Recs if you like This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor...

medical nonfiction written like the most engaging action novels that will expand your knowledge without pain let me know if i should add anything here!

these are books you might find on Doctor House’s bookshelf or that have a main character like our own favorite misanthrope Dr. Gregory House 🩺 list features fiction and nonfiction, including a book written by the man of the hour, Hugh Laurie

also, how am I supposed to take House seriously when his first name is Greg 😭

as always, please drop any suggestions in the comments!!

Inspired by two recent clubhouse posts by @codingclown and @visisbookbug and my own obsession with the show, The Pitt. Here are a bunch of books that give the same vibe (allegedly). Give me hospital drama, but mostly interesting medical cases and human connection.

Non-fiction books about health and how our body works, from anatomy to mental health, from healing to studying medicine. 😷 [Note: Some of these books might be controversial or resonate with some more than with others. Pick and choose what works for YOU. :)] Recommendations welcome

I usually despise autobiographical content sprinkled through nonfiction books – that is, unless I don't

A collection of actually interesting non-fiction reads. Spanning from biographies to historical essays, poetry & more.

Books featuring at least one main character in a medical profession. Doctors, nurses, surgeons, paramedics, pharmacists and therapists. Most of these are romances but some from other genres too!

Memoirs and biographies and some nonfiction that focus on people’s careers. A spin off of my other lists that focuses on memoirs from folks in the UK. This list focuses on career memoirs from people in the USA.

unconventional memoirs that are so much ✨more✨ than just heres my life story

Top 100 books of the 21st Century according to ABC Radio National (Australia)

ABC Australian Radio countdown on the 18th & 19th October 2025

I did too, but here's a list of books that have turned what I have often found to be a dry genre into readable and engaging text and narratives for me. Also includes, apart from 'strict non-fiction' (whatever that may be): essay collections and memoirs. (This is, of course, a limited list because a single person knowing everything would be rather catastrophic, so suggestions for more books fitting the bill are welcome in the comments, thanks!)

Alternatively titled: Books better read as physical books, where having footnotes or even a glossary is a pain in ebook format