The most popular hospital books

Hospital books are set among doctors, nurses and patients. Long shifts, life-and-death decisions and the bonds between colleagues make for intense reading. Medical dramas, romances between the wards and memoirs from the front line of healthcare all belong here.

See also Medical thriller

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The Hakawati
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The Hakawati

Rabih Alameddine

Published 2008

528 pages

Revenge
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Revenge

Stephen Fry

Published 2002

336 pages

17 and Gone
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17 and Gone

Nova Ren Suma

2013 · 2014 edition

384 pages

Asylums
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Asylums

Erving Goffman

1970 · 1961 edition

386 pages

The Rapture
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The Rapture

Liz Jensen

Published 2009

304 pages

Mount Misery
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Mount Misery

Samuel Shem

1998 · 2009 edition

576 pages

Suture Self
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Suture Self

Mary Daheim

Published 2002

352 pages

Storm at the Door
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Storm at the Door

Stefan Merrill Block

2011 · 2012 edition

342 pages