New books highlighting illness poetry, the toll on compassion extracted during medical training, and the emotional burden of illness on family members 

A neurosurgeon reflects on triumphs, failures, mortality, and compassion through decades of brain surgery.

New books probe illness, injury, empathy, burnout, and medicine’s fragile yet enduring human limits.

In war-torn Vienna, 1918, artist Egon Schiele faces love, loss, and mortality as the Spanish flu devastates his family.

A haunting novel about guilt, memory, and morality, exploring how ambition corrodes empathy and human connection.

Three striking new books explore the intersections of medicine, mortality, and meaning—from spiritual rituals to pandemic survival and quiet grief.

Three insightful 2025 books examine medicine’s heart: the body’s poetry, doctors’ flaws, and the blurred line between science and quackery.

A poet grapples with illness, uncertainty, and emotional turmoil, exploring pain, love, and the randomness of life

A fascinating exploration of X-rays, blending science, history, and culture, revealing their profound impact on medicine, art, privacy, and the human desire for transparency.