Breaking & Mending by Joanna Cannon is a memoir of life as a junior doctor and as a psychiatrist. Everyone should read it!

This book demonstrates how frustrating life can become for those overworked medics who keep our regularly-abused Health Service ticking over. I can quite understand why enough was finally enough for this particular doctor, and wish him well in his new career..

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Love medical science? Do you devour reruns of ER and House? If so, you'll love this list. These are the best medical books, both fiction and nonfiction.

Buy Seven Signs of Life by Aoife Abbey from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

Read "Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences" by available from Rakuten Kobo. “As wise as it is well written. . . . A sustaining work of art.” —Linda Elisabeth Beattie, Courier-Journal In this inspi...

The emotional cost of witnessing human suffering, grief, and loss up close can be unbearable. This is something physicians struggle with regularly, no matter how far along they are in their careers. Danielle Ofri’s rich and deeply insightful new book, “What Doctors Feel,” explores this aspect of medicine, its impact on trainees and practicing physicians alike, and the effects that it has on the quality of care they provide to their patients.

From how-to survival guides to books that inspired Scrubs and House MD, here's our roundup of must-read books for medical students.