Best Books on Health & the Body

Medicine, minds and the machine you live in. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the health & the body documentaries.

1. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
2. Why We Sleep by Matthew P. Walker (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
5. Complications by Atul Gawande (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
6. This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay - View on Amazon
7. Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink - View on Amazon
8. Do No Harm by Marsh, Henry (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
9. The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris - View on Amazon
10. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
11. The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (4/5) - View on Amazon
12. The Great Influenza by John M. Barry (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
13. Spillover by David Quammen - View on Amazon
14. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (4/5) - View on Amazon
15. Expecting Better by Emily Oster (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
16. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin - View on Amazon
17. The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
18. The Body by Bill Bryson (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
19. Gulp by Mary Roach (3.5/5) - View on Amazon
20. Stiff by Mary Roach (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
21. I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
22. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (4/5) - View on Amazon
23. How Not to Die by Michael Greger (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
24. The Obesity Code by Jason Fung (4.6/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Medicine & Hospitals

1. Complications by Atul Gawande (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay - View on Amazon
3. Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink - View on Amazon
4. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
5. Do No Harm by Marsh, Henry (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris - View on Amazon
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4.2/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Disease & Pandemics

1. The Great Influenza by John M. Barry (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Spillover by David Quammen - View on Amazon
3. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (4/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (4/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
8. Expecting Better by Emily Oster (4.3/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on The Human Body

1. The Body by Bill Bryson (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Gulp by Mary Roach (3.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. Stiff by Mary Roach (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (4/5) - View on Amazon
6. How Not to Die by Michael Greger (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Obesity Code by Jason Fung (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
8. Spoon-Fed by Tim Spector - View on Amazon