In "Being Mortal," surgeon Atul Gawande argues that medicine must shift its focus from simply extending life to enabling well-being, especially for the elderly and terminally ill, by helping patients and families courageously face mortality and define what matters most in their final days.

Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.

"I'm Sorry for Your Loss" is a groundbreaking exploration of the cultural silence, medical myths, and legal quagmires surrounding miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion in America, weaving together personal stories, historical context, and expert insights to envision a world where no one has to grieve alone.

In "The Magic Pill," Johann Hari takes readers on a deeply personal and rigorously researched journey into the complex world of obesity and the revolutionary new weight-loss drugs that promise to fight it, grappling with the profound ethical, societal, and scientific questions they raise about our relationship with food, health, and the future of our bodies.