At 404 pages, The Doctor Stories is a collection of handpicked short stories by Richard Selzer himself. It holds thirty years of his previous work, two new additions, and an introduction delving into his beginnings as a writer and the birth of his...

Richard Selzer is an American doctor and writer born on June 24, 1928 in Troy, New York. At a young age, he demonstrated an intense interest in biology and psychology. Thus, after graduating from Union College, he attended Albany Medical College...

Originally published in 1974, Rituals of Surgery is Richard Selzer’s first collection of short stories. It indulges in the not-so-openly discussed perspective of surgical doctors and the experiences they go through when treating patients. The...