Best Health and Popular Science Books of 2019

by Anne Boyer

Told with brutal clarity, this is a haunting testimony about death that is filled with life. Full review >

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by Katherine Eban

An urgent, alarming work of health reporting that will make you question every drug in your medicine cabinet. Full review >

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by Nolan Gasser

Like Nathan Myhrvold’s like-minded explorations of cooking, Gasser’s enterprise has a pleasingly mad-scientist feel to it,... Full review >

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by Lori Gottlieb

Saturated with self-awareness and compassion, this is an irresistibly addictive tour of the human condition. Full review >

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by Joshua D. Mezrich

Medical memoirs have become a significant genre over the past two decades, and this one ranks near the top, in a class that... Full review >

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by Mark W. Moffett

A delightfully accessible and ingenious series of lessons on humans and our societies. Full review >

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by Matt Richtel

Richtel illuminates a complex subject so well that even physicians will learn. Full review >

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by Marin Sardy

Both powerful and disturbing, this impressive debut memoir suggests just how challenging it can be to regain some semblance... Full review >

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by Rachel Louise Snyder

Bracing and gut-wrenching, with slivers of hope throughout, this is exemplary, moving reportage on an important subject that... Full review >

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by Ben Westhoff

Highly sobering, exemplary reportage delivered through richly detailed scenarios and diversified perspectives. Full review >

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by David Sloan Wilson

One of the major advances in modern biology receives a splendid overview. Full review >

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