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The national reference reading list, reproduced here in full, plus the editions residents actually read in 2026 — with recommended journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you'll need for your thesis and practical.
These 12 titles come from the National Board of Examinations curriculum document for General Medicine, reproduced spelling and abbreviations included — MD and DNB candidates sit the same clinical work and read the same texts, so use it as your scope anchor and check your own university’s syllabus alongside it.
Reference list source: the National Board MD General Medicine curriculum
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is something you read cover to cover, keep as a reference, or open only for the viva.
These are the general medicine titles residents send us to print most often — the books that actually come through the shop, alongside the official list above.
We print files you send us. We do not host, sell or supply book PDFs — send us a file you are entitled to print and we print and bind it.
Journal club and the “recent advances” parts of the theory paper come from here. You do not need to read all of them — pick the two Indian journals and one international one and follow them properly.
Three years is less time than it sounds. The order below is what works for most MD General Medicine residents — broad and readable first, reference-level later, revision and drilling last.
Do a full structured pass of Kumar and Clark or API Textbook while drilling Hutchison's and Macleod's on real patients daily; build ECG, ABG and chest X-ray fluency from the start.
Switch primary reading to Harrison's topic-wise, add Braunwald's, Adams and Victor's and Sherlock's during the corresponding rotations, follow JAPI/NEJM/Lancet for landmark trials, and complete thesis data collection.
Revise Harrison's and API selectively, present long and short cases under timed conditions, drill spotters, slides and films, work through past MD/MS theory papers, and submit and defend the thesis.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Books and material specifically useful for the clinical, spotter and viva stations.
Sitting the DNB instead? The same reading list, written for the NBE exam, is on the DNB General Medicine books page.
The national curriculum document for General Medicine lists 12 titles, beginning with Hutchinson's Clinical Methods. The full list is reproduced on this page exactly as it is published.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine by Loscalzo, Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson is the usual anchor. The default authority for theory answers; residents read it topic-wise rather than linearly.
Yes — we list the edition in circulation now for each title. Editions move quickly, so confirm the current one before you buy or print.
No. Most residents own three or four and use the department or library copy for the rest. That is exactly why printing selected chapters from a PDF works out cheaper than buying volumes you will open twice.
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