Medicine bestsellers

Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

“Only John Green can make one interested in reading an entire book about TB. It’s honest, heartbreaking, hopeful, sad, scary and lovely all in one. Thank you John for this book and telling us Henry’s story ! Read more

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

“A beautiful dissection of trauma and its effects on the brain. One of the world’s foremost experts on trauma uses recent studies to show how trauma reshapes parts of us. The author frames trauma in a whole new way and makes you really consider the true definition of it. This book outlines how the traumas people carry can impact their capacity to... Read more

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

“Pollan brings his humor, lyricism, and love for deep research to the admittedly taboo field of psychedelics. This book is an exhaustive exploration of these mysterious substances, in which he balances skepticism of the culture that surrounds them with optimism for their potential therapeutic use. Read more

All in Her Head

The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen
Narrated by: Anna Caputo
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

“It’s not often that I feel all at once entertained, enraged and empowered but this book DOES IT! Immaculately researched and written in a conversational, accessible voice, this book has the power to change lives. If you are a woman, know a woman, work in the medical field or all three, this is a 10/10 must read, no notes. Read more

No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

By: Gardiner Harris
Narrated by: Gardiner Harris
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

“This is an extensive exploration of the business dealings at Johnson & Johnson, and how their business decisions negatively affected Americans. This is a must read for anyone living in the US. Very important and shocking information you need to know to make your healthcare decisions . Read more

Between Two Kingdoms

A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

By: Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

“ A stirring memoir about a young woman moving between the realms of the sick and the well, and the nonlinear nature of healing. Jaouad writes, 'If we are brave enough to tell our own story, we realize we're not alone, again and again.' And WOW does she accomplish that for her readers. Read more

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

By: Atul Gawande
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

“One of my all time favorite books. A perfect blend of science and philosophy. If you have older family members or are someone who is has less than optimal health, it should be something you and your loved ones read and ponder before becoming lost in the medical industrial complex. Read more

Vagina Obscura

An Anatomical Voyage

By: Rachel E. Gross
Narrated by: Siho Ellsmore
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

“A wild journey into a long-neglected and maligned body part. I found myself equally enraptured and enraged the whole way through. Complete with haunting illustrations by Armando Veve, Vagina Obscura provides scientific, philosophical, psychological, and historical perspective on the past, present, and future of the vagina. Read more

What Happened to You?

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

“A must read. Even better as an audio book - but grab a physical copy to jot notes in! Read more

Replaceable You

Adventures in Human Anatomy

By: Mary Roach
Narrated by: Mary Roach
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

“With her trademark curiosity, humor, and footnotes, Mary Roach has written a page-turner about the staggering complexity of replacing parts of the human body. From 15th-century nose replacements to 3D-printed organs, Replaceable You is enormous in scope, meticulously researched, and incredibly fun to read. If you’re feeling bleak about the... Read more

The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

The instant New York Times bestseller

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how... Read more about The Myth of Normal

Madness

Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton
Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, this New York Times bestseller is a page-turning account of one of the nation’s last segregated asylums..."a book that left me breathless" (Clint Smith).

For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers through the ninety-three-year history... Read more about Madness

I Contain Multitudes

The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Charlie Anson
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“Ed Yong writes so enthusiastically about the expansive microbial world and our human understanding of it, past and present, that these science and research packed pages are a joy to read. More remarkable is Yong’s insistence on the moral of the story: it is the balanced mutual self-interest of community, not dog eat dog competition, that is the... Read more

Legacy

A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock, MD
Narrated by: Uché Blackstock, MD
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH

“This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —Essence

One of NPR’s 11 Books to Look Forward to in 2024

One of Good Morning... Read more about Legacy

The Urge

Our History of Addiction

By: Carl Erik Fisher
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston Globe

An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction—a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives—by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself

“Carl Erik Fisher’s The Urge is... Read more about The Urge

Hidden Valley Road

Inside the Mind of an American Family

By: Robert Kolker
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

“Schizophrenia is among the most ruthless of diseases, suddenly erupting in a life, often in adolescence, and turning it inside out in ways few treatments have been able to solve. That's what happened to six of the twelve children in the Galvin family in Colorado in the '60s and '70s, creating a house of turmoil for the stricken and their family... Read more

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more about The New Menopause

Plant Powered Plus

Activate the Power of Your Gut to Tame Inflammation and Reclaim Your Health

By: Will Bulsiewicz, MD
Narrated by: Will Bulsiewicz, MD
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

The New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled offers an empowering new program to reclaim your health, fight inflammation, and supercharge your immune system by healing your gut.

We’ve all heard inflammation is harmful, but what exactly is it, why does it happen, and how can we truly heal it? The answers, it turns out, lie deep within... Read more about Plant Powered Plus

The Body Keeps the Score

Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

By: Bessel van der Kolk
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD

The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an... Read more about The Body Keeps the Score

The Body

A Guide for Occupants

By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

“At home while peeling wallpaper or making diner—or just closing my eyes for a while—a non-fiction audio book is a perfect companion, especially if it’s teaching me something as well as being entertaining. The Body: A Guide For Occupants by Bill Bryson, narrated by Bill Bryson, is exactly that kind of book. Bryson’s voice is genial, sometimes... Read more

The Obesity Code

Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

By: Dr. Jason Fung
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones - in everyone - and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss.
In this highly listenable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that... Read more about The Obesity Code

The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!

Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!

In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more about The Song of the Cell

On the Future of Species

Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence

By: Adrian Woolfson
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Bloomsbury presents On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson, read by Peter Noble.

'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' TIM COULSON
'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' TOM ELLIS
'A brilliantly crafted, sweeping exposition with profound insights' TIM WHITE

Imagine a future where we grow houses... Read more about On the Future of Species

Rough Sleepers

Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people

By: Tracy Kidder
Narrated by: Tracy Kidder
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains

“I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to... Read more about Rough Sleepers

The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 27 hours 26 minutes

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIME ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOK

Updated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first... Read more about The Emperor of All Maladies

Lay Them to Rest

On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton
Narrated by: Laurah Norton
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

“Finished this book this morning. Lay Them To Rest by Laurah Norton was an incredible read. It highlights the many paths needed to solving cold cases of Jane and John Does, with the growing but still limited resources we have. The dedication of people in this field is so admirable. I learned so much that both disheartened and inspired me. Read more

Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

By: John Carreyrou
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

“Theranos was a startup that set itself apart from the bevy of others in Silicon Valley. Its cause was noble, manufacturing revolutionary medical technology that could run a menu of blood tests on only a finger stick's worth of blood, eliminating the need for large painful needles. There was only one problem: the technology didn't exist.... Read more

Trauma and Recovery

The Aftermath of Violence-—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By: Judith Lewis Herman
Narrated by: Alison Mathews & Xe Sands
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score)

Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is... Read more about Trauma and Recovery

Estrogen Matters

Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve and Lengthen Women's Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer

By: Avrum Bluming & Carol Tavris
Narrated by: Avrum Bluming & Carol Tavris
Length: 9 hours

“For years I had heard that estrogen could give you cancer, until I talked to my ortho and because we are about the same age, she recommended this book. So well researched and debunks the myth that HRT (estrogen) causes cancer. It is read by the authors and it has been a game changer for me. Read more

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Music as Medicine

By: Daniel J. Levitin
Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind.

In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author... Read more about I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Science Under Siege

How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World

By: Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and show us how to fight back

From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it’s the health of our people or the health of our planet, we know we are on an unsustainable path. But our efforts to... Read more about Science Under Siege

Mountains Beyond Mountains

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

By: Tracy Kidder
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more about Mountains Beyond Mountains

This Is Your Brain on Food

An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More

By: Uma Naidoo
Narrated by: Uma Naidoo & Deepti Gupta
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Eat for your mental health and learn the fascinating science behind nutrition with this "must-read" guide from an expert psychiatrist (Amy Myers, MD).

Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the aftereffects of trauma? That salami can cause depression, or that boosting Vitamin D intake can help treat anxiety?
When it comes to diet,... Read more about This Is Your Brain on Food

Madame Restell

The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

By: Jennifer Wright
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 14 hours 1 minute

“Madame Restell is a deep dive into the values and attitudes in NYC/America from the 1820's - 1870's. While Wright covers the intrigue of Madame Restell, an famous/infamous abortionist during puritanical times in America, she also delves into the development of American attitudes generating from NYC during those times. This is an absolutely... Read more

When the Body Says No

The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté, MD
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, this acclaimed, bestselling guide provides insight into the mind-body link between illness and health, and the critical role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.

In this accessible and groundbreaking book—filled with the... Read more about When the Body Says No

Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve

Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

By: Stanley Rosenberg
Narrated by: Derek Botten
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Unlock lasting healing through the power of the vagus nerve—the bestselling guide to understanding how vagus nerve dysfunction and trauma impact inflammation, emotional health, autoimmune disease, and more

With practical exercises and body-based tools for regulating your nervous system, balancing your fight-or-flight response, and restoring body... Read more about Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve

Break the Cycle

A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

By: Dr. Mariel Buqué
Narrated by: Dr. Mariel Buqué
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

***The Instant National Bestseller***

A Next Big Idea Club must-read title for January 2024

The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma—weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room—from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD, a Columbia University–trained trauma-informed... Read more about Break the Cycle

Control

The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

By: Adam Rutherford
Narrated by: Adam Rutherford
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?
Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past?
Did eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy?

Throughout history, people have sought to reduce suffering, eliminate disease and enhance... Read more about Control

A Liberated Mind

How to Pivot Toward What Matters

By: Steven C. Hayes, PhD
Narrated by: Mark Deakins & Steven C. Hayes, PhD
Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

"In all my years studying personal growth, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the most useful tools I've ever come across, and in this book, Dr. Hayes describes it with more depth and clarity than ever before."-Mark Manson, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Life is not a problem to be solved.... Read more about A Liberated Mind

Proof of Heaven

A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

By: Eben Alexander
Narrated by: Eben Alexander
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven.

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real,... Read more about Proof of Heaven

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process

By: Nancy McWilliams
Narrated by: Allison Posner
Length: 19 hours 55 minutes

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that... Read more about Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

The Secret Life of Trees

By: Centre of Excellence
Narrated by: Kate Rowley
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Trees are a familiar feature of any landscape, yet we rarely think about them. They are necessary for maintaining the health of the global ecosystem and provide many material things but they are more of an integral part of our lives than we may at first consider. The Secret Life of Trees Audiobook aims to enlighten you on the importance of... Read more about The Secret Life of Trees

Patient Zero

A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases

By: Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us.

Written in the authors’ lively and accessible style,... Read more about Patient Zero

The Perimenopause Survival Guide

A Feel-Like-Yourself-Again Roadmap for Every Woman Over 35

By: Heather Hirsch
Narrated by: Heather Hirsch
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Dr. Heather Hirsch, renowned founder of the Menopause Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and featured expert on Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want series, offers a groundbreaking, expert-led guide to not only navigate—but truly thrive—through perimenopause.

Perimenopause, the transitional phase before menopause, can feel like one of... Read more about The Perimenopause Survival Guide

Our Malady

Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary

By: Timothy Snyder
Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
Length: 3 hours 1 minute

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.

On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency... Read more about Our Malady

In My Own Way

By: Alan Watts
Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio.

In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for... Read more about In My Own Way

Empire of Madness

Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone

By: Khameer Kidia
Narrated by: Khameer Kidia
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

An urgent rethinking of the Western approach to mental health, which treats the symptoms rather than the exploitative systems causing our distress—by a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical School physician-anthropologist—offering lessons from the rest of the world.

What if the mainstay of mental health care involved cancelling onerous debt, giving... Read more about Empire of Madness

In Sickness and in Health

Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis

By: Laura Mauldin
Narrated by: Laura Mauldin
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

An urgent and deeply affecting account of America's failure to provide meaningful support to its chronically ill and disabled citizens and our resulting reliance on the unpaid caregiving labor of spouses and intimate partners.When twenty-seven-year-old Laura Mauldin moved to New York for graduate school, she fell headlong into love. But just... Read more about In Sickness and in Health

If I Betray These Words

Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First

By: Wendy Dean & Simon Talbot
Narrated by: Wendy Dean
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

An incredibly important and captivating book for patients, families, and clinicians detailing how we’re all hurt by corporate medicine

“Wendy Dean diagnoses the dangerous state of our healthcare system, illustrating the thumbscrews applied to medical professionals by their corporate overlords… Required reading for all stakeholders in healthcare.”... Read more about If I Betray These Words

Invisible Illness

A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID

By: Emily Mendenhall
Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

A moving cultural history of disability—and a powerful call to action to change how our medical system and society supports those with complex chronic conditions From lupus to Lyme, invisible illness is often dismissed by everyone but the sufferers. Why does the medical establishment continually insist that, when symptoms are hard to... Read more about Invisible Illness