Books to Read if You Like "The Pitt" - HPL

Do you love watching "The Pitt" from HBO Max? Check out these nonfiction books about working in Emergency Departments and the healthcare system.

Updated April 15, 2026
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Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
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The beauty in breaking : a memoir
Harper, Michele
Ebook
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book "Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring." --The New York Times Book Review "An incredibly moving memoir about what it means to be a doctor." --Ellen...
That good night : life and medicine in the eleventh hour
Puri, Sunita
Paper Book
"A profound exploration of what it means for all of us to live--and to die--with dignity and purpose." --People   "Visceral and lyrical." --The Atlantic As the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf...
The emergency : a year of healing and heartbreak in a Chicago ER
Fisher, Thomas (Board-certified emergency medicine physician)
Paper Book
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind "Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This...
Letter to a young female physician : notes from a medical life
Koven, Suzanne
Paper Book
In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"--a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around...

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