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Cover of book Replaceable You alongside the author Mary RoachBook ClubReplaceable You by Mary RoachAdventures in Human AnatomyScience writer Mary Roach is probably the only author who can make me laugh out loud and learn something at the same time. Her latest book, Replaceable You, is an investigation of the science...
Book Cover of Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old next to photo of author Steven PetrowBook ClubStupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old by Steven PetrowA Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing WrongAn award-winning journalist’s irreverent take on aging, with special relevance for nurses. His Parents' Experience Personally, I’m not great at taking advice — anyone’s advice —...
Cover of the book Beauty in Breaking with photo of the authorBook ClubThe Beauty in Breaking by Michele HarperA MemooirAn ER physician’s powerful memoir of how she found healing though empathy. A Struggle to Achieve While there are many books by doctors about their most interesting case histories, few...
Author Bonnie Kirshenbaum on the left, book cover to Counting Backwards on the rightBook ClubCounting Backwards by Binnie KirshenbaumA novel about losing one's husband to dementiaA book for anyone who has ever cared for a dementia patient and thought to themselves, “How does anyone ever do this?” It’s not often that I would recommend fiction as a way to learn...
On left side is The Headache book cover; on the right is the authorBook ClubThe Headache by Tom Zeller Jr.The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction — and a Search for ReliefAn in-depth look at the common but poorly understood problem of headache disorders. The World Health Organization estimates that about 40 percent of all people suffer from headache...

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Dual photos of The Best Minds book cover and writer Jonathan RosenBook ClubThe Best Minds by Jonathan RosenA Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good IntentionsThe Best Minds is a revealing memoir about mental illness and the author’s friendship with Michael Laudor, whose long struggle with schizophrenia culminated in the murder of his pregnant...
Author John Green with book Everything is TuberculosisBook ClubEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe History and Persistence of Our Deadliest InfectionJohn Green is best known as the author of six novels, including The Fault in Our Stars. His newest book is a nonfiction deep dive into tuberculosis, a disease that he says reveals “the...
Book ClubThat One Patient by Ellen de VisserDoctors and Nurses’ Stories of the Patients Who Changed Their Lives ForeverAs nurses, we’re taught to keep our feelings in check to be professional, but the reality is that most of us have had at least one special patient who touched our hearts deeply. That...
Cover of the book The Women next to a photo of the authorBook ClubThe Women by Kristin HannahA historical novel about American nurses serving during the Vietnam WarThe title of Kristin Hannah’s latest historical fiction novel, The Women, refers to the roughly 7,000 U.S. military nurses who served on active duty during the Vietnam War. The story...
Cover of book Ghost Map, next to author Steven JohnsonBook ClubThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldI’m sure that in a public health nursing class long ago, I heard the story of how removing the handle of the Broad Street pump ended London’s cholera epidemic of 1854. I’m just as sure...