I decided to put together this list of textbooks because when I was starting out I was unsure which textbooks to buy and read loads of opinions which helped me determine which textbooks to buy. Now after being able to form an educated opinion on textbooks here is my 2 cents:
Anatomy:
Atlas of Human Anatomy - Netter (must have) you can get by with an older edition, it hardly changes from year-to-year and I think Netter died in the the 1980s or 1990s so...
Netter's Anatomy Flash (very good and worth the $30)
Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Moore (must have, really good, especially for the blue boxes with the clinical correlations to the anatomy)
Physiology:
Physiology - Costanzo (must have. concise. simplifies the concepts and doesn't get hung up on nitty gritty details)
or
BRS Physiology - Costanzo (almost as good)
Biochemistry:
Biochemistry - Lippincott (I went with Lippincott, it's okay but I'm not sure I'd highly recommend it, if you have a better alternative in mind go for it). You can get by with an older edition of this book as they almost never change anything from edition to edition.
Pharmacology:
Pharmacology - Lippincott (pretty good. make sure you get a new edition as drugs are always changing)
Pathology:
Robbins & Coltran Pathologic Basis of Disease aka "Big Robbins" (must have) this book is incredible. I use it for reference and to read up on important topics that you're going to see a lot in practice (e.g. diabetes, heart conditions, pulmonary conditions). I don't know why anybody would consider getting "Baby Robbins" to save $20, it has almost as much as Big Robbins but is lacking some diagrams, images, and key information.
Microbiology & Immunology:
Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology - Levinson (the immunology section is boss)
Medical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - Gladwin (buy this one!)
EKGs
Rapid Interpretation of EKGs - Dubin (must have!)
Anatomy:
Atlas of Human Anatomy - Netter (must have) you can get by with an older edition, it hardly changes from year-to-year and I think Netter died in the the 1980s or 1990s so...
Netter's Anatomy Flash (very good and worth the $30)
Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Moore (must have, really good, especially for the blue boxes with the clinical correlations to the anatomy)
Physiology:
Physiology - Costanzo (must have. concise. simplifies the concepts and doesn't get hung up on nitty gritty details)
or
BRS Physiology - Costanzo (almost as good)
Biochemistry:
Biochemistry - Lippincott (I went with Lippincott, it's okay but I'm not sure I'd highly recommend it, if you have a better alternative in mind go for it). You can get by with an older edition of this book as they almost never change anything from edition to edition.
Pharmacology:
Pharmacology - Lippincott (pretty good. make sure you get a new edition as drugs are always changing)
Pathology:
Robbins & Coltran Pathologic Basis of Disease aka "Big Robbins" (must have) this book is incredible. I use it for reference and to read up on important topics that you're going to see a lot in practice (e.g. diabetes, heart conditions, pulmonary conditions). I don't know why anybody would consider getting "Baby Robbins" to save $20, it has almost as much as Big Robbins but is lacking some diagrams, images, and key information.
Microbiology & Immunology:
Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology - Levinson (the immunology section is boss)
Medical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - Gladwin (buy this one!)
EKGs
Rapid Interpretation of EKGs - Dubin (must have!)