looking Good
James Marotta · 2021
“Am I crazy, Doctor? Am I vain? Why do I care so much?” After fifteen years as a facial plastic surgeon, Dr. James C. Marotta has repeatedly heard patients express shame and guilt about wanting to change their appearance. They second-guess themselves and…
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Amy Vertrees · 2023
You don’t have to sacrifice yourself to serve others. Residency prepared us to be competent physicians. It didn’t prepare us, though, for the challenges we face in our career. From negotiating employment terms to managing risk, physicians face almost certain…
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The Personal and National Toll of Gender Inequity in Medicine
Kolleen Dougherty · 2025
Medicine is a man’s world, but even small steps create monumental change. “Blondilocks.” Dr. Kolleen Dougherty accepted the nickname used by her male counterparts for years. But decades later, the dismissive comments, denied advancement, and lack of equal…
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Optimizing Physician Leadership to Transform Healthcare
Jack Cochran · 2018
Physicians undertake a noble, demanding profession, improving patients' lives. But the rapidly changing world of healthcare, and the complex knowledge and technology involved, challenges this calling. Physicians need to be healers, confidants, and caregivers…
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David Kashmer
The statistics are alarming. Each year thousands of patients in hospitals and treatment facilities die or are seriously injured through errors caused by faulty care systems, outmoded surgical approaches, and medical-process failures. But there is a proven…
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A Memoir of Faith, Medicine, and Renewal
Richard Harris · 2026
The connection between patient and physician is the heart of healthcare. For more than two decades, Dr. Richard Harris has helped his patients uncover optimal health by listening to their stories, earning their trust, and treating the whole person. Now he's…
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A Treatment Plan for Individuals & Organizations
Scott Cook · 2022
The first step in finding professional happiness is realizing your career needs healing. Maybe you are weighed down by a toxic work environment or feel a lack of fulfillment in your role. But the only way to heal your ailing professional life is to diagnose…
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Digitize Trust. Build Authority. Monetize Your Reputation.
Scott Sigman · 2026
As a physician, your reputation already exists online. It is compiled by ratings, stray mentions, and outdated bios, and you don't control the edit. Physicians don't need to be louder to stand out. Instead, they need to be clearer about the problems they…
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Joseph Saba · 2023
Are we ready for the next global health threat? COVID-19 opened the world’s eyes to the inadequacies of our global healthcare system, and it’s on us to change what happens next. Through personal accounts gathered during his nearly forty years of experience in…
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Lessons on Perseverance in a World That Tells You No
Lattisha Bilbrew · 2023
Dr. Lattisha Latoyah Bilbrew was the first Black female orthopaedic surgeon to become a partner at the largest orthopaedic practice in Georgia. She understands that when you’re the only person who looks like you in your field, there’s pressure on you at all…
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A Family Doctor Explores Birth, Death, and Tokothanatology
Susan Boron, MD · 2022
Toko●thanat●ology (n): The theoretical study of the parallels between birth and death, especially in medical care. What do birth and death have in common? They both represent times of profound change, when patients and their families need emotional support…
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How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System
James Turner · 2022
America’s broken medical system is breaking our doctors, even as they’re lauded as heroes. Physician burnout annually costs the medical industry, run by insurance companies, administrators, and electronic record systems, $5 billion. Even before the COVID-19…
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