Recommended Books for Physicians

(Entrepreneurship, investing, physician member recommendations & more)

Looking for something to read? These are some of our favorites in various categories. Scroll through the tabbed categories below to explore all our book recommendations!

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PSG Recommends: Books for Personal, Career and Wealth Development

Business and Entrepreneurship
Personal Development and Leadership
Personal Finance and Investing
Real Estate

PSG Community Spotlight

Member Authored Books
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PSG Recommends: Books for Personal, Career and Wealth Development

We are big believers that most physicians enjoy learning throughout their careers, especially the things that we didn't learn in medical school. Use the tabs below to explore different categories of books our founder Nisha Mehta, MD has read and recommends for: business and entrepreneurship; personal development and leadership; personal finance and investing; and real estate.

Business and Entrepreneurship

Never Split the Difference

Author(s): Christopher Voss, Tahl Raz

Topic: Negotiations

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Author: Daniel Kahneman

Topic: Behavioral Economics

Nudge: The Final Edition

Author: Richard H. Thaler

This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See

Author: Seth Godin

Topic: Marketing

Who: The Method for Hiring

Author: Randy Street, Geoff Smart

Topic: Hiring

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

Author: Donald Miller

Topic: Marketing

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Author: Ben Horowitz

Topic: Business building

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Author: Eric Ries

Topic: Startups

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Author: Peter Thiel

Topic: Startups

Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

Author: Patrick Bet-David

Topic: Building a business

All Marketers are Liars: The Underground Classic That Explains How Marketing Really Works--and Why Authenticity Is the Best Marketing of All

Author: Seth Godin

Topic: Marketing

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Author(s): Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover

Topic: Product development

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

Author: Jim Collins

Topic: Business

Personal Development and Leadership

Principles: Life and Work

Author: Ray Dalio

Topic: Self-Improvement

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Author: Mark Manson

Topic: Self-Improvement

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

Author: Jen Sincero

Topic: Self-Improvement

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Author: Simon Sinek

Topic: Leadership

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Author: James Clear

Topic: Productivity

LifePass: Drop Your Limits, Rise to Your Potential - A Groundbreaking Approach to Goal Setting

Author: Payal Kadakia

Topic: Entrepreneurship

One Thing

Author: Gary W. Keller, Jay Papasan

Topic: Productivity

The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

Author: Robin Sharma

Topic: Productivity

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Author(s): Timothy Ferriss

Topic: Productivity

Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

Author: Carmine Gallo

Topic: Public speaking

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Author: Charles Duhigg

Topic: Habits

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Author: Nir Eyal

Topic: Productivity

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Author(s): Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony

Topic: Self-Improvement

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Author: Malcolm Gladwell

Topic: Self-Improvement

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Author: Malcolm Gladwell

Topic: Self-Improvement

Personal Finance and Investing

If You Can: How Millenials Can Get Rich Slowly

Author: William Bernstein

Topic: Investing

Bogleheads Guide to the Three Fund Portfolio

Author: Taylor Larimore

Topic: Investing

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

Author(s): Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf

Topic: Investing

Common Sense on Mutual Funds

Author: John Bogle

Topic: Investing

The White Coat Investor: A Doctor's Guide To Personal Finance And Investing

Author(s): Dr. James M. Dahle, MD, James M. Dahle

Topic: Personal Finance

The White Coat Investor's Financial Boot Camp: A 12-Step High-Yield Guide to Bring Your Finances Up to Speed

Author: James M. Dahle

Topic: Personal Finance

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

Author: Morgan Housel

Topic: Personal Finance

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

Author(s): JL Collins, Mr. Money Mustache

Topic: Personal Finance

The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between

Author(s): William J. Bernstein and Jonathan Clements

Topic: Investing

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

Author(s): Thomas Stanley and William Danko

Topic: Personal Finance

Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Author: Bill Perkins

Topic: Personal Finance

Real Estate

The Hands-Off Investor: An Insider’s Guide to Investing in Passive Real Estate Syndications

Author: Brian Burke

Topic: Syndications

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat: The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made Simple

Author: David M Greene

Topic: Rental Properties

The Book on Rental Property Investing: How to Create Wealth With Intelligent Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing (BiggerPockets Rental Kit, 2)

Author: Brandon Turner

Topic: Rental Properties

The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down: Creative Strategies for Investing in Real Estate Using Other People's Money

Author: Brandon Turner

Topic: Financing Real Estate

The Book on Managing Rental Properties: A Proven System for Finding, Screening, and Managing Tenants with Fewer Headaches and Maximum Profits

Author(s): Brandon and Heather Turner

Topic: Rental Properties

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

Author(s): Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan

Topic: Real Estate

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Author: Robert Kiyosaki

Topic: Why Real Estate

The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor

Author(s): Matthew MacFarland, Amanda Han

Topic: Taxes

The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors (Tax Strategies, 2)

Author(s): Amanda Han, Matthew MacFarland

Topic: Taxes

The Doctors Guide to Real Estate Investing for Busy Professionals

Author: Cory S. Fawcett

Topic: Real Estate

What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures, Updated Edition

Author: Frank Gallinelli

Topic: Real Estate

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

Author: Avery Carl

Topic: Rental Properties

The Book on Flipping Houses: How to Buy, Rehab, and Resell Residential Properties (Fix-and-Flip (1))

Author: J Scott

Topic: Real Estate

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties

Author: David Greene

Topic: Rental Properties

The Multifamily Millionaire, Volume I: Achieve Financial Freedom by Investing in Small Multifamily Real Estate (The Multifamily Millionaire, 1)

Author: Brandon Turner, Brian Murray

Topic: Multi-Family Properties

The Multifamily Millionaire, Volume II: Create Generational Wealth by Investing in Large Multifamily Real Estate (The Multifamily Millionaire, 2)

Author(s): Brandon Turner, Brian Murray

Topic: Multi-Family Properties

PSG Community Spotlight

Below, navigate the different tabs to see books authored by our PSG members (!) and other books our PSG members have recommended in our communities.

If you are a member of our communities and have authored a book you would like to appear on this page, please contact our partnerships team here.

Member Authored Books

Author: Peter Valenzuela, MD

Topic: Cartoons about the Health Care System

English - French Medical Dictionary Dictionnaire Médical Français - Anglais

Author: Jackson Bell

Topic: Dictionary

Practicing Stillness: 50 Simple Exercises to Slow Down, Live in the Moment, and Find Peace

Author: Nissa Keyashian, MD

Topic: Growing Mindfulness

I Watch You Sleep: A Doctor's Tales of Anesthesia and Chain Restaurants

Author: Zach Antonov MD

Topic: Real-life medical stories and adventures from the operating room

Determined: How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System

Author: James D. Turner, MD

Topic: Physician Burnout

Ripple of Change: A burned-out physician and his frustrated patient deploy razor-sharp insight, experience, and irreverent humor to launch a sorely needed discussion on today's healthcare system

Author: Todd R. Otten MD

Topic: Change in the Healthcare System

The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain

Author: Haider J. Warraich, MD

Topic: How modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective

This is How You Vagina: All About Your Vajayjay and Why You Probably Shouldn't Call it That

Author: Nicole E. Willams MD

Topic: All about this misunderstood part of the female anatomy

I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life

Author: Amy Shah, MD

Topic: The complex relationship between your gut, your immune system, and your hormones

Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood

Author: Sheryl Recinos, MD

Topic: A physician's personal experience with youth homelessness

Human Body Learning Lab: Take an Inside Tour of How Your Anatomy Works

Author: Betty Choi, MD

Topic: Children's book about the human body

Porcupine Hugs
Author: Nicole Aaronson, MD
Topic: Children's book about true friendships

Saanvi's Family Tree

Author: Sheena Sharma, MD

Topic: Children's book about familial estrangement

Books Our Physician Community Members Love

FICTION

A Gentleman in Moscow

Author: Amor Towles

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Author: Anthony Doerr

The Broken Earth Trilogy

Author: N.K. Jemisin

The Covenant of Water

Author: Abraham Verghese

Cutting For Stone

Author: Abraham Verghese

Demon Copperhead

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Fourth Wing

Author: Rebecca Yarros

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel

Author: Bonnie Garmus

The Midnight Library: A Novel

Author: Matt Haig

The Nightingale

Author: Kristin Hannah

Project Hail Mary

Author: Andy Weir

Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick

Author: Shelby Van Pelt

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Song of Achilles

Author: Madeline Miller

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Author: Gabrielle Zevin

NONFICTION

When Breath Becomes Air

Author: Paul Kalanithi, MD

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Author: Susan Cain

In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope

Author: Rana Awdish, MD

How Doctors Think

Author: Jerome Groopman, MD

Being Mortal

Author: Atul Gawande, MD

The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It

Author: Marty Makary, MD

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

Author: Tracy Kidder

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Author: Yuval Noah Harari