Mimi Swartz's 6 favorite books about the medical field

The award-winning author recommends works by Thomas Thompson, Donald McRae, and more

Mimi Swartz.
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Mimi Swartz's new book, Ticker, tells the story of the decades-long quest to develop an artificial heart. Swartz, a Texas Monthly editor and two-time National Magazine Award winner, here names her favorite works about the medical field.

Hearts: Of Surgeons and Transplants, Miracles and Disasters Along the Cardiac Frontier by Thomas Thompson (Open Road, $18).

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