Stanford Surgery Book Club
The Stanford Surgery Book Club is open to all staff, faculty, and trainees within the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. Books are suggested by department members and chosen via popular vote. The Book Club meets monthly on the last Thursday of the month via Zoom. Contact Rachel Baker for details.
This book made many of the "Best of 2025" lists:
A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Majumdar
January 2026
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
September 2025
In honor of Pride month, we are reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin.
June 2025
The Briar Club
By Kate Quinn
March 2025
Hello Beautiful
By Ann Napolitano
November/December 2024
The Love Hypothesis
By Ali Hazelwood
August 2024
The Sympathizer
By Viet Thanh Nguyen
May 2024
Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Bu Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
February 2024
Mister Magic
By Kierstan White
October 2023
This is How You Lose the Time War
By Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
July 2023
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
By Sue Lynn Tan
April 2023
Checkout 19
By Claire-Louise Bennett
January 2023
We managed to find a book that celebrated both Spooky Season and Hispanic Heritage Month:
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
October 2025
Everyone is Watching by Heather Guenkauf
July 2025
Finlay Donovan is Killing It
By Elle Cosiman
April 2025
Septuagenarian Stew
By Charles Bukowski
January 2025
Catalina
By Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
September 2024
The Housemaid
By Freida McFadden
June 2024
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
By Talia Hibbert
March 2024
There There
By Tommy Orange
November 2023
The Wager
By David Grann
August 2023
School for Good Mothers
By Jessamine Chan
May 2023
Under the Skin
By Linda Villarosa
February 2023
Heart-Shaped Box
By Joe Hill
October 2022
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
November/December 2025
In observance of Romance Month, we are reading: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
August 2025
In honor of Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are reading (Newbery Medal Honor Title) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin.
We’re also recommending the short story: Folding Beijing
May 2025
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Rebecca Skloot
February 2025
We Used to Live Here
By Marcus Kliewer
October 2024
Remarkably Bright Creatures
By Shelby Van Pelt
July 2024
Calypso
By David Sedaris
April 2024
The Ferryman
By Justin Cronin
January 2024
I Have Some Questions For You
By Rebecca Makkai
September 2023
Happy Place
By Emily Henry
June 2023
Lessons in Chemistry
By Bonnie Garmus
March 2023
The Nest
By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
November 2022
