Medicine reading list: Oxford, Medical Sciences Division
Oxford, Medical Sciences Division lists 18 books for applicants and new students in Medicine. The list starts with Life at the Extremes by Ashcroft, F., The Logic of Life by Black, J., Boyd, C.A.R. and Noble, D. (editors) and Conversations with Neil's Brain: The Natural Nature of Thought and Language by Calvin, W. H., and Ojamann, G. A.. 2 of the books also appear on other Oxford and Cambridge lists we collected.
Medicine: Introductory Reading (University of Oxford). www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine/pre-clinical/applying/reading/
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Check the source for the current year's version.
The 18 books
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- 3.Conversations with Neil's Brain: The Natural Nature of Thought and LanguageCalvin, W. H., and Ojamann, G. A.
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- 7.Bad ScienceGoldacre, B.
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- 12.The Man who mistook his Wife for a HatSacks, O.
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Other Medicine lists
- Oxford, St Hilda's College · 7 books
- Cambridge, Natural Sciences (biological sciences sections) · 15 books
How this list was made
We fetched the list from the institution's own page or PDF on the date shown and recorded each title and author as printed. We did not add books, and we copied no descriptions. Obvious misprints are corrected and marked. The extraction was done with AI assistance and checked against the source. Lists change every year, so check the source page before you buy anything.