Mark Shapiro, MD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Hospitalist. Host/Producer of Explore The Space Podcast. Keynote & TEDx Speaker. #MedGrind #MedLasso #Pluripotent #ETSChat “Onward. Forward!”

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser
@AshleyGWinter @NickAdamsinUSA If you’re interested @NickAdamsinUSA I would invite you to read “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by @michaelpollan & “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser Illuminating, informative, and quite disturbing books
Paperback, 2012
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
Ricardo Nuila
“It’s an exploration of all the factors that make it so we can practice medicine the way we want to practice” @riconuila is on Explore The Space Podcast discussing his superb new book “The People’s Hospital” & the amazing Ben Taub Hospital @bcmhouston https://t.co/xucGLJhBIJ https://t.co/t8w0TdTT8q
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson
@DGlaucomflecken If you haven’t read “In A Sunburned Country” by Bill Bryson, you should! After you get home, but still…
Paperback, 2001
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Breaks of the Game
David Halberstam
@MaritaBarth @BeardsBookClub @TheTrentCrimm @TedLasso @PBBFRN @tedlassopod @TedLassoIsLife @tedbeccapodcast @lassocon @LassoCast You can pretty darn close w/ “The Breaks of the Game” by David Halberstam!
Paperback, 2009
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
Wes Ely
“I worked so hard on this, it was a total life journey” @WesElyMD joins Explore The Space Podcast to discuss his incredible new book “Every Deep-Drawn Breath” Enjoy and please share! https://www.explorethespaceshow.com/podcasting/wes-ely-on-every-deep-drawn-breath/ https://t.co/k8B40q3kpA
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book