At The Daily Beast, Pulitzer winner Tracy Kidder and his longtime editor Richard Todd named six of their favorite narratives, essays, and memoirs, including:BetterRead about another book on the list.
by Atul Gawande
It may be disconcerting that a gifted writer spends much of his working day performing endocrine surgery. But here is the remarkable thing: Gawande, without disowning his medical knowledge, manages in his lucid prose to assume the essential role of the essayist: not expert but eternal student.
--Marshal Zeringue


