Planning to study Medicine at Oxford or Cambridge? Get ahead with these key books that stay on reading lists year after year. So you’ve decided that medicine is the route for you, whether it was the pull of human biology, the challenge of solving problems under pressure, or (we won't judge) binge-watching 24 Hours in A&E . Now it’s time to dive into the books that Oxford and Cambridge tutors love to see on personal statements. Reading for medicine isn’t like reading a novel.