What to Read After Being Mortal
Readers who loved Being Mortal by Atul Gawande keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Being Mortal is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Being Mortal
Knocking on heaven's door
What Doctors Feel
How We Do Harm
The patient will see you now
Unaccountable
Overdiagnosed
Better
Complications
The Checklist Manifesto
The Emperor of All Maladies
H Is for Hawk
A Man Called Ove
Behind the beautiful forevers
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Mountains beyond mountains
Commonwealth
Modern Romance
Fates and Furies
The Boys in the Boat
Hillbilly Elegy
Cutting for Stone
David and Goliath
Gratitude
The Underground Railroad