"This year’s summer reading list covers a wide range of ideas—music, memory, aging, stillness, and the stories we tell ourselves and others. Each book is compelling in its own way, and each has expanded my perspective.
Summer 2025 Reading List
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine – Daniel Levitin
Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember – Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy
Aflame: Learning from Silence – Pico Iyer
The Fire Concerto – Sarah Landenwich
Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity – Eric Topol, MD
What’s on your summer reading list?"
Lloyd Minor, MD
Dean of the School of Medicine
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Stanford University
